parenting

16-year-old girl from blended family never invites stepsister to visit grandparents, causing further family divide: 'My grandma and aunts would take me and my girl cousins out for girly days. My stepsister started getting jealous'

Briana Viser

'He can't come... that defeats the whole point': 20-year-old excludes her mom's new boyfriend when the 46-year-old parent invites him to their mother-daughter bonding getaway

Jesse Kessenheimer

Dad's girlfriend grounds 3 and 5-year-old kids for making a mess while carving pumpkins, demanding their mom not take them trick-or-treating: 'My children were crying their eyes out over this.'

Emmy Pratt

Mom tries to force 19-year-old daughter to give up her $300 vintage tracksuit to 12-year-old niece because she 'really likes it,' daughter refuses and is iced out by the whole family: 'She stole it from you'

JR Atkinson

College student sister refuses to allow visiting family member to stay in her room while she's away, so her parents force their 25-year-old live-in son to sacrifice his room and sleep on the floor: ‘She was being unreasonable’

Lana DeGaetano

Mother refuses to take accountability for her part in ruining Christmas Day lunch, her children refuse to host holidays moving forward: ‘My mom… accused me of taking sides’

Lana DeGaetano

'I texted, called, DM’d… Nothing': Cousin parks in their relative's driveway, blocking them in for 24 hours, then they get towed after hundreds of messages go ignored

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I’m not funding that fever dream': 27-year-old man refuses to attend or pay for his father’s wedding after discovering his dad is engaged to his serious ex-girlfriend Maya’s mother, sparking major family drama as the exes become step-siblings

Emma Saven

16-year-old mom-to-be demands her stepmother take care of her baby during the day while she's at school: 'Everyone has told her multiple times that they aren't going to help her'

Emmy Pratt

‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (November 1, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

Dad leaves entire inheritance to daughter and cuts son out of will after he blows $50k loan meant for his dream business on parties and travel: 'He promised to pay me back'

Isabella Penn

Sister refuses to invite brother's girlfriend to Christmas following her judgmental comments about the family at Thanksgiving, brother sets an ultimatum: 'He won't come if she's not invited'

Bar Mor Hazut

Soon-to-be stepmom pressures her fiancé's 10-year-old son to consider her his mother, fiancé proposes they break up instead: ‘I won't force him’

Lana DeGaetano

9-month-old baby cries for 2 minutes on a Business Class flight and entitled passenger flips out, traveling mom puts her in her place: ‘I told her, ”with all due respect…"’

Elna McHilderson

‘I’m not [making] the same mistake twice’: Frugal older brother refuses to cosign on a mortgage for his irresponsible 29-year-old sister after narrowly escaping financial ruin from an ex-wife's deceit

Jesse Kessenheimer

18-year-old girl refuses dad’s last-minute request to babysit half-siblings so he can go on date-night, as she only has a 4-day college break and doesn't want to sit home alone, knowing he can afford a babysitter instead: 'Now [he's] called me selfish'

Emma Saven