parenting

25-year-old germaphobe dreaming of motherhood thinks she'll be able to train her future children not to be dirty and gross: 'She thinks if we just work at it, we have a spotless house and a spotless kid.'

Emmy Pratt

Stepdad walks 23-year-old daughter down the aisle, she posts the picture online, only to have bio father complain it's disrespectful: ‘You weren't even in the wedding’

Bar Mor Hazut

Stay-at-home dad dyes 14-year-old son's hair purple, pushes back when working wife complains about them making memories without her: 'My son isn't even comfortable with her anymore'

Ally Perry

Bride-to-be “Katie” coordinates heist with mother to steal best friend’s wedding dress for her own engagement photoshoot, tries to play it off as having borrowed it: ‘[I] wanted to feel special too’

Ely Bulnes

28-year-old son refuses to take on $250k debt from his parents’ two unstable family businesses, but might end up to selling their family home to make ends meet: ‘If I co-sign for this debt, I'm legally responsible for it’

Lana DeGaetano

‘If I waited to make memories with our son, we wouldn’t have any’: 14-year-old dyes his hair with help from stay-at-home dad without mom, she becomes resentful

Molly Vincent

'I am speechless': Maine Coon owner and engineer builds his cats a miniature subway system at home taking cat pawrenting to a whole new level

Blake Seidel

31-year-old divorced mom of a 9 and 11-year-old refuses to meet with ex-husbands 2nd wife who wants to usurp her as the mother figure in her children's lives: 'They told me to get used to hearing her called mom because they would not stop it.'

Emmy Pratt

21-year-old daughter refuses to sign on as a potential legal guardian to her estranged dad's new 4-year-old stepchild: ‘My life is separate from them... I have no wish for anything closer’

Lana DeGaetano

Stepdad Patrick forbids 28-year-old stepson Chris from sharing a hotel room with his mom, claims it's inappropriate: 'My mom said she was scared to stay alone at a hotel'

Emmy Pratt

Woman rejects fiance's honeymoon itinerary after he plans to spend 4 days with his parents right after their wedding, he takes her refusal personally: ‘[They] would ruin the vibe for me’

Ely Bulnes

Parents demand that 22-year-old daughter pay over $1,000 in rent and utilities in their apartment abroad while 26-year-old golden child brother lives rent free, they lash out when she threatens to move: 'They called me ungrateful'

Ely Bulnes

17-year-old reveals to high school counselor his plans to go no contact with his parents after graduation, counselor tells parents, who confront their son: 'Why would you cut off your family?'

Bar Mor Hazut

Single mom allows her kids to skip their uncle's celebration of life because their father's new girlfriend will be in attendance: ‘[My son] expresses that he does not want her there’

Lana DeGaetano

'Get back to school!': Laugh away the fatigue of a never-ending summer with 22 memes for parents

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Pay for a taxi': Family member uses PTO to drive their elderly relative to surgery but Granny changes the date at the last minute, designated driver refuses to accommodate their entitlement

Jesse Kessenheimer