parenting

Daughter refuses to attend Thanksgiving at her mother's girlfriend's apartment after months of emotional turmoil: ‘Feels so odd’

Lana DeGaetano

16-year-old homeschooler refuses to speak to her parents until they enroll her in public school: 'They didn't teach me anything, I only know the very basics that you would give a kindergartener.'

Emmy Pratt

Wife demands husband limit free time with nehpews after daughters start feeling left behind: 'I never said they weren't good kids'

Ely Bulnes

‘I'm cancelling the vacation’: Dad refuses to take his wife's ex's kids on family vacation to Disneyland, wife insists they join, even though they are not her kids

Bar Mor Hazut

19-year-old confesses to his mother that he resents the fact that she remarried when he was a child: 'I resented her for remarrying when she made life worse by marrying a guy with more kids and all that debt'

Brad Dickson

‘They offered to buy the turkey’: Man with 14 children tries to manipulate his ex-wife into hosting Christmas, but she refuses, hoping to spare her 9 and 11-year-old the heartache of meeting their father's love children

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Mom decided I needed a 'wake up call'': Wannabe grandma secretly signs up her 30-year-old daughter for a "Parental Awareness Retreat" in an attempt to make her want kids of her own, ends up alienating her instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

18-year-old son refuses to babysit his dad's girlfriend's 5, 7, and 10-year-old kids after she tries to guilt him into it: ‘I stood by my answer’

Lana DeGaetano

Disgruntled neighbor has enough of the kids next door throwing toys into her backyard, so she stops returning them until their parents notice: 'These kids won't learn their lesson'

Ben Weiss

Man plays soccer with 9-year-old nephews multiple times a week, gets offended when wife suggests he's neglecting 6 and 8-year-old daughters

Ally Perry

Mother kicks entitled family out for gatecrashing her son's private birthday party and stealing food: 'That doesn't matter, my children want some food'

Brad Dickson

Stranger squares up with a 6-foot-tall, 300-lbs man after she wrongly accuses him of kidnapping his 9-year-old godson, gets arrested when she tries to physically intervene: ‘Karen wanted to play hero for social media points’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Free-range mom blames a retail worker for their 5-year-old's public meltdown when the employee refuses to let the child rummage in the sharp tools bin behind the counter: 'The joy of retail'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Woman babysits 4-month-old so friend can trick-or-treat with 7-year-old son, returns baby early when she can't stop calling: 'She continues to FaceTime me every 30 minutes to an hour'

Ally Perry

Parents read 28-year-old daughter's mail and find out about her student loan debt, she confronts them when they tell the entire family: ‘They aired out my financial laundry in front of everyone’

Bar Mor Hazut

21-year-old daughter discovers stepdad doesn't want her to live with her mom and him, she moves in with bio dad, refusing to tell mom the truth: ‘I don’t want to start a fight’

Bar Mor Hazut