parenting

Parents get upset with 19-year-old au pair for refusing to share her own food with their children: 'I get [paid] $196 per week'

Brad Dickson

'At least my kids still talk to me': Stepmom gifts family heirloom necklace to her 18-year-old stepdaughter she's raised since she was 4, aunt claims she shouldn't have gotten it because she's not biologically related

Emmy Pratt

Woman refuses to pay half of mortgage after fiancé insists in front of broker that only his name will be on the house: 'He said it's only fair he has rights house in case we end things'

Isabella Penn

Parents reveal $25,000 wedding fund to 30-year-old daughter, demand that she use it to pay for brother's grad school expenses since she hasn't gotten married: "I was completely blindsided"

Ely Bulnes

72-year-old grandpa refuses to pay for 17-year-old granddaughter's phone after he breaks it, her mom puts him in his place: ‘He says I'm taking money from poor old people’

Bar Mor Hazut

Mom cancels Mother's Day plans after grandma claims 10-year-old son ruined her life: 'I could tell it crushed him'

Ally Perry

Brother and sister track down their absent biological father, demanding to know why he never reached out, he claims he had no idea they even existed: ‘They don't believe me’

Bar Mor Hazut

The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (May 12, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

‘I just wanted something that was mine for once’: 19-year-old daughter leaves her birthday dinner after her parents make it all about her sister, displaying a pattern of favoritism that goes back years

Lana DeGaetano

Daughter refuses to split the bill on Mother's Day when older sister puts her on the spot to pay for two families: "My sister has a six figure income, and I have a way lower income"

Ely Bulnes

Homeowner vigorously defends his lawn from neighbor's 9-year-old, who is digging holes in his yard while looking for “buried treasure,” parents get defensive and refuse to step in: ‘This is my yard. You can’t dig here’

Brad Dickson

24-year-old artist turns guest room into painting studio, parents throw a fit when she books them a hotel instead of hosting them during a last-minute visit: "Family should be more important than your hobby"

Ely Bulnes

'And no, she won't be eating out': Vegan sister-in-law demands that her family cook her meals and peanut-proof their house while she stays as a guest, then they shut down her visit

Jesse Kessenheimer

25 Hilarious Memes to Send Your Mom on Mother's Day to Show Your Love and Appreciation

Ely Bulnes

6-year-old son refuses to get his bio mom a gift for Mother’s Day, but gets his step-mom a sentimental engraved necklace, stepmom relishes in the favoritism: “Teachers and daycare even avoid her”

Briana Viser

Dad books best movie theater seats to surprise his 7-year-old with ‘A Minecraft Movie,’ entitled family steals them, uses his own kids' chaos to teach a lesson: ‘Cue petty revenge light bulb.'

Elna McHilderson