parenting

‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (September 20, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

Mom attempts to shoehorn herself and her kids into younger brother's child-free vacation plans, he declines her demands and affirms boundaries: 'It's not that kind of trip, we don't want kids around'

Ely Bulnes

'I am perhaps being petty, but I don't want to give him the money': Stepdad refuses to contribute to stepson's college fund despite funding his 3 biokids, stepson flips out

JR Atkinson

Fiancé protests when partner refuses to use $600 of 15-year-old son's social security benefits to contribute towards rent: 'It feels like he's trying to make me subsidize the household'

Ally Perry

Husband and his family try to guilt his pregnant wife into bringing their 4-year-old daughter to soccer practice every Saturday morning, despite the wife's busy schedule and chronic illness: ‘I’m at my personal capacity’

Lana DeGaetano

New parents ruin their friend's adult-only birthday celebration, refusing to get a babysitter then getting upset when parenting a 1-year-old gets in the way of the fun: ‘We missed out on a lot’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Toxic parents defend a thieving son-in-law, but his brother-in-law refuses to let him return to his house after catching him "borrowing" money without permission: ‘He stole from me’

Jesse Kessenheimer

7-year-old girl leaves crumbs behind at a dinner party, host sends her mom a 3 paragraph email about griping over having been forced to vacuum: 'I was shocked and offended by the intensity of the judgement'

Ely Bulnes

Dad gives the family business to brother-in-law instead of his son, who has worked there for 17 years since he was 15 years old, son starts a new business, forcing dad to beg him to come back: 'The business is now 100% my brother-in-law’s'

Brad Dickson

'Don't ever talk to me again': 17-year-old girl finds her 12-year-old stepsister reading her private journal and mocking her, 17-year-old freaks out but bio dad takes stepsister's side

Briana Viser

‘She acts entitled. Like she is OWED this’: Ungrateful 16-year-old niece acts out and berates her aunt, who drives her to school and supervises her when her parents are unable to, and parents refuse to discipline her

Lana DeGaetano

‘Prioritize your own peace’: Estranged dad tries to reconnect with eldest daughter from a pervious marriage, daughter ends connection after he throws a tantrum about a group chat

Elna McHilderson

Childfree friends tell mom of a 12-day-old baby that she's spoiling her by holding her while she sleeps: 'How does one spoil a newborn baby???'

Emmy Pratt

28-year-old refuses to pay for their 14 and 15-year-old step siblings' education, spends their savings on their bio siblings tuition instead as promised: 'Dad accused me of “punishing” his wife’s kids'

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘[It] started feeling like surveillance with a smile’: Clingy older sibling repeatedly follows their younger sibling using location sharing on Life360, so the youngest decides to stop sharing their whereabouts with the whole family

Lana DeGaetano

33-year-old sister refuses to host a big Thanksgiving again after her entitled siblings contribute nothing to the family feast: ‘My sister “helped” by bringing one store-bought pie’

Jesse Kessenheimer