parenting

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

16-year-old plans end of summer party, gets upset when mom changes the seating arrangement without asking: 'She said I had ruined her vision'

Ally Perry

14-year-old destroys neighbor's flower pots, mom makes him clean and replant everything to take accountability, but dad accuses her of going too far: ‘Making him do physical work was too embarassing’

Ely Bulnes

‘I realized… my role as a parent’: Mom shares the wholesome moment her child made her understand just how important trust is as a parent

Elna McHilderson

Mom washes coloring off Skittles to give to kids, claims it's more natural: 'Nothing beats a wet bag full of Skittles'

Ally Perry

38-year-old resists mother-in-law's demand that she and her husband travel 1500 miles to visit her on her 70th birthday: 'She basically abandoned my husband'

Ally Perry

Dad promises $15,000 towards a down payment on his 28-year-old daughter's first house, but when he changes his mind at the last minute, she refuses to give the money back: 'We lose the house and thousands in fees'

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Social etiquette at a waterpark: am I wrong?': Family of 5, 8, 14, and 15-year-old kids confronted by waterpark guests who want to take their chairs

Remy Millisky

21-year-old daughter refuses to co-sign dad's mortgage for a new house, despite his claims that he won't take money from her, mom takes dad's side: ‘Your distrust in dad is unfair’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘I felt like collateral damage in their attempts to cut my mom out’: Paternal family cuts contact with woman and her mother following a divorce, so the woman tells her cousins the truth about how they treated her over 8 years later

Lana DeGaetano