parenting

‘I will literally not be in it for even a year, but I'm supposed to shell out hundreds on a wall?’: Entitled step-dad expects teenage children to pay for their bedroom walls while their home undergoes unnecessary renovations

Lana DeGaetano

Entitled 32-year-old dad relies on 40-year-old stepbrother for money to pay for his son's healthcare, stepbrother stops the support after discovering dad is expecting another child: 'This is unacceptable'

Bar Mor Hazut

Parents suspect that jobless 18-year-old daughter is sabotaging interviews to stay unemployed, they promise to stop paying for her phone unless she starts helping out around the house: 'She isn't taking it serious'

Ely Bulnes

8th grader takes career aptitude test, results say he'd be fit for working in gambling: 'Bookie was never a career choice when I took these tests in high school'

Emmy Pratt

30-year-old daughter plans family cruise, sends recommendations and suggestions to the entire family in preparation, they demand she stop: ‘Just let it go, we will figure it out’

Bar Mor Hazut

Labor Day weekend campers arrive to find their pre-booked prime site occupied, and have to get a ranger involved to force a move: ‘Shoulda booked earlier, my friends’

Etai Eshet

23-year-old kid refuses to attend father's 10th wedding anniversary party after they were barred from attending the actual wedding, in addition to several years of emotional neglect: ‘After that, I started getting excluded from so many things’

Lana DeGaetano

'HALF THE COLLECTION [was] missing': Woman's future nephews force her 8-year-old daughter to hand over her Pokémon card collection, so the woman steals them all back and then some

Lana DeGaetano

Uncle shuts down 7-year-old nephew's birthday party and sends everyone home after sister lets kids sneak upstairs to "no kids" zone and break memento from his late father: 'Oh, come on. They're just kids'

Ely Bulnes

Man's family undertakes 5-year-old daughter of their late housekeeper, but man refuses to let her live rent-free in their family home almost 20 years later: ‘She still lives in that house, but I want to sell it now’

Lana DeGaetano

Mother refuses to give ex-boyfriend's new kids her 15-year-old son's school supplies, ex-boyfriend then tries to play the ‘family’ card: ‘It's not my job to buy these other kids supplies’

Lana DeGaetano

‘I told her I wasn’t switching, my hotel was part of the special deal’: Cousin tries to turn an adults‑only Cyprus getaway into a family trip on the couple’s dime, trying to switch the booking, and gets shut down

Etai Eshet

'She cares more about the team than her own daughter': Dad lets teenage daughter quit competitive gymnastics when she says that it hurts her body, mom argues that quitting will make her lazy

Ely Bulnes

Mom gets jealous that 16-year-old son spends more time with his dad than with her, demands he participate in family traditions with half-siblings, son refuses: ‘I left mom's house’

Bar Mor Hazut

Daughter dreams of paying tribute to her single mother by letting her walk her down the aisle, mom insists that new boyfriend of 6 months join: ‘Absolutely no, that moment is for her and me’

Ely Bulnes

31-year-old mom refuses to let 32-year-old husband actively involved in raising their children, he considers divorce: 'I told her it bothered me and she said it was all in my head'

Briana Viser