parenting

Stepdad refuses to buy 16-year-old stepdaughter $300 shoes and fast food 3 times a week, insists she gets a job to pay for it herself: 'Now my wife and my stepdaughter are upset at me'

Emmy Pratt

26-year-old faces relentless guilt-tripping from family when she refuses to “be the bigger person" and let estranged stepsister move in with her indefinitely: “She's never been kind to me”

Ely Bulnes

Entitled 22-year-old Teresa demands that older sister give up her house for her birthday weekend, sister refuses due to her history of never cleaning up after herself: "I have seen how the cottage looks after the weekend "

Ely Bulnes

Mom plans Disney World trip with family, only to regret inviting her overbearing in-laws, she demands husband uninvites them, he refuses: ‘They're coming for family time'

Bar Mor Hazut

'You should be grateful I raised you': 48-year-old mother lashes out at 18-year-old daughter who complains about having to clean up after everyone, after discovering old food left in the oven by her mother's untidy boyfriend

Emma Saven

Mom of an incoming University of Arkansas freshman asks fellow parents how to help her daughter remember her key to her dorm: 'Remembering to take a key everywhere she goes is going to be a lot.'

Emmy Pratt

'Well, you didn't pay enough attention!': Woman gets hilarious revenge on grocery store line-cutter by quickly scanning her item on his self-checkout, forcing him to wait for a store clerk to cancel it

Isabella Penn

Accountant advises his parents to exclude his financially incompetent sibling from their will after sibling leaves them stuck with a $100k student loan: ‘My dad started getting harassed by the loan servicer’

Lana DeGaetano

"Say goodbye to meeting your first grandchild": 28-year-old son vows to keep future grandchildren away from his mother if she doesn't end friendship with his ex-girlfriend, Adriana, after her constant attempts to sabotage his life

Ely Bulnes

27-year-old daughter decides 61-year-old mom is no longer welcome at her home after overhearing her compare her small wedding to twin sister's luxurious destination wedding: "You can come to dinner, but you're not staying here"

Ely Bulnes

‘All I see is blatant irresponsibility’: Parents of 4 refuse to provide financial assistance to their financially inept son, who deprioritizes household necessities and, instead, unwisely spends his money on things like $600/mo DoorDash orders

Lana DeGaetano

Mother-in-law keeps showing up unannounced at night, woman set boundaries by locking her out: 'She's playing the victim'

Isabella Penn

21-Parenting Laughs This Week for Funny and Sarcastic Moms and Dads (July 26, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

‘I accidentally Grinched my way up the corporate ladder': Employee tells his boss’s kid that Santa isn’t real, earns him the ‘weirdest’ promotion of his life

Elna McHilderson

Mom throws "first period party" against 12-year-old daughter's wishes, dad sticks up for her and sends everyone home: "She needs to know how not to be ashamed of her body"

Ely Bulnes

‘I’ve always been ‘Auntie’… that’s all she ever knew': Investigative 25-year-old unearths proof that her biological mother is her mom's best friend, who helped her parents with their infertility; family drama ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer