parenting

Legend Has It: How ‘Dad Lore’ romanticizes the pursuit of daring adventures for the sake of legendary storytelling

Jesse Kessenheimer

Dad bribes 18-year-old daughter's 21-year-old boyfriend with a car to break up with her, he agrees and ghosts her: "It's for your own good"

Ely Bulnes

Dad restricts 19-year-old daughter's laptop use because he doesn't believe she's spending 8-10 hours a day doing homework: 'I don't understand why every assignment needs a computer or laptop.'

Emmy Pratt

'I finally snapped': 20-year-old mom who practices "gentle parenting" with her 4-year-old lets the kid pull on her friend's cat's tail repeatedly without interfering, then plays the victim when her friend complains and asks her to leave her home

Mariel Ruvinsky

22-year-old living with his 17-year-old brother after both parents pass refuses to let his 21-year-old girlfriend move in after she demands he kick his brother out: 'He's just a kid...'

Elna McHilderson

23-year-old daughter lies about income to keep her parents from taking 40% of it for living expenses: 'I've gained thousands in credit card debt to keep up'

JR Atkinson

Dad fosters 5-year-old boy, demands 17-year-old daughter living in another state take on big sister duties: 'I didn’t feel comfortable being a sister to someone I’ve never seen in person'

Ally Perry

Daughter refuses to attend future family events after discovering she was the only one not invited to the family vacation sister-in-law organized: ‘I was excluded and lied to’

Bar Mor Hazut

Attention-seeking grandmother put on information diet after she reveals her great-grandchild's gender to church congregation without mom's permission: "I wanted to be able to tell everyone on my own terms"

Ely Bulnes

'I’m being treated like an ATM just because I married into their family': 27-year-old working mom earns a bonus at work and decides to save the money for her son's future, then gets accosted by her sister-in-law to cover her wedding costs instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

This YouTuber Got His Dad to Beat Dark Souls as His First Game, and It was Pure Cinema

John Summers

Sisterly feud ignites when 35-year-old man flirts with his fianceé's older sister at their engagement party, wedding gets put on hold: "If things were different, I'd be with someone like you"

Ely Bulnes

Dad gifts 24-year-old kid an ‘inheritance’, only to later reveal it is actually the child support he refused to pay mom for years: ‘He hoarded the money and pretended to be the good guy’

Bar Mor Hazut

Aunt declines offer from teenage niece to make her a dress for important an work event, mom calls her superficial for refusing to wear design by an amateur seamstress: "Sometimes it looks good, sometimes it doesn't"

Ely Bulnes

4-year-old nephew breaks 15-year-old's gaming console, parents complain when he asks them to replace it: 'That was $300 of my own money'

Ally Perry

Working class 25-year-old ostracized by 26-year-old boyfriend's rich family, he refuses to stand up to them in fear of losing inheritance: "I'm not the kind of girl they imagined for him"

Ely Bulnes