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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

17-year-old sets her mother and her mother's husband straight when they get upset at her for telling others that he isn't her dad: 'My mom's husband isn't my dad'

Brad Dickson

Guy refuses to help clean apartment, roommate does all the cleaning alone under the promise that she will receive the full security deposit, guy keeps the money anyway: 'Landlord sent me a check for the return of the security deposit, which was $750'

Brad Dickson

17-year-old girl calls out her mom for ignoring her because she wishes her daughter had been born a boy: 'She'd talk about how she'd love to have a little boy of her own.'

Emmy Pratt

Uncle demands that 26-year-old niece cover up tattoos at family BBQ despite the 90-degree weather, he accuses her of setting a bad example for the kids: "It's July. I'm not putting on jeans and a hoodie"

Ely Bulnes

'They're losing their free help': Aunt and uncle expect their adopted 19-year-old niece to be the unofficial caregiver for troubled foster kids, so she moves out

Jesse Kessenheimer

Entitled mother-in-law brings gifts for her biological daughter's kids but conveniently forgets to bring anything for her daughter-in-law's child, then uses lame excuses to justify her reasoning: ‘"I didn't know [daughter] would be there"’

Lana DeGaetano

"Don't worry, we just need $15,000 from you": 36-year-old aunt fails to live up to promise to bankroll 15-year-old niece's quinceanera party, family call her stingy when she tries to compromise

Ely Bulnes

Teen saves up cash to take entire family on a trip to Florida, ungrateful mother tries to switch the original vacation plan to a Disney trip: ‘At this point I’m over it because she’s changed hotels 3 times’

Lana DeGaetano

Daughter panics and blames her dad to get out of jury duty, it works: ‘I walked out of that courthouse like I just dropped the hottest mixtape of the year.'

Elna McHilderson

13-year-old accuses stepmom of playing favorites with her 4-year-old bio son after she puts more effort into his bedroom makeover than hers, dad refuses to admit she was following parenting boundaries he set up: "I'm not her parent"

Ely Bulnes

‘Structured’ older brother hits hard times and moves back in with parents and ‘slacker’ younger brother, wholesome sibling bonding blossoms: ‘He showed up when it actually counted.’

Elna McHilderson

Father refuses to offer financial support or inheritance to his illegitimate love child, his brother steps in to ensure the child is cared for: 'I have been personally sending money; I'll never let him hear the end of it'

Brad Dickson