parenting

23-year-old living at home installs lock on his mini fridge to stop himself from eating too much junk food, his parents call him disrespectful for locking up his belongings: ‘They're upset [you] created a boundary’

Lana DeGaetano

17-year-old refuses to wake up his lazy 15-year-old brother in the mornings, causing him to miss school, demands parents find another way: ‘I’m tired of having to wake him up’

Bar Mor Hazut

Passenger demands a free empty seat on Asia‑US flight so she and her partner can sit together with space between them, and argues with crew when told seats can’t be kept vacant: ‘Lady, we all want the extra room, but we aren't entitled to it’

Etai Eshet

How Entitled Parents are Ruining the Local Skatepark

Jesse Kessenheimer

Broke older sister pays $43k for her younger sibling's education, then the entitled youngest mocks her ‘average life’, so she posts the receipts of everything she bankrolled: ‘I paid for your entire degree’

Jesse Kessenheimer

'She really downgraded when she married you': Entitled 27-year-old youngest child gets kicked out of his sister's house after repeatedly disrespecting her husband

Jesse Kessenheimer

Entitled mom leaves her 3 and 6-year-old kids with her sister, then announces she's going on a two-day business trip, sister refuses to babysit: ‘She suddenly showed up at my house’

Bar Mor Hazut

30-year-old daughter is exhausted after financially and emotionally supporting her "live-in" parents, she wants to move out and reduce expenses, demanding they move in with her brother, but fears being seen as selfish: 'Treats my finances as his'

Emma Saven

‘She was always a selfish and neglectful parent’: Retired 63-year-old mom expects her 30-year-old daughter to become her full-time caretaker in old age, but daughter refuses

Lana DeGaetano

Grandparents treat their son's kid as an afterthought, son threatens to keep her away from them if they don't spend one-on-one time with her: 'In 3 years [...] my parents have had my daughter overnight fewer than ten times'

JR Atkinson

'I robbed her of a key moment': Man babysits lifelong friend's toddler, succeeds in trick to get her to take first steps, he excitedly captures the moment, sending video to the first-time parents, mother blames friend for making them miss milestone

Emma Saven

Spoiled twin lies to mother about her cousin not letting her use her room or TV, mother takes her anger out on the cousin: ‘I barely go to her house anymore’

Lana DeGaetano

Woman learns her mother-in-law is rearranging her kitchen while she's 5,000 miles away on vacation for her anniversary: 'She’s just casually Marie Kondo-ing my workspace,sa she’ll spend a week in'

Brad Dickson

Stepmom and dad refuse to let 19-year-old college student come home for Thanksgiving, says she has to find her own place to live during summer vacation: 'Nobody told me I was completely on my own now'

Emmy Pratt

‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (October 25, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

12-year-old boy's school librarian refuses to give him ‘The Hunger Games’ book because it's above his reading level, so his father buys him the series box set: ‘It broke my son's heart’

Lana DeGaetano