parenting

41-year-old mom and her 20-year-old son move in with her 38-year-old boyfriend, son constantly disrespects boyfriend and refuses to do chores or pay rent: 'He acts like he’s doing me a favor by just existing here'

Emmy Pratt

Entitled mom expects friend to babysit her kids during a birthday party, friend leaves after an hour of watching the kids alone: ‘I didn't go there to babysit’

Bar Mor Hazut

'Get over it': Mother of 3-under-3 gets lectured by a childfree neighbor about her screaming babies, gets told she needs to move to another apartment; sparks debate

Jesse Kessenheimer

Woman asks friend’s daughter to be her flower girl but doesn’t invite the mom, she says no after bride expects her to wait in the car during the ceremony: 'This is just totally bonkers'

Isabella Penn

'Stop calling me 'mom' in the office': Coworker's lets his 6-year-old daughter bombard his colleague with affection in the workplace, so she takes parenting lessons into her own hands to set boundaries

Jesse Kessenheimer

32-year-old single mom refuses to let 35-year-old boyfriend parent her kids even though he pays for their rent and food, he agrees to back off if she starts covering her own kids' bills: "Obviously, she was angry"

Ely Bulnes

17-year-old uncle raises his baby niece alone until her mom decides to take over, he accidentally reveals the truth to niece years later: ‘Your mom tried to give you away as a baby’

Bar Mor Hazut

28-year-old new mom bars mother-in-law from delivery room for saying the baby isn't officially her grandson until he takes a paternity test: "I don't want her energy near me or my baby"

Ely Bulnes

"Can't you just sleep when the baby sleeps?": The Worst, Out-of-Touch Parenting Tips That Moms and Dads Are Tired of Hearing from Childless Friends

Ely Bulnes

'I pay for everything': Man threatens to charge his long-time girlfriend $900 in rent for her two kids after he gets yelled at for sharing his parenting opinions

Jesse Kessenheimer

Husband tries to take solo vacation while wife juggles working full-time and 3 kids, so she shuts him down: 'It's about mutual respect'

Isabella Penn

‘[He] isn't my dad… I never got to meet my dad’: 17-year-old daughter tells stepdad that he isn't her real father, her mother continually tries to pressure her into having a father-daughter relationship with him

Lana DeGaetano

'This set off a domino effect': Mom bans kids from bringing their expensive toys over step-sibling jealousy, so they choose to live with dad who respects their boundaries

Isabella Penn

Twin gets snubbed out of his brother's engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: 'I was only invited for optics'

Jesse Kessenheimer

High school chemistry teacher tells a 16-year-old boy and his mother that he's ‘not smart,’ he gets satisfying revenge 14 years later when he bumps into her after graduating with his doctorate: ‘As fate would have it…’

Elna McHilderson

Mom refuses to let dad of a 7-year-old and 8-month-old twins go on a solo trip without the rest of the family: 'I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids'

Emmy Pratt