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25 of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (September 18, 2025)

JR Atkinson

Mother draws backlash for telling her 15-year-old son that he couldn't take his stepmother to his mother-son football team event: 'She's not his mom, nor did she have the respect to call/text me and ask how I felt about it'

Brad Dickson

18-year-old refuses to pay rent when her parents demand it after she has already moved out: '[My aunt said] my parents really needed this and deserved it for raising me [but] I want nothing to do with them'

Brad Dickson

'Your mother sounds insufferable': Mom sneaks cinnamon in apple crumble 18-year-old is baking despite their known hatred of it

JR Atkinson

14-year-old shortens her name to mirror her late mother's name, only for her father, who encouraged the name change prior, to forbid it when he remarries a jealous woman: 'She wanted that extra connection to her mom'

Lana DeGaetano

16-year-old quits photography class after his parents force his 14-year-old sister and 12-year-old brother to join it too: 'I'm not allowed to do anything with friends or go anywhere without my siblings'

Emmy Pratt

She texts me from random numbers asking for money’: Man cuts contact with narcissistic mother after she racks up nearly $50k in credit card debt in his stepfather's name, gets into a screaming match with his wife, and irresponsibly purchases an $1800 dog

Lana DeGaetano

‘His best friend!’: New parents thought the first day of school would be the hardest on them, but it's their dog who sits sadly all day waiting for his favorite boy to come home

Elna McHilderson

‘He’s a mother now': Woman adopts a tiny orange kitten and is surprised when her boy cat steps up to be the best father ever

Elna McHilderson

'4 people could easily kick in $6 a month': Mooching sister-in-law hands out her family's Netflix password to all of her college roommates, so her brother's wife kicks her out of the account

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Our honeymoon cabin is just for us': 26-year-old little sister demands a room in her brother's honeymoon cabin to recover from plastic surgery, but her future sister-in-law forbids the imposition

Jesse Kessenheimer

Pregnant mother of two refuses to let her 4-year-old join a soccer team, husband and in-laws call her selfish for not wanting to wake up early every Saturday: 'I'm at my personal capacity'

Ely Bulnes

Divorced parents refuse to be in the same room as each other and their new partners, even if it means missing their 16-year-old son's competition: ‘I want mom AND dad’

Lana DeGaetano

Man banishes his mother-in-law from his family home after she digs through their trash and confronts his wife about their infertility struggles: ‘[It’s] none of her business'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Identical twin sister decides to start a life of her own after her parents encouraged an unhealthy, codependent familial relationship for years, family implodes as a result: ‘I just can't be enmeshed with her for the rest of my life’

Lana DeGaetano

27-year-old homeowner rents her basement to mother-in-law, who in return demands to be included in household decisions, daughter-in-law refuses: 'This isn't a shared space'

Bar Mor Hazut