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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (August 9, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

28-year-old freeloader brother expects successful sibling to let him live rent-free in their apartment while they're abroad, then gets their parents to pressure them, too: ‘He acts like it's already decided’

Lana DeGaetano

‘Over a missed WhatsApp message’: Woman accidentally forgets to wish her 4-year-old niece a happy birthday on the family group chat, gets snubbed by the girl's mom, then fights fire with fire at the next family event

Jesse Kessenheimer

37-year-old dad insists stay at home mom of 12 and 14-year-olds get a job so she can support the family after he retires: 'She called me ungrateful and accused me of not appreciating all the hard work she does in the house'

Emmy Pratt

'It's beginning to exhaust me': Aunt babysits her sister's 3 and 6-year-old 3x per week, then sets healthy boundaries after realizing her family is taking advantage of her; chaos ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

19-year-old refuses to be the English translator for her parents after her 22-year-old brother also learns English: 'I've been forced to do it since I was 11'

Emmy Pratt

Random kind person shows struggling mom that there is kindness in the world, gives her the courage to leave an unhealthy situation: ‘[I] left feeling relieved as I took in a breath of fresh air outside.’

Elna McHilderson

Adult daughter goes no contact after entitled dad demands she repay him $2k child support: 'He just took my sister on a week long trip to Bali'

Ally Perry

Mom buys a painting of her son from a local fair artist, discovers artist gave away her phone number when she gets a call from a stranger asking for painting: ‘It was out of line’

Bar Mor Hazut

'He’s not my dad': 28-year-old bride refuses to let older sister's boyfriend walk her down the aisle in their late dad's place, sister accuses her of dishonoring dad's memory

Bar Mor Hazut

29-year-old woman demands name be put on parent’s home after paying its mortgage for 4 years, they accuse him of being entitled: ‘You’re trying to steal it from us’

Briana Viser

8-year-old kid apologises after bumping into a customer in the grocery store, only to be scolded by his mom for saying sorry: ‘Don't apologise, it's his mistake he didn't see you’

Bar Mor Hazut

Adult grandchild cooks Thanksgiving meal for their grandmother after other family members claim they can't make it to dinner, then family drops in day-of to dine and dash: ‘My grandmother and I barely had anything left for a full meal’

Lana DeGaetano

25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (August 7, 2025)

JR Atkinson

21-year-old daughter refuses to sign on as a potential legal guardian to her estranged dad's new 4-year-old stepchild: ‘My life is separate from them... I have no wish for anything closer’

Lana DeGaetano

‘I felt like collateral damage in their attempts to cut my mom out’: Paternal family cuts contact with woman and her mother following a divorce, so the woman tells her cousins the truth about how they treated her over 8 years later

Lana DeGaetano