teenagers

Dad scolds his 16-year-old daughter for being more excited about her mom's pregnancy than her stepmoms, grounds her when she calls her stepmom a homewrecker: 'I have little respect for them and their blended family they force down my throat'

Emmy Pratt

Mom refuses to attend family events after being told her 4-year-old 6-year-old children can't attend : 'My 6-year-old adores his extended family, and if he finds out he’s being excluded, it would break his heart'

Brad Dickson

Mom won't let 17-year-old son quit volunteering at the local library where she works so that he can interview for jobs: 'She said i was selfish'

Brad Dickson

Aunt refuses to buy 13-year-old nephew a birthday present because he didn't acknowledge her birthday: 'He didn’t tell me happy birthday or acknowledge me in any sweet way'

Brad Dickson

17-year-old refuses to attend “family vacations” anymore after years of being dragged to his grandparents home for his stepsiblings to visit them, his parents tell him to get over it: “The resentment is unfair”

Briana Viser

24-year-old musician forbids parents from bringing his 10-year-old and 7-year-old siblings over to his place because they break his belongings: 'My parents are hurt saying that my brother and sister should be more important than money/possessions'

Brad Dickson

18-year-old stepdaughter schools stepmother after she tries to declare that she's her "real" mother now: 'Technically I’m your mom now. I’ve done more mothering in the last 8 years than she did in 10'

Brad Dickson

19-year-old orders shellfish for 17-year-old sister's birthday despite her being allergic, smashes her face in the cake and calls her annoying for not 'taking a joke': 'I was mortified and burst into tears'

JR Atkinson

Parents force 17-year-old girl to watch 4, 7, and 8 year old siblings despite the fact that she works 3 jobs: 'I finally put my foot down and told my parents off how their kids are not my kids and I should not be expected to parent them'

Brad Dickson

17-year-old forced by mother and stepfather to spend his inheritance on his step-siblings: 'The money is a lot. Like I could [easily] be debt-free going to college […] My mom knew about the money but can not access it.'

Brad Dickson

17-year-old brings her helicopter parents and 11-year-old sister to outing with friends: 'We didn’t feel comfortable having her parents come with us'

Brad Dickson

16-year-old stepdaughter lays claim to stepmother's heirloom bracelet, says she already considers it to be hers after being told she couldn't have it: '[She] later told my husband I was treating her like she wasn’t family, and now he’s on her side too'

Brad Dickson

High school teen gets back at demanding gym coach and school principal: 'A drop out looks bad... she starts back pedaling'

Remy Millisky

15-year-old commanded by stepmother and father to sign a "family contract" declaring devotion to their new blended family: 'They want us to not only accept the wedding but to accept each other as family and commit to being close'

Brad Dickson

21-year-old woman helps her mother by shaming 11-year-old kid sister into cleaning her room, saddened to find their relationship changed: 'My sister now hates me, but if it makes Mum’s life easier, I can live with that'

Brad Dickson

16-year-old's estranged father moves back to their small town with new wife and five step-kids, teenager refuses to start a relationship with them: 'Go back to wherever [you] moved from'

Ben Weiss