teenagers

18-year-old lies about which college she's attending to make sure her codependent step-sister doesn't follow her to the same school: 'Mom told me I wasn't thinking of what was best for Charlotte'

Emmy Pratt

New 38-year-old stepmother demands 26-year-old "stepdaughter" give her and her 7 and 6-year-old halfsisters the jewels she inherited from her mother: 'She said all of her kids [should] get something of my mom's stuff'

Brad Dickson

Triplet dad takes two 14-year-old sons on amusement park 'boys trip', protests when wife takes excluded daughter on day out in retaliation: 'He said I shouldn't get her used to special treatment'

Ally Perry

Couple walk out of father's birthday dinner after 33-year-old son-in-law gets sat at the kid's table: 'He's used to not being liked'

Ally Perry

14-year-old constantly mocks her 16-year-old sister for being adopted, older sister discovers that they're actually both adopted: 'My parents said don't tell my sister or she'll be devastated'

Emmy Pratt

Parent of 15-year-old refuses to buy her cell phone, offers her pay-phone quarters instead: 'She says it's affecting her social life'

Remy Millisky

23-year-old niece tries to help homeschooled 13-year-old cousin who can't do his times tables, enrages aunt who thinks her teaching is just fine: 'Charlie needs to learn to be accountable to someone besides his mommy'

Emmy Pratt

Stepmom refuses to back up dad after he punished his 15-year-old daughter for being mean to a classmate, dad tells stepmom to leave the house: ‘You're choosing her over me’

Bar Mor Hazut

13-year-old throws a tantrum when her 18-year-old stepsister forgot to bring her a snack when she picked her up from track practice: 'She said her mom always brought a snack for her and pouted'

Emmy Pratt

Mom refuses to let 18-year-old son move in homeless 17-year-old girlfriend, lashes out when uncle houses them both: 'My nephew was willing to step up'

Ally Perry

14-year-old forced to babysit 33-year-old sister's baby 24/7, finally has enough: 'I have zero experience with babies!'

Ben Weiss

Dad punishes 13-year-old daughter for calling her classmate "poor" by making her go to school with extremely bad hygiene for 3 days: 'No shower, no deodorant, no brushing of teeth, and reused clothes'

Emmy Pratt

33-year-old mom forces her 14-year-old insomniac sister to watch her 3-month-old baby at home alone while she works all day: 'Both my parents work, so I’m left alone with the baby for hours almost every day.'

Emmy Pratt

Dad forbids his 14-year-old daughter from reading dystopian novel, scolds his 20-year-old niece for having it in her bedroom: 'He said it was careless to leave something she is too young for out on the shelf'

Emmy Pratt

16-year-old gets chastised for not helping her dad's new girlfriend, who is pregnant, after the woman was unkind to her: 'She's extra bitter that dad's so focused on making our relationship work instead of on her'

Brad Dickson

19-year-old Bella takes her 23-year-old cousin’s graduation party gift cards and cash mid-celebration because she needs them more: I told her to drop everything she collected right there and stop it’

Etai Eshet