teenagers

16-year-old caring for 14, 11, and 9-year-old siblings stops watching the other kids after parents dismiss his feelings: 'They said as the oldest, they have high expectations for me'

Remy Millisky

Family cat in rough shape rescued and adopted by builder despite teenager’s vague claim of cat ownership, worker says: ‘I still feel like I am kidnapping a cat even though I know he will be better off in a warm loving home who can protect and feed him.’

Laurent Shinar

Teen paints the principal's door hot pink after they backpedal on their deal or free lunches in exchange for painting the office: '[Don't] make me do labor for free'

Jesse Kessenheimer

17-year-old refuses to sell her 2 concert tickets so her friend can attend their girlfriend's high school graduation the same night as the concert: 'My mom was the one who paid over $200 for these tickets.'

Emmy Pratt

19-year-old sister refuses to let her 15-year-old brother take her artwork and claim it as his own: 'My brother scratched out my initial and write his own, as well as writing his name on the back of the canvas.'

Emmy Pratt

16-year-old informs his teachers that he is not required to do any of the schoolwork they assign him: 'You can still give me the work if you choose, but it won't get done.'

Emmy Pratt

14-year-old refuses to delete her fanfiction despite her parents' insistence that it'll look bad to future employers: 'I’m a 40-year-old accountant who reads fanfiction on my phone during my lunch break. Employers don't care.'

Emmy Pratt

Teen keeps parking car illegally in front of neighbor's house, preventing the snowplows through, so neighbor buries the car using his snow blower: 'Small town stuff…'

Elna McHilderson

18-year-old refuses to apologize for stopping inviting her flaky friend to hang out with her friend group: 'I didn’t want to keep planning around uncertainty.'

Emmy Pratt

18-year-old plans birthday trip with parents and siblings, stepdad complains of being excluded: 'We’ve built a real family over the years'

Ally Perry

Teen suspects that her parents are lying to her about her real age after identifying discrepancies in her birth documents: ‘I feel crazy’

Lana DeGaetano

17-year-old refuses to delay college, so her dad can pay for her 11-year-old cousin's private schooling: 'My dad has said it will be a struggle to fund both of us simultaneously.'

Emmy Pratt

‘This was in the mid-2000s before smartphones’: Woman demands to use a teen’s DVD player and earbuds during a flight, refusing to take no for an answer

Etai Eshet

3 older siblings tell 16-year-old brother that he's the reason they grew up in poverty: 'They told me if I had never been born, everyone's lives would be so much better, and it's not our parents' fault.'

Emmy Pratt

Teen dishwasher maliciously complies with clueless boss's new rule, boss apologizes to teen: 'I actually really appreciated his reaction that day'

Remy Millisky

Mom takes 60% of the money her 13-year-old daughter earned from tutoring, insists she's entitled to $25 of every $40 her daughter earns for household expenses: 'She kept the money in her bag and wouldn’t let me see it.'

Emmy Pratt