teenagers

17-year-old refuses to go on girls trip to Southeast Asia because her friends are too inexperienced, friends are annoyed that she's 'ruining their holiday': 'What I was most afraid of was safety issues'

JR Atkinson

17-year-old refuses to cook meals for his estranged 28-year-old brother and his 3 kids after he ignored him his entire life: 'He ignores my birthdays, he ignores me at Christmas, he never invites me to parties.'

Emmy Pratt

Entitled mother points out that her teen daughter’s “Gucci” birthday purse from her 15-year-old boyfriend is a fake, only for her husband to defend the boy and accuse her of being materialistic, sparking family tension: 'I felt like it was tacky'

Emma Saven

Father and stepmother-to-be demand that 15-year-old sign a "family contract" to "accept" and be a part of their new blended family: 'Dad is creating a new family, just not my new family'

Brad Dickson

Mom forces 16-year-old daughter to take 700 mg of magnesium per day, gets angry when doctor agrees with daughter's claim that she should only take 350 mg a day: 'I turned to my mom and said "I told you so."'

Emmy Pratt

13-year-old pressures friend into spending $80 on her birthday present after she told her she can only afford to spend $40-$50: 'Keep in mind, we are not that close of friends.'

Emmy Pratt

Mom forces 16-year-old daughter to get a job to support the family after her husband lost his job: 'Why can your daughter get a job but not your husband?'

Emmy Pratt

Mom gifts 16-year-old daughter a waxing kit for her birthday, cries when she's not excited about it: 'I guess I’m just the worst mom ever.'

Emmy Pratt

Woman at the renaissance faire puts two teenage boys looking for trouble in their place with just three words: ‘I must have been a bit more scary then I meant to…’

Elna McHilderson

19-year-old confesses to his mother that he resents the fact that she remarried when he was a child: 'I resented her for remarrying when she made life worse by marrying a guy with more kids and all that debt'

Brad Dickson

16-year-old avoids home because she shares a room with her 14-year-old sister, who constantly steals from her and fights her: 'I got double grounded then for saying I can't stand her.'

Emmy Pratt

Mother kicks entitled family out for gatecrashing her son's private birthday party and stealing food: 'That doesn't matter, my children want some food'

Brad Dickson

Frustrated father deducts funds from 19-year-old son's monthly allowance, after he skips required online portion of driver's ed, costing parents $715, further causing family’s new insurance to cost $13 more monthly: 'I'm invoking a natural consequence'

Emma Saven

Father wears the same shirt every year on 17-year-old daughter's birthday, finds out man who made the shirt also wore it to his daughter's birth and they both lost their dads at 16, sparking wholesome connection: 'Who started cutting onions'

JR Atkinson

28-year-old refuses to drive 90 minutes to drop her homeschooled 15-year-old sister off at her 18-year-old boyfriend's house on her birthday: 'At her age, I wasn’t even allowed to go on a date with my boyfriend.'

Emmy Pratt

Stepmom demands 15-year-old quit one of his 4 extracurricular activities because they leave no time for her 2 kids: 'I told her that she is not paying for my classes, so it's none of her business.'

Emmy Pratt