parenting

New mom wakes from a nap to find her newborn missing because her mother-in-law snuck in to “help” with the baby, MIL forced to return her emergencies-only key: 'She can't just let herself in'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Family pressures relative who works in e-commerce company to misuse their work access to grant them favors, relative refuses to help: 'Following their demands would be a career-ending move'

Bar Mor Hazut

‘Flight attendant was not in the mood to play’: Family tries to trick international flight passenger into middle seat and row next to their toddler by lying to staff but gets called out and the passenger gets upgraded to business class

Etai Eshet

Parents praise their oldest golden child and ostracize their ‘black sheep’ son for years: ‘I'm chasing the shadow of my family's approval’

Lana DeGaetano

Single child daughter refuses to take over family's gas station business, sets her sights on lawschool instead to her parents' dismay: '[They] told me that I'm throwing away an opportunity and disrespecting their sacrifices'

Ely Bulnes

Woman receives an angry email from her sister-in-law, detailing her 7-year-old daughter's food mess that she left under their dining room table earlier that evening: ‘I… was quite shocked and offended by the intensity of judgment and shaming’

Lana DeGaetano

Mom sells $20k worth of son's baseball cards without telling him, he cuts her off until she pays him back: 'She offered me $2,000 to “make it even,” which felt like a slap in the face'

JR Atkinson

Father refuses to allow ex-wife's new husband to take his 10-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son out alone, citing child safety risks: ‘To me he's just a stranger’

Lana DeGaetano

Stepmom invites herself to mother-son dinner with 15-year-old stepson's football team, biomom wants her to stay away: 'This is going to be really really hard for you'

JR Atkinson

Entitled teenagers cut the line at Disneyland ride, only to be kicked out of the ride by Disney worker after a dad in line calls them out: ‘Head to the back of the line and wait like everyone else’

Bar Mor Hazut

26-year-old sister refuses to give $20,000 of her inheritance to the oldest sibling to bankroll her exorbitant wedding, family feud ensues over their late father's will: ‘She said Dad would want me to ‘share’'

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (September 20, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

Mom attempts to shoehorn herself and her kids into younger brother's child-free vacation plans, he declines her demands and affirms boundaries: 'It's not that kind of trip, we don't want kids around'

Ely Bulnes

'I am perhaps being petty, but I don't want to give him the money': Stepdad refuses to contribute to stepson's college fund despite funding his 3 biokids, stepson flips out and

JR Atkinson

Fiancé protests when partner refuses to use $600 of 15-year-old son's social security benefits to contribute towards rent: 'It feels like he's trying to make me subsidize the household'

Ally Perry

Husband and his family try to guilt his pregnant wife into bringing their 4-year-old daughter to soccer practice every Saturday morning, despite the wife's busy schedule and chronic illness: ‘I’m at my personal capacity’

Lana DeGaetano