childcare

Mother appoints her brother to be her 3 under 10-year-old children's unpaid personal chef: '[She] expect[s] me to make something every day for the kids'

Brad Dickson

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'She has a temper [...] I hate her': 16-year-old girl refuses to tutor her terrible 15-year old sister despite parents' threats of punishment

Brad Dickson

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16-year-old stepdaughter causes a stink about going to Disney with the family, stepmother leaves her behind: 'If someone else likes something, she finds ways to criticize it'

Brad Dickson

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Parents object to 16-year-old getting a job after they repeatedly refuse to pay for the care of his 3 younger siblings, aged 12, 10, and 7 years old: 'I reminded them that they get what they pay for'

Brad Dickson

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Aunt demands 13-year-old niece's $500 backpack, one of 50 that she owns, starting rift in the family: '[She] thinks I'm being selfish'

Brad Dickson

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Mother takes a stand declaring that she won't be attending any events that her 4-year-old and 6-year-old children can't attend: 'I said I wouldn’t attend if my kids weren’t invited'

Brad Dickson

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Mother and stepfather try to force 16-year-old to take his half and step-siblings to the waterpark with his grandparents: 'She's worried the other kids will feel left out'

Brad Dickson

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Step-mother won't drive 12 and 13-year-old step-daughters to dance class 50 minutes away, painting her as the villain, she wonders if she's wrong: 'Their mom's negativity changed how they treat me'

Brad Dickson

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Family is split after woman refuses to babysit for selfish brother after giving him three years of free childcare, decides to puts her studies and free time first: ‘I stood my ground’

Lana DeGaetano

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Husband admonished for telling wife and new mother of 3-month-old baby that she must return to work: 'She needs to work full-time'

Brad Dickson

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Woman asks her biological son to stop calling her "mom" causing rift and diving online readers: 'It feels disrespectful...'

Brad Dickson

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Couple names first 4 children after children's grandparents balks at naming the fifth after step-grandma causing rift in the family: '[I] never ever considered calling her mom'

Brad Dickson

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Karen family cheats nanny out of $12.50, nanny charges them hundreds in unpaid hours: 'I was furious'

Brad Dickson

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Nanny shares the wildest job offers she's received from parents: 'That's $4.50 an hour per family... no thank you!'

Isabella Penn

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Entitled mother expects to 'still be friends' with the nanny after firing her on the spot for taking 6 days off for a medical emergency: 'Sorry honey... Blocked'

Elna McHilderson

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'[Am I wrong] for telling my husband the nanny is in charge?': Husband objects to wife telling him to defer to the nanny's judgement for their children

Brad Dickson

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