parenting fail

Foster family decides 16-year-old adoptee's name is too short, tries to rename him: 'They don't like calling me Nico. So they call me Nicholas'

Brad Dickson

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Dad lets 7-year-old daughter stay up late to teach her the importance of sleep, sparking disagreement with his wife: 'I thought the mission was a success but my wife questioned my parenting technique'

Brad Dickson

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Stepmother encourages 19-year-old stepdaughter to put an end to joint family holidays with her husband's ex-wife

Brad Dickson

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'My mom walks away from me while still talking': 20 of the Most Annoying Parenting Habits

Ben Weiss

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"Selfish" dad takes 6-year-old daughter's favorite cereal, starting an argument between her parents in front of her: 'He's had at least 1/3 of the entire box over those two bowls'

Brad Dickson

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18-year-old student clashes with her mother over choice of university sparking exchange of harsh words: 'I then proceeded to tell her it was my choice not her decision'

Brad Dickson

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16-year-old twin sisters clash over shared friend groups and overlapping personal lives: 'Get your own friends'

Brad Dickson

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17-year-old's contemptible family board game strategy earns her the frustration of her mother and family who accuse her of "cheating": 'Everything I did was within the rules'

Brad Dickson

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Entitled parents mock granddaughter on family vacation, uncle comes to her defense and forces his parents to sleep in the garage as payback: ‘Call it punishment’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Daughter refuses to share hefty work bonus with financially incompetent parents, teaching them a lesson on financial literacy: ‘Now they want me to bail them out’

Lana DeGaetano

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16-year-old abandoned on birthday weekend to study for school while parents take 13-year-old brother on vacation: 'It wasn't right of her parents to exclude her'

Brad Dickson

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Stepmother admonishes 16-year-old for taking her necklace away from 1-year-old sister, leading to public meltdown: 'She started lecturing me'

Brad Dickson

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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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14-year-old daughter asks her mom to tell her the truth about how she looks, 39-year-old Karen mother does not mince her words: 'I told her she was average-looking'

Ben Weiss

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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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'I loooove you': 38-year-old embarrasses mom in public after years of enduring the reverse

Ben Weiss

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