Parenting FAILS

Entitled neighbor befriends HOA president to restrict kids from playing games in the neighborhood, sparking backlash from other residents: 'It violates federal housing law to restrict children from the common areas'

Ben Weiss

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24-year-old cuts ties with her distant father after learning he "replaced" pictures of her in his house with photos of his 18-year-old nephew: 'I couldn't care less about having a relationship with [him] moving forward'

Ben Weiss

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Dad gives the family business to brother-in-law instead of his son, who has worked there for 17 years since he was 15 years old, son starts a new business, forcing dad to beg him to come back: 'The business is now 100% my brother-in-law’s'

Brad Dickson

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18-year-old refuses to pay rent when her parents demand it after she has already moved out: '[My aunt said] my parents really needed this and deserved it for raising me [but] I want nothing to do with them'

Brad Dickson

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Identical twin sister decides to start a life of her own after her parents encouraged an unhealthy, codependent familial relationship for years, family implodes as a result: ‘I just can't be enmeshed with her for the rest of my life’

Lana DeGaetano

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32-year-old coworker demands that 25-year-old employee give her his scheduled PTO days so that she can vacation with her 2 young children, telling him it's more important for her cause she's a parent: 'It's not my responsibility to fix her mistake'

Brad Dickson

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Overbearing parents insist college-bound teen to keep her Life360 location on so they can see what she's doing at all times, teen wants to disable the feature so she can stop feeling surveilled: ‘They're a bit overbearing and controlling about where I go’

Lana DeGaetano

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Parents force to 19-year-old college student daughter to keep her Life360 tracking app turned on, she tells them that she is turning it off after they track her every movement: 'It's uncomfortable knowing that wherever I am, they're probably looking'

Brad Dickson

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Neighbor demands homeowner buy her 8-year-old son a new bike because her son left his bike in the homeowner's yard overnight and "ruined" it when his sprinklers turned on: 'She threatened to call the cops, and I said go ahead'

Brad Dickson

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20-year-old daughter stops contributing time and effort toward her physically impaired granddad after her family lazily and solely relies on her to be his caretaker, despite her being a full-time college student: ‘I don’t think it’s fair’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘It is not my responsibility to fund someone else's child’: Self-supporting woman refuses to make monthly financial contributions to her brother and his pregnant wife, her mother ostracizes her as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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Full-time student discovered her mother used Apple Pay to steal $4,200 of her tuition savings for rent and beauty appointments, leaving daughter unable to make a required school payment: 'Keeps saying she raised me and I owe her'

Emma Saven

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28-year-old freeloader brother expects successful sibling to let him live rent-free in their apartment while they're abroad, then gets their parents to pressure them, too: ‘He acts like it's already decided’

Lana DeGaetano

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Adult grandchild cooks Thanksgiving meal for their grandmother after other family members claim they can't make it to dinner, then family drops in day-of to dine and dash: ‘My grandmother and I barely had anything left for a full meal’

Lana DeGaetano

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29-year-old pays financially struggling parents' mortgage for over four years, then rightfully demands his name be put on the house for legal comfort: ‘My mom accused me of trying to steal the house’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I became livid’: Woman refuses to share inheritance with her ‘bonus daughter’, who insists that the money belongs to her father through marriage

Lana DeGaetano

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