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Step-grandma insists on pink-themed surprise party for 5-year-old despite her instance she hates the color, mom takes her home: 'We’re not coming. We’re taking the kids to McDonalds'

Brad Dickson

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Helicopter parents pressure 35-year-old son to stay home and turn down a better job offer: '[It pays] $23k more than my last job'

Ben Weiss

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'She gave me two options and one option is never happening': Man's new wife wants to adopt his daughter so ex-wife can no longer be in the picture, man says he'd rather divorce her than force his daughter into adoption

Baiz Hoen

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82-year-old grandmother invites new boyfriend to dinner, family disapproves causing daughter to go no contact: '[He] wants to be called grandpa'

Ben Weiss

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Mom defends 13-year-old daughter in strongly worded email to terrible teacher: 'I'm sorry, but that is not a lesson I feel comfortable teaching my daughter'

Ben Weiss

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15-year-old tells her parents that she doesn't regard her 6-year-old foster sister as a sibling, despite foster sister's wishes: 'Her birthday wish was that I loved her back'

Brad Dickson

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16-year-old accused of "making a scene" at stepsister's birthday party after standing up for himself to her aunt: 'Things spiraled out of control pretty quickly'

Brad Dickson

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16 and 19-year-old siblings team up against Mom who insists they stop "lying in bed all day": 'It is unrealistic'

Remy Millisky

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16-year old pressured by parents to give them his savings to support his younger siblings: 'My parents are bad with money'

Brad Dickson

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Mom helps 17-year-old second-semester senior play hooky, maliciously complying with school's bogus absence policy: 'It was a solid 5 months of my mom messing with this woman'

Ben Weiss

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After being raised by grandparents, granddaughter refuses to give up on her share of their inheritance despite family's demands, leading to a dispute with her mom: 'You're not their biological child'

Bar Mor Hazut

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15-year-old gets blamed and grounded for 12-year-old cousin's behavior while they were babysitting him: 'He lied that I had friends over'

Brad Dickson

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Parent refuses to take 10 and 13-year-old kids to grandparent's house instead of a Taylor Swift concert: 'They can't see their grandson unless they call to make an appointment'

Remy Millisky

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‘He buys his $20 gloves… and storms out': Kid bursts with embarrassment as his father has a tantrum for being told the store is closed, manager shuts him down

Elna McHilderson

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Pushy step-grandma insists that 14-year-old call her “grandma," despite teen not wanting to do so: 'I don't want to call her grandma'

Brad Dickson

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Stepmom accuses 17-year-old son of being a selfish brother after discovering he blocked his stepsiblings on his phone, son refuses to back down: ‘They are not my responsibility’

Bar Mor Hazut

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