raising kids

"Unschooling" aunt hires 23-year-old niece to tutor her homeschooled 13 and 9-year-old children, doesn't like it when she's told that she's the problem: ‘She started crying, said she didn’t feel very supported, and hung up’

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16-year-old gets chastised for not helping her dad's new girlfriend, who is pregnant, after the woman was unkind to her: 'She's extra bitter that dad's so focused on making our relationship work instead of on her'

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Adopted child learns that their birth mother has left them a large sum of inheritance money, adopted siblings demand an equal cut despite having no relation: 'They want to split it three ways!'

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19-year-old son expects dad's girlfriend to pay for his vacation after treating her and her 15-year-old daughter with hostility for the 3 years his dad has been with her: 'You’re not my family. You never will be. [D]on’t expect anything from me'

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18-year-old decides to live with her stepmother instead of her own father after they split: 'She’s apologized, made an effort, and treats me like a human being'

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14-year-old brother tricks 17-year-old sister with fake spider because she treats the bathroom like her private selfie studio, sparking chaos in the family: 'She spends 30 to 45 minutes taking selfies in the mirror with like 6 different outfits'

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17-year-old tells her 9-year-old foster sister that she ruined Mother's Day: 'She completely ruined Mother’s Day for us by clinging to my mom'

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Neighbor upset her kids weren't invited to 25-year-old mother's 7-year-old daughter's birthday party, begins posting passive-aggressive messages on community social media page: 'She's posting this heinous stuff about how teen moms are unfit parents'

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Homeowner vigorously defends his lawn from neighbor's 9-year-old, who is digging holes in his yard while looking for “buried treasure,” parents get defensive and refuse to step in: ‘This is my yard. You can’t dig here’

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Woman refuses to let ex-husband's new trophy wife be in their 18-year-old daughter's graduation photos, according to the daughter's wishes: ‘This isn’t your moment to be included in’

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Parents and girlfriend's entire family get mad at guy for taking birthday cake away from their spoiled 2-year-old who is sticking his hands in the cake: ‘Everyone glared at me like I was the most evil [person] on earth’

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Mom kicks 20-something-year-old daughters out of her house for ignoring their sick 7-year-old half-brother when they were supposed to be babysitting him: ‘They argued that I was making them act like they are the parent and placing responsibility on them’

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16-year-old eats half of 14-year-old cousin's $140 birthday cake before the party, doesn't get invited back the next year, mom refuses to step in: ‘[The cake] cost me around $140’

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40-year-old Stepmother refuses to pay 20-year-old stepdaughter's college rent despite paying for her own 19-year-old daughter's rent and being married to the stepdaughter's father for 12-years: 'My husband has no idea I'm paying my daughter's rent'

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Mom refuses to control her 8 and 5-year-old children in a movie theater, ignoring other theater-goers' protests: 'They’re kids. I can’t keep them still. If you don’t like it, you can leave'

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18-year-old, oldest of 3 siblings, calls out her mom and 16-year-old brother for "parentifying" her and forcing her to be a de facto parent to him and their 12-year-old sister: 'My mom laughed'

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