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17-year-old boy tells stepmother that she "was never important" after refusing to spend Mother's Day with her last year: 'I never even saw her as family'

Brad Dickson

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16-year-old tells grandparents that he has "no family" after being let down by his parents and extended family: 'My parents used to fight [about who] had to take me'

Brad Dickson

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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'

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

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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'

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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'

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17-year old tells her new stepmother that she doesn't want to be her "daughter": 'She has a photo frame in her home office that says mommy's girl and there's a photo of me in it'

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Friend brings her 4-year-old to a child-free wedding and lets him run wild, accusing bride of being a hypocrite for bringing her own child: 'It ruined the whole first part of my wedding'

Brad Dickson

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Parents kick 17-year-old brother out of house for telling 15-year-old sister that she's their favorite child: 'The favoritism mostly showed in them spoiling her and dedicating 1:1 time for her while they never made much of an effort with me'

Brad Dickson

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8-year-old daughter wants snowglobe for Christmas, mom says no, dad gives it to her anyways and it breaks instantly: '[My] daughter dropped it'

Brad Dickson

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Bride nervous about excluding single 9-year-old cousin from otherwise children-allowed wedding turns to internet forum for advice: 'I absolutely can't have him at my wedding'

Brad Dickson

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'Made bagels... my toddler took a single bite out of each one': 20 Times parents discovered the mildly infuriating things their kids were doing

Remy Millisky

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Mom threatens to call police after mother-in-law takes 7 and 10-year-old kids back to her place against parent's wishes: '[I] told her if she ever took my kids without permission again, I’d call the police'

Brad Dickson

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Mother accused of going too far for banning 13-year-old from once-in-a-lifetime middle school graduation trip as punishment: 'This is normal stuff for a 13-year-old'

Brad Dickson

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