raising teens

Dad refuses to go on a family vacation unless his 16-year-old nephew's friend gets disinvited because he picks on his 15-year-old daughter at school: 'This kid is a full-fledged nightmare.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘Teaching your kid to be an adult’: 12-year-old daughter backs out of all of her commitments and now wants to quit the cross-country team she begged to join, so mom forces her to call the coach herself and quit with her whole chest

Elna McHilderson

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Mother and 22-year-old daughter argue at a family wedding because of how the mom used to sneak to look through her things just to find things to prove she was a bad teenager: 'I was hiding stuff from her and wanted to find the evidence.'

María Cetra

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Mom stands up for her son and daughter after another teen's mom tries to finagle her son into their prom limo without their permission: ‘[They] planned this long in advance.’

Elna McHilderson

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Parents leave unruly teen kids to sit alone in coach to torture other passengers while they enjoy business class for an 8-hour flight, karma teaches them all a life lesson: ‘[Parenting] red flag!’

Elna McHilderson

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Mom tells 14-year-old son that his GF needs to limit her time at their home: 'It's getting to be too much. She's here like 5-6 days a week'

Remy Millisky

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15-year-old girl refuses to let her 16-year-old brother use headphones, Mom and Dad side with him: 'I didn’t want to lend them because this is an ongoing issue'

Remy Millisky

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Parent refuses to let 16-year-old daughter's boyfriend get her a promise ring: 'I was stunned but ultimately I told him no...16 is too young'

Remy Millisky

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Mom is furious after teacher embarrasses her 7th grader in front of classmates by forcing her to apologize publicly for being “bossy” during a group project

Etai Eshet

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15+ Teenage sleepovers gone wrong: 'The mom was a maximum helicopter parent'

Remy Millisky

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‘And the [girl] had her first car’: Elderly couple that neighboring teenager helped out pass and include her in the inheritance but the family “Karen” tries to cut her out, so other members secretly give her their car

Elna McHilderson

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16-year-old quits job to stop paying for 10, 8, 7, and 5-year-old siblings: '[My parents] told me I should understand life isn't always equal'

Remy Millisky

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Polite family tries to get through to noisy neighbor who keeps ignoring the apartment's sound curfew, ignores them and gets berated by intimidating neighbor instead: ‘Can’t say she wasn't warned…'

Elna McHilderson

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Hotel employee about to break from entitled guests gets one respectful check-in and gleefully gives them a big discount: ‘[For] one blessed night, I can enjoy giving a break to a GOOD guest!'

Elna McHilderson

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‘She’s calling my dog hers!': Husband moves his entire family in without consulting his wife, 2-weeks in wife grows a backbone and gives them a piece of her mind

Elna McHilderson

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19-year-old gets even with stepmom who refuses to pick them up from the bus stop: 'Stepmom said if I was late not to come home'

Remy Millisky

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