16-year-old discovers her dad isn’t her biological father, mom harasses her to confess which family member told her the truth: ‘He told me now that I knew I could start calling him Drake instead of dad’

This poor girl has been through the ringer. Some family secrets are incredibly banal. It doesn’t affect your life that much to know that your mom had a fling with a cowboy in South Dakota during the summer of 81, or that your dad was engaged to a woman in Wisconsin that never came to …
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Dad excludes 20-year-old son from wedding photo with his 2nd wife, her children, and his 18 and 16-year-old children: ‘Let’s just do the core family first’

Treating one child better or worse than another is unjustifiable in 99% of cases. I’m not talking about garden-variety variations, where parents are slightly closer to one child because of common interests, but don’t give that child unearned privileges just because they like baseball. I’m talking about purposefully excluding a child out of spite and …
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‘Witch Hunts in the year 2025’: Parents accuse 19-year-old private school employee of practicing witchcraft, force him to cover his Harry Potter tattoos

As a young professional, it’s essential to exercise caution when posting on social media. It doesn’t matter that everyone you know seems to post crazy things on their Instagram story all the time. It doesn’t matter that everyone seems to have a negative digital footprint now. If you want to post whatever you want, you …
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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (October 2, 2025)

Parents have to make tough decisions all day. They not only have to face the world as all adults do, but they also have to face the world while thinking about their kids. And this brings a whole new layer to the table. You have to digest the world first so your kids have an …
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18-year-old rejects her mom’s claim that it’s her job to prevent her 64-year-old dad from screaming at her: ‘It’s not my responsibility to cater to a grown man’s feelings’

When you are getting screamed at almost constantly, it’s easy to get obsessed with the idea that you are the one causing the screaming. You start to recognize the things that can trigger the person, whether it be things you say, sounds you make, times of the day, or locations where they feel comfortable blowing …
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Mom refuses to pick up her ex-husband’s 8-year-old affair baby from school while picking up her 8-year-old son: ‘My ex’s daughter was there until 7 because I refused to pick her up’

A lot of divorced parents don’t want anything to do with their exes’ «other family,» and I don’t begrudge them for that. If the divorce was amicable and a parent is involved in their children’s half-siblings’ or step-siblings’ lives, that’s all well and good. As long as they can do that without resenting the kids …
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Homeschool mom inquires about homeschool groups that go from 7:30-4 where she doesn’t have to do much teaching: ‘Do you mean school?’

Contrary to popular belief, homeschooling doesn’t always consist of a parent teaching their children by themself at home. This is the archetypal image of a homeschooling family: waking up late, doing math in their pajamas, with mom serving as the teacher. However, there are many other ways to educate children from outside of a public …
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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (August 7, 2025)

One time for a school play where I was playing an ER nurse, the school took us to an actual hospital and let us have interviews with real doctors and nurses. The ER doctor told us, «Nothing in your life prepares you for the exhaustion of working a 12-hour shift at the ER and having …
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High strung mom asks tutor to teach her 3-year-old son math for 4 hours a week: ‘How long does it usually take for him to get better?’

Kids need the opportunity just to be kids without the pressures of academic achievement. If a toddler shows interest in reading, that’s an excellent opportunity to expand their world through literacy. But if a 3-year-old can’t read yet and doesn’t seem particularly ready/interested in reading, that doesn’t mean you have to hire a team of …
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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (July 31, 2025)

These tweets are all yours, parents, and for no other eyes. If you’re not a parent, sure, you might still find some of these funny but you won’t be able to fully relate on an emotional level. You might get them but you won’t get them. We will leave that to the parents.  There are …
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