Parents are supposed to look out for their kids. Unlike creatures in the animal kingdom who kick their babies out of the nest the day they’re old enough to fend for themselves, humans are unique in sustaining their empathy for their grown children’s life dilemmas. That is, of course, unless they’re the predatory type of parent hellbent on sabotaging their spawn’s success in life…

This predatory mom became her college-age daughter’s greatest threat in the wild after stealing her identity and running up a huge credit card bill. Claiming she was short on cash,  this terrible mom tried to justify using her daughter’s credit line as a safety net, effectively disproving that all human parents look out for their kin. Lucky for the college girl, u/stoppingmeallday, she wasn’t about to give up so easily. 

Keep scrolling to read how this young woman learned of her thieving parent’s deception through a thinly veiled ruse, a poorly executed heist, and a crummy credit score that cost her her dream job. After this, here’s another story of a terrible mom who became a far worse parent than most after bailing on her daughter’s 16th birthday to hang out with the golden stepchild instead.