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Parent bans neighborhood kids from playing in driveway after destroying his property, neighbors accuse him of flaunting wealth after building backyard playground for his own kid: 'They became increasingly reckless'

Isabella Penn

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32-year-old stepmother sets 15-year-old straight after teen tells her she's a “gold digger with a uterus”: 'I never tried to replace her mom, but I’ve been a consistent, caring adult in her life'

Brad Dickson

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29-year-old mother tells off 26-year-old "fun auntie" sister for correcting her in front of her 6-year-old and feeding him candy before dinner

Brad Dickson

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29-year-old stepmother confronted by having to watch her husband's 11, 7, and 6-year-old children so that he can attend his friend's bachelor party: 'I told him that I can’t because I have to go to the gym [...] and honestly, I just don’t want to'

Brad Dickson

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40-year-old stepmother asks 18-year-old to babysit 9-year-old stepbrother during her own father's memorial service: 'You lost a husband of 5 years. I lost the man who raised me my entire life. You do the math'

Brad Dickson

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'Parents didn't lift a finger': Oblivious parents let their kid disrupt an all-ages brewery with an annoying bar instrument, then the bartender insists they take it home as payback

Jesse Kessenheimer

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17-year-old clashes with mother for not allowing her to "no-call no-show" to her volunteer job among other irresponsible behavior: 'We let her throw a house party recently where it was supposed to be 25 people and at least 100 kids came'

Brad Dickson

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Stepmother left to look after her husband's 12 and 14-year-old children, while he plays poker every night after work: ‘I already am the default parent for laundry, school pickup, scheduling, meals, and the primary caretaker anytime during school breaks’

Brad Dickson

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Parents leave 16-year-old home on her birthday weekend to study while they take her 13-year-old brother on a ski trip: 'You have too much homework'

Brad Dickson

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34-year-old single dad hurt and grounds 16-year-old daughter after overhearing her confession that she "manipulates" him: 'She told her friends about how easy it is [...] so that she can get anything that she wants from me'

Brad Dickson

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‘This is NOT normal’: 24-year-old married woman removes parental tracking from her phone after parents judge her comings and goings, they unjustifiably retaliate

Lana DeGaetano

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16-year-old puts presumptuous stepmother in her place after she demands to be called “mom”: 'She said that she's my mom because she's at home with me every day and is married to my dad'

Brad Dickson

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56-year-old mother "borrows" and ruins 19-year-old daughter's makeup by mixing it together: 'She has a history of using my makeup without asking me and 99% of the time she uses products incorrectly and damages them'

Brad Dickson

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40-year-old father and teacher leaves 15-year-old daughter's musical early, family refuses to go to the musical at the school where he works: ‘He had not bothered to sit through his own daughter's [performance]’

Brad Dickson

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Ex-wife chastises father for not comforting 15-year-old daughter more after she stole her 16-year-old stepsister's heirloom necklace: 'Any more comforting would be coddling, and she needs to learn from this'

Brad Dickson

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Parents get mad at mother for giving 13-year-old girl's softball team pizza and "junk food" at a sleepover: 'It’s 15 girls, so I figured it was easiest because these [foods] feed a lot of children'

Brad Dickson

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