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By nothowscienceworks - 13/11/2015 07:06 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I had the mother of a five year old come in for parent teacher conferences. When I told her that her son was very smart, but he often made up fantastical stories about his home life, she burst into tears. She then ran out of my office crying, "I knew it! I knew he was a sociopath!" FML

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By Anonymous - 23/11/2020 17:02

Today, I had to give my four year-old daughter some tough love, which I hate doing. When she ran away crying, my son, her twin brother, looked at me and said, "You should be ashamed of yourself." FML

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By kindgartin - 23/04/2011 09:26 - Canada

Today, I was listening to my son's teacher gossip about students whilst in the grocery store. I was thrilled when she described my son as "A model student". However, she then went on to say, "Which is surprising considering that his parents are trailer trash." FML

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By Anonymous - 30/10/2010 05:07 - New Zealand

Today, my daughter came up to me crying. When I asked her what was wrong, she told me that she had a fight with her imaginary boyfriend. She's 16. I raised this child. FML

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By notyouagain - 03/10/2010 07:40 - Australia

Today, I went over to my friend's house. Her 5 year old son answered the door and when he saw me said, 'oh great, it's YOU' and slammed the door in my face. FML

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By PrettySureItsReal - 09/04/2015 19:38 - United States - Saint Peters

Today, a parent of one of the students I teach called me to complain that I was teaching her child "lies" and "fairytales". I was teaching them about the Holocaust. FML

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WinterChild 20

Friday 13 November 2015 17:45

Because no child ever made up a story or has an imagination without having a mental disorder...

Wizardo 33

Friday 13 November 2015 17:45

Guess he inherited the smarts from his dad.

Comments

warrenhoward42 20

Saturday 14 November 2015 6:19

that's not a sociopath.

JohnnyWake0 13

Saturday 14 November 2015 6:37

Why do all the comments say something is wrong with the mother in this situation? What if she's coming home to dead dogs in her bed or something? Stop assuming when you don't even know the whole situation.

DoomedGemini 37

Saturday 14 November 2015 7:21

So a mother comes home to read dogs but an active imagination is the nail on the coffin for being a sociopath? Really?

idk_rose 25

Saturday 14 November 2015 15:06

i guess the poor kid was a "surprise"

band13geek 16

Saturday 14 November 2015 15:43

I think this is more of a FML for the five year old.

FailStaff 15

Sunday 15 November 2015 16:00

You cannot label a kid with any type of Antipersonal Social Disorder under around 18-ish when the mind finally develops fully

kalbrek009 20

Monday 16 November 2015 6:00

According to a lot of professionals, the brain isn't "fully" developed until the age 25, rather than 18, but that's not to say a person isn't mentally "mature". Kind of changes the perception of the term adult VS legal adult....although we all know most 14-16 ish year olds believe they are adults or "grown up enough" to be able to do adult things (sadly).