Kids: Today, I figured out why I have been feeling so drowsy and lethargic...

By failedparenting - 07/09/2016 16:44 - United States - Bronx

Today, I figured out why I have been feeling so drowsy and lethargic for the past week. My daughter had been slipping sleeping pills into my coffee as payback for taking her phone away. FML

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Time to put the hammer down. On her phone. Repeatedly!

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Thursday 8 September 2016 10:49

Your daughter sounds like she needs to learn some lessons about maturity. I suggest you find a way to deal with this before she steps up her game to something more harmful.