Today, I walked in on my 14-year-old daughter holding a lit lighter to the underside of a spoon, which was full of baking powder. She was trying to breathe in the fumes to get high, and later confessed that she thought it's how heroin is made and used. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I walked in on my son holding a lighter to the end of a pen and sniffing the fumes. Apparently he thought it would get him high. FML
Today, my daughter somehow got a hold of the lighter we keep on top of the fridge. I found this out when she snuck up behind me and thought it would be fun to set my hair on fire. FML
Today, I walked in on my fifteen-year-old son and his friends attempting to set up a rudimentary meth lab in his bedroom. I'm not sure whether to be angrier that they simply tried this, or that they thought burning up baking soda would somehow produce methamphetamine. FML
Today, my teenage daughter nearly burned down our house because she wanted to take "artsy" pictures with a lighter for Instagram. FML
Today, my mother accused me of "cooking cocaine", after she found a slightly discoloured spoon in my room. FML
Today, my daughter threw a can of hairspray into the fireplace because she saw someone do it on YouTube. FML
Today, I walked into the kitchen to find my daughter trying to cut her wrist with a plastic spoon. When I asked her why, she said her friend Lucy did that so her parents would buy her pretty things. My daughter and Lucy are both four years old. FML
Today, I walked in on my daughter trying to tan herself with her regular desk lamp. She won't believe that it wouldn't give her a tan. She's 16 years old. This isn't the first time this has happened. FML
Today, my mum accused me of doing heroin because some teaspoons had gone missing. FML
Today, my girlfriend and I went out to neighbour's just down the street and left my 12 and 14 year-old daughters at home. The 12 year-old found the fire extinguisher and thought it was whipped cream, put it in her mouth, and tried to eat it. The 14 year-old didn't even bother to call us. Luckily, the 12 year-old is fine, the stuff was safe. FML
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fsomelife 26
Go lighter on the kid, will you? She's the heroine of an FML! ...Sorry, too spoon?
ChakatBlackstar 29
What's worse? That she wanted to do drugs? Or that she sucked at doing drugs?
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Comments (127)
brianax36 14
Most of the time the parents arent to blame. Their children grow and make their own decisions no matter how they were raised.
kayleighcupcake 14
you clearly should not have reproduced
fertilegod 3
kids will do anything to get high nowadays. our society has great morals
Ebola_fml 20
As stupid as this is, it's still smarter than actually doing heroin.
TrinityNevada 11
It's a good thing she's too naive to know any better but OP needs to monitor her a bit more closely. Curiosity about any mind-altering substances is a bad thing (trust me, I'm a recovering addict and I started off "curious"). I hate advocating sheltering children too much, but in a case like this, OP's daughter needs it. She simply isn't ready to make sound decisions
martin8337 36
And crack too.
Beepbeep7 14
Throw an egg at a skillet.
dstamm2 10
Kids will turn to this because they don't feel loved and accepted from there parents... YDI
Beepbeep7 14
That's complete bullshit.Kids do not always do the things they do because of their parents. Kids often do stupid things just because they want to be part of the in crowd or impress their friends.
MrBoredomioo 18
Quote from Ronie Radke (from The Westerner) "I spent most of my teenage years searching for her (his mom's) love. I could not find it anywhere, so I turned to drugs." So yes it does happen
averyman360 3
I know you don't need advice to raise your kid but I'd watch out for her trying to huff stuff next. All aresol cans should be accounted for
ReggieReefer 12
Parenting fail.