Today, my 12 and 14 year olds told me they'll be doing whatever they like from now on and there will be no rules or bedtime, otherwise they'll tell their teachers that my husband and I abuse them. Where did I go wrong? FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my husband went on a tirade, accusing me of bullying and being too hard on our kids. Apparently, I’m taking this homeschool thing too serious, and I need to cut them a break. All I did was make them write their letters and numbers on paper instead of just using their tablets. Yeah, real mean. FML
Today, my parents and in-laws let my 4 year-old watch as much TV as he wants. Not cartoons but brain-rot and weird stuff on YouTube. Let him skip naps. Feed him primarily junk food, and sweets. They don't respect his 8 pm bedtime and let him play until 12 am or later. Then they wonder why I don't visit more often. FML
Today, my kids are mad I won’t let them hang out at the “cool” parents house. You know, the house with no rules. I’ve heard way too many horror stories, too many true crime documentaries, plus personal experience, to ever let that happen. I will never EVER trust adults that like to party with kids. FML
Today, my family once again mocked and insulted me for being the only one to not spank my kids. Apparently, they’ll grow up entitled and in prison if I don’t. Odd, seeing as my kids are 10 times better behaved than their kids, who get spanked on a regular. Ah well, here’s to hitting kids I guess. FML
Today, my parents still think they can control me. I’m 27, married, and have a son. Even after all the abuse and trauma over the years, they still think that everything is fine. That they did their “best”. Why do they think this is right, and think they should have any right to my son or even see him? FML
Today, my fiancé's kids say they never want to come back to our house because I’m “mean” and have "too many rules." Rules such as brushing teeth twice a day, flushing the toilet after every use, no food allowed in the bedrooms, and no sleeping in until 2pm. Guess that makes me unreasonable. FML
Today, I realized that my 14 year-old runs my home. She has her own room, while her 11 year-old sister and I (her mother) share a room. I literally have to get her permission to go anywhere as well. FML
Today, my parents threatened to take away my college funds. Why? Because I complained about my 10 pm curfew during break as a freshman in college. FML
Today, my parents tried to apologize for wrongly grounding me. I told them to go fuck themselves, so now I'm re-grounded. FML
Today, I once again told my son he needed a job and a girlfriend because I simply could not keep him in my house anymore. He yelled, "No, I can do whatever I want!" Then went back to playing video games. He's 38. FML
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Hijacker101 12
You should tell them, that if they say that, they will be taken away from you, and placed in foster care, where there will be rules, bedtimes and chores they're trying to escape.
Roxas_hearts 27
Something like this happened to my uncle. His son (my cousin) called the cops on him for telling him to study, saying he hurt him. He had to live with us for a couple days. It's sad because now he's too afraid to discipline his youngest one now because if something is brought to the cops again it could get his kids taken away from him.
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2013bchan41 20
Definitely hire a social worker: you can't let your kids hold power over you. Alternately you could make their base threats a reality
pandalover69 26
Get them to say it again but secretly record it and then send it to all their teachers.
areyouseroooos 10
"Oh I'm sorry the Internet password changed and I forgot it after putting it in our phones" or "I'm sorry but you're fe adults so you cook now" or "can't take you anywhere you're too much of a brat"
Ihavegas 22
well call their bluff and proceed with an almighty beating that their descendants would feel it!
lvg_fml 10
No phones or electronics for them no cooking or washing their clothes no driving them anywhere no money until they change. And you should go with them to their school and meet with their teacher , principal and guidance counselor and explain what they said
MissRaindrop 20
It's likely not you. My cousin came home from school with a pamphlet given to her by her teacher. She called the number when her parents wouldn't get a new toy (and smacked her hand when she grabbed and threw it) because "it hurt my feelings and teacher said that's abuse.
harleyivy 7
Continue to discipline then and hide some cameras around the house, so you'll have proof your kids are lying. Why would they waste social services time like that?
Ellendyra 10
Tell them that that is fine. Say it makes it easier on you. If they don't want to follow your rules then there's a whole lot of stuff you do for them you don't have to like buy them presents of birthdays and christmas and pay for stuff, go to their events, drive them to and from friends places. They can make their own soup when they get sick, etc. If they wanna be adults treat them like ones.
Brandon1000 10
They have no idea how much trouble they could get in by saying that.
Sandman0351 13
You didn't beat them. Take this from an abused child. A little abuse sets the alpha