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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mecouleurbelle 5
dial the phone, give it to them and tell them you're waiting so go ahead. they can call child protective services all they want but cps can only come see if there are any signs of abuse. call their bluff. they're just trying to play you.
militarybrat 21
That isn't true at all.
brandonc8892 13
Welcome to Liberalism. Where the house is ruled by children.
Tannasgh 22
I think I would go to their school counselor and explain their attempt at blackmail. I would then write a letter explaining it to your husband and tell him to leave it unopened until you tell him to read it. Then I would call their bluff and explain that if they don't start behaving that you will call CPS yourself, explaining that you can no longer control them and that CPS will come and escort them to a juvenile facility for a bit until they can find foster parents. As a piece de resistance explain that you and your husband will take the money you save and put a hot tub and media room in where they sleep and take a cruise with the money you will save.
Ih8teenageangst 20
Give them the number to social services. My mother did that to us (we were even a foster home for other kids!)
whynotbliss 18
No joke, this sorta happened to me! My son got in trouble at school and to get out of it he said he was suicidal. He had gotten in trouble in school for saying 'I'll kill you', to another kid... They (kids) find out about this stuff from other kids in school! They learn what to say and how to say it the crafty little buggers. My son, of course, had to talk to a bevy of counselors and even CPS. It all winded up being that he wanted to move back to his slacker tramp of a mom's, who doesn't make him do his school work when he doesn't feel like it. I let him go, I'm not going to risk my career and my pending retirement to appease a 14 year old. He even told CPS and the counselors that 'the physical punishment is to much'. I don't touch him, but I make him do physical exercises like push ups and hold a book above his head for discipline infractions. He knew that they would assume he meant beatings! Of course he had no proof of any corporal punishments, but It sucks!
AbrasiveCunt 7
Future politicians right there.
Camry_Girl420 18
Get rid of the wifi and the cell phones and let them suffer without it. no technology for them at all whatsoever and when CPS shows up because your kids decided to say you hurt them graciously let them in to your home and investigate the abuse allegations. Tell them what your kids have said and they will get grilled so hard by them about the abuse that eventually they will crack. But request it be done outside of your home, preferably at a police station in an interrogation room and treat them like criminals. If they want to make false claims then let them be treated like criminals. A nice little scare tactic. And then get some counseling for those stupid little brats so you don't end up whooping their asses.
Witch_E_Poo 14
Another good comment.
Lunchy306 8
your response to them should be, "Ah perfect then you can both get jobs, pay rent, buy your own clothes and food, because dad and I are finally going to take a vacation."
elizacandle 29
you didn't give them their proper spankings growing up.
metalcrazed 21
I would ground them for a really long time and take all thier stuff away just for that and if they do call on you tell the agency what they said and ground them more.