Anonymous
Toronto, Canada
Today, my 16-year-old daughter burned all her baby photos because they were unflattering and made her "look fat". FML
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failure as a parent
Bound Brook, United States
Today, my teenage daughter nearly burned down our house because she wanted to take "artsy" pictures with a lighter for Instagram. FML
Fatty
United States
Today, my six year old daughter cut out the stomach area of four of my favorite shirts. When I asked her why she had done so she replied, "So that they fit your tummy better, Mommy." FML
Michael
Australia
Today, my 4 year old daughter was ripping out photos of the family photo book, I asked her why she was doing it she answered, "I saw mummy doing it to another book." The only other family photo book was the day we got married. FML
scarred4life
Canada
Today, my mom gave me and my brothers each a cd of her recent photoshoot for her book. I found out later that my mom didn't know how to burn only SOME of the photos on the CD, and ended up burning all of the photos onto the CD. Some of the photos were provocative. FML
Anonymous
West Chicago, United States
Today, I got my daughter's school pictures. Instead of smiling, she did the duck face. She's 6. FML
DeepFriedLettuce
Vashon, United States
Today, I had to explain to my seventeen year-old daughter that deep frying food doesn't "melt the calories." FML
loserwithlice
United States
Say it ain't so
Today, I told my 8 year-old daughter that she looks a lot like mommy. Now she won't come out of her room because she thinks she's ugly. FML
John Doe
Still the same
Today, my mom showed to my girlfriend my naked baby photos. My girlfriend said, "Nothing’s changed." FML
Unsanitary
United Kingdom
Today, my daughter spent three hours crying and having a temper tantrum over being forced to have a bath after four days without one. My daughter is 16. FML
Laren
Generational trauma
Today, I discovered my 17 year-old daughter has an eating disorder. When I confronted her, she confessed that she’s doing it because she wants to stay thin, so that her boyfriend doesn’t dump her like her father dumped me for not being thin enough. FML
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FindingYujin 26
That's terrible! I hope you have some of them digitally backed up because in the future there won't be a lot of childhood photos she can look upon!
DinosaurTacoTime 18
She needs a hit upside her head.
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frizz101 22
OP I hope you have a way to get those baby photos back. But your child needs to be disciplined and possible checked for an eating or body image issues. You need to sit down and talk with your daughter, when you cool down a bit.
ariellove1992 8
Hope you don't want grandkids
Chumsword 8
#60.. Do you have kids? I do and I look at all of their pictures on a daily basis when I'm working. If I lost all of them due to some fit about how they looked when they wern't even a year old... This girl didn't realize that those photos were not for her or her vanity, selfish brat.
queerdragon 20
Do people not know what devil's advocate is? Sigh. I don't agree with burning the pictures. I do think, since the pictures were of her, then she has some right to decide what happens to them. She hurt her mother, which was wrong and she should not have burned them for such a stupid reason. However, she is 16 and they do tend to be overemotional at times. The issue is more than just burning the pictures, it is that the daughter seems to have deeper issues. People don't burn things normally, unless there is some underlying issue. When I had my heart broken I burned all the pictures of my ex and i together, and regretted it a few years later because we became friends again and I regretted losing fond memories of my teen years. I however thought I had the right to do it, and because I was so hurt and upset at the time, it all made sense. Taking the college fund to spite the daughter without figuring out the deeper issues is not responsible parenting. The mother is within her right to do that, but in a few years the daughter will likely mature and realize what a stupid thing she did.
maddiewoah 15
Thank jeebus that all the pictures I've taken of my daughter are on my computer.. I'd be so upset if she burned them. I'm sorry OP :( smack the shit out of her, IMO.
ohheykiwi 2
"Eating disorder" was the first thing that popped into my head. Get her to a doctor.
devon8823 4
Wow I bet your so upset about this I couldn't imagine how mad I would be.
Omniprism 14
Oh my god that's horrible. I would die if all of my baby pictures were gone. Time to ground her until she gets over her issues. Doesn't she know that all babies are fat...or are supposed to be? Sounds like she needs a reeducation. Maybe on everything.
qwertyu_ioplk 9
well she's clearly insecure, and it's probably a lot deeper than what you think, talk to her, help her
MortenM 17
no offense, but kids acting out usually only have their parents to thank