Today, my 6-year-old daughter threw a tantrum in the middle of a store, all because I wouldn't buy her a pushup bra. FML
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Today, my 6 year-old daughter got mad at me for not buying her yet another expensive doll. I had to pull her away, and she started screaming for help. The next thing I know, another shopper puts me in a chokehold and calls for security, all while my daughter smirks. FML
Today, after having bought my daughter a complete set of new school clothes, she threw a tantrum and refused to wear them. I told her she could either wear them, or go to school naked. She made if half-way down the street in the nude before I caught up and dragged her back inside. FML
Today, while shopping, my six-year-old son threw a tantrum because I wouldn't buy him a video game. I ended up having to grab his arm and leave the store. He screamed that I was kidnapping him, at which point I was socked in the face and pinned to the floor by three bystanders. FML
Today, my 4-year-old daughter stood up to a bully in the mall. I was the one who was getting bullied. FML
Today, my two year old daughter did not want to leave the toy store, when I picked her up she started screaming at the top of her lungs, "YOU'RE NOT MY DADDY!". FML
Not now!
Today, I was in a department store with my three year old daughter to buy some new jeans. I took her into the dressing room with me and as I began to take off my pants she yells, "Mommy, you can't go peepee in here!!" I am no longer welcome in that particular store. FML
No more bring your kids to work days
Today, I took my 6 year-old to work. A normally docile child, she chased me around with her toy - beating me with it while all my colleagues watched - not stopping despite me requesting her to. When she finally lost said toy, she threw a huge tantrum. Guess who's banned from my office. FML
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
Today, I had to profusely apologize to a woman after my six year old son decided to crawl between her legs at the supermarket, then look up her skirt and loudly ask why she didn't have any panties on. FML
Today, a girl in my class threw a temper tantrum. Why? Because she wanted my seat. We're in high school. FML
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Stylux_fml 16
Please tell me you had the common sense not to give in to her?
TheNewMirage 10
I think I speak for the entire fml community when I say that I really REALLY hope you did not give in.
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pdp_fml 21
Just tell your daughter NO! Would you buy her a knife if she said she wanted one? Or would you buy her lighter because she said she wanted one?
sniken 14
all kids needs a knife...
jessBeAqueen 13
exactly. otherwise they'd just being trying to cut their wrist with spoons.
riddenhopes 13
If my kid (when i have one in the far future) told me they wanted a knife, I'd go crazy with joy that my kid picked up my love of knives, and run out and find them a good folder. As far as lighter, I don't see the problem there, as long as they aren't being stupid with it.
emilyjgraham 34
#37, the conversation is about 6 year olds... If you think that's acceptable for a 6 year old don't have children AT ALL!
That_Wolf_Gurl 8
I have a few knives we all need one
umakemesic 15
Sounds to me like she is in a hurry to grow up. Maybe sit her down and explain that she is too young for a push up bra. she needs to enjoy being a kid.
mFUNdo21 17
I can understand her desire to own a bra if she has older siblings who wear bras, just explain to her why they wear bras and why she can't. she probably just wants to feel like a big girl
TrinityNevada 11
It's nearly impossible to set a six-year-old down and explain anything. Sure, they're smarter than people give them credit for and I am in agreement with the person below me who said Child maybe just wanted to be a big girl. Kids throw tantrums in inconvenient places. As a parent and salesclerk, I would rather witness a tantrum than to witness the parent/guardian giving in. There's nothing wrong (in my opinion) with ignoring a tantrum that is designed to get attention/what they want. if any other customers or co workers have a problem with that, they can kiss your a**
Chelarie 9
136, my daughter is 6 and I'm relatively certain I can sit her down and explain things to her and she understands. If I explain why she can't have something, she will ask questions until she gets it and its my job as her mother to answer those questions and educate my child as well as teach her to listen and be respectful. She also understands that there are consequences for throwing tantrums.... Such as trouble, big trouble. Ignoring a tantrum and chosing not to explain things to your children is laziness.
TrinityNevada 11
OK, my son was hard to explain things to when he was 6, but he is slightly delayed. Some six-year-olds you can talk some sense into and some you can't. I did sit my child down and talk to him about damn near everything he asked me about. In my experience, trying to talk a child down during a tantrum didn't work, he just needed to get it out. I've walked out of many stores to let him finish tantrums and brought him right back in again after he calmed down. I don't think ignoring the tantrum is laziness if the parent talks to the child after they've calmed down and can sit and think. same goes for arguments with my boyfriend - when he's yelling and throwing things, there's no talking him down, we have to let it ride it's course. Me? I have to remove myself from a situation that makes me mad before I can talk about it.
blackonblight 32
You don't give in, but you don't ignore a tantrum either. If your kid throws a tantrum, you take them outside. You do not let them scream and yell and make it other costumers responsibility to put up with it. Leave your cart with customer service, and come back when the kids tired themself out or you've talked them down.
150493x 29
When I was little I wanted to make the transition from vest tops to crop tops because all the other girls wore them! Maybe it is just what your daughter is seeing when they get changed for gym and she wants the same? I wouldn't say go buy her one though, there is no rush to grow up.
44LynnLynn 23
Six year olds get changed for gym together?
laurapiggy 3
She's 6 not 16. No 6 yr olds change at school.
150493x 29
They do when they get changed into their gym kit. Why is that hard to grasp? I've been in schools on work experience where younger children get changed in class, older children get changed in separate gender changing rooms. When I was at school it was the same.
44LynnLynn 23
I've never seen that happen. When I was in elementary school, you just wore sneakers. You never changed. If you didn't bring your sneakers, you sat out for the day. Other than that you could wear whatever you had on for the school day.
DntLookBack 29
When I was in school we did not change for gym until middle school. We certainly didn't change in school when we were 6.
150493x 29
Well our schools had uniform, and on gym days you had to take shorts and tshirts etc. Obviously Not all schools are going to be the same but that is what it is like here.
Sh3lbs 6
As a professional bra fitter, they don't even make bras that small. You can special order a 28 but even then, that band size would be too large for a 6 year old. She's likely in grade one or just starting grade two, the idea of her class mates all having special custom ordered bras for their non-developed breasts is ridiculous. P.S, OP, teach your daughter that her breast size doesn't matter. As she gets older teach her to love her body how it is. Not to mention push up bras are lies.
limabeans101029 20
When I was 6 (and for most of first/elementary school), we all got changed for PE/gym in the classroom, it was no big deal.
ambitiousnygrl 17
I didn't start wearing a 28in band until I was 11 and I was always tall for age. At 6 I don't even think I knew what a pushup bra was.
psiloveyou15 12
I didn't even know what a push-up bra was until I was probably 14. Just treat it like any other tantrum and don't give her what she wants. Especially in this case. Maybe make sure she watches a little more Barney and a little less MTV.
Jeffy91 28
Come on... really? Little kids throw fits in public places all the time. Its called tell her no and enforce some discipline aka be a parent.
magiczebra 9
The point of this FML isn't that her child threw a tantrum in public. It's that her 6 year old child wanted a a push up bra.
Jeffy91 28
I think it falls along the lines of a typical little kid wanting to act older than what they are and/or wanting to be like someone they saw that may have a push up bra... ya know... such as the mother of the 6 year old. (Compare it to when a little boy stands in front of a mirror with his dad and puts shaving cream on his face because he wants to shave just like who??? His dad.) Kids always want to be like the ones they look up to.
jixiekat 14
what has the world come to
shutupmichaela 18
maybe OP's daughter has an older sister who wears bras? Kids pick stuff up from all sorts of places
tamicow 15
If she said this because she wants to feel as if she's older, you could buy her some sparkly lipgloss and some hair clips to make her feel older But I didn't even know bras were for boobs when I was 6, I thought you wore them on your head when you want to be posh
TheLonelyZerg 5
Umm... She's 6... Buy her a 3DS or barbies... Wtf is wrong with kids these days?!
GemmaAnne 10
Hey rich bitch that's just spoiling with a 3ds
NostalgiaFreak9 41
Kids were always spoiled. And buying her a 3DS wouldn't make the situation any better.
the_big_x 15
My eight year old has only once thrown a tantrum in her life, and she had pneumonia at the time. OP needs to brush up on their parenting skills. Fail.
magiczebra 9
That's great for you, but a child throwing a tantrum has nothing to do with the parenting skills. How the parent handles is a different story. But all kids throw tantrums.
limabeans101029 20
OP needs to brush up his/her parenting skills because their child had a tantrum? Almost every child has tantrums over stupid things like this. This has nothing to do with parenting skills. Also I highly doubt your 8 year old has only ever had one tantrum.
the_big_x 15
I feel bad for your kids.