Today, my cousin left her undisciplined demon-child at my house for Christmas. This child destroyed the other children's gifts and made so much noise that the neighbors called the police. The adults can't really discipline her while her mother is away, so all we can do is apologize in this child's wake. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to babysit my 7-year-old niece while my brother bought Christmas presents. After he left, she walked up to me and said in a very dark voice, "I'm gonna make you hate children!" Now my apartment looks like a bomb site. FML
Today, my 7-year-old cousin has been having raging temper tantrums, added to an inability to tell the truth, and a disturbingly sociopathic nature. I'm pretty sure I'm seeing a psychopath in the making, and I'm stuck living here for two months. FML
Today, I was babysitting my nephew. He was acting up, so instead of spanking him, I put him in the corner for timeout. He screamed and thrashed and kicked the walls so hard my neighbors called the police. My sister wasn’t answering her phone, and I had to explain why a 7-year-old was acting like that. FML
Today, my mom got drunk and decided to unwrap all my Christmas gifts and throw them at the wall. Ho, ho, ho. FML
Today, my spoiled step-daughter had extra chores to do for breaking the rules. She called my wife at work, complained about the chores, then my wife called me and said that she didn't want to deal with the drama. It ended with, "Make her do something else!" WTF! She chooses her own punishment! I hate this kid, seriously. FML
Today, I usually take my daughter to daycare; my wife had to drop her daughter off at 8. The kid refused to get up, making them late. Wife argues with me, claiming I made her late. She said hurtful things and left late at 8:30. We haven't spoken and probably won't for the rest of Christmas week. I love Christmas. FML
Today, it's Christmas Day. Normally, my family would be opening gifts right now. Instead, my mom is holding our gifts hostage until we clean the house. Apparently, "The presents aren't going anywhere." FML
Today, my mom's friend came over. She brought her son and claimed that we could have bonding time. I ended up chasing the five-year-old around the house for an hour. After they'd left, my mom saw that the little kid had broken a lamp and a clock. She then said I had to pay for it using my money. FML
Today, I saw my upstairs neighbor outside getting the mail. She asked how my day was, and then apologized that the sound of her baby's crying through the walls kept me up last night. Apparently she heard me when I yelled at 2am for her fucking demon spawn to shut up. FML
Today, I punished my new dog for taking a shit inside by putting him in the kennel. He punished me by breaking out of the kennel and destroying everything in my house. Including Christmas presents. FML
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RayneSmytson 24
If the child is left in your care you certainly can discipline the child. That's not to say to smack the child or anything, but you certainly can do what you need to pull the kid into line. You're there to supervise and keep the child safe and others safe from the child, not make friends and apologise for the child.
MrsHumanFrog 19
I refuse to watch children that Im not allowed to discipline, Period. Family or not, if the kid knows they can get away with it, they will.
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Comments (60)
alex_gen 39
Your cousin better be paying for the damages.
Schala360 27
**** that, beat the shit out of her
epiccrazy 15
You need to put the fear of God in kids like that and it doesn't take discipline per se, just some creativity in the psycho part of your brain lol
thedictator_fml 12
While I agree the OP has the right to discipline the child while it is in their care, it is not acceptable at all for them to try to indoctrinate the child into their religion. Whether or not to raise a child religiously, and if so, under which religion, is entirely up to the parent. It would be way out of line to "put the fear of god" into any child that is not your own.
SixthSinEnvy 39
#25 It's an expression.
epiccrazy 15
You get it ??
enginsteve 17
username checks out
SomeRandomUser 19
Sometimes I wish we could still beat obedience into kids.
amazed_71 14
if she left the child with uou, then discipline the child as though he or she were your own.
momac86 17
Discipline them anyway... your house your rules... if they break the rules they need to be given the consequences and follow through
cptncuttlefish 24
That child would be put outside in the garden if it were me and they destroyed my kids gifts. The cousin would also be paying up to replace the lot and then some. If you can't discipline the child, don't look after them. Because they will raise hell because they can get away with it.
Gensler 13
A lot of parents are afraid to discipline their kids because they are they won't love them but kids do need discipline.
Mynxie 26
If the child is in your house, you are the one responsible for the child, that includes disciplining the child. If the mother does not like others disciplining her child, she should not leave the child in someone else's care. I'm so sorry that the brat ruined the other children's Christmas. I would be demanding the mother buy go replace the broken presents.
The_Basileus 9
Bs, you all should have stepped up and disciplined the child.