Today, my daughter admitted to me that the only reason she's nice to me is because I give her money. She's six. 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, my 7 year-old daughter was counting all the money she made over the weekend from her lemonade stand. She made sixty dollars and said now she has more money than I do. She's right. FML
Today, I learned that my daughter pocketed the money I'd paid so she could go to college. FML
Today, my child told me when she makes enough money to support herself, she's never going to speak to me again. FML
Today, I'm so strapped for cash, I had to send my daughter to play with my neighbor's daughter, both are 5, because she gets fed there. She suddenly came home saying they're not friends anymore, bragging how she hit her and she bled while crying. Why? She bought 2 new toys and gave her one, so they have the same. FML
Today, as I spent my last $6 on groceries, the woman at the register gave me a dirty look because I declined to donate $1 to a children's charity. My six year-old son immediately chimed in with, "Mommy, why aren't you helping the poor children?" FML
Today, my second-grade daughter asked her teacher how much money she makes. FML
Today, my daughter told me that my head is shaped like a kidney bean and that I'm lucky she even talks to me in public. She's 6. FML
Today, my brat daughter got pissed that I didn't spend "enough" money on her Sweet Sixteen party. She threw a tantrum and told my husband about my affair. FML
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
Today, a lady I know gave my 3 year-old daughter a little coin purse, saying, "Your mum can put some money in that for you." My daughter responded, "But mummy has no money." I would have laughed, had it not been spot on. FML
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Top comments
Cortezthe1st 23
Don't give her money for no reason. Put it into a college savings instead.
weveallbeenthere 30
she's learning to manipulate you early. you already know you need to fix this.
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Comments (63)
diving_fml 30
how does it feel to be buying your kids "niceness"?
cjswag_fml 12
Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner!
AFaye3964 17
sorry to say, but you raised your daughter wrong.
ostfaiz 18
she will know the importance of you in her life within couple of years, by the way she seems to be an intelligent kid, handle her with care Op
hard_candy 25
only give her money for doing good things like great behavior, cleaning up her room or eating all of her veggies (don't give money every day). and it shouldn't be alot of money! you don't even have to reward her with money all the time. give the kid some candy or a cookie, even take her to a playground.
cjswag_fml 12
Giving her money for good behavior is precisely why her daughter said what she did. "I'm only nice to you because you give me money." You want to reward this?!?!?! Please don't ever spawn.....
hard_candy 25
the idea is,"not a lot of money" and "not every time" so she doesn't always expect it. there ain't nothin' wrong with rewarding good behavior every now and then occasionally. and frankly if the kid says that kind of back talk to the parent, you cut them off obviously to show that rewards are a privelage and not a right. I already have a child FYI. I hope YOU don't spawn though. you sound like you don't know how encourage and support a child to do the right thing in positive light. it gives a kid motivation finish a task. didn't you ever get a treat from a teacher in class if you answer a question correctly when you were smaller? you poor guy.
zAstonish 20
Aha, I was like that when I was younger. This really just means you're a **** who isn't nice to her. Maybe if you treat her well enough you don't have to buy her love.
kodaxX 8
Sounds like she'll make a great business person in the future!
aliciavanham 13
She's six so you still have the time to turn things around!
SillyBeanie 8
Well dealing with kids most of my life they don't really realise what you do for them just what they get, she's young she'll appreciate you more as she gets older maybe instead of getting her things go out and play with her more it's about the interaction not the toys
anonymous100000 17
this is why I don't want children. they're all mean and bitchy. FYL
Gemini907 18
YDI, a six year-old shouldn't have pocket money.
EchoSerenity 15
I had pocket money when I was six, but then again I had to be my own babysitter too. Depends.
Ashd09 30
I had pocket money at 6 also. I worked for it though