Amanda
Canada
Today, when I got home, my child had three bruises. My babysitter's excuse? "She hit me first". FML
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rachelllynne
Manchester, United Kingdom
Today, the woman I babysat for blamed me for the cut on her son's face, and fired me with no pay for not looking after him properly. He already had the cut when I arrived. FML
Anonymous
United Kingdom
Smash the patriarchy!
Today, I got home to my son with a bruised face and my daughter locked in her room. Apparently, when she got home from work, her unemployed brother asked her when she was going to cook dinner, so she punched him in the head. He’s so entitled that he actually thought he’d get sympathy from me. FML
anon
United States
Straight to jail
Today, my child was refusing to leave the playground. I had to pry her, screaming and crying, from the monkey bars. I then realized I had been assaulting someone else's kid. FML
mandy
United States
Today, I was babysitting my neighbor's kid. We were playing in the yard, when he fell and got a small scratch on his leg. I gasp, and he takes a huge breath in and yells, "FUUUCK!!!" as loud as possible. The parents thought it was me, and the mother slapped me in the face. FML
ddhaley1
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Edmond, United States
Sorry sweetie
Today, instead of kissing my child's boo-boo on her finger to make it feel better, I accidentally headbutted her. FML
angry mama
The Headmaster Ritual
Today, while picking my daughter up from school, I saw her being beaten by two boys while the teacher stood there doing nothing. I ran to help, but then she pushed one of the boys off her. The teacher then pulled her away, yelled at her and then yelled at me for "not raising my kid right." FML
unknown
United States
Today, I got a call from my daughter's school saying that she had beat someone up. She's 4. FML
uterurist
Saint Paul, United States
Today, my son trained his little sister to walk up to strangers and whimper: "My mommy punches me." FML
little_star78
Bloomfield Hills, United States
Evil child
Today, I tried to put the little girl I babysit in timeout for lying to me. I was about to sit her down when she made a mad dash for the basement stairs, slipped on the wood floor, and fell down them. She told her parents and everyone at the ER that I had thrown her down the stairs. FML
ournhd
United States
Today, I got bailed out of jail. I was there because I saw a girl being hit by her boyfriend. I rushed over to help only to have her hit me repeatedly. The cops came and she blamed her bruises on me. The boyfriend corroborated her story. FML
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Cysioland 8
I think you should sue her to death
waffule365 16
Maybe you could give the babysitter a few bruises.
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misslifeguard 7
Here's what you do; fire her, press charges, then go on Care.com for the perfect babysitter
80zChyld 2
Buy a taser
DracoSpirita 21
I don't think OP's kid is old enough to use a taser.
mk58 31
And that would help how? OP wasn't in the house at the time anyways.
skyeyez9 24
Well, I hope you did something about that piece of shit abuser and not let her get away with it. Did you hire an adult, or some bratty 13yr old to babysit?
MDNative 6
its time to get a lawyer nd a new babysitter
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 22
OP just make sure she gets reported and never can babysit again. Who knows what could happen to the next child she'll mind. That sick cowardly bitch.
The_Honey_Badger 17
Charge the sitter. That's ****** up.
Epikouros 31
On the plus side: you have a credible bogeyman now. If the kid is misbehaving again, just threaten to hire this babysitter again :)
BellaBelle_fml 23
We don't know the entire story here, but based on the fact that the babysitter hit the child hard enough to leave three visible bruises I think it is pretty safe to assume that it wasn't a very pleasant experience for the child and may have actually traumatized them. Because it would be based in reality and on something that actually happened to the child, threatening their child whenever they misbehaved with putting them back into the hands of the very person that harmed them, would potentially cause even more trauma and possibly breed a lack of trust in their parents. And children should always, ALWAYS, feel that they can trust their parents to protect them from any harm. Your idea, although it may have been meant as a joke and I just didn't see it that way, is a very bad idea.
SillyGirl4602 23
If the kid was traumatized by this experience then I think your suggestion is a bad one. Edit: 123 said it better
interesting33 36
Tell the police! That is assault - and really bad - I mean she works with children! They are daily being placed in her care! The police need to know so that she won't do it to another innocent (or hitting) child in future. Also, did you know her or was she qualified? Maybe only get family friends, trusted people or people from safe agencies? You may have done that though. But tell the police - she clearly doesn't understand the boundaries - she needs to be stopped from doing something worse in future!
MischievousLoki 6
I have to admit, I have before left few scrapes and bruises on kids I have babysat. But not from abusing them just from when we go outside and be crazy and silly. I even got myself own bruises and scars from babysitting. But from that babysitter saying "She hit me first." That is just stupid, she really should be reported. If you just rough-house with the kids and they are at a correct age for rough-house then it's okay. But just hitting a kid because the kid hit you first. Is a big no-no. Talk with the police about it and don't even pay her. Hope your kid's okay!
chottu 16
That's horrifying! Definitely call the police and report the incident, this time it may be bruises (which are terrible as it is) but next time she babysits someone's child it may escalate further.