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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DubtownZL 1
good. mabey she bruises to easily. and mabey you should be hit so you can get over it. :)
xs4u 13
Would never leave my child with a stranger or babysitter for that matter...
thecreepypotato 0
Personally, I started babysitting at 12 and I would never harm a child
emh86 14
How did the OP deserve this??
BananerzFresh 12
Definatly time for a new babysitter.
Epeso4 7
Sue her into oblivion.
pacmanman 15
Oh HELL NO! Time to give the babysitter a few of her own! Yeah and get a new one cause child abuse is completely INEXCUSABLE!
Kitten_Calderon 14
Uh, you NEVER hit a child even if they hit first.. I hope you get her in a lot of trouble and that your little one Is gonna heal up those bruises fast..
needsagf14 12
She seriously should be arrested
doireallyneedaus 1
While I agree that children should not be hit, the fact remains that the babysitter was probably technically still a "child" as well. Most babysitters are between 13 and 15 years old. I know from experience that certain children can be very trying to look after. Some hit repetitively no matter how many times you tell them that it isn't nice. While a responsible adult would realize that hitting back is not a solution, another child may not. Obviously the babysitter was in the wrong here, but can we please at least take into consideration the fact that she is most likely still quite young and doesn't have the same levels of maturity and patience as the mother/another adult would. Second, I have always been frustrated by the way that people gage the force of a hit by "if it leaves a mark". Some people bruise much more easily than others. I have been hit hard by people, soccerballs and basketballs and the floor when I am doing contemporary dance. No matter how hard I have been hit, I have never shown a bruise. I have felt them, certainly, under the skin, they just don't show on my skin. Other people receive the slightest of taps and have a huge dark blue bruise the next day. This is a matter of the force of the blow, not the marks that it leaves. The latter is not always a good indication of the former.