Kids: Lesson learned

Lesson learned

By Anonymous - 27/07/2013 17:51 - Finland

Today, I was babysitting a kid for the first time. She asked if she could watch a movie, so I downloaded Cinderella for her. An hour later, this 10-year-old girl was lecturing me about unrealistic standards of beauty and abusive relationships, and how I suck for liking the movie. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/12/2015 00:58 - United States - San Francisco

Today, while babysitting a young girl, I put on the movie Bambi, as she told me it was her favorite movie. I didn't know that her parents always skipped the scene where Bambi's mom dies. Despite my attempts to comfort her, she was still upset when her parents returned. Her mom blamed me. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/02/2011 12:17 - Egypt

Today, I asked out a girl I like to a movie. She said "I hate babysitting." FML

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By Anonymous - 15/09/2014 15:51 - United States - West Newton

Today, I babysat a 10 year old from hell. She kept insulting me, saying I have tiny boobs, that boys must hate me, and that I'm ugly. I eventually got fed up and put her to bed. When her parents came back, she ran out of her room in tears and told them I'd beaten her. They believed it. FML

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Get me out of here!

By There there dear - 09/04/2025 12:00 - Canada - Winnipeg

Today, I hired a babysitter for my two kids for the evening. When I came home, I found her sitting on the floor, crying with a full bowl of popcorn, watching a kids' movie. Apparently, my six-year-old had decided to re-enact every scene from the movie, and she couldn’t take it anymore. I had to hug her and assure her that she was doing a great job. FML

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By I was just following orders! - 04/10/2018 12:00

Today, I visited my girlfriend in the preschool she's interning at. She asked me to continue reading The Little Mermaid to her class, handing me the book. After the story, the whole class started to cry. She never told me to sugarcoat the ending and lie, Disney-style. FML

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Express yourself

By Anonymous - 13/08/2022 12:00

Today, I got home and found my babysitter furious and my 5 year-old exhausted from crying. Normally he chooses to wear Disney princess dresses but today his grandma came for a visit, saw what he was wearing, told him he was bad, and forced him to wear trousers. I’m ready to kill the bitch. FML

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By JackieD - 25/08/2014 18:05 - United States - Bellevue

Today, I was watching the movie Frozen with my 8 year old daughter. I had seen it before, so I sung along with some of the songs. My daughter put a finger over my lips, said "Shhhhhhhhut the fuck up," then turned back to the TV, giggling. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/06/2009 13:20 - United States

Today, I went to watch the Movie "UP." At one point in the movie I got really sad and started to cry a bit. The 7 year old girl next to me noticed and told me to shut and man up. FML

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Parenting 101

By anonymous - 01/05/2016 17:59 - United States

Today, I had to deal with a snobby rich woman who asked me to cure her daughter's "unhealthy obsession" with playing outside instead of watching TV with the rest of the family. She called me a liar when I said playing outside is a normal thing for a 6 year-old child to do. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/09/2019 02:01

Today, I had to pick my daughter up from pre-school because she repeatedly hit another kid with a stick. Apparently, my parents have been letting her watch violent action movies again. FML

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Sir_Loin257 4

Sunday 28 July 2013 3:00

How is cinderella unrealistic? She drives a pumpkin seems perfectly realistic to me

lilhellian 26

Sunday 28 July 2013 3:16

17, So she can't have a personal opinion that is "correct" unless it follows your opinion? Hell at 10 years old I think it pretty smart she can comprehend that.

Comments

dazean 9

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:09

That girl is awesomely smart. Go her! Hopefully she isn't too cynical, and learns to enjoy things like kid movies despite their stereotypes.

odamaliekh 26

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:10

I love this kid.

soupermeal 10

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:13

Every kid goes through this phase where they don't appreciate Disney Maybe she'll change as she gets older

Ziggy122 15

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:19

Tell her she is way too young to have a Tumblr.

Epikouros 31

Sunday 28 July 2013 10:18

That's ageism!

rikkidi 20

Sunday 28 July 2013 22:15

my thoughts exactly

FaygoAndMiracles 18

Monday 29 July 2013 10:24

Okay, two things: 1. It was a joke. No one was actually being discriminated against, it was a joke. 2. It's actually true, Tumblr has a policy that you can't join if you are under 13, mainly because it's got some pretty graphic stuff on there sometimes. The kid mentioned in here is 10, not 13, not older than 13, and therefore, she cannot join Tumblr and still abide the rules.

zombiekitten87 12

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:45

Smart kid...

Flaum 7

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:50

She's onto some important ideas, but hopefully as she gets older she will learn to take a gentler, non-lecture-type approach when it comes to others who she perceives as having different opinions from her. FYL for just trying to be a good babysitter.

Spark_Slicker 19

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:51

Aww, they become cynics so fast.

kr2778 7

Sunday 28 July 2013 4:53

Lol damn you got totally clowned by a ten year old.

ceremonials 6

Sunday 28 July 2013 5:03

Where's the imagination in that kid? Haha

NSN82 13

Sunday 28 July 2013 5:23

I'm sure the kid didn't come up with that idea herself. She probably read something online (I see pictures and statuses about this on facebook all the time) and is just repeating it. She probably doesn't even know what she's saying.