Short fuse

By Anonymous - 03/01/2026 00:00

Today, two days after losing my temper with my smart mouthed 7 year-old son and slapping him across the face, I tried to apologize by buying him a treat and telling him if anyone found out, I would get in trouble. Today, I got a call from social services about the "bruise" on his face. FML

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By MommyProblems - 19/01/2014 05:17 - United States

Today, my 2-year-old son put his hand on my face, gave me a sweet kiss, and put his cheek against mine. Then he slapped me hard enough to leave a mark, laughed, and scrambled away. FML

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Today, while eating with my kids at McDonalds, my son put his hand up and wanted me to give him a "high five." I went to give him a five, but he moved his hand at the last second and I ended up slapping him in the face. Now everyone there thinks I'm a child-beater. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/07/2015 03:41 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, I had to lie to my coworkers about me and some guy beating the absolute shite out of each other in a bar fight, all to avoid admitting my black eye was from my 7 year old son punching me in the face the other day. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/07/2016 23:04 - United States - Atlanta

Today, during a heated argument with my son, I lost my temper and called him a son of a bitch. He enthusiastically agreed. FML

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By get a grip, son - 30/05/2014 20:37 - United States - Pooler

Today, my 15-year-old son got so enraged at a fly that kept harassing him, that he ended up slapping himself in the face as it flew by him. This caused him to fall out of his chair, at which point he broke down into a mess of tears, humiliating me in front of everyone. FML

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By mandy - 10/04/2009 15:35 - 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

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By Anonymous - 19/04/2013 23:33 - Sweden - Ljungby

Today, I grounded my son after finding out that he's been bullying other kids at school. He got mad and screamed at me, calling me a "bastard". Instead of defending me, my wife got pissed and accused me of having taught our son to swear like that. I can never win. FML

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By FBI1236 - 07/07/2019 20:00 - Pakistan - Karachi

Today, I finally stood up for myself and beat the crap out of a bully at school, as my father told me to do. The kid and I were called to the principal's office, along with our parents. Inside my father's smirk faded when he saw that the kid's mom was his boss. FML

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By bitch i'm a gerontophile - 29/11/2012 18:08 - Taiwan

Today, while working at my local supermarket, I found a boy lost and wandering about, so I took him to the front desk. My reward from his mother was a slap around the face and harsh words for supposedly having kidnapped him. FML

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Back-seat parenting

By Anonymous - 18/10/2019 14:00

Today, I yelled at my oldest son for picking his little brother up by the throat. Only to then be yelled at my my mother-in-law for hurting his feelings. FML

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sirrubberduckie 36

Saturday 3 January 2026 8:19

You apologize by truly being sorry for what you did, explaining that what you did was wrong, and why, and how you're going to put in the work to make sure you never do it again. You don't "apologize" by buying him something to keep yourself out of trouble. You currently have so few tools in your emotional regulation toolbox that you took your uncontrolled anger out on your son by hitting him in the face. That's very small of you, and you owe it to him and yourself to do much, much better from now on, whatever it takes. Parenting classes, anger management, emotional intelligence training, or all of the above.

bigredmonkeybutt 28

Saturday 3 January 2026 1:23

Serves you right.

Comments

bigredmonkeybutt 28

Saturday 3 January 2026 1:23

Serves you right.

mike3775 36

Saturday 3 January 2026 1:32

You hitting him was bad enough, but leaving a mark, you deserve everything bad that happens now

sirrubberduckie 36

Saturday 3 January 2026 8:19

Hangryko 31

Saturday 3 January 2026 19:32

You absolute POS. You deserve prison. If you ever see him again, it must be supervised visitations until he is 18. Then, if you're extremely lucky, he won't hate you and file for a restraining order.

Taurus_ChicKa 36

Sunday 4 January 2026 8:18

Look, I'm all for disciplining kids when they need it, but what you did is abuse. And the fact that you did it hard enough to leave a bruise? Yeah, you deserve whatever punishment you get. And the fact that you tried to basically buy him off to save your own ass? You don't deserve to have custody.