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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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
Today, I got fired from my job as a babysitter because the movie I showed the kids was "too violent and gave them nightmares." What movie was it? Mary Poppins. FML
Today, the girl I like came over to my house to watch a movie. We had seen pretty much every movie that I suggested, so we ended up watching The Lion King. I forgot how sad that movie is, because once Mufasa died I started bawling my eyes out. FML
Today, while babysitting a girl, I told her to be quiet so she wouldn't wake her little brother. In reply, she told me that she would kill me, wake her brother up to show him my dead body, then draw all over my face. I'm stuck with her for another two hours. FML
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
Today, I asked out a girl I like to a movie. She said "I hate babysitting." FML
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
Today, I was watching Animal Planet while babysitting my 4 year-old niece. A really cute baby bunny came on and I called her into the room, only for her to see it get killed by a Bald Eagle. Now she won't stop crying. FML
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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Rainbowbish 21
They should've told you about the movies so don't blame yourself OP!
Laeffy 19
This reminds me of F.R.I.E.N.D.S
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Mathalamus 25
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Kinda is your fault. You knew how the movie was, and you assumed that it was ok. Children that young, you need to be careful.
Mathalamus 25
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
you are the one who sounds absurd. i only specifically meant small children. and i only said to be careful, not shield her from absolutely everything. you do realize how insane you sound? just because i want to shield the person from the harsh reality of life for the first ten years doesn't mean that it automatically means shielding her from everything ever.
PhoenixChick 26
OP assumed it was okay because the kid SAID it was their FAVORITE movie. Kinda implies that they've seen it, right?
DoomedGemini 38
So you won't teach them how to deal with things like death? Death happens, it's upsetting but avoiding it all won't help the child. They'll just learn later on and not know how to deal with it because their parents decided to shield them from natural parts of life.
leogachi 15
@39 Ten years?! Shielding kids from death doesn't help anyone. Death can come at any time. What are you going to tell your six year old when grandma dies suddenly? I really hope you're trying to troll because your views on parenting are frightening.
Mathalamus 25
well, there isnt much i can do about it right now. having no girlfriend and children. but im pretty sure i would tell the child at an age younger than 10. i dont have a good understanding of how a child's mind works. too many variables. i dont want to do it too early, or too late. (i learned about death at 12, the very hard way.)
LivRoberts 14
It's a kids film you moron
TheOneMica 6
And I learned about death at 5, the hard way. There's never a "too young" moment for a child to understand death, however how you explain and handle it can be wrong. If you approach it right and age appropriately, then no matter the age the child will be fine.
NostalgiaFreak9 43
#47 No offense, but if you seriously learned about death when you were 12, then your parents/guardians clearly sheltered you from reality.
simsgirlgem 25
no it isn't the mom never told you they skipped the infamous scene had she you have known to skip it
legendof90 14
Can't blame you for not knowing
Fmlreadermostly 20
Minus one YDI I don't know why we can't undo the votes!!! It sucks that someone else blames you for not being telepathic. F them. They deserve it!
heelsss 2
How young was she? Maybe it's a good lesson for her... Parents shouldn't shelter their kids (at a certain age)
Twisted_Angel 17
Death is a part of life. I think that's why that scene is in a kids movie to begin with. There is no right or wrong time to learn about death. And her parents should have told you, that's not your fault.
schreibergx93 19
Sometimes kids have to be exposed. It's a bad ordeal for the parents, not of you OP
jet223 20
Hi OP I remember I moderated this. I couldn't stop laughing at the image of the mom yelling at you while the daughter was crying at the picture of Bambi's mom. Oh well. I hope the mom wasn't too mad.
millie14225 31
That sucks! I can understand the Mom being upset, but how would you know that, unless she told you. Obviously, that wasn't the case. Mom may be upset at herself and blaming you. That being said, it DOES NOT make it ok, but hopefully understandable.
hipposteve 21
how were you suppose to know that was routinely done? plus, I think a child needs to understand death.