stop_crying
United States
Today, a twelve year-old girl was better at calming down my six month-old baby on the bus than me. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
use condoms bro
Argentina
Thanks Teen Mom
Today, at 17 years-old, I discovered how embarrassing it is to have your kid scream on a flight and how hard it is to calm them down. FML
Ugh
Make it stop
Today, I was on the bus. I have a phobia of babies crying, and recently, whenever I've been on a long journey, there's been one and I've had an anxiety attack. There were no babies on this bus, just an old lady showing her friend videos of her screaming grandchild. FML
Unsanitary
United Kingdom
Today, my daughter spent three hours crying and having a temper tantrum over being forced to have a bath after four days without one. My daughter is 16. FML
Shoutout1011
Today, my 6-month-old daughter decided she'd scream every time I'd answer her cries instead of her daddy. He just left for a 12-hour shift at work. Only 11 more hours to go. FML
DocShadow
New York, United States
Today, my 4-year-old daughter stood up to a bully in the mall. I was the one who was getting bullied. FML
Anonymous
West Newton, United States
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
Anonymous
Flight from Hell
Today, I was sat next to a screaming baby on a 9-hour flight. Now before anyone has a go at me, I am in no way blaming the baby, I’m blaming the mother with her makeup hair and nails done perfectly, with her AirPods on, staring at her phone, and ignoring her screaming child the full 9 hours. FML
Anonymous
Los Angeles, United States
Today, my social anxiety got so bad that my 12 year-old daughter had to get in the driver's seat to order from the drive-thru. FML
UnpaidBabysitter
This FML is from back in 2019 but it's good stuff
New York, United States
Babysitter blues
Today, I was shut in a boiling hot room with six children: a ten year-old who kept shouting; a belligerent seven year-old; two five year-olds who thought hitting me was funny, and two two year-olds who wouldn't stop crying. Their parents were just outside, laughing away, ignoring me. FML
Anonymous
I blame the parents
Today, my tired son and I were riding a shuttle bus. An old lady got on, and I told him we needed to get up so she could have the seat. He started crying and screamed, "WHY? She's old, she's gonna die soon!" I wanted to melt into the ground. FML
Top comments
renrioku 15
In my experience it seems like its easier for kids to calm down infants than it is for adults. IDK, maybe kids know something we don't.
pom3440 22
of course she can.... she's not mom!
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crazy_bananas 31
I guess you could say she is the baby whisperer.
renrioku 15
In my experience it seems like its easier for kids to calm down infants than it is for adults. IDK, maybe kids know something we don't.
xxmollyxx 25
Well, I guess she was someone new and exciting for your baby. Plus babies love other children. Don't take it personally :) Easier said than done though, I have a young child and take everything like this personally, which is pretty draining.
pom3440 22
of course she can.... she's not mom!
arrouz 13
Pretty normal, actually. Kids like to look up to those that don't actually have authority, but still know better. (Older kids)
Mathalamus 25
pretty sweet, actually. :)
socialproduct 19
So you have a supportive and capable older daughter to help out with your baby? FYL OP.
chinaski7628 32
Pretty sure the 12 year old was a stranger.
gogo44444 28
Children these days have weird telepathy and can have a connection with other children in an instant. Now if it was an adult, then I'd feel bad about myself but don't worry too much op, you're still a new father so you'll get the hang of it!
Luiz21 6
It happens. Kids are better at calming kids down.
MetalxSoldier 26
Looks like you just found yourself a new babysitter.
flyingflies 36
I don't think that it'd be safe to let a 12 year old alone with a baby.
FKLinguista 9
What do you mean, #11? I had many female friends who started babysitting babies at that age. My mother babysat a NEWBORN at age 12, and it was her first gig, too. Age doesn't always parallel capability.
MandieL 27
In Canada we take out babysitting course at 11-12. I myself started babysitting my younger brother at 9. It depends on the kids. Some 9 year olds are more dependable than some 16 year olds. 12 is a perfectly acceptable age to babysit.
flyingflies 36
Depends on the country, then. Where I live, I tried to find myself a babysitting job and was told that I'm too young at 20. It's only in the USA that I've seen people letting kids from the neighborhood babysit their children. Personally, I'd be afraid to let a baby, so fragile and in need of care, alone with a kid who I wouldn't be sure that would know how to respond in case of an emergency. Kids can stumble and fall and hit their heads even in front of their parents. It takes just a moment for an accident to happen. So, that's where I come from. Cultural differences, if you may.
IorvethTheXolo 8
For my parents, it always depended on the kid doing the babysitting. I started babysitting my brothers and their friends across the street when I was around 12 because they knew I could handle a crisis. Thankfully, there was never a crisis that involved the hospital or anything when I was alone with them, but they were confident that, if something HAD happened, I would know what to do and how to handle it. In my experience, it's usually situations like that where the babysitter is more than just a babysitter. I was a close family friend. I say "was", but I still am. They all want to come up to visit my husband and I the next time my family makes the trip up here. Those kids were at my house ALL the time and were practically family so their parents trusted that I could handle all 5 kids (my two brothers and their three kids).