Today, Child Protective Services came to my house, because my 7-year-old son told people at school that he was uncomfortable sleeping in his uncle's bed. I had to explain to them that the uncle in question died 2 years ago, and that's why it felt weird. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my son broke his arm roughhousing with his brother on a bunk bed. While at the ER, he thought it would be funny to tell a different story to each doctor and nurse, forcing me to speak over him. They found this behavior "suspicious" and reported us to child services. FML
Today, I found my 15-year-old son sleeping on the couch. I asked why, and he said he'd rented his room out to someone on Craigslist to make extra money, so he was getting used to sleeping in the living room instead. FML
Today, I found out that my eight year old son is actually my nephew. FML
Today, at my mother's funeral, as everyone was around her casket for the viewing, my 5-year-old son in cluelessness of what was going on shouted, "Grandma is more fun when she isn't sleeping." Everyone cried. FML
Today, I was asked to babysit for a family that attends the daycare I work at. All of my coworkers warned me that they were rough kids but I shrugged it off. As soon as the parents left, the 7-year-old girl said, "Oh good now I can focus on death and my plans". FML
Today, I was sleeping in my bed when I woke up in horror to see that my 34-year-old cousin, who was spending the night, was watching me sleep. Once he noticed that I was awake, he quietly left the room. I told my mom, who then told me not to tell anyone and pretend that it never happened. FML
Today, after my 5-year-old finally got over his grandmother's death, we went to a store and saw a lady that looked exactly like her. She came up to us asking if we saw her grandson; I can't get my son to stop freaking out. FML
Today, I found out that for the past 6 months I have been sleeping next to a dead body. The cremated body of my landlord's father. It was hidden inside a wardrobe that I was not supposed to use. FML
Today, my 18 year old son asked me to check if there were any monsters under his bed. FML
Today, my parents told me that we were going to go and see my uncle, who lives very far away. I got excited, until I realized they fucking lied so I would attend the funeral of an acquaintance of my father, whom I had never met in my life, and he only met a couple times. This is why I have trust issues. FML
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perdix 31
I'm sure it was weird for the first few months as the corpse was rotting, but your kid shoud be OK now that he's just down to a skeleton. Skeletons are cooler than teddy bears.
ebdeadaccount 11
At least you know he has caring teachers
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Haven74 6
I had to set up an account just to reply to this. At first I thought you, Guilia(sp?), were being sarcastic and it just wasn't reading clearly, but now I can see you are just ignorant and assumptive. Anyone can call CPS for anything they feel may be interpreted as a danger to a child. This does not make OP a bad parent incapable of knowing what is best for their child, it means CPS will come investigate if the situation could potentially be abuse/neglect,etc. OPs situation was a miscommunication from a 7 year old. A teacher, rather than asking further questions, jumped to conclusions. Granted, assuming the child clammed up (as they sometimes tend to do) s/he was acting on the best interest of the child by having the situation investigated. A CPS investigation is just that, an investigation to find out if there is validity to the claim. In this situation there was no validity. Let's take something out of context your child says (if you even have any), and call CPS on you because of it, so you can be the "inept parent" that you claim all others who have been investigated to be, then we'll see if you change your tune.
Calyx_fml 22
Molested from beyond the grave!
xPlayerofDeathx 0
Oh gosh.. OP, you need a new bed ASAP. If not, let the kid sleep elsewhere. If he's that scared, you may want to be concerned.
mode04 2
Get a new bed please
KaiserSD 8
Perfect example of the government sticking its damn nose where it's not wanted.
courtneyann211 10
It's not just government, but teachers, nurses and the schools in general. They take the smallest things, make it bigger than they should and make the call without contacting the parents first.
courtneyann211 10
Did you have unfit parents growing up? That's the only reason I can think of as to why you are saying they cannot take care of a child
Mommyof2_91 10
Wow, you are ignorant. CPS got called because of a misunderstanding. The kid worded what he said as if he was sharing a bed with his uncle and was not comfortable with it, when really it was a hand me down bed. The teacher took it the wrong way and called CPS, I HIGHLY doubt the teacher warned the mom they were coming or even spoke to the mom about it since in real abuse cases that would be a heads up for the parent to hide any evidence. So... The mom would have had no way to explain before CPS was involved. I don't see how any educated person could view her as an unfit mother because of that.
jaylo1427 4
Too funny
MissMae93 23
Oh for the love of... I can't believe there are actually people as stupid as you in this planet. CPS is sprinkled with flaws and constantly take children out of perfectly safe homes with capable parents. Note: parents, not "female parent". In fact, CPS is more likely to seize a child from a father rather than a mother due to the stereotype that males are more likely to rape/molest/sexually abuse a child. Clearly you didn't have much of a female role model in your life if you have such a skewed perspective on female parents.
link212 0
That sucks. :(
iwojima1945 2
i hate to say this, but when i got to the end of this post, it totally made me pmpl