Today, I got an angry call from my 7-year-old son's school. It turned out that while doing a "what I want to be when I'm older" assignment, he wrote that he wants to be an internet troll so he can make people mad and make them kill themselves. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was told that my son has Twitter and Facebook accounts that he uses to try to bully people online, some of which are celebrities. He does it really badly, though. FML
Today, my son's teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. He put down "unemployed". FML
Today, my husband was concerned about our son using the Internet, so he told him a story about a kid who gave out his personal information and was kidnapped and killed by a maniac. Now our son is scared to use anything with a screen. FML
Today, I woke up to my 7 year old son angrily trying to smother me with a pillow. FML
Today, my teenage son called me at work and started screaming abuse at me. He told me how he never wants to see me again and hopes I die a gruesome death. Why does he feel this way? I beat his high score on Bejewelled 2. FML
Today, I had to pick my son up from school after he beat the crap out of another student. The words that made him go nuts were apparently, "You mad, bro?" FML
Today, I got a phone call from my 6-year-old son's school telling me they were concerned about him as he wouldn't stop barking at the radiator. After talking to my husband about it, I found out he's been teaching him so he could see the look on my face. FML
Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year-old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML
Today, my son announced he wants to be a YouTuber, and wants to make videos of himself doing violent things to pregnant women. He’s 9. FML
Today, my five-year-old son threatened to kill another kid at school. I told the teacher I would have a talk with my son about how that’s not okay. The teacher replied that I’d better call the cops in case he “follows through.” Did I mention the kid is five? FML
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haiku575 22
Sounds like you need to have a bit of a talk about compassion...
Vintage_Cola 29
What concerns me is how he learned that...
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Comments (147)
___fishyy 15
Mature, I see.
SquealingMoose 14
Well, he is only 7.
MDoremis 38
Even at seven you should know that wanting to make people kill themselves is a bad thing.
AmIReallyRenee 20
#67 it's a bad thing yet trolls do it all the time. *whispers* in case you didn't know, there trolls here too
tantanpanda 26
there are* I don't think people actually kill themselves because of an annoying person online. He wouldn't get his wish anyway.
MDoremis 38
79, tell that to all the kids who have committed suicide because of cyber bullying.
ThatHorse 15
79, i'd link you the statistics if I could.
SubparAtBest 23
I know cyber bullying is a big deal but sometimes I don't get why they don't just walk away from the computer
okokalright 15
Have you been cyber bullied? Most of the time it carries into the real world. Especially when you go to a school. If someone from your school is cyber bullying you, then people at your school find out and it causes even bigger problems when you go there every day for 6 1/2 hours straight
interesting33 37
#115 I understand that, I think it is that it is also on the mobiles, ipads etc. and cyberbullying isn't just nasty emails or messages. It is also videos of you spread online to others like wildfire, nasty websites about you shared, and pictures shared around the school. There is blackmailing using pictures, or details they have found about you online like your address and they say they know everything about you. You can't always walk away from it. And the other fact is there is someone anonymous who is actively doing that to you. They say stuff like 'we're gonna get you, we are watching you' and you have to be on guard all the time. It is the same as someone bullying you in person, you still have that threat. You can't just forget about it when you are away from the computer/get home from school.
interesting33 37
Sorry I meant #109
deathshead 19
speaking of cyberbullying who wants to see the embarassing picture of one of my friends jk I wont do that.
nemcali 34
They do when they get bullied by trolls
extremereviews 26
This is why we need to bring back the paddle
djm2010 8
No way. The only person physically disciplining my kid is me and only me.
extremereviews 26
But nowa days even you can't do that with out it being called child abuse
Talis99 26
Do it anyway and who cares who calls it child abuse. Our parents and grandparents got switched and paddled and they aren't emotionally scarred. There's a difference between abuse and discipline and the bleeding hearts don't get that.
catherinecas 30
There a huge difference between abuse and between discipline. There's an author I like who writes profiles on true crime and she's so anti-corporal punishment it's unreal. Punching your kid: Abuse. Swatting your child on the bottom with your hand: Discipline. She doesn't get that.
MagnusDeus 24
I don't think the kid needs to be beaten, he needs to be talked to. Which is exactly what they're doing. He's 7, so I doubt that his comment was made out of malice, but rather ignorance.
catherinecas 30
I think the kid needs more serious help than just a talking to. Even at 7 I knew this shit wasn't ok. The kid probably needs to be seen by a counselor or some other mental health professional.
jamesderp 15
What we really need to bring back is good parenting...
HawaiiThad 14
Hitting a child is never right.
yaaaymomstatus88 15
what heppen to the old school playing out side lol
I_Like_Dogs 28
"When I grow up I want to play outside like my dad."
nonsensical 26
#28 you made my day. My grandpa just knocked on the door asking what I'm laughing at in the bathroom
haiku575 22
Sounds like you need to have a bit of a talk about compassion...
Vintage_Cola 29
What concerns me is how he learned that...
christge1beast 17
Most young kids I know have access to the internet, particularly YouTube. Parents don't really put parental controls so the kids watch and read the comments.
lolszilla 14
haha YouTube comment is a land of war. If you put a comment there, be ready for backfiring comments.
Erksangel 25
I was going to say the same thing
MidnaLink 35
Yeah, depending on what's actually said anyway.
ohSNAPyall 27
He's so young that I think he must have actually heard people talking about a troll in the news who did that.
deathshead 19
did anybody realize that he just asked the troll under the bridge down the road?
brenton490 19
Call of Booty! Like OMG 360noscope420blazeit you scrub!!
anilyne 11
Quite a charming little boy isn't he
ChristinePi 36
I really hope you talked to him and explained why that's such an awful thing.
Luke16eirb7deneuwn1 20
why? trolls are awesome. But suicide isn't. No really, anyyon who reads this don't kys!
cocostarrz 13
7 year olds should not be talking to people on the internet
Wiringify 22
Don't worry, it was a plan for the future.
DaRito 25
Agreed, for their good, their parent's good, and everyone who has to listen to their squeaky high voice over voice chat.
laden_swallow09 35
"OHMYGOD, HE'S RIGHT OVER THERE! HE'S COMING! HE SHOT OFF MY TRACK-" Mutha fuggin' mute button. Got-damn squeakers shittin' up my World of Tanks... Get off my lawn!
gabismendonca2 14
Psychology treatment is what your son needs.
SubparAtBest 23
I hate to be thst guy , but... Psychological would fit better
TMWhisp 22
You shouldn't allow a 7 year old on the internet. That kid is ruined.
I_Like_Dogs 28
When I was a kid I discovered internet through computer classes at school, and I thought Internet Explorer was the internet itself for a long time. What happened to "What the hell is Firefox?" or "If 'internet' starts with 'i', why is the logo an 'e'?" My sister is eight and already has an effing tablet. Kids are evolving.
TMWhisp 22
No, kids are not, society norms are.
kirkaygri 18
My seven year old is allowed on the internet. she is only allowed to use my laptop, she has to ask first, and I have so many parental controls set that she can only use certain apps, go to certain sites and it will kick her off after a certain amount of time. My 12 year old has the same (age appropriate) guidelines. I don't think either of them know what an Internet troll is. What they do know is that I will kick @$$ if I find out they are even considering bullying anyone! They have been taught to seek out the people who are bullied and try to befriend or at least be nice to them. I always tell them they have no idea what is going on in that bullied kids (or the bully themselves!) life and that they can be anything they want except a bully. We've dealt with close family suicides and I won't tolerate bullying.