Today, I was counselling a soon-to-be teen mom. She has a younger step-brother, and when I asked her how she handled him when he cries, she said, "Oh, that's when you cover their face until they stop!" 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, my brother learned how to fake cry. I've been catching shit for everything I've done and said near him ever since. FML
Today, I had to give my four year-old daughter some tough love, which I hate doing. When she ran away crying, my son, her twin brother, looked at me and said, "You should be ashamed of yourself." FML
Today, I noticed my daughter’s sullen mood and asked if there was anything I could do to help. With tears in her eyes, she snapped, “Yeah, you can go back in time and keep that appointment you’d made at planned parenthood!” I never had such an appointment and her older brother is a mean asshole. FML
Today, my coworker was going on and on about how her son was nice and got good grades but that she needed to find him a therapist because he's too shy in class, and how she didn't want her friends to think badly of her. She's a counselor. I sat in silence for almost an hour, because all I could think was, "WTF? Poor kid." FML
Today, my son trained his little sister to walk up to strangers and whimper: "My mommy punches me." FML
Today, I realized my friends and I should be more careful what we say around my younger brother. I never thought he was paying attention until today. My stepmom told him it was time to go to bed. He responded, "I think it's time for you to suck one." My brother is 4. FML
Today, my husband and I have been teaching our son to deal with bullies using peaceful conflict resolution techniques. My younger sister however thought it’d be a good idea to teach him how to “roast” his bullies back. So far he’s made three kids cry and I have to see the principal. Thanks Sis. FML
Today, a crying kid was brought to my attention by a customer. He was so upset from losing his mom that he couldn't say his or his mom's name. I took him around the store asking him to point out his mom. Once we'd found her she told me, "I was hiding from my kid to test his independence." FML
Today, I was babysitting my 4 year-old twin brothers yet again. I began to get desperate when they took my phone and would start crying every time I tried to take it back. My mother found me thirty minutes later, huddled in a corner, crying. I'm 27 years-old. FML
Today, it was my brother's wedding so my mother-in-law was taking care of my 8-month-old son. When I came back to our room to check how things were going, I saw her "breastfeeding" my child. She said it was the only way to calm him down because he didn't have a pacifier. FML
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fantasyworld 39
Idiots shouldn't reproduce.
silvercamaro 22
Does she also shake babies to get them to stop crying?
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Comments (87)
interesting33 37
Not all teens see life as a game.
Isa_fml 20
"CAAAAARL, that KILLS people!"
creativityisnt 19
Is it too late for her to get an abortion? Or possibly for her mom to abort her?
msgrumpy 7
what did you expect? If she was a little bit smart, she wouldn't have gotten pregnant in her teens in the first place.
AndracoDragons 5
if she was a little bit smart? she had sex, most people had sex in their teens, also for all you know she practiced all forms of safe birth control, pills, condoms maybe even some sponges from the 1900's (although very unlikely) birthday control can fail condoms tear, pills can be ineffective sometimes. Even heaven forbid she was raped it happens teen pregnancy is not a measure of intelligence.
limabeans101029 21
I agree with 77. Plus we don't know exactly how old she is. She could be 18 for all we know, and I think it's perfectly fine to have sex at that age. The girl in this specific case doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed, but getting pregnant in your teens doesn't automatically make you stupid. Like 77 said, protection fails.
demonfacee 14
If she doesn't know how to treat her younger step brother, then she shouldn't be having children.
Kaygirl2013 13
If she was joking, she has a messed up sense of humor. If she was serious, she needs help ASAP.
Kaygirl2013 13
Really? Some teen-moms are better moms than women that wait till their 30's to have kids. Who are you to decide the fate for these mothers?
asherm 15
She sounds like she'll be a great mom
blackonblight 33
No no no, that's Furbies. You cover their face or lock them in the closet or in a chest until the noises stop, then never touch them again.
AndracoDragons 5
I'm sure it is not as bad as it seems. people are rarely that stupid. when she says cover her face she may mean one of two things. One covering the eyes because it helps stop the crying especially if the baby is being overstimulated. Two fluttering your hands against the babies mouth as they cry, it makes such a funny noise that sometimes it will make the baby stop crying and start laughing. Even if she does cover the child's face with both hands, I very much doubt she is pressing against the babies face to suffocate him. people on this website always jump to the worst conclusion.