Today, I took a look at my 9-year-old daughter's diary, thinking it would be full of cute stuff. Instead, it was full of hateful rants against me and my husband, as well the boys at her school, who she called gay because none of them ever hit on her. It seems I've failed as a parent. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, feeling very distant from my daughter recently, I decided to sneak a peek in her diary to see what was on her mind. The book was apparently one of those that play the sound of a woman screaming when opened improperly, and alerted everyone in the house to my actions. FML
Today, my 5-year-old daughter was asked by her teacher to write a letter to each member of her family to read during the holidays. Her letter to me said, "Dear mommy, come on. You could have done better than dad." FML
Today, I found a notebook my 12-year-old sister had been doodling in. Turns out the "doodles" were poems full of obscenities and descriptions of how she wanted to hurt herself. When I showed it to my mom, she accused me of writing the notebook myself to frame my sister. FML
Today, I found my long lost diary and curiously read it. What's worse than finding out that your mother read your diary? Finding out that your mother wrote comments in it. FML
Today, I'm ashamed at ever having become a parent after I found out my daughter has been leading an online bullying campaign against a girl at her school who has disabilities, both mental and physical. Some of the language she was using in the online messages were just disgusting and unforgivable. FML
Today, I found one of my mom's old diaries that dated back to my infant days. I couldn't help but read a little. I'm now in great concern over how many times my mom wrote that she wanted to dunk me in the toilet or throw me against a wall. FML
Today, I learned that my 11 year-old daughter wrote a love letter to her teacher. Cute, right? It was an incredibly graphic letter where she asked him to "abduct her and chain her up in his basement." I now must find her a new school and a therapist. FML
Today, my dad found and read my diary. Most of the entries were about how my father didn't respect my privacy. Then he phoned my aunt and read her passages from it. FML
Today, my nineteen year-old daughter handed me a book on raising children and said, "Maybe you'll do better next time." 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
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whiskeey 14
Yes OP you have failed as a parent for reading your 9 year old child's diary.
Eleanor6141 11
the first thing that came to mind was the movie "orphan" ....
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Comments (260)
birdstheword0222 2
How about you don't invade her privacy and maybe she'll hate you a bit less.
RedPillSucks 33
You realize that the hateful words were there before the privacy was violated
91hayek 31
Probably because the mother does things like invade her privacy and is so quick to label her a failure at 9. Reading the diary was just symptomatic of that.
Lil_Red777 21
She didn't say her daughter was a failure. She said she failed as a parent.
rocker_chick23 27
Get her professional help immediately.
King_Nero 15
You deserve it for going through her private diary but I also would say fyl because she may need some real help.
flame5768 14
okay, she deserves a ****** up child, one that might need help, one that hates her parents, one that wants boys to hit on her at the age of 9, because she read a ******* book. a book that might help her in the future.i call bullshit on half the people that comment.
musiclover25 5
And this is why you don't invade your child's privacy and snoop through their diary.
dispwned 8
Luckily, she's only nine, which means there's still time to prevent any more damage, maybe even reverse it.
JoshTheTacoMan 19
OP Who the hell do you think you are? You don't read people's diaries, period end of story.
Joshnona 14
YDI for reading her diary. Maybe that's why she's ranting at you. Try giving her a little room to breathe.
BubbleGrunge 18
Gripping your pillow tight.
sienna1 3
why would you read her diary?
maplecandy 7
A lot of you guys seem to think that nine is a lot younger than it is; this kid's probably had puberty slam into her like a freight train, and if any of you remember elementary-level sex ed, you'll know that puberty comes with fluctuating hormones and a whole hell of a lot of misguided aggression. She's a kid dealing with extreme emotion and, evidently, parents who don't respect her privacy. Leave her alone and she'll be fine. Welcome to being the parent of a pre-teen.