Kids, Parenting and Parents: Bad boy

Bad boy

By Anonymous - 02/01/2022 05:01

Today, my son accused me of being a "Karen" about house rules, and insists he’ll follow normal rules but ignore my supposedly "insane" rules. I consider all my rules normal, so he pointed out he’s 6ft6 and 100 lbs heavier so he will ignore rules he doesn’t agree with, and good luck stopping him. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/09/2021 08:00

Today, about a minute after telling my son not to pick his nose, he caught me picking mine. This has led to a cascade of, "Why should I follow dad's rules when even dad doesn’t follow dad rules?" He now questions everything I tell him, and is breaking every rule in the book to make his point. FML

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My house, your rules

By stepmom to be - 03/07/2023 01:00 - United States

Today, my fiancé's kids say they never want to come back to our house because I’m “mean” and have "too many rules." Rules such as brushing teeth twice a day, flushing the toilet after every use, no food allowed in the bedrooms, and no sleeping in until 2pm. Guess that makes me unreasonable. FML

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Outsmarted

By Anonymous - 05/10/2023 11:30

Today, my son is smarter than average, almost genius level, and he has now reached an age where not only does he question me at every turn, he actually out-argues me 90% of the time and I can’t do anything about it because technically he’s right and I’m wrong. FML

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Teenage Riot

By Anonymous - 30/05/2021 11:00

Today, my son had a screaming meltdown because I told him to clean his own room and that I refuse to be treated like his personal maid. He’s 16. FML

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Private freakouts

By Anonymous - 19/01/2022 23:02

Today, my son warned me that unless I get his older brother to stop picking on him, he’d do it himself. I didn’t take it seriously, until I got home from work to find he'd had beaten his brother unconscious. His justification was that he's warned me he’d "do it himself.“ FML

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Disturbing the peace

By Anonymous - 07/04/2022 22:00

Today, I tried to tell a kid he couldn't skate without a helmet. He called me a Karen and pushed me into a fountain, so I called the cops. The cops arrived and questioned the kid, who said I deserved it for being a Karen. They accepted that, and told me to stop harassing kids. FML

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I'm always right

By Anonymous - 15/01/2023 14:00

Today, my mom got mad at me. She told me that the neighbor was stupid for letting their kids play all over the street alone. I said it was fine, because the mom walked right next to the daughter as she played on her scooter. She argued, “Why do you always have to disagree with me?” FML

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Deal with it

By tough love - 01/11/2022 04:00

Today, my son came running in, saying he had a project due tomorrow. I asked when it was assigned; he said two weeks ago. I refused to help, saying that he failed to act responsibly and had to live with the consequences. Now he's throwing a tantrum and my wife is screaming at me. FML

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By tspence - 20/03/2013 22:08 - United States - Genoa

Today, I found myself arguing with a 6-year-old over a game of tag. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/04/2013 23:33 - Sweden - Ljungby

Today, I grounded my son after finding out that he's been bullying other kids at school. He got mad and screamed at me, calling me a "bastard". Instead of defending me, my wife got pissed and accused me of having taught our son to swear like that. I can never win. FML

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jc1015 25

Sunday 2 January 2022 5:33

is he 18? point out the front door and tell him he's free to do as he pleases somewhere other than your house. also anything that you've paid for gets to stay as he makes his exit

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 2 January 2022 5:33

You should evict him for threatening you.

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jc1015 25

Sunday 2 January 2022 5:33

is he 18? point out the front door and tell him he's free to do as he pleases somewhere other than your house. also anything that you've paid for gets to stay as he makes his exit

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 2 January 2022 5:33

You should evict him for threatening you.

Tubbytoy42 5

Sunday 2 January 2022 10:24

you raised him. he is who you shaped him to be.

Mylife 12

Sunday 2 January 2022 11:56

I'm sorry but he, sound like a total douchebag. Try getting a male family member to get after him, I pretty sure that he will clean the whole house.

spinningrecords 14

Sunday 2 January 2022 13:54

Either you created a monster or you have insane rules, so figure out which is the real truth and move on.

Earl_KarmasBitch 34

Monday 3 January 2022 3:07

This is very true. He didn't say he wouldn't follow any of her rules, just not the insane ones. Without knowing what he considers to be an insane rule it is possible that he was perfectly justified in his stance. Too many people on here were willing to make a comment without knowing some very important details.

Grizz8831 14

Tuesday 4 January 2022 18:05

op should have given a "for instance" instead of telling us they think their rules are normal. if they didn't think they had normal rules would they have those rules...

D J's MOM 17

Sunday 2 January 2022 13:55

whomever said you didn't raise your kid right didn't take into account social media. kids see so much crap that is hard to compete. good luck with your entitled snot of a son.

ccarter15 1

Sunday 2 January 2022 20:03

Therapy, he’s probably a bit of a douchebag, and some of your rules are probably insane. Let a professional help.

Charlie Given 26

Sunday 2 January 2022 20:40

Now is the time to remind your son that this is your house and if he ever speaks to you like that again there's the front door and also you may want to have a police officer come over and give him a little talking too about domestic violence. That is totally unacceptable behavior and it is your house your rules regardless if he thinks that they may be insane. I have a teenager myself who thinks that the rules of having to pick up after herself, clean her room once a week, and do dishes once a week is total bullshit.