Kids, Parents and Work: Sorry for nothing, lady

Sorry for nothing, lady

By bad samaritan - 23/10/2012 03:51 - United States - Houston

Today, a parent was too busy texting to notice her child had run in front of a moving truck. She did however see me grab the child's backpack to yank him back out of traffic. She then screamed at me for "manhandling" her child and demanded I be fired. It's not even my school; I'm a part time sub. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/08/2011 17:06 - Canada

Today, I noticed a young child wandering out onto a busy street. I managed to grab his arm just as he stepped off the sidewalk and yank him away from almost certain death. My reward was his mother, who was on her cell phone the whole time, screaming at me for touching her child. FML

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By LadyJ - 21/03/2012 00:23 - United States - Minneapolis

Today, I had to tell a parent about her son kicking a boy in his class. She blamed me for not watching him. I wasn't watching him because I was turned around to care for another boy he had hit right before that. FML

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By anon - 15/07/2011 01:51 - United States

Today, my child was refusing to leave the playground. I had to pry her, screaming and crying, from the monkey bars. I then realized I had been assaulting someone else's kid. FML

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By justwantingtohelp - 16/08/2013 05:02 - United States - Highland

Today, a child was choking in the store I work at. He was alone in the aisle, so I started the Heimlich without his parents' permission. After dislodging what was caught, his mother turned the corner and went screaming to my manager for touching her kid. I got a write up. FML

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By notapedobear - 13/01/2011 08:21

Today, I was in a shopping centre when a little girl was running up and down the aisles. She started to fall over so I put my hand out to catch her. Her mother then ran up to me and screamed about me 'touching her child' so loud that everyone could hear. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/10/2010 00:52 - United States

Today, a woman got out of a car to scream at me as I was walking with the kids I babysit, demanding to know where I was taking her children. Apparently the woman who pays me is also a babysitter, who I have been "covering" for on her party nights. The mother doesn't believe I didn't know this. FML

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Kids will be kids

By Anonymous - 26/04/2022 18:00 - United States

Today, I learned my son has been picking on a girl he has a crush on. He apparently went too far, because she finally snapped and beat him up at recess. The teacher, who knew about this from the beginning and actively did nothing, is trying to throw me under the bus for being oblivious to my son's behavior. FML

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Student becomes the master

By Anonymous - 06/06/2021 09:58 - United States - Steele

Today, my son's "favorite" teacher went on a tirade criticizing my "awful" parenting. About two months ago, my son got her fired after he reported her to the principal for forcing him to miss out on lunch to finish a project. Apparently, that wasn't the first time she did something like that. FML

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MrVanAwesome 5

Tuesday 23 October 2012 9:01

What a bitch. Needs to look after her own kids.

bryans1990 9

Tuesday 23 October 2012 9:01

Some people are too obsessed with their phones to even notice the real world. Good for you, you saved a life OP!

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0ops_i_died 8

Tuesday 23 October 2012 12:44

She probably knows exactly what was going on and that she was wrong, but in the heat of embarrassment tried to turn it around on you. I'm sorry OP. Just remember the importance of the life you saved

BlowinChronic 18

Tuesday 23 October 2012 12:45

Did she not see the truck go buy where her kid was a moment before you got him? You should just explain to her what you just did and hopefully that will fix it. I'm not sure how someone could be so oblivious to what's going on around them, but then again that's why texting while driving is illegal.

Anonymousx3x 4

Tuesday 23 October 2012 13:18

Parents like this don't deserve to have phones.

moonwing 17

Tuesday 23 October 2012 15:15

More like parents like this don't deserve to have children if they can't watch them, and make sure their safe.

Epikouros 31

Tuesday 23 October 2012 13:49

Congratulations, you're a registered sex offender now. Never touch someone else's child if you live in the US - it's not your problem if the kid is run over by a truck. Just step away so that your clothes don't get splattered with blood.

PhishloverA 14

Tuesday 23 October 2012 13:58

People are messed up. It's never worth trying to do something good anymore no matter what it is because all people do is take it the wrong way and give you hell

loohoozuuhuur 13

Tuesday 23 October 2012 14:10

Who cares about the bitch? You saved a child's life... be proud :-)

FuzzyJack 15

Tuesday 23 October 2012 14:18

Poor kid. This might not be the only time something like this happens. Glad you were there, OP. I've experienced these kind of things pretty often, where the parent is only paying their attention to their phone. While the child is trying to seek a bit of attention from them, only to be ignored by their parents, because the phone seems to be more important. I always feel pretty sad for those kids.