STOP SCREAMING

By Anonymous - 30/12/2013 12:10 - Australia - Campbelltown

Today, my 4-year-old daughter figured out how to set a parental code lock on our television so we can't watch football because it scares her when we scream. She won't tell us no matter what we bribe her with. FML
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Cadillac4427 8

Simple, call the cable service provider and have them reset it or see if there is an option to reset in the settings....by the way, you shouldn't have to "bribe" her. Just tell her you wont scream as loud and that she was wrong for that action. :>)

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ccdude14 4

used to work for a cable company. They can reset it.

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beanthemouse 13

Yea, lets just traumatize your daughter to watch some guys kick or hit a ball around. After all, a voilent sport is more important! *double chin wobbles as I scream for my sport team* Lol sorry, I just dislike sport (cry some more). But seriously though, if you knew it scared your kid, you should of just toned it down a litte, don't scream, don't have the TV so high up, maybe let her have a sleepover with a friend when sportsday is on. 4 year olds have sensitive ears you know! Once you have a kid, you don't "have a life" anymore, and perants who take their crying babies to theatres should realize that. Many of the stuff has to be limited once you have a kid for safety and caring reasons. If you didn't want to loose those things, then don't have a child at all. Not saying you have to stop watching sport, but for gods sake, do you need to scream?! Wish you luck, hope you find a solution and think of your kid before anything else.

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Florentina 17

Here's an idea: stop screaming at football on TV.

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anyoldnamewilldo 23

I am amazed at how many people are bashing OP for yelling during a football game. We aren't talking about a baby or toddler here obviously. If the kid is old enough to figure out how to set a parental control to only block football games, she is old enough to not be scared of people yelling at the TV. I seriously doubt she is being traumatized. Sounds more like a kid too smart for their own good getting away with manipulating her parents. And, yes....I am a mom who likes to watch football and I have raised two respectful sons who would have never dreamed of pulling a stunt like that.

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blackonblight 32

She's 4. That's old enough to connect screaming parents to channel 507* on the cable box and press buttons until the channel goes away. If she was scared because they acted that way while playing UNO on Friday nights and his the pack of cards, it would be the same thing. Kids know what scare them, and kids being 'selfish' in regards to removing things that scare them isn't odd, that's logical from a survival standpoint. Bribing is not the way to go here, communication is. She won't give them back the thing that scares the hell out of her until they find a way to reduce the fear. She needs to feel safe. And that is more important. They should get the code reset and then encourage their daughter to tell them when something makes her feel threatened. She's 4, that's possibly a lot of things, and helping her understand and manage fears is part of being a parent. *random number.

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justmeCee 16

Just tell her no tv at all until she unlocks it. I know a lot of people on here are buying into the 'I'm scared' thing, but really, I doubt it. She was probably just messing with the tv, got caught and came up with that as an excuse so she wouldn't be in trouble. Maybe the kid doesn't even know how to unlock it. She is only 4 after all. Just call your service provider and see if they can help you reset it. I'm sure you're not the only people to ever get locked out of the parental control. Good luck with that, Op.

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ss_fml 7

YDI for being too stupid to figure out how to unlock it. Try google before fmylife next time. Also this didn't actually happen to you.

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ThePez828 18

There is absolutely no reason why you have to scream that much as you watch football. Sounds like you AND your daughter need to learn some discipline.

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