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By tinytiny1124 - 14/04/2014 16:57 - United States - Columbus

Today, I had to convince my 3-year-old son that there were monsters in the house just so he would lie in bed and cuddle me. FML
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kAPISH 29

Well.. that's kind of desperate. Scaring a kid for yourself to cuddle o.o

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False_Stupidity 41

Is having mentally traumatised 3 year old for the next year worth a cuddle?

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Lil_Red777 21

she seems to think it's worth it...lol.

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False_Stupidity 41

I was being optimistic. Besides, after a year he becomes a mentally traumatised 4 year old. :P

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tishtashbat 16

That's terrible. Why would you encourage or create a very young child's fears, especially in something imaginary, for your own benefit? If this develops into a serious/long-lasting fear you'll be sorry, and so you should be.

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xNephilim 18

I wouldn't go that far. When I was really young, my cousin told me and her younger sister that they had a monster living in her room to keep us out. And then later on, it was about cannibals living in the vineyard nearby. Kids are tougher than that for the most part.

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thain1982 1

Kids also know their cousins and siblings are full of crap, though. They (are supposed to) trust their parents more than that.

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tishtashbat 16

Maybe the scary stories you were told didn't affect you, but OP has no way of knowing what their child's long-term temperament or mental health will be like at such a young age. They might grow up fine, but inciting fears could lead to anxiety or phobias. It could easily give them nightmares and make them clingy/overly reliant on the parent for a while if nothing else. Kids tell other kids scary stories, but they should be able to go home and have their parents tell them it was a silly story someone made up to scare them.

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xNephilim 18

We believed her for years and never told our parents... I'm not saying what the OP did was right, but saying this will traumatize the child for years is a little too much. I don't know why everybody always assumes everything will traumatize children... That's why kids in general are getting softer and softer each year...

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tishtashbat 16

I didn't say it WOULD 'traumatize them for life' - I said it could give them nightmares, make them clingy, and POTENTIALLY AFFECT their long-term mental health, which again it could. Having a mental health problem is not entirely attributable to incidents like this, but they can contribute to phobias and anxiety. Children (or adults) with these conditions are not 'soft', and that attitude to mental health conditions contributes to their stigma.

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tigerisabelle 31

Get a pet. Or a boyfriend. Or a pillow-hugger thing - that "boyfriend pillow"

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RpiesSPIES 27

The word you're looking for is body-pillow. There's quite a variety with anime characters of your pick ;D or Gaben Newell if that's your thing.

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lil_ham1644 29

#14, all I can think if when I read your comment is a huge ape trying to get a dog to be it's friend & the dog is terrified.

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MLardinos 14

Marshpillow!!! (If you watch how I met your mother)

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Eswizz 8

Cuddles > lifelong fear of monsters

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angelitared 27

Bad idea. Now he's never going to his room.

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kobra33 17

You could have just asked him to cuddle

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SBittick 20

Hey, better idea! Why not just drug the kid next time? Seriously OP, bad parenting.

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datguy69s 21

If you have to tell your kid that just to lay with you, there's probably a reason why he won't lay with you

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alfalfalaffa 17

I hope your ready do deal with how hard it will be to put him to bed. How can he sleep when he thinks there are monsters around? You... Kinda deserved it.

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DeeDeeJay 15

He's probably never going to go back to his room.

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