By Anonymous - 15/10/2012 10:28 - United States - Richmond

Today, I learned from my daughter's teacher that she has been wearing the same shirt for the past few weeks, ever since we had a fight about how I don't pay attention to her. FML
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sandinthewaves 5

How do you not notice that?

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ElhonnaDS 10

Well she proved her point- you clearly aren't paying attention.

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mrstriance94 8

That I pathetic parenting on your part OP, instead of whinging do something about it?

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Llama_Face89 33

Were you drunk when you were typing this?

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Eventuality 5

Suddenly you have to be drunk to make a typo?

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Llama_Face89 33

101- no but the whole comment is kinda incoherent.

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mrstriance94 8

I only mistyped I instead of is. It's not that bad.

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Llama_Face89 33

Hm I see that now. Was hard to tell. You spelled whining wrong.

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Iknoweverything 29

Fact: the person who feels you don't pay attention to them is the one who knows best. The fact that you fought with her about it shows that you're one of those parents who thinks you're always right, and you disregard your kid's feelings. Instead of fighting with your daughter, maybe you should have asked her why she felt that way... and then taken her seriously. Sometimes kids can teach us to be better parents.

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kiwienne 21

Agreed. People who get too butthurt when someone point out they're not entirely right need to change before having kids. Kids are just as capable of being right, no need to ground them or get mad just because they have a better arguments than their parents

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ChibiChibi_fml 27

I am just copy and pasting something I already said here because it definitely needs to be said here. I just want to point out one small flaw in that statement (I know this clearly doesn't apply with the OP but..) , I have met some kid's who's parents spend every waking minute with them, playing with them, listening to them, all that crud, and as soon as mom or dad wants do something for themselves, start screaming about how mom and dad never pay attention to them. Sometimes it is just dramatics.

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outoftown 26

#99, When that's the case, why aren't the parents teaching the kids life skills and developing their independence and pride in self-reliance? Parenting quantity does not equal parenting quality.

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ChibiChibi_fml 27

You can have the skills to be self-reliant and still be spoilt. The children are not incapable of being left to their own devices, it's just that why should they be if they can get mom and dad to entertain them? Not knowing how to raise your children is different from bad parenting. They try, they just don't quite have it right yet. My point was simply that just because someone says "You never pay any attention to me" doesn't always mean that person is actually always being ignored. It sometimes just comes down to the child/person having decided that the parent/person is supposed to be a trained monkey there to entertain them at all times. Guilt is, as we all know, a great motivator for many people.

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GothicAngel17 24

Well she certainly proved her point then, didn't she? Perhaps try actually paying attention to your child from now on.

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Egao_fml 8

Geez mom or dad, I hope that was a wake up call for you.

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weeabaka 6

Unfit parent, much?

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nco1414 7

You are a horrible parent..

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Enslaved 36

Daddy didn't give attention To the fact that mommy didn't care King Jeremy the wicked Ruled his world Jeremy spoke in class today. . .

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AFEmoWifey 0

YDI! Is it really that hard as a parent to take even 30 minutes to speak to your child a day. I take at least the time for a daily call to my stepdaughter every day. (Yes, even after she threatened me and my baby). Kids no matter what age need our attention, and it does show that you have an active interest in their lives.

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Psycho_Babydoll 26

Hopefully she had a stern talking to about that little threat.

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AFEmoWifey 0

On indeed. We are all (dad, mom, her, and myself) doing some therapy as a group to keep thing going in a positive direction.

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outoftown 26

#59, Very glad to hear you got help to turn the situation around. That was one scary FML!

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fantasyworld 37

I remember that FML, glad you were able to turn things around.

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Psycho_Babydoll 26

YDI! How does one not notice that anyway?! I notice if my little brother wears the same shirt two days running and he's not even my ******* responsibility. How can you pay so little attention to your own child?!

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Nanael_fml 4

Parenting.... You're doing it wrong. Kids are usually wishing parents would notice less and saying " leave me alone mind your own business!!" that's one way to be sure you're doing it right

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