Kids: Today, my 12 and 14 year olds told me they'll be doing whatever...

By Anonymous - 08/04/2016 21:43 - United States - Sterling

Today, my 12 and 14 year olds told me they'll be doing whatever they like from now on and there will be no rules or bedtime, otherwise they'll tell their teachers that my husband and I abuse them. Where did I go wrong? FML

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Saturday 9 April 2016 8:44

You should tell them, that if they say that, they will be taken away from you, and placed in foster care, where there will be rules, bedtimes and chores they're trying to escape.

Roxas_hearts 27

Saturday 9 April 2016 8:36

Something like this happened to my uncle. His son (my cousin) called the cops on him for telling him to study, saying he hurt him. He had to live with us for a couple days. It's sad because now he's too afraid to discipline his youngest one now because if something is brought to the cops again it could get his kids taken away from him.

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mneill 6

Monday 11 April 2016 14:45

Call the police yourself. That kind of crap stopped almost immediately after one call.

leafynitemare 24

Monday 11 April 2016 19:36

I'd tell them to go for it. And I'd tell them all about that they would be taken to live somewhere else, maybe even split up, and point out that they're obviously not going to be sleeping in their own beds. And if they keep pushing it and say "well I'll just take my videogame system, tv, etc." That's when you really get them because all you have to say is "you can't take that. I paid for it, it belongs to me."

brick0 11

Monday 11 April 2016 20:20

Take away anything that they enjoy until they shape up. If they tell their teachers you abuse them then explain the entire situation. Btw i know this cuz i am a teen and i hate little assholes like that.

shinikageWolf 15

Monday 11 April 2016 21:14

Maybe if they didn't act like little ***** you wouldn't have to enforce the rules so harshly. I was a behaved kid and my mom didn't really need to be so strict.

megnifique 14

Monday 11 April 2016 21:18

Then all of those nice things they recieve won't be needed seen as your such a bad parent, cook your own meals, buy your own clothes, pay for your own phone - and encourage them to phone the police - because if they have the balls to go through with it and get found out for lying - that could give them their own criminal record.

kheyci 9

Monday 11 April 2016 22:39

This is why discipline needs to be enforced.

dr_of_dre 8

Monday 11 April 2016 23:23

Did you happen to talk with your friend on the phone while saying that?

AwkwardBookworm 27

Tuesday 12 April 2016 0:05

If you stopped parenting them like they want you to, within a few days they'd probably realise that taking care of yourself isn't as fun as it sounds.

Timber147 9

Tuesday 12 April 2016 2:58

My daughter tried that on me. I picked up the phone and said I would phone the police myself. Then advised her that when she was treated bad, made to do lots of chores, go to bed early and come in early it would be her own fault and there was nothing I could do. She asked me to please stop and she never said that again.