Kids: Today, my 9-year-old daughter was acting out and wouldn't do...

By Anonymous - 18/10/2014 19:29 - United Kingdom

Today, my 9-year-old daughter was acting out and wouldn't do her homework. I told her that if she didn't study, she wouldn't get her acceptance letter from Hogwarts. She looked into my eyes, straight through to my soul and said, "Hogwarts isn't real, retard." FML

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By notawizard - 16/07/2009 10:16 - Spain

Today, my daughter turned 11. Since she LOVES Harry Potter, I decided to write her an acceptance letter to Hogwarts. When she saw the letter, she screamed and showed me. When she found out I wrote it, she told me she hated me, started crying, and stepped on my foot. FML

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By makeitstop - 04/08/2011 13:41 - United Kingdom

Today, my daughter wouldn't stop yapping on about not being able to register on the new Harry Potter website. The amount of whiny jibber-jabber emanating from her cake-hole made me want to boot her from our family tree, and I had to resort to booze to wash the pain away. I'm a terrible parent. FML

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By nanall - 04/06/2012 07:19 - United States

Today, my 24-year-old brother tried to convince me that Hogwarts is real, because there is no way a person could have written that based on imagination. My parents agreed with him. FML

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By yingyang2 - 06/01/2011 02:19 - United States

Today, I have been teaching my 5 year-old step-daughter how to read and write. She came bounding up to me with a piece of paper and said, "look what I did". It was a letter that said "My dad misses my real mommy, not you". FML

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By SantaClaus - 02/11/2013 04:19 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my 8-year-old came home from school crying. Apparently her teacher told the whole class to write about how they felt when they learned that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy weren't real. FML

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By AnonymousCow - 20/09/2016 13:04 - Australia - Perth

Today, I told my daughter that she wasn't allowed to eat in her room, so she sat at the table and glared at me for 10 minutes while she ate. She's 15. FML

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By anonymous - 04/04/2013 22:52 - United States - Spring Valley

Today, I picked my 12-year-old daughter up from school after her first sexual education lecture. She burst into tears on the way home explaining her fears of being pregnant with her boyfriend's child. As if that doesn't sound bad enough, I've met her boyfriend before. He is imaginary. FML

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By thanksad - 23/08/2013 01:38 - United States - Cerritos

Today, my 50-year-old dad was in a foul mood after taking an online test that put him in Slytherin house instead of Ravenclaw where he "belongs" because he's "so smart". FML

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By Santa - 25/12/2014 03:01 - United States - Cocoa

Today, my 8-year-old daughter was throwing a tantrum, and I said "Keep this up and I'll tell Santa to take your presents back." She told me I don't even know Santa, at which point I accidentally blurted that I'm "Santa". FML

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By Anonymous - 30/10/2010 05:07 - New Zealand

Today, my daughter came up to me crying. When I asked her what was wrong, she told me that she had a fight with her imaginary boyfriend. She's 16. I raised this child. FML

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Sunday 19 October 2014 9:52

Pfft. Muggles.

cheshireau 26

Sunday 19 October 2014 10:01

I don't know whether to make a Harry Potter reference or to comment on your daughters foul mouth and lack of respect for you.

Comments

JuzReading 23

Sunday 19 October 2014 11:06

Not hating on Harry Potter but that is a lame way to get any kid to do their homework, especially if they're 9 and old enough to know what's real and what's not real.

people_annoy_me 23

Sunday 19 October 2014 11:35

Filthy mudblood....

xxreikoxx 31

Sunday 19 October 2014 12:45

To be honest, a better "bribe" to get her to do her homework would've sufficed. Though, that sucks that she called you a retard. —.—

Ichiya 29

Sunday 19 October 2014 19:23

No bribe at all. Giver her 2 choices homework or no supper/no tv and phone for a month. Education is too important to be lenient.

xxreikoxx 31

Sunday 19 October 2014 21:39

Hence the word bribe being in quotation marks.

Brandi_Faith 33

Sunday 19 October 2014 23:53

I completely agree 87. Explain to her that finishing her homework is for her own benefit and the importance of school too maybe, but discipline and consequences are what should've been used in the first place.

Skyebright8 5

Monday 20 October 2014 12:47

Yeah seriously the hogwarts comment was silly, just tell her she has to her homework, not lie using a fictional work she's old enough to realise isn't real

ostfaiz 18

Sunday 19 October 2014 13:08

i agree your life sucks Op

fazerfazer 4

Sunday 19 October 2014 13:15

Wow

grumper 14

Sunday 19 October 2014 13:42

wtf? she'd be heartbroken if she was into it...you deserve this for lying to her to make her do what you want.

jamnglamgirlie 17

Sunday 19 October 2014 14:17

So she knows Hogwarts isn't real, but doesn't know that a mothers wrath is?

TomeDr 24

Sunday 19 October 2014 14:22

Personally, if my daughter had been that disrespectful to me, there would have been an immediate punishment.

xReDMemory 28

Sunday 19 October 2014 15:03

And lying to your own kid,manipulating them to believe something that is false is true,promising them something they will never get and wondering why they are mad at you all because you're too ******* lazy to take the time to do what you willingly signed up to when you conceived and decided to keep the child and actually take the time to teach your child why doing what you want them to do would benefit them and trust them to make the better choice is not just as disrespectful? The OP is implying that her child can't be trusted to make her own choices in life but she didn't even give her a chance to prove herself by teaching her about the consequences of the actions and letting her choose. Instead she tried forcing it on her by manipulation and wondered why her child is mad at her.

Ichiya 29

Sunday 19 October 2014 19:24

#51 you are a dumbass

TomeDr 24

Sunday 19 October 2014 19:37

I don't. I was merely stating a fact.

TomeDr 24

Sunday 19 October 2014 19:38

#51- Ok. I'm not sure where you got all that. My take on OP was that it was a lighthearted joke and the bratty response from the child was totally uncalled for. You seriously need to chill.

Brandi_Faith 33

Sunday 19 October 2014 23:56

If it was used as a joke and the child new it was a joke that is one thing. If the mom actually used this to try and get her kid to do her homework than there is an issue.