Kids: Today, my cousin left her undisciplined demon-child at my house...

By ChildhoodTerror - 26/12/2016 06:40

Today, my cousin left her undisciplined demon-child at my house for Christmas. This child destroyed the other children's gifts and made so much noise that the neighbors called the police. The adults can't really discipline her while her mother is away, so all we can do is apologize in this child's wake. FML

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By Che_likes_you - 12/12/2014 15:15 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, I had to babysit my 7-year-old niece while my brother bought Christmas presents. After he left, she walked up to me and said in a very dark voice, "I'm gonna make you hate children!" Now my apartment looks like a bomb site. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/08/2019 12:00 - United Kingdom

Today, my 7-year-old cousin has been having raging temper tantrums, added to an inability to tell the truth, and a disturbingly sociopathic nature. I'm pretty sure I'm seeing a psychopath in the making, and I'm stuck living here for two months. FML

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By never again! - 22/06/2021 02:01

Today, I was babysitting my nephew. He was acting up, so instead of spanking him, I put him in the corner for timeout. He screamed and thrashed and kicked the walls so hard my neighbors called the police. My sister wasn’t answering her phone, and I had to explain why a 7-year-old was acting like that. FML

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By sucks_brah - 25/12/2009 07:25 - United States

Today, my mom got drunk and decided to unwrap all my Christmas gifts and throw them at the wall. Ho, ho, ho. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/11/2022 00:00 - France

Today, my spoiled step-daughter had extra chores to do for breaking the rules. She called my wife at work, complained about the chores, then my wife called me and said that she didn't want to deal with the drama. It ended with, "Make her do something else!" WTF! She chooses her own punishment! I hate this kid, seriously. FML

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By Victor - 24/12/2020 14:02

Today, I usually take my daughter to daycare; my wife had to drop her daughter off at 8. The kid refused to get up, making them late. Wife argues with me, claiming I made her late. She said hurtful things and left late at 8:30. We haven't spoken and probably won't for the rest of Christmas week. I love Christmas. FML

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By John Nani - 25/12/2011 17:06 - United States

Today, it's Christmas Day. Normally, my family would be opening gifts right now. Instead, my mom is holding our gifts hostage until we clean the house. Apparently, "The presents aren't going anywhere." FML

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By Nickel - 01/06/2017 04:00

Today, my mom's friend came over. She brought her son and claimed that we could have bonding time. I ended up chasing the five-year-old around the house for an hour. After they'd left, my mom saw that the little kid had broken a lamp and a clock. She then said I had to pay for it using my money. FML

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By Deborah - 27/10/2011 06:41 - United States

Today, I saw my upstairs neighbor outside getting the mail. She asked how my day was, and then apologized that the sound of her baby's crying through the walls kept me up last night. Apparently she heard me when I yelled at 2am for her fucking demon spawn to shut up. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/12/2016 13:27 - United States - Mountain View

Today, I punished my new dog for taking a shit inside by putting him in the kennel. He punished me by breaking out of the kennel and destroying everything in my house. Including Christmas presents. FML

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RayneSmytson 24

Monday 26 December 2016 8:15

If the child is left in your care you certainly can discipline the child. That's not to say to smack the child or anything, but you certainly can do what you need to pull the kid into line. You're there to supervise and keep the child safe and others safe from the child, not make friends and apologise for the child.

MrsHumanFrog 19

Monday 26 December 2016 8:15

I refuse to watch children that Im not allowed to discipline, Period. Family or not, if the kid knows they can get away with it, they will.

Comments

The_Voytek_Bear 14

Tuesday 27 December 2016 12:01

Unless you've never dealt with the kid before, YDI for even agreeing to watch him.

jvanevery 19

Tuesday 27 December 2016 16:45

timeout timeout timeout timeout you should have taken advantage of the police presence and have them threaten to haul him away in cuffs

CaptMacLeod 45

Tuesday 27 December 2016 18:03

Or maybe just handcuff her yourself? A $5 pair of novelty cuffs would be strong enough, and MIGHT get the impression across.

Bazilzebub 4

Wednesday 28 December 2016 0:27

She left the kid in your care, do what you need to. I get that it's awkward but you were left in charge.

KillerKatz 9

Wednesday 28 December 2016 5:20

Oh man I would've beat that ass till it was as red as Rudolph's nose

devans00 14

Wednesday 28 December 2016 6:37

Why do the FMLs that need a "you deserve it" the most have the lame "it could've happened to me"? Very annoying. Never take responsibility for a misbehaving, no listening child. They could hurt you and cause a lot of damage. Why agree to that?

Rainbow_Rhinos 23

Wednesday 28 December 2016 12:42

Discipline doesn't necessarily mean spanking. You can do other things to get the point across - remove privileges, early bedtime, timeout, no desserts/gifts, housework/chores, etc. Since you're looking after this child, it's up to you to prevent them from causing damage.

Penguinpuff 12

Thursday 29 December 2016 0:13

I hear about this kind of this so often- that kids won't listen to anyone buy their parents (and even then not much). When I was a kid, if I disobeyed whoever was supposed to be minding me I'd be punished: spanking, lectures, some privileges taken away. Now it seems most people just shrug and think "nothing we can do, kid won't listen" No, REPRIMAND them ffs. Lax parenting creates demon children, and demon children grow up to be demon adults.

Dung_A_Gully 3

Friday 30 December 2016 13:35

Screw that, any child left in my house under my care, is subjected to my rules, relative or not. end of story. With that being said, if the kid is tear adding through the house and ripping up presents, then a suitable punishment needs to be doled out.