By i_am_forever - 06/01/2015 01:59 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my daughter was putting clothes in the drier when she yelled, "Mom!! The drier won't start!" I had to explain to her that the door needed to be shut. Her response, "Oh. I didn't know that mattered." She's 15. FML
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itsjusttofunny 8

you need to teach children things, they never just know them on their own.

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itsjusttofunny 8

you need to teach children things, they never just know them on their own.

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brasiliano 16

Yes I agree but common sense isn't taught. and closing the door is just that.

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davidpropert 32

I think we all learned to close the dryer door before turning it on because we all never saw the dryer on with the door open...

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tantanpanda 26

We're talking about a fifteen year old teenager, not some six year old. If you're in highschool, you should know to close the door to the dryer

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o76923 8

Why? Most devices function just fine with a door open. The only exceptions that I know of are microwaves, dryers, and dishwashers. If you haven't had your kid working with those before or showed them using those before then I don't think it's reasonable for them to just know it. I'll admit that I probably would've tried it but my parents encouraged me to explore and be inquisitive. So I naturally have been troubleshooting things. There wouldn't be logic behind it. I would have just been trying random things like pressing buttons again, checking the plug, and the like. But lots of parents don't encourage those values, especially for young girls.

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SBurrke 11

It's called problem solving. Most people that age can figure out how to work a washing machine without any help.

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mindjob 14

Well I guess she had to learn at some point. On the bright side, she knows for the future and can help with laundry now

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Danne696 14

Yea, I thought the same. A suprising number of 15 year olds have never done laundry.

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badluckalex 23

Even if they have never done it themselves I find it very hard to believe they haven't seen one of their parents doing it.

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o76923 8

Seriously, go to the laundry room of any college in a froshling dorm during their first month or so. Tons of kids never figured out how the machines work.

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JustinJK 21

Shit. I'm 22 and I've never done laundry, lol.

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spoo 24

Not if the kid hasnt seen laundry done before.

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gatorclay97 28

Yup... Well let's hope she's hot cause I don't think she's going to Harvard...

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ClassyCataclasis 4

hey it worked without the door for that guy eating noodles...

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fiveforfighting 26

While that is common sense you're the one that should have taught her...

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fiveforfighting 26

Because this definitely reflects America as a whole.

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cheeeksss 29

I think judging a whole country based on one person reflects more stupidity than the 15 year old in this FML.

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CDobs 8

And you can't spell dryer. How old are you?

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brightsky 2

Dryer is the actual machine that dries clothing. Drier is another form of more dry. So that means... A dryer makes clothes drier. The op used the wrong form.

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SparksTheSadie 18

So? Honest mistakes happen. No need to be sarcastic.

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Bidnitch 3

Sarcastic... I don't think you know what that word means.

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