Read this article. I dare you to not utter the phrase “those ungrateful little shits”.
Nobody is ever guaranteed perfect parents and I hardly view the fact that the mother didn’t send the kid a check in a birthday card as “bad mothering”. Shouldn’t they be grateful that they got a card at all?
I am just happy that the case was dismissed or I might be looking at a future lawsuit by my kids for any of the following examples of “bad mothering”:
- being angry that my daughter had an engagement ring when she wasn’t supposed to be dating the guy in the first place
- strongly encouraging my son to get a job
- not giving my son money to go places with his friends when he refuses to get a job
- grounding the kidlets for getting bad grades
- grounding the kidlets for lying
- grounding the kidlets for stealing
- grounding the kids just for the hell of it (ok – they might have a valid point on that one)
- forcing them to eat vegetables
- forcing them to pretend that they have manners
- forcing them to have chores
- forcing them to drink water at dinner instead of Kool-Aid or soda
- emotional distress from yelling at them when they can’t seem to close a cabinet door, turn off a ceiling fan, turn off a hall light, not throw wet towels in the floor, or can’t remember to do chores
So, my fellow bad mothers, what could your kids sue you for?
Kenny would sue me because his friends think I’m cooler then hell but he thinks I’m not worthy of the ground he walks on. Little bastard.
Oh I know what you mean, sometimes our boys are snootier than the girls.
ungrateful little shits indeed, and it absolutely disgusts me that their father obviously supported that line of bullshit. :0/
currently, my daughter would sue me for making her wear underwear, rather than just let her piss in her diaper. she would sue me for not letting her eat candy constantly, and forcing her to eat her dinner at the table.
my son would sue me for making him do chores to earn money, and not letting him play video games all day, every day.
they’d both probably sue me for making them brush their teeth and take showers on a daily basis.
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The father must be a real swell guy to encourage this. I am sure this validated the mother’s decision to divorce him.
This is great. I’m sure I have more than a few things she would sue me for. These are at the top of the list because they are a common problem.
My child would sue me for making her practice piano so that she is prepared for the lessons that she chose to take.
She definitely would sue me for not continuing to read to her after I told her she needed to lie still and quit kicking and wiggling the entire bed or the consequence would be that I stop reading (damn that follow through).
She would sue me for making her sort her own laundry in the scary dark basement.
Well you are just the perfect example of “bad mothering” there.
This is exactly why I chose to be a non-parent. Professional aunts don’t get sued. We’re too awesome.
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You can borrow my kidlets any time you want to.
I’m thinking the judge should force them to pay the mom’s legal fees.
And on that note – I plead the fifth. Why give them ammo?
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I agree that they should have to pay her legal fees PLUS a million dollars for all of the pain and suffering this ridiculous case probably caused her.
Oh if my kids ever read this blog, they will have all the ammo they need. muahahahaha
The fact the father supported this action is the worst of all the sins committed here.
I went to college with kids like that. They didn’t know how to make their own beds, they blew through 500 bucks meant for a month in a week – called home and got more, and complained the deans when they got bad grades from professors.
My girls would sue me for not buying them every damn thing the commercials showed. They sue me for making them turn off the tv and clean their room. They sue me for doing their hoemwork with them and making sure it was correct. They’d sue me for telling them to get over themselves when they whined about EVERYTHING.
Kind of funny, i have scars on my bodies from my parents. I view them as badges of honor. Mayeb I should get a lawyer.
Trust me, I’m just kidding. Thanks for making me angry this morning Slappy.
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Reading the story made me literally yell “WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?”
I’m sure mine could sue me for failing to buy them every M rated video game and making them brush their damn teeth.
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It would probably take less time to tell you what they *wouldn’t* sue me for!
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Hmm the daughter could get me because I won’t let her have a phone and monitor/limit Internet/video game/tv time. The son would get me because I expect him to not act like a wild banshie.
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