"One day as I was walking in from work my wife met me at the door on her way out. She needed a break from our argumentative 10-year-old daughter. My wife muttered under her breath 'I need to leave before I punch her in the face'. Our daughter heard and immediately burst into tears," posted user stickyfingers40.
Left terrified and angry
"I told my son that the Dummy Fairy came and took all his dummies away because he was too big for them now, and that the fairy would give them to new babies who need them. He was terrified that the fairy would take ALL of his stuff and give it away. He also was really angry at babies," posted buythehammerofthor.
Dad will never forgive himself
"What is it buddy? Stop talking like that. I can't understand you. I said STOP TALKING LIKE THAT!," WalkingBack back posted.
"He'd walked into the living room from his bedroom after having his first seizure. He was mumbling incoherently. I didn't realise something was wrong until I noticed one side of his face was drooping and he was drooling. I'll never forgive myself."
Paying for it
"When my daughter was around eight, I told her that a lot of the words that Daddy used were grown up words and that she shouldn't use them herself. Then she worked out what they were, and she said that I shouldn't use them either. I agreed, and in a fit of noble intention, agreed to the swear jar; a dollar a swear, to be all paid on her 18th birthday. I owe my 16 year old daughter about $14,500. She has kept meticulous records, including a signed agreement from the year 2009," imnotsurethatsnotok posted.
A different understanding of death
"He [son] asked why his grandma died and I said because she was old. He now thinks all old people are about to die. Oops," posted B***hPudding2.
Mental scars
"I have two for this one. My daughter very young at the time, on thanksgiving day as I pulled the turkey out of the oven and removed the lid to the roasting pan to baste it, my four-year-old daughter looked at the still white turkey and said 'daddy what's that?' my reply 'this it what we do to bad babies' 20 some odd years later, she still won't eat turkey. No. two, my son, again very young at the time still in diapers, he was acting up and I told him that if he doesn't behave, I'd flush him down the toilet. Pretty sure at age 30 something now, he still doesn't use the toilet. My bad," Tonytiger112 posted.
When a bluff backfires
"When my son was little, three, and an absolute terror, one time I pointed down a road that we never go down, and said, 'That's the road the bad kids go'. When he would misbehave I would say, 'Do we need to go down the bad kids road?' and he would instantly get in line. Until he didn't. Then I had to follow through with my threat, drive him down the bad kids road, and there was NOTHING THERE. He must have been five or six at the time but even then the symbolism was not lost on him. Go down the bad kids road and nothing really happens," user estrogyn posted.
