I slapped my teen!

[Anonymous]

CPS will not get involved in a case like this.

—someone who frequently works with CPS

[Anonymous]

iPhone screentime. Turn on downtime at 9pm or so until 7 am. Then, even if she gets her hands on it she’s locked out.

Apologize and tell her that it was wrong to hit her.

Tell her there are words that are unacceptable, and calling someone a bitch is never going to go over well and that she needs to apologize.

Tell her neither of you were at your best a 4 am, and you know there will not be a repeat by either of you.

Then move on.

Carry on with the phone grounding. Completely different issue.

[Anonymous]

I have not read all the replies but just chiming in to say I don't think you did anything wrong. And I think she owes YOU an apology, not the other way around.

[Anonymous]

It’s a human response. She knew what she was wrong and her response was a second mistake. I’d say I’m not proud of what I did and you have lost your phone until Christmas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not read all the replies but just chiming in to say I don't think you did anything wrong. And I think she owes YOU an apology, not the other way around.

100%….if I had pulled this with my parents I'd be RUNNING for my life LOL.

[Anonymous]

Can’t believe you all are asking this lady to apologize to a kid who called her the worst thing you would expect from a DD. No wonder kids nowadays have no respect for their parents and elders.

[Anonymous]

Hate these damn phones. They are ruining our kids.

[Anonymous]

OP: you are a good parent. Your child was WAY out of line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hate these damn phones. They are ruining our kids.

Phones are not the issue. Parents and the use they allow and the kids are the issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have not read all the replies but just chiming in to say I don't think you did anything wrong. And I think she owes YOU an apology, not the other way around.

100%….if I had pulled this with my parents I'd be RUNNING for my life LOL.

Plus 100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t believe you all are asking this lady to apologize to a kid who called her the worst thing you would expect from a DD. No wonder kids nowadays have no respect for their parents and elders.

Plus 1. You don't need to grovel to your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would hang the phone from a string and smack the s out of that piñata with a bat.

Or have it fall into tub or toilet. It takes one week to dry out in rice with desiccant packs.

too funny

[Anonymous]

I'm not reading 8+ pages of replies but she deserved to be slapped after calling you a b****. End of story. Bet she won't do it again. I wouldn't bring it up at all.

[Anonymous]

The last time my mom whacked me—which was something that happened very rarely (maybe 3-4 times in my life?), and until then never on my face—I was 13 and slapped her back. Then we stood there looking at each other. Never happened again.

We had a basically good relationship at the time, and have a good relationship as adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Y'all are weird. No child should be calling their mother a bitch after the child is the one breaking the house rule.

Apologize that you lost your temper but tell her she's to have her phone taken away for the rest of the day for disrespecting you and the house rule.

This. Seriously, people. A 14-year-old calling her mother a bitch is never ok. I would have slapped her too.