Writes Sarah: “This note was written to me after I told my seven-year-old daughter to go to her room until she felt like being nice. I’m still trying to figure out what she really feels. Was it love mingled with regret…or slathering me with goodness in hopes of ending the misery in her room? Somehow I still think she meant what she originally said. Motherhood rocks!!!!”
![I <3 U Mommy Dear Mom, You are my favorit [sic] mommy ever. I'm sorry for calling you a piece of poo. And I hate you and not going to my room. I love you Mommy Love, your dauttre [sic] Karah](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4398527603_da651f4af5_b.jpg "I <3 U Mommy Dear Mom, You are my favorit [sic] mommy ever. I'm sorry for calling you a piece of poo. And I hate you and not going to my room. I love you Mommy Love, your dauttre [sic] Karah")
Meanwhile, Laura in California writes: ”My six-year-old daughter misbehaved at school, so she couldn’t go to the harvest festival. This didn’t go over well, so she wrote me this threatening note. When I laughed, she took it back to add ‘I (am) serious.’”
And it’s not just the girls. Liev in Gainesville, Georgia received this from her six-year-old son when — while trying to get dinner on the table for five kids clamoring for her attention — she had to tell him she did not have time to look at his latest Lego creation right this second. “This is his drawing of me yelling at him. The thing above him is his broken heart.”
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141 responses so far ↓
#1
Karol
oh man – kids are just great, aren’t they?
Mar 2, 2010 at 8:52 pm rating: 90
#2
Jennifer
Those little parasites can be so brutal!
Mar 2, 2010 at 8:52 pm rating: 90
#3
Hazel Brown
My dogs have NEVER left me notes like this!
Mar 2, 2010 at 8:56 pm rating: 90
#4
NoAdditives
My 16 month old daughter is already telling me, “I didn’t do it” or is blaming things on the cat. I’m sure I’ll be getting drawings and notes like this much too soon.
Mar 2, 2010 at 8:57 pm rating: 90
#5
shesajem
Haha the last one made me LOL. Seriously – that kid needs a hug!
Mar 2, 2010 at 8:58 pm rating: 90
#6
Bernd das Brot
You’ve got to love these kids and their civil discourse. My daughter just bites me in the arm when she is mad.
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:00 pm rating: 90
#7
Critical Grass
Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s give a shout out to the new generation of Passive-Aggressive people!
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:00 pm rating: 90
#8
Amanda
Hahahahahaha, oh man, that’s awesome. Remember how dramatic we were when we were kids? Something like mommy not being able to look at our drawing right that second or not being able to go to your friend’s house was an ENORMOUS TRAGEDY?
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:13 pm rating: 90
#9
debkatz
These were hysterical, and a little frightening. Today, when I called myself “an idiot”, my 2-year-old grandson came to my defense and said, “Her no idiot, her a toy”. I must be doing something right *sigh*.
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:21 pm rating: 90
#10
Christine (:
Oh yes, I have received many such letters from my son.
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:27 pm rating: 90
#11
janelle
considering i’m listening to my almost four year old throwing an epic fit because i’m SO MEAN and won’t let him go to sleep in my room (even though he’ll sneak in in the middle of the night) I’m considering writing one of these notes to him. Kind of like the last, but with an illustration of my brain being pounded with a hammer or my ears bleeding
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:28 pm rating: 90
#12
butterball
Oh, man, the last one was a punch to the gut.
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:38 pm rating: 90
#13
matty-wat
Are we sure Niki didn’t write these?
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:43 pm rating: 90
#14
oi
love it!
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:46 pm rating: 90
#15
oi
oh don’t mind me. I am just waiting in the corner for somebody to turn up and say: either
)
1) These notes are bullshit
or
2) oh these kids are dumb my 3 years old writes better notes than this.
or
3) that’s complete failure on parents part that kids threaten their parents. kids are kids but parents need to do proper parenting.
bring it on!
oh and of course my all time favorite.
this is not passive aggressive at all (i am blind
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:49 pm rating: 90
#16
Critical Grass
Those are the best students in Hate Mail 101. Parents, be proud!
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:51 pm rating: 90
#17
Drew
I don’t think the first one is a passive-aggresive note. I’ve marked it up:
Dear Mom, You are my favorit [sic] mommy ever. I’m sorry for calling you a “piece of poo”. And [saying] “I hate you” and [for] not going to my room. I love you Mommy
Mar 2, 2010 at 9:59 pm rating: 90
#18
Bernd das Brot
It looks like oi had to wait for only 12 minutes in that corner.
Mar 2, 2010 at 10:11 pm rating: 90
#19
park rose
What took them so long? I bet they were bottle-fed as babies.
Mar 2, 2010 at 10:15 pm rating: 90
#20
Girl Friday
I’ve learned from experience – cut the crusts off the next sandwich you make for them.
All is forgiven.
Mar 2, 2010 at 10:17 pm rating: 90
#21
Canthz_B
I called my mom names, refused do do ( to do) as I was told and issued an ultimatum once. She gave me a time-out.
About three hours…that’s how long it was before I could sit down again.
Guess she didn’t think being a disrespectful child was very cute.
Mar 2, 2010 at 10:27 pm rating: 90
#22
Piece of Poo
I am the mother of the 1st note writer. Could I please clarify – that she was not put in timeout for an hour. I sent her to her room and told her to come out when she wanted to be nice again. She stayed in her room for an hour…(obviously writing letters and poetry). Just wanted to make sure the general population doesn’t take me out to be an evil monger. In our house- official time outs are always 1 minute/age of kiddo. If it’s a bad attitude problem – they stay however long it takes for them to chill and come out on their own.
Mar 2, 2010 at 10:38 pm rating: 90
#23
Canthz_B
I hope the mom in the last one wasn’t cooking dinner.
Snowmoms shouldn’t be near much heat.
Mar 2, 2010 at 10:56 pm rating: 90
#24
dee
when i was a kid, i didn’t write notes about my parents, but did write in my diary about my sister and drew a picture of her arm w/ worms crawling all over them because she didn’t like to take baths.. haha..
Mar 2, 2010 at 11:01 pm rating: 90
#25
Canthz_B
Okay, I’m not gonna say much more on parenting because I know you guys hate it when I do that (we hate success stories these days. “Columbine! Give me Columbine!”), but I must say:
“Time-out” (if you choose to use it) should be kiddie prison. They get out after they do the time that you the parent sentences them to, and not before.
Certainly not when they tell the warden they are ready to be good.
I’m going to back slowly away from this subject now, so raise your kids however you want to.
If you’re happy and your kids are happy, then I’m happy for you.
Mar 2, 2010 at 11:10 pm rating: 90
#26
Canthz_B
I hope Maury Povich still has a show in seven or eight years.
I love watching the “Uncontrollable Teens Sent To Boot Camp” episodes!
Mar 2, 2010 at 11:34 pm rating: 90
#27
hskrfan31
Recently, my 3 yr old son was upset with me because he wasn’t allowed to watch anymore TV for the night…walking away, he stopped, turned and yelled “we are NOT friends or family ANYMORE.” after about 5 more steps he again turned and said “and you are the MEANEST MOM IN CANADA!” (We live in Nebraska.) Needless to say, there is never a boring day at our house!
Mar 2, 2010 at 11:37 pm rating: 90
#28
The Great Joe Bivins
I’m going to kill myself laughing. I serious am.
Mar 2, 2010 at 11:41 pm rating: 90
#29
No one
Fake. A 7 year old kid doesn’t use apostrophes and commas.
Mar 2, 2010 at 11:47 pm rating: 90
#30
Joe
LMAO… That’s my girl FTW!
Mar 3, 2010 at 12:00 am rating: 90
#31
xyzzy
There might well be reasons that the guideline doesn’t work for them, though. My mother relied on really long time-outs with me to avoid lashing out in frustration and to give me a chance to calm down. She also knew that I had plenty of things to do in there.
I’m the first to speak out about ‘bad’ parenting, but I’ve learned that kids have a way of pushing all but the most patient caregivers over the edge. That’s why I’m not having any and refuse to ever baby-sit, I know how fast those guidelines can be tossed aside.
Mar 3, 2010 at 12:51 am rating: 90
#32
Jessica
I don’t blame Laura’s daughter…If it’s anything like the harvest festival that was at my elementary school (Palo Alto, California) then I can totally understand why she’s pissed. Harvest festivals rock!!
Mar 3, 2010 at 2:27 am rating: 90
#33
Canthz_B
Maggie’s folks should go ahead and invest in that liquor cabinet lock.
She’s having way too many twelve o’clocktails if she’s already telling dad he ain’t gettin’ no luvin’ if she doesn’t get her way!
Mar 3, 2010 at 2:29 am rating: 90
#34
iwantsugarinmytea
Maggie’s folks should go ahead and get her tested for dyslexia.
Mar 3, 2010 at 3:07 am rating: 90
#35
Canthz_B
Maggie is just showing that she will be good at learning other languages than English.
“I serious am”, is her way of showing that she understands that “Rio Grande” is the same as “Big River”…or something like that.
*wishes he’d paid more attention in Spanish class*
Go for it if you just must, but be aware that I’m reading this and texting back while I drive my insanely large SUV with blacked out windows that ensure no one can see the road ahead of me, blissfully unaware that my child is in the back seat disrobing.
After all, I put on a Disney DVD for him to watch instead of having him look out of the car windows and see the real world he lives in.
That’s entertainment enough for a kid, fuck reality
Mar 3, 2010 at 3:58 am rating: 90
#36
Edwina the Defrocked Nun
Technically, these are not really passive-aggressive notes. They are just kid behavior in an emotionally charged situation.
When adults write the same kind of notes – that’s passive-aggressive.
Oh, and here’s my contribution. My daughter came home from school in a bad mood at about age 10, and sat down in the yard after she got off the bus. After a few minutes I went to the door and called out, “Why don’t you come in the house?” Daughter yelled “FUCK YOU, Mom!” loud enough to wake the neighbors, if not the dead. I wasn’t supposed to know she knew such language, and was supposed to be shocked and indignant. Instead, I bit my tongue until I could go back in the house, then doubled over laughing.
She’s 21 now. And now, she is passive-aggressive. Hmm. I wonder what I was trying to say here.
Mar 3, 2010 at 7:06 am rating: 90
#37
Kelli
Been coming here for a couple years now. This is by far, the one that has made me lol the most. I love you P.A.
Mar 3, 2010 at 9:25 am rating: 90
#38
Bunnee
My 6 year old writes lots of notes, but he hasn’t figured out yet that he can write angry notes to his Mom and Dad. I can hardly wait for that day. I’ll finally get to submit a note to PAN!!!
Mar 3, 2010 at 9:27 am rating: 90
#39
claw71
I’m rather appalled at all of this. Not just the notes, but the fact that the parents submitted them and, more importantly, I am disturbed that everybody is laughing this off.
THESE KIDS ARE 6 AND 7 YEARS OLD!!!! Yes they are supposed to be prone to self pity. You expect them to pout and throw tantrums as they learn how to express their emotions. The problem is that most of us don’t learn the art of the Passive Aggressive note until we’re much older. I’d sooner see these kids smoking cigarettes, drinking Natural Light and smuggling cocaine over the border in their rectums.
What I’m saying is that these kids are heading down a dangerous path. Look at these notes? We can laugh at the spelling and penmanship but, in all honesty, is it really deviating from samples we’ve seen from grad students at expensive private schools?
DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM COLUMBINE?
I blame the parents. Clearly these kids are following the examples set by the adults around them. The most disturbing of the lot is the first one. Has anybody stopped to consider the pathology? My god! As horrible a harpy as her mother must be, this girl is primed to take P-A behavior to new levels. She’s the fricking LeBron James of PAN!
To think I might be dating this girl in 10 years.
Mar 3, 2010 at 9:45 am rating: 90
#40
Liev
I too would like to defend my child’s drawing. I did take time to sit down with J and compliment his creativity with the legos. However, our children don’t run the house or the schedule and I don’t feel that it was unreasonable of me to ask him to wait until dinner was served. Kids that dictate everything in the house end up being the spoiled brats that you would complain about screaming in walmart until they get their way. His was an emotional 6 year old reaction to not getting his way. I am a stay at home parent, not on any public assistance, raising our children to be good citizens, the fifth child in the mix was the daughter of my sister and her husband, who were both deployed at the same time. Each of our children get special time with each parent because we make a special effort to put that in our days. I thought it was a funny note, and had no idea I would be so vilified as a parent for the contents or for submitting it.
Mar 3, 2010 at 10:32 am rating: 90
#41
Liev
NO, not at all! But they do ask, so it can’t be so bad to be one of four
Mar 3, 2010 at 11:32 am rating: 90
#42
Sho
I love how this was written by a 6 year old but still has better spelling and grammar than the Niki letter from the other day.
Mar 3, 2010 at 11:34 am rating: 90
#43
Escape Goat
Lovin’ the MC Hammer pants on the stick figure in the second photo: “Please, Hammer, don’t hurt ‘em!”
Mar 3, 2010 at 5:39 pm rating: 90
#44
snatchbeast
What awful spelling!
cats > kids (and my cat has superior spelling and grammar, none of this lolcats bullshit)
Mar 3, 2010 at 6:17 pm rating: 90
#45
Mr. B
I’m glad my daughters don’t write me notes like this; only this morning my daughter (5) shook her head and said that she was “so disappointed in me that she didn’t know what to say…” I was making her wear her school hat as it was rather cold outside. It’s hard enough to shake it off as a verbal onslaught let alone have it in writing as a courteous reminder to re-live and suffer at your leisure…! I need to develop a thicker skin when it comes to them… or invest in some ear plugs.
Mar 5, 2010 at 9:42 am rating: 90
#46
CJ
The last note breaks MY HEART. Maybe the time she spent sending the picture of his etch-a-sketch in, she could have been giving him a little time from the OTHER 4 kids. Stop having them if you can’t give them the love they need idiot.
Mar 5, 2010 at 3:51 pm rating: 90
#47
differences
right, so i’m on board with the last note being truly sad, rather than passive-aggressive. the first two have threats and mixed messages, thus qualifying them, if not as passive-aggressive notes, then at least as amusing ones. the last one, however, sends a straightforward message, “when you yell at me, it hurts my feelings and makes me sad.” that’s not passive-aggressive, that’s an attempt at self-expression. while i don’t think that this child is being abused, per say, i hope that his parents had the good sense to comfort him rather than just make fun of his feelings all over the internet.
Mar 8, 2010 at 2:50 pm rating: 90
#48
Max Time
yes that’s right!!! Let Maggie go her own way. She knows those kids in the big wheelie gang very well she’ll be just fine
Mar 9, 2010 at 8:38 am rating: 90
#49
Amy G.
Oh my God, those are PRICELESS!! As the mother of a 6-year-old boy who is SUPER dramatic, I know exactly how these moms feel. I love the way they struggle between their love and frustration. So cute.
Mar 18, 2010 at 1:17 pm rating: 90
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