Getting kids ready for school in the morning can be a lot of work since you are on a strict deadline, so you need your kids to help where they can.

What would you do if you overslept, and even though your child got up on time, he played video games instead of waking you up or getting ready?

That is what happened to the parent in this story, so she grounded him because he was late, even though it was partly her own fault.

AITAH for grounding my 8 year old son for not getting to school on time today

I [26] F slept through my alarm this morning which resulted in me waking up a half an hour later than normally.

If mom normally wakes the kid up, how it his fault if she slept in?

Due to this my son didn’t make it to school on time.

Him and I are not seeing eye to eye on this because he believes it’s my responsibility to get up and help him get ready which, he’s right.

He is only eight, but honestly, he shouldn’t have played video games.

I can’t argue with that I messed up there.

However, my issue is in the fact that he woke up on time to his own alarm and instead of coming to get me or putting on his clothes I had ready for him the previous night he decided to play video games knowing that he did have school this morning.

Hopefully, he isn’t grounded for too long.

So, for that reason I grounded him. I have talked with him and let him know that him and I both made a mistake here.

I should have been more responsible and he should have too. I apologized.

No consequences for herself.

I’m wondering though if it was warranted to ground him in the first place? After all, I made a mistake too and I don’t have any consequences.

I also don’t want him thinking that he can just sneak off and play games in these situations though.

AITA?

This is a difficult situation because she does need to teach her son responsibility, but it was also kind of her fault. I think a modest punishment is fine.

Let’s see what the people in the comments have to say about it.

This commenter sums it up nicely.

She really should have taken ownership.

It was all mom’s fault.

Yup, this was a missed opportunity.

Yeah, the kid is too little for this.

This is a teaching moment, not one for punishment.

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