A perfectly ordinary day can take a very strange turn when a child decides to experiment with whatever happens to be within reach. A car can suddenly become a washing station, household objects can take on completely unexpected purposes, and innocent curiosity can leave behind some truly baffling scenes.
These are exactly the kinds of moments parents recently shared online, posting photos of the weird, messy and downright hilarious things their children had done. The results range from harmless little experiments to situations that make you wonder what could possibly have been going through their minds.
#1 What Was She Going To Do After That? Try And Start The Car?
#2 “The Dress” 2021
#3 My Kids Came In And Told Me There Was Water Coming From The Laundry Room. They Said It Looked Like It Started At The Washer. I Rushed In To Find This. Buncha Comedians In My House
#4 Speaks For Itself
#5 Blaming On A Doggo. Heckin Bamboozled
#6 Deception: 100
#7 Kids Say The Darndest Things
#8 Looked Out The Window To See A Squirrel Taking One Of The Easter Eggs I Had Hidden For My Kids
#9 My 3 Yr Old Insisted On Making Me Breakfast
#10 That’s Actually A Good Idea
#11 Glad This Didn’t Exist When I Was A Kid
#12 I Asked My College Age Son To Pick Up A Cake For My Brother’s Birthday (His Uncle). We Are Having A Lot Of People Over Including Kids And Grandparents. He Is Not Getting Married And He Isn’t Gay
#13 That Time I Figured Out How To Take The Lid Off Of The Vent, And Proceeded To Get Stuck In It
#14 He Met Bill Murray
#15 This Generation Is Cooked
Never miss a story that brings joy to the world.
#16 Good Trade
#17 This Mom Wasn’t Feeling Old… Until This Happened
#18 I Think My Child Is Broken……
I am a single mom and low income, as such travel is generally too expensive. So when my teen as invited on a tirp abroad with school and he agreed to earn half the money it cost, I was thrilled for him to go and see the world. I only asked that he send me at least one photo every day so I could experience the world vicariously.
These are the 3 he sent me so far:
Food on the air plane
A dog on a leash
A duck
Please note these are everyday average things to see here at home. I think my child is possibly broken….
lol.
UPDATE: thanks for every comment. I learned lots and have a different perspective (actually many). You guys have helped me pass the time and miss him a bit less. I appreciate you all. And, for clarification: I’m not really mad and would never chastise him over his choice of pics, I think they are adorable and funny. I may make a request for a specific type of pic with him in front of a historical or important scenery but mostly just say “cool” or “nice!” In response. I just want him to have fun and be the sweet, kind, smart kid he is already.
#19 He Wants To Get On The Bus, And The Bus On The TV
#20 My 3 Year Old Angry Bc The Beavers Keep Chomping On The Tree
#21 Caught My Youngest Escalating The Nerf War After His Older Brother “Was Mean”
#22 I Used To Turtle Up When I Was Really Mad
#23 I’m A 3rd Grade Teacher – Very Impressed
#24 Oh Dear
#25 My Son Decided Taking The Labels Off Everything Was A Great Idea
#26 My Kid Tried To Pierce Her Own Nose And Ended Up Inhaling An Earring In The Process
#27 My Kid Slapped My Glasses Directly Into My Eyeball
#28 This Mom Just Wanted A Cup Of Coffee… And Ended Up With Just About The Nastiest Cup Possible
#29 My Kid Bit My Washing Machine, And Now It Leaks
#30 This Mom’s Birthday Cake Showed Up Like This (The Online Order Form, It Turned Out, Didn’t Recognize Heart Emojis)
#31 While The World Is Fighting Over Tp, My Toddler Is Giving Ours A Bath
#32 Daughter Helped Me Wash My Car But With A Rock
#33 Two Year Old Put A T-Ball Tube Down Car Exhaust
#34 Went To Watch My Kids Play Hockey Today
#35 A Mother’s Day Card From My 5-Year-Old
#36 A Boy At A Museum In Haifa Today Broke A 3500 Years Old Jar
#37 Anybody Know How To Break It To A 5yo That He Won’t Be Getting Any Chocolate Today?
We discovered we had mice in the house earlier this week and have now done what we can about it, however not before they infiltrated the Easter egg stash. No shops open today, going to have to break this to my 5 year old who has been up since 6.30am eager for his egg after lunch. I have a few small eggs that I can give him but I just know this is going to break his heart!
#38 My Kid Mopped My Floor With OxiClean
My daughter wanted to earn so spending cash, so I gave her a list of chores. While mopping the floor, she wanted to try something to get a particularly stubborn area where the dogs had tracked in from the patio.
When I got home, I noticed white residue on the floor, and she said she couldn’t remember what she used but that we use it “all the time” and she was just about to go over it again.
This morning I figured out why the white spots won’t go away no matter how many times she tried. She used the giant Sam’s Club tub of OxiClean!
I her defense, it’s true we use it all the time – for laundry! 😭 Y’all have a good weekend! Haha
#39 Stole One Of These Candies From My Kid’s Christmas Stash, Learned The Hard Way They’re Actually Individually Wrapped Soaps
#40 I Asked The Kids To Check On How Many Eggs We Had Left, Quote “We Have Plenty.”
#41 Moved The Flour Away From The Kid So He Wouldn’t Make A Mess…. And I Knocked It Off The Counter With My Elbow
#42 My Daughter Decided To Cool Off Her Hot Pot Of Pasta On Our Deck
#43 My Kid Threw His Bath Toy At Me, Black Stuff Came Out
#44 Roblox Will Be Uninstalled
My wife called while I was at work and said it was a little “scratch” on the monitor….after further investigation, I found out my 7YO got pissed at Roblox and threw the controller at it. It really ticks me off how my wife always sugarcoats everything he does..like I cant even discipline him without her getting in the middle of it or shielding him like I’m so total violent monster….it’s crazy because I don’t even spank my kids, all it takes is a stern voice and they start crying.
#45 One Of My Kids Knocked Over My Carefully Organized Hardware Box In The Garage
#46 My Kid’s Way Of Telling Me He’s Under The Weather
#47 Kid And Groceries In The Back Seat. This Is Fine
#48 Ah, The Joys Of Parenting
#49 Guess How Old My Son Is
#50 My Son Found This Tiny Spoon And Ate His Jello With It, Because “He Wasn’t That Hungry, So He Just Wanted To Take Tiny Bites”
#51 Pulled Up To My Kids New Daycare This Morning . .
#52 My Kid Is Practicing Her Name… In Nail Polish On The Wall… Of A Rental
#53 What Kids Do To The Chrome Books At My School
#54 Caught My Kid Before Opening A Third Brand New Bottle Of BBQ Sauce
#55 My Kids’ Freaking Toothpaste Cap!
#56 I Did Not Have To Cook My Parents Like This When I Was 9…
#57 My Kids Were Pissed
#58 I Bought My Kid A Drone For Christmas, The Wife Doesn’t Love It
#59 Mom, There’s No Food In The House!” -My Kids Today
#60 Apparently The Kids Were Too Distracted To Shut The Door
#61 One Of My Kids Brought Poison Ivy Into The House, Now My Hands Look Like This. Every Bump Is A Blister
#62 I Love My 7 Yo Son, What I Don’t Love Is Him Doing This To The Soap For The Past 4 Years
#63 Instead Of Putting All Of The Dishes Away, My Kids Hid Some Of Them In The Oven To Do Later And Were Forgotten. Smelled Something Funny When I Went To Preheat It Later :(((
#64 The Etsy Shop Nailed It With Our Notes
#65 Its A Dad Thing I Find Funny But My Kids Hate It
#66 I Just Want To Make Pb&j’s For My Kids Lunch
#67 This Is Why This Sub Reddit Exist
#68 My Fiancé Asked Me What Breakfast I Wanted For Mother’s Day. I Told Him Biscuits And Gravy. After He Was At The Store For Almost 2 Hours This Is What He Returned With. Valiant Effort!
