Kids are full of paradoxes. They’re innocent and carefree, yet somehow, they seem to know a thing or two about life. There’s always something on the tip of that expert tongue. When the right moment comes—it strikes. Beware, parents, your days are numbered and you’re about to stand trial. Meet the judge—your heavenly child.
Let’s see how it turned out for these parents who shared the not-so-welcome opinions of their beloved bambinos in this Twitter thread.
After you’re done with this roasting session, pick up those parenting karma points from the floor and give yourself a confidence boost right here. To all the fellow parent pandas out there: like Dr. Phil says, this is a safe space to talk about hard things—share your experiences in the comments, so we can toast them!
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That reminds me of the time my nephew was around 5 and saw a young picture of my mom and goes "oh wow! Look grandma took a shower!"...he could not articulate how to say she looked young..LOL
ok. Thats adorable and one of the few here not shaming a woman for not being pretty without makeup
Bored Panda contacted Sean Duffy, an associate professor of psychology at Rutgers University, to find out why our little devils tend to point out very odd things. “We are all interested in some profound questions as to what it means to be—be being an important verb. But kids do ask the strangest questions: the universe, why does it exist? Will the sun die in my life time? Will our efforts to curb climate change really make a difference?” In fact, “children today are a lot more aware of the challenges of the future than previous generations”, says Sean Duffy. “Just imagine our fathers or grandfathers in the 1950s even considering climate change. They had their own challenges—communism, the Soviet Union—but they live in a different context than their grandparents in the 1960s.”
One the mom who has makeup and brushed her hair. The other...doesn't.
Let your child discover their own challenges of existence. “Every parent must understand that they created in their children a new world. They had their own universe of morally ambiguous situations, whether it be the fall of the Berlin Wall or 9/11... every generation has to realize its own uncomfortable place in the order of things.”
It’s okay not to have the answers to all the things your child asks, because “there are no simple or easy answers to any of the myriad complex of unanswerable questions.” The professor explains that “we live in a universe of moral ambiguity and that our culture and society has provided only weak answers to existential questions.”
My mom as 38 When my twin sister and I was born. We were asked that a lot when we went to school. I actually got very upset then.
This one reminds me of my brother. I wasn't born yet, so it's a family story I know, not something I remember myself. Our mom always had elegant straight long hair, then she had to cut it for health and practical reasons. My brother, who was still a baby/ toddler couldn't recognize her for a good while.
I once had my daughter ask me very loudly why my boobs were so long when trying on bras. Much sniggering ensued from the next cubical.
Sounds like when my mom would get on us to clean the house. We'd always ask, "Who's coming over?"
This has more to do with the fact that kids like consistency than her actual appearance. They'd like her either way as long as she always appeared the same way. I changed my hair and my nephew screamed "no!" when he first saw me.
I swear to god when I first read this I read "I love her tits" instead of what you said. You should have seen my eyes I bet.
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And what's wrong with Merida? She's got great hair, and is a brave and independent woman!
I love Merida! She has awesome red curly hair I would kill for! She's also my daughters favourite because when meeting her at Disney they had a conversation about the Loch Ness monster
What's the problem with Merida? She's a brave and awesome redhead with bow and arrow. I think your son made a huge compliment.
I'd take that as a compliment. Out of all the Princesses, she was the most bad-a*s!
I had to look up if Merida is who I think she is, and she is! She's that gorgeous redhead, so so beautiful and fierce, strong and really good with a bow! I'd be honored if someone thought I looked like her. They won't because I'm not a redhead, but I am an archer, so maybe a little ;)
He's currently 19 but when he was in middle school, the story happened
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This reminds me of a time when my kids were quite young. I babysat to make extra money for the household. The lady I babysat for looked about 16. One day my son asked me why some moms look like teenagers. Fishing for a compliment, I asked him I looked like a teenager. He said "No, you look like a really mom". I didn't know if I should feel complimented or insulted! LOL
What I read was 'My son once looked at a picture of me with makeup...' and I went like 'Why was your son with makeup?' LOL
Junior in high school, I am a girl. I have short hair. I was wearing a dress. A sophomore I didn't know changed pronouns every time he referred to me. "She's wearing a dress... do you think he's enjoying the story? I wouldn't involve them." And the like.
I can understand they left their son with the babysitter but why did she have to emphasize that he was crying as if this was somehow funny?
our friends ex boyfriend had very grey hair very early in life. They always went for a coffee in the restaurant that was owned by the parents of one of her students, she was a kindergarten teacher. One day the student came to her and said it was so cool she would take her grandpa for coffee every sunday :-D
Actually kids up to 2 or 3 years are not able to recognize a (known) person that changed its appearance in some (even minor) details (glasses or make-up).
So many of these are about kids making fun of women not wearing makeup. Idk, it was kind of repetitive.
When I was working in a bakery, a coworker used to bring her son (6 y.o.), and he loved to hang out with me.I used to do magic tricks for him. First time he saw me outside of work he screamed that I was evil and ran away crying. Cue: I was in full metalhead mode.
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When I was at boarding school my mum had all her hair cut to something like a bob. My mum had massive blond curly hair. She was a performer so when I went in to my dorm to meet her I saw her and burst in to tears. As far as I was concerned she was a complete stranger to me. Little did I know she was so massively self conscious about the length of hair and booked herself in to a hair salon in Kingston (just south of London) and had a head of extensions put in. She left the house with short hair and came back with her hair touching the door frame on the way in.
I went to the pool with a friend and her little boy who was like 4 at the time. He was standing behind me while I climbed up the stairs to get out and he said "your butt is way bigger than my head" my friend looked horrified until I started laughing. Little guy was just telling the truth lmao
Drunks and kids, always aiming for the truth (at least for them), ha ha...
My autistic son used to make fun of his father's receding hairline. I told him that both of his grandfathers and their fathers all had receding hairlines. He said "So." My husband and I looked at each other as if to say "Ah innocence. So naive." Then we watched the look of panic on his face as we explained to him that male pattern baldness was an inherited genetic trait. Poor kiddo. He's now 28 and as bald as his father..but I think years of realizing it was going to happen prepared him for it. He's still handsome though.
Getting ready to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, so I was all dolled up - makeup on, hair done, high heeled sexy shoes and a rather short dress (for me, anyway). Our son was 13 and had a few friends over. One of them turned around as we were leaving and said "Man, your mom looks hot!" As my husband and I tried not to laugh, our son jumped up and yelled "No, she doesn't! She's my mom and she is definitely NOT hot!" Thanks, kiddo. Both of you!
My mom and the majority of her sisters and my grandmas all had short hair. I never understood the stereotype. I'd have short hair if I could pull it off.
Two similar stories of two different Nephews: my older nephew was a child in the 1970s and saw a woman in a mini skirt and said, in a loud voice, "she forgot to put on her pants." My second nephew was similar in proclaiming a woman forgot her pants...he was a child in the 1980s.
When I was a teenager, I was helping my mom sort through laundry and I held up one of her bras and commented "Oh, one of my old training bras!" (I'm fairly more well-endowed than my mom). My mom was not amused.
When my son was young 4 or 5 he sat on grandpa's lap and said " Mommy has a pipe just like yours!" Now b4 everyone freaks out yes that is true I did it was 1978 and if you were around then you would know what kind of pipe it was. (Think baggies and buds!) Lol!!
our friends ex boyfriend had very grey hair very early in life. They always went for a coffee in the restaurant that was owned by the parents of one of her students, she was a kindergarten teacher. One day the student came to her and said it was so cool she would take her grandpa for coffee every sunday :-D
Actually kids up to 2 or 3 years are not able to recognize a (known) person that changed its appearance in some (even minor) details (glasses or make-up).
So many of these are about kids making fun of women not wearing makeup. Idk, it was kind of repetitive.
When I was working in a bakery, a coworker used to bring her son (6 y.o.), and he loved to hang out with me.I used to do magic tricks for him. First time he saw me outside of work he screamed that I was evil and ran away crying. Cue: I was in full metalhead mode.
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Load More Replies... When I was at boarding school my mum had all her hair cut to something like a bob. My mum had massive blond curly hair. She was a performer so when I went in to my dorm to meet her I saw her and burst in to tears. As far as I was concerned she was a complete stranger to me. Little did I know she was so massively self conscious about the length of hair and booked herself in to a hair salon in Kingston (just south of London) and had a head of extensions put in. She left the house with short hair and came back with her hair touching the door frame on the way in.
I went to the pool with a friend and her little boy who was like 4 at the time. He was standing behind me while I climbed up the stairs to get out and he said "your butt is way bigger than my head" my friend looked horrified until I started laughing. Little guy was just telling the truth lmao
Drunks and kids, always aiming for the truth (at least for them), ha ha...
My autistic son used to make fun of his father's receding hairline. I told him that both of his grandfathers and their fathers all had receding hairlines. He said "So." My husband and I looked at each other as if to say "Ah innocence. So naive." Then we watched the look of panic on his face as we explained to him that male pattern baldness was an inherited genetic trait. Poor kiddo. He's now 28 and as bald as his father..but I think years of realizing it was going to happen prepared him for it. He's still handsome though.
Getting ready to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, so I was all dolled up - makeup on, hair done, high heeled sexy shoes and a rather short dress (for me, anyway). Our son was 13 and had a few friends over. One of them turned around as we were leaving and said "Man, your mom looks hot!" As my husband and I tried not to laugh, our son jumped up and yelled "No, she doesn't! She's my mom and she is definitely NOT hot!" Thanks, kiddo. Both of you!
My mom and the majority of her sisters and my grandmas all had short hair. I never understood the stereotype. I'd have short hair if I could pull it off.
Two similar stories of two different Nephews: my older nephew was a child in the 1970s and saw a woman in a mini skirt and said, in a loud voice, "she forgot to put on her pants." My second nephew was similar in proclaiming a woman forgot her pants...he was a child in the 1980s.
When I was a teenager, I was helping my mom sort through laundry and I held up one of her bras and commented "Oh, one of my old training bras!" (I'm fairly more well-endowed than my mom). My mom was not amused.
When my son was young 4 or 5 he sat on grandpa's lap and said " Mommy has a pipe just like yours!" Now b4 everyone freaks out yes that is true I did it was 1978 and if you were around then you would know what kind of pipe it was. (Think baggies and buds!) Lol!!
