"Being a parent is tough." We've all heard it, but realize what it really means only later in life. Either when we grow up or when we have some little ones of our own. We finally understand the sacrifices they make, the sleepless nights, the worrying, the amount of patience that one needs to have to raise a child.
But sometimes parenting can be just absurdly comical. Kids sometimes really do the darndest things. In these situations, you don't know whether to laugh or cry. Bored Panda has scoured the vast sea of parenting content to bring you this list. These parents may not be having the best day, but they may certainly lighten up yours.
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Mom Rage Aside, We Made A Memory, Right? And Had A Laugh
My son went through a phase of taking off his nappy and shakingiut the contents all over the sitting room 🤢
Load More Replies...my dog once woke me up and i thought she was just being cute and snuffling near my face and then she vomited :/
my son in high school barged into my room at 6 am declaring, "mom, the cat threw up right here on the rug and I think I have lice, can you check my head right here?" Dude, I havent even opened my EYES!
Not before coffee. The cat yak isn’t going anywhere and the lice can wait an hour
Load More Replies...Once on a festival I woke up, cause someone shouted really loud: "Not in the tent!" 🤢 Shock! But it wasn't my tent...
A Very Slow Flushing Toilet Led To My Discovery Of The Most Ironic Toilet Clog. Kids Are Stupid
My son accidentally flushed a face cloth down the loo when he was about 9. He's coming to visit tomorrow, I must remind him (it was 40 years ago) 😄
Load More Replies...We found a rubber ducky and a matchbox car in the u-bend. Their lil hands had to have shoved them down there. Sigh.
My elderly neighbors toilet was overflowing. The landlord came and pulled the toilet out and was working on the toilet in the yard. She had the stomach flu 6 days earlier. She vomited in the toilet an her dentures eventually got wedged in the trap. He got them out...she wanted them back. There is just not enough bleach in the world.
Yeah, That's What It Translates To In Kid Talk
So many times I get 'you're bullying me' or 'your so mean' just because I ask kids to pick up things like the food they dropped on the floor! (Why did I decide to work in childcare?)
My grands hate me, I'm telling them to do/not do stuff constantly. The youngest has mastered the disdainful glare.
We named this list "Parenting Failures", but it's more about the realities of being a parent than the failures. It's important to know the difference between rough patches every parent feels and actual parental failure. Ashley Hudson LMFT explains that difference on her blog.
"Parental failure is when a parent causes significant trauma and/or physical or emotional damage to their child through their parenting style," she writes. "This could be in the form of abuse, neglect, abandonment, and/or when parents are involved in substances or violence that is affecting their parenting."
I’m Sorry. They Are Spectacular
My niece recently had a huge melt down because her brother gave their mom a high five. Apparently she's the only one who's allowed to do that. :)
FYI, his name was Richard, not Duck or Dork or Dirk.
Load More Replies...Well, the raison d'etre of Guinness Records is to find something stupid enough and/or dangerous enough for the contest. This kid is a visionary. Tell him to train hard, and one day he could win a medal for his farting ability.
It’s Always Mom. Dad Is For When Mom Says No
Rookie mistake; never leave the chance this wide open for a kid to insert some brutality.
OP: it's *insert siblings name* is surely the only response to this, right..?
We had your younger brother / sister to see if we could get a better kid.
I love all my children entirely equally . She's awesome.
Load More Replies...That Is Triggering
I did hear that LSD comes in very flimsy packaging…
Load More Replies...I refuse to use it in my afterschool program, but the previous staff had some, and I hadn't had a chance to get rid of it. I was away sick last week, and I came back and found the person filling in had used it with them. Even after a week of cleaning, I keep finding specks of it everywhere!
Load More Replies...6 years ago I was working on a project in the living room. My supplies were sitting on a foam board which overhung the coffee table by about 6 inches. Enter : the cat. Jumps up on the table, misses the table, hits the foam board with an open container of glitter. Enter : me, coming out of the bathroom just in time to witness it all and enjoy the snowstorm of glitter in my living room. It was quite pretty, for a moment. Still finding that stuff in the strangest spots throughout the house.
That stuff is the herpes of the decorating world. You are never getting rid of it
What most parents mean when they say they think they're failing as parents is just stress and weariness talking. Hudson writes that it's a response to a stressful event, several days, weeks or months. True parental failure has serious long-term repercussions for the child.
But Seriously
Me in the bathroom* 6--mommy I'm hungry Me-i have a chicken in the oven. 15 minutes. 6-can I have a piece of cheese? Me-fine. One piece of cheese. 6-one piece of cheese pizza? Okthanksbye
My Kid Eats The Entire Pint Of Ice Cream And Then Fills It With Water And Freezes It To Make Me Think I Had A Nice Treat To Enjoy At Night
True. My dumba** friend refilled his parents entire bottle with water when we were in high school. Of course it broke.🤣
Load More Replies...I bet the kid never fills the ice trays, though.
That kid would be scrubbing the bathroom for the next thirty or so years!
Kid Drew All Over My Mom’s Ralph Lauren Purse
They gave it some personality. Still not worth what was paid but the gap has closed.
Mom should give Ralph Lauren his purse back, and learn to stop taking other people's things.
One of the reasons parents feel this way is because they feel too much pressure. Either from the outside or from themselves. Tia Slightham, M Ed. and Parenting Coach writes that parents desperately want to feel they are enough. Not messing up their kids, doing the right things as a parent. But the truth is, according to her, "if you love your kids, you're trying your best and you keep trying to learn," that's enough.
Like Being Unreal Isn't A Full-Time Job Already
My preteen and I are reading a book series where dragons are the main characters. It gets pretty violent, and since this was the first time we'd read a violent thing together, I tried to reason "Well they ARE dragons, not humans, so it's less of an issue because dragons are naturally going to be violent creatures." My kid side-eyed me and stated "Yeah, but it was written by a human, and the dragons all act and think like humans, so it's REALLY not that different, mom." ... ok... fine, be all logical. it's a really good series and we've both been enjoying them.
Glad to see that parents are getting into Wof
Load More Replies...My little man made me a cup of tea. I asked if it was hot..he said 'no..its pretend'
Right about then I'd grab a scissors and lop off Mr Bunny's ears. Nyah nyah nyah kiddo.
My Kids Just Told Me They’ve Been Putting Fruit Stickers Under Our Kitchen Cabinet For Six Years
Well, there's no telling how many layers are in the blob in the lower right hand corner.
Load More Replies...I used to do this to but I didn't sneak around, I just slapped them on the fridge.
Bro Thought The Toy Was Identical
Idk why but the "I hate this house" intro makes me laugh knowing what's coming.
If you must refer to food as s**t, you're lucky it's just a toy they used to replace the snack. - and how come you had all the wings and the kid didn't have his own?
Ashley Hudson narrows down the things that might make one feel like a failing parent. Most parents, according to her, feel they have too little patience while disciplining. Others panic when they don't feel control over tantrums, rebellions and defiant behavior. First-time parents have it the worst – they simply haven't had the experience.
I Find Parenting Involves A Lot Of Saying “Don’t Laugh, Don’t Laugh” Or “Damn, That Was A Good Try” But Remembering To Keep My “Adult” Face On
My toddler always tries to feed me his bottle while simultaneously sucking on my face
Mine liked to put the boogers on his face and flip out if you tried to wipe them off.
‘Don’t’ was for the first 20 times they were asked. :p
Load More Replies...I Just Didn’t Think It Could Get This Awful
Dam. I'd buy her child a drum that shoots glitter every time it's hit!
Load More Replies...Guess who's getting a brand new drum set for Christmas.
Ooh, now I know what to buy my nephew the next time my brother pisses me off!
I had to look that one up just to post that it’s fake but to my chagrin it is a real item. I wonder if they sell very many…
Gosh kids, seeing as Freya is your beat friend, don't you think this would be a great activity to take with you to do next time you go play at her house? I know she'd be sad to miss out on it, it looks so fun!
I Have No Idea How Mad I Should Be
If he's four, it may not be a big deal (although he does need some guidance about where it's appropriate to pee outside). If he's fourteen, that's a whole other issue.
If this was written by a teacher, they should have a better grasp of grammar.
Grammar correct the school. If he climbed the structure he had to urinate off it so the words "off of it" are redundant and should be left out.
A Certified Positive Discipline Educator and Life Coach for Parents Adrienne Bishop writes that these feelings of failure also stem from the fact that parents have no control over kids. "The fact is, our children have agency, which means they have the ability to make their own choices. No matter what you want your child to do, they ultimately have the final say."
My Kid’s End-Of-Year Open House. My Wife And I Are The Oldest Parents In Her Class, At 39. Thanks For Making Us Feel Good Kid
Last 3 answers tell you that you're doing a great. Forget that he thinks you're 80, lol.
She or they since their name is "stephanie" adorable!
Load More Replies...I'm pretty sure the teacher wrote it as they were asking the questions.
Load More Replies...Kids have no concept of age when it comes to anyone that’s older than them. Lol
I can remember that as a kid I thought that I would be practically dead at the millennium because I'd be so old. I turned 40 that year. Now I wish that I was that age.
Load More Replies...Left The Kid For A Minute
why on gods green earth would you leave a child unattended in a medical exam room ? I see at least 4 ways the kid could off themselves just from this picture alone.
There has to be more to this. I don't know how well a kid hooked to IVs and monitors would be able to move that well. Also, parent may have needed to use the restroom.
Load More Replies...So, let me see if I understood correctly. Some kind of genius left a little kid *unattended* on a high hospital bed with no protection? They can be happy and thank their god they only have some painted sheets to worry about.
why did you even bother to leave your kid alone in the first place???
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..............................................
Load More Replies...Of all the trouble a kiddo could cause in that room, drawing on the sheet is the least of their worries.
My 8-Year-Old Is Going To Grandma's Place. I Told Him To Dress Nice And Hurry Up Because He's Going To Church With Them. I Didn't See How He Left The House... My Mom Just Sent Me This Pic
Haha I went to the town shopping with slippers on once. Good excuse to buy shoes though 😉
Bishop writes that when parents think they're failing, they're blaming themselves for their kids' actions. "We try to control our kids’ behavior in order for us to feel better," she claims. "But since it is impossible to control others' behavior, we consistently struggle to feel good, and to not feel like failures, and then as a result we give our power over to our kids and become their victims."
Didn't Get A Picture Of The 25-30 Pounds Of Rice He Evenly Spread All Over The Kitchen Floor The Other Day, But Checked Up On Him Half Way Through Disney's Cars 2 To Find This
TIL that parents exist who do not child lock their cabinets or leave them alone with stuff - and are still surprised with this outcome ...
People do that? I would go crazy if I had to deal with child locks on cabinets I use multiple times each day.
Load More Replies...I tried so hard to child proof my house and always vigilant but sometimes kids are just going to be kids. RIP to my favorite lipstick used to "make clown faces", the forever shiny section of the kitchen wall that was finger painted with vicks vapor rub, and the baby powder which "made it snow" in their bedroom and lingered in corners and under furniture for years.
My neice and nephew did this with icing sugar when they were toddlers. They and their mum were at her parent's house alone and she went to the bathroom. Came back to find them THROWING the sugar out of the container into the air like they were playing with snow.
My mother has a picture of me at about 18 months, holding an upside down box of laundry detergent, and sitting on the detergent mountain I had made. She'd tape the pictures to the photo album, and write captions and/or dates on them. For this picture, she wrote, "I helped."
If the movie is 90 mins long and you checked on him approx half way trough, that means that he was unattended for 45 mins. What grown up leaves a toddler alone for that long?
so hey how about not leaving a child alone for that amount of time. What were you doing for forty five minutes you didn't even think just to peek in? Parents suck and complain about avoidable s**t they put themselves in all the time. I'm not saying parenting is easy. I'm saying do f*****g better. You deserved this. This is what children do, your job is to stop them from doing this. You f*****g failed you job congratulations.
Who spit in your bean curd? Chill out. Sit on the flour covered sofa with us. It's going to be ok.
Load More Replies...Sounds Normal Enough
I had to run away from a toddler and hide the lavender baby lotion on the top shelf of the coat closet after every bath to keep him from eating it all. He has just started not to leave CK any extra lotion off her s hands at 7
Daughter would tear a plate of food apart to remove any trace of onions, but will eat a large sized portion of onion rings.
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Load More Replies...I wouldn't eat chicken nuggets and fries, either. Cook some real food for the child.
Don’t Let Your Kids Run Free In Bulk Barn
This doesn't equal bad parent. It takes a half a second of grabbing something off a shelf for a kid to turn around and do this.
Load More Replies...Yuck. I Would be SO embarassed, as then I'd have to go find a worker so they can throw the whole bin out. There's no point in trying to scoop up and around the handtamination and buy the bag, since you can't be %100 sure you got everything. Toddler hands are WAY too gross to risk them on ubsuspecting strangers.
Yet, I don't think they are going to throw that whole bin away without the parent kids paying for that. Like you said, no point in buying a bag, so he parent should buy the whole thing.
Load More Replies...When I only had one and was pretty green as parenting goes, my kid picked up a head of lettuce in the market and took a bite and put it back. It happened so fast I didn't know which one it was. So I casually left the area. I apologize to whoever bought it.
If you need gluten free flour, really need it, you are already in trouble because open bins cross contaminate during casual handling. These aren't supervised from any careless person.
Yeah that's why we don't buy bulk food. I saw two little boys running their grubby hands through the beans and rice bins. No thanks!
My grocery store took away the bulk bins when Covid started and never put them back. I'm torn about it. On the one hand I used to be able to buy really small quantities of something without asking for help, but on the other hand I'm less likely to die. Apples and oranges.
Load More Replies...The educator recommends redirecting thoughts since they are one thing parents can control. Instead of thinking "I have failed my child" or "She will always eat this way" try to think: "I am learning how to help my child make better food choices." Bishop writes: "After I work on changing my thoughts, I can start taking steps to set limits and expectations from a place of acceptance and peace and not blame or overwhelm."
“I Don’t Want Anymore, Dad”
The poster above Philoctes on TV would make an interesting mash-up. 🤔
My Wife Had To Write A Not-Sick Note For School
Ok but like one time I was horsing around too much one morning w my dad, and he was playfully holding me against the wall, but I told the school he slammed me into the wall and they sent someone to interview him. My stupid a*s almost had him lose custody of us
Look up Samuel Paty. He was a teacherin a small village in France and was killed (beheaded) because a 13 year old girl lied about "inappropriate" cartoons were shown in class. They weren't shown and she was absent on the day.
Load More Replies...Omg this is me and my sister when we were kids lol we were playing on a shopping cart and it fell over. We got a box of bandaids, mind you we had no cuts or bruises, and proceeded to put the bandaids all over ourselves :)
Literally zero teachers would be concerned about a single bandaid on a students arm.
My 2-Year-Old Son Made A Puzzle For Me
That plaster was coming off anyway, look at it. Didn't PVA before mudding?!?
This is a job for spackling, not jig-saw puzzling. And don't blame the kid; the kid didn't cause the problem, but only brought it to a head.
Two year old children are smart and VERY fast. I didn't downvote you, btw. In fact I never downvote.
Load More Replies...Tia Slightham has some simple, down-to-earth recommendations for struggling parents. The first one is to get enough sleep. Try going to bed just a few minutes earlier each night. She writes that without enough sleep it's easier to give in to bad thoughts and frustration. You're truly not you when you're tired.
Really Son?
Because moving it 3 feet to the right and placing it on the handy dandy skateboard holder is too difficult.
Agreed. Time to start hiding the ones that don't make it onto the stand.
Load More Replies...He knows he in the will. On another note, after counting the bottles you may need to hit an AA meeting.
Ok, But I've Done That Too
Just slide a plate if veggies or fruit up next to kiddo and let them keep feeding their most excellent selves. Well done, this parent.
I don't allow food out side of the kitchen. I don't even want to deal with that. Bad enough they use their clothes as napkins.
Um no. No eating in front of the tv. Eat at the table after washing hands. Kids can learn manners. Jeesh!
One Of My Adult Kids Left This In The Fridge
Oh yeah. And both he and his girlfriend are “allergic” to a kitchen sponge (God that felt good say to the universe - thank you)
I was going to say that's normal until I re- read "One of my ådult kids". Now make them clean the fridge out, wipe it down, then put back the food that has enough left to save and that is still OK to eat. They need to go back to learn "Fridge Health 101".
Secondly, Slightham advises to learn to walk away. Parents can avoid unwanted outbursts of anger and frustration if they try counting to ten. "Learn from your mistakes and next time try your best to walk away before you open your mouth and yell, give empty threats or say something you regret," she writes in her blog.
What A Preamble
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Load More Replies...Poor kid is called Graham he has a right to not do as he is told who calls a child Graham in this day and age
Same Daughter Who Laughed At Idiot Kids On TikTok Cutting Bangs And Crying… Cut Her Bangs Just Now. And Cried. And Cried
every day is a school day, it's just that some lessons are remembered for ever.
Is this the actual picture? Different coloured hair? Highlights? bleached? dyed?
My Daughter, Ladies And Gentlemen
I'm glad I'm not the only one to think that. Poor kid is going to get teased something awful!
Load More Replies...HEY at least sshe replaced it, a lot of "adults" don't even do that! 🧻🙂
Only if it's in the middle of the night, your eyes are closed, it's an emergency, and you fix it when you get up in the morning. 'Cuz, wow.
I made a sign that said " PLEASE MAKE SURE THERE IS TOILET PAPER FOR THE NEXT GUY" Didn't work. I've collected the ones this year and planning to give as a gift at Christmas. Youngest one is 18, the oldest one 26 doesn't change it either at our house. She moved out 6 years ago and still doesn't bother to change the bogroll ??? KIDS!!!
Her last tip is to document one good thing you did each day – doesn't matter how small. "Maybe you and your child had an amazing snuggle and book time before bed. You were able to connect during a board game. You kindly asked your child to brush their teeth instead of harping them." Slightham lists all these strategies as examples.
My Wife's Stationary Bike Just Became A Jellybean Dispenser
My 6-Year-Old Is Mad At Me
Ohhhh that had some BIG feelings behind it. Hope it's all worked out now!
My youngest once screamed "I am never letting you hold me ever again unless I forget about this!". It lasted most of the day!
Awwww! That one's a keeper! I've got several angry 'I hate you, Mom!' letters and detailed accounts of all of my crimes against humanity in my girls' keepsake box. So cute!
This Is Your Reminder To Take Your Birth Control
O, come on, cats do that much more often. And kids can learn not to do it. Cats can also learn, but will do it anyway.
We Can Just End This Topic Now... My Kid Just Took The Cake
My daughter, at about 2 years old, took her poop out and HID IT IN THE OVEN GRILL! Then later that night, when I went in her room, I could smell poop. She had distributed the rest of the poop into the cups of her toy tea set! She is 18 now and so many people have heard this story
The Kids Left The Remote On The Heater
How high do you have your heating on? If the radiators are glowing it’s time to turn down the thermostat
I've not done anything that stupid since...about 6 hours ago when I put the cleaner spray bottle down in front of the fan heater and gave it an interesting new shape.
It looks like a shoe with a "TV remote" flavored gum stuck to the bottom
At first i thought it was some new piece of tech that I was never going to learn, because I give up on that stuff. I have enough in my head already to function adequately.
Consequences Of Oversleeping With A 4-Year-Old In The House
4 year olds should never be able to touch anything as pointy as those scissors. Lock that s**t up. * remembers horror story about young child cutting off her cat's whiskers; poor kitty was never the same *
I don't know. I have the feeling that sometimes things are just particularly exciting and attractive that you're not allowed to have. There are plastic scissors that you can use to cut paper but not fabric or skin. (Great for crafting and practising together.) And you can also explain to a two-year-old child why you're not allowed to do certain things.
Load More Replies...Could have been worse with access to those scissors. Could have been the curtain.
I thought the same thing because my son would bite the tips off of the leaves of all his grandmas plans 😅
Load More Replies...Again - you left a four year old alone and unsupervised where they had access to scissors. You're lucky only the plant suffered.
Busseybody thinks parents are required to be flawless robots in order to be "good" parents. Look how clean that floor looks! I think this parent is likely doing just fine.
Load More Replies...Oh noooo! At least with this type you can re-sprout the cuttings... I'm sure you had a good talk with them, and it won't happen again. I like your flooring! I also like how people are talking like you basically left these scissors on your kid's night stand as though they can't climb a counter in the second you take to turn and throw something in the garbage. So judgy. 4 is old enough for a parent to get a bit of extra sleep in the morning; They will absolutely come find you in those extra 10 blissful minutes of sleep you've managed to claw back from when they were toddlers and infants.
Not normal. Child is a savage. What parent leaves those very sharp things where the beast child can get them? I'd sleep with one eye open, if I were the mom. They may be the next victim.
Found Out My Son Has Been Stealing And Selling My Pokémon Cards
That's not okay no matter the age. Also how did he sell them without you noticing?
OOf that is intentional. Like on a whole other level of can not trust my kid alone....
They'd better watch the kid when he gets older. He'll be moving on to pawning jewelry and the good silver!
My daughter once gave away all my PC games - she figured I didn't play them so I wouldn't notice. Surprise! I did play them and I DID notice. Lessons on boundaries were taught and she had to go to her friends and get them back.
When a kid can keep track of his transactions it's time for military camp.
If he is a teen, I can tell you exactly where the money is going. This is addict behavior and needs to be addressed before it is too late.
My 3-Year-Old Daughter Did This Today To My Favorite Thesaurus Which I Held Perfect For Almost 20 Years Since School
Even I have a dictionary-thesaurus that I absolutely love. Had it since high school and now I’m about to graduate university. I used to check up synonyms for random words from it when I was in school, sort of like randomly reading a dictionary-thesaurus. Yes, I’m a nerd but even I’ve questioned why I love this one book this much 😅
Load More Replies...You mean it was hurt, broken, impaired, wounded, harmed, marred, and mutilated ?
Fresh lemon juice squeezed into a shot glass...dip a Q-Tip into juice and go over the pens marks. Let dry.
Why leave it in reach of your kid then, and why is your child unattended??
I've had a lot of toys I saved in their boxes get destroyed by my kids. But destroying a book is not cool!
Most of these really aren't funny. But they're good cases for birth control.
And when she's grown and moved out of your home, you'll pick that up and that will be the new favorite part of its story.
My 2 Preschoolers Just Did This To An Entire Bag Of Cable Ties
Could have been worse. At least they didn't zip one extra tight around a part of the anatomy of one or the other.
You can save them, but it's a lot of work. Side a small knife in to life up the piece that fits into the grooves and you can pull it back. Engineering on a budget!
There's a fix for it - get a strong sewing pin or a fine awl and use the point to hold up the flap of the ratchet while you draw out the tail - good as new so long as you don't deform the ratchet by too much pressure on it!
My Partner's Son Is A Monster
When My Kid Runs Out Of Toilet Paper, She Will Improvise
Yikes! I would have been in serious trouble for that. Not that it would have ever occurred to me to wipe by butt with the shower curtain.
My Child’s Playroom 90 Seconds After I Finished Cleaning It Up
This is where the "clean up" song becomes valuable. Teach it to them early!
And then they haul some out to other rooms and leave that room a mess and never go back in there, unless of course you go back in and pick up the toys cause they will know. All toys must be on the floor I guess
My parents were strict. Stuff and toys left on the floor, after I was told to put them away, was never seen again. Used this method on my daughter; she learned very fast to pick up after herself.
This is literally my sister. She doesn’t do it as much anymore since she’s older now, but whenever my mom would clean the toy room/playroom, my sister would always mess it up righ after
My Kid Was Driving While We Were Inside And My Other One Looks Out And Says: Dad, The Golf Cart Is Smoking
Without even knowing, what actually happened, this picture just shows a burning golf cart. Could have been a defect. That has nothing to do with bad parenting for now.
My Niece Stole My Sister's Phone, Hoping For A Feed
“Eating The Other Half Is Too Hard” - My Kid
Come on over! I have 5 little beauties that would love these leftovers
Rest In Peace 140 Hz Monitor
If it's sharpie, you can just use an ethanol alchohol-based hand sanitizer to wipe it off. Worked at a book store where we'd get in orders of deep discount books the sellers thought ought to have a sharpie mark across the covers of. We'd used alchohol based hand santiizer because it was just strong enough to lift the all the ink without seriously drying our hands out like a rubbing alchohol would. Please don't throw out your monitor just because there's marker on it.
Yes, excellent advice. And ethanol won't turn a monitor or laptop screen yellow like isopropyl will.
Load More Replies...Nail polish remover. Not kidding. Be careful with it though because it will also start dissolving the plastic surface of the screen if you use too much.
Does anyone else hear the basilisc from Harry Potter in their head while looking at this picture?
AH, NO, don't use acetone or anything ethanol based!!! This can cause hazing, possibly even cracking of the screen. Do grab a lint-free microfiber wash cloth/towel and soak a corner in 70% isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol). On one small corner gently rub to see if the marker will come out. That is the best bet. Also, don't leave anything lying around with kids. Seriously. Don't have furniture, loose bits of anything, unsecured cabinets/doors, lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
go over with non permanent marker and rub off - should work but even if not you've lost nothing
Kinda looks like the screen itself is damaged, maybe due to the pressure from the marker
Load More Replies...Toddler Is Mightier Than The TV
My brother wanted to join the Power Rangers once and he had this little Power Rangers sword and when the villain was onscreen he repeatedly whacked him and the screen broke. My brother is so powerful in the Power Rangers universe he accidentally destroyed reality.
Back in my day, a TV screen was about an inch-thick, solid glass. It had 100 reasons why maybe it wouldn't work, but this was not one of them.
It looks like a gateway to another world, pretty and memorizing.
Load More Replies...This is why they aren't allowed to swing pole/stick things next to the tv. Which we hung on the wall to deter them from touching it.
My 4-Year-Old’s Work Of Art
Eh, it's still usable and was pretty boring. If you're not gonna put stickers on it I can see why the kid took matters into their own hands. The wall is another matter.
Wall can be painted, new ps5 plates can be bought and crayons and felt tips in the bin.
I Told My 8-Year-Old To Put The Dryer Sheets Where All The Laundry Stuff Goes
idk why someone downvoted you. I'll upvote to make it a zero again.
Load More Replies...When I was learning to drive, my mom once told me to "get up in front of that car." The car was beside us in the next lane, so I got directly in front of it in its lane. She just meant to drive ahead of it in my lane, so it wasn't directly beside us. "That's not what you said," I told her. She just shook her head.
I Love My 7-Year-Old Son, What I Don't Love Is Him Doing This To The Soap For The Past 4 Years
Seriously
I work at Goodwill and people ask me what size shoe their kid should wear. I have to say I have no idea. Someday I might take a look at how kid's shoe sizes work, but probably not.
Ugh. Toddler 1-10, little kid 1-13, big kid 1-13, adult 1-whatever. But they don't REALLY progress logically when you put them on.
Parenting Is Crowded Trips To The Bathroom. Who Needs Privacy Anyway?
I’ve done this but was breastfeeding the baby and also had the dog sitting at the door watching.
Been there! But was breastfeeding the baby and the dog also was in the room.
Kid is grown out if this stage, but now we have a kitten who SCREAMS at the bathroom door so she can be let in to stare at you, and crane her neck looking for where the toilet noises are coming from.
My Kids Find It Hilarious To Leave Just One Of Whatever They Were Eating
Make their next meal (or snack) the leftovers. Should break the habit fairy easily.
I've never known children to do that, but adults do it ALL the time. For some unknown reason most adults consider it rude to eat the last one.
Load More Replies...Probably from a conversation or memory and is now a silly joke
Load More Replies...My 6-Year-Old Kid Decided To Doodle On My New (To Me) Truck. With A Rock
My 15-Year-Old Son Decided To Move His Sister's Jeep Behind The Garage To Make Room For Another Vehicle, But He “Forgot” It Had No Brakes. So, This Happened To My Fence
In the US we get a learner's permit at 15 that allows us to practice driving. The mistake here was letting him do it unsupervised.
Load More Replies...When I first got my license, we had an old car that had an on the column gear shift. I forgot to put it in park, and it rolled across the street and smashed into Mrs. Wilson's brand-new car. My dad angrily marched me over to apologize to Mrs. Wilson. She said, "Oh good! I hate that car! Now Mr. Wilson has to get me a new one!" (He owned a car lot.) Clearly not the reaction my dad was going for! My mom pulled out her favorite phrase - "Your good luck, and not your good management!"
Just as well the neighbour was not standing in his/her next to the fence
When I was about 8 and my brother had just turned 11, my dad let him steer our Jeep around the house. He ended up running over our jungle gym. I laugh about it now but not then.
I Fell Off The Toilet Last Night Thanks To A Bad Leg Spasm. I Have A Concussion And Had A Minor Brain Bleed. My Son Starts School In Two Days And I Have To Take For His First Day
With concussion and a brain bleed, to say nothing of leg spasms, you have a lot more to worry about than how you appear when dropping off your child at school.
Ok, But Where's My Spot?
And you'd get much better rest there anyway!
Load More Replies...My Son Bit The Directional Button Off The Remote
This Is Why You Don't Let 5-Year-Olds Near Your Phone
When my nephew was 3 , he put his mother's iPhone in the water. She didn't buy another iPhone again. Uses an Android phone with a cracked screen because you never know
Today Is The First Meetup Of My Son's Toddler Group. We Are Hosting And Out Of 8 Mothers 7 Canceled Like Half An Hour Before It Would Start. My Wife Just Sent Me This Picture
all the more for them then *aggressively munches pretzel stick*
I would send this to them saying how great the meetup was and how sorry she was that they couldn’t make it.
And this is why I don't social with 99% of the other moms, lol. That does suck for the wife, though. Seriously thoughtless...
POV: You Finally Sit Down For Lunch After 1.5 Hours Of Trying To Get Your Toddler To Nap. You're Hungry, Shaky Hands Knock The Plate Off The Table. The Crash Wakes The Toddler
Nevermind the story behind the photo, what’s that black and yellow stuff on the plate?
How tf did we make it as a species? Seems like after two or three generations of this we'd just agree with the pandas and eat chutes and leaves with absolutely no mating.
I Just Realized My 4-Year-Old Let The Intrusive Thoughts Win
Looks like bar of soap maybe. At least that's my best guess
Load More Replies...My Bag Of Trail Mix After The Wife And Kids Pick Out The Good Stuff
I was going to ask if those were some kind of dry poop. They don't look very appetising in the photo.
Load More Replies...My Toddlers Have Bit The Fingers Off Woody And Now He’s Permanently Giving The Finger
Gave It A Good Effort
Asked Step-Daughter To Fold Her Clean Laundry And She Threw It In The Trash Instead
Her problem - has to go to school in whatever clothes there are left...
WHAT SHE BETTER HAVE BEEN LIKE THREE OR SOMETHING CAUSE THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
Hide the “trash” in a bad and when she asks just say … well I took the trash out.
My Son Was Fooling Around With The Cooking Spatula When He Lost Control And It Went Flying Across The Room Into My Monitor
A phrase that pretty much sums up all the developmental stages from start to about... hmmm 18? It's in Bob's hands from there.
Load More Replies...And She Was So Proud Using The Meat Thermometer
I think it's hot enough. The meat, I mean. Oh, and the thermometer, too.
Left My Kids Alone For 5 Minutes. They Were Using This “Normally” And This Happened
I got one of these as a reward for working at my job for 15 years. When I opened the box, this is exactly how it looked.
My Roku Controller After I Said "No" To My Three-Year-Old
can't work out if this is aggressive aggressive or passive aggressive
Aggressive aggressive.. Three year olds can't work screwdrivers.
Load More Replies...All those remotes take sometimes is a good throw in the right, or wrong, place. I've done something almost exactly like this by accident when I hit the remote off a table and it hit the floor. Sucker split right open and pieces went flying. It's not like they're well engineered, lol.
Went Out To A Play Center On The Weekend. Asked My Daughter To Go Grab Some Aoli For Our Chips. This Is What She Comes Back With
My Kid Helped Me "Work" On The Car
He did some "adjustments" on the radiator, with a screwdriver. It's a good thing I had extra parts, but it was more work than I wanted for the day.
Our Daughter's Snake Got Stuck On Top Of Our Dishwasher. That Was Fun
I had a snake and my brother left her cage open… why did he even open it?? It took THREE DAYS!! TO FIND HER
At least she was found. One of my daughters' snakes made a break for it (at their father's old rental house) and was never found. I'm looking forward to an exciting news story a few years from now! 😃
Load More Replies...A few years back, I opened one of the kitchen cupboards and found a three-foot-long garter snake. That was fun.
The Kids Put My Wife's New Water Bottle In The Dishwasher. Turns Out It's Not Dishwasher-Safe
If it's not dishwasher safe, or washing machine safe for that matter, then it deserves to be in the garbage.
Not the kid's fault, or the parents'. I wouldn't have checked, either.
Toddler Bit Every Apple Slice
My brother heard someone say that the first bite of the apple is always the best. He ate one bite out of every apple.
Ah, The Joys Of Parenting
Pfft I wouldn't need KIDS to make this happen! I'm a whole grown adult who can dramatically spill all of the things all on my own!
I feel this. My favorite was dropping a full cup and it hit the floor straight on and the split second it took me to look down as the iced tea hit me in the face.
Load More Replies...My 3-Year-Old Son Decided To Microwave Our 3DS
All of these posts are pretty much parents telling us that a) they have no idea how to baby/child proof their house, b) they have no idea how to train their kids, and c) they probably would have been better off just not having kids.
"you can never make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious".
Load More Replies...My 6-Year-Old Begs Me To Play Minecraft With Him And Then Does This The Whole Time To See His Half Of The Screen Better
My Kid MacGyvered His Way To The Markers... Permanent Markers
You can also use rubbing alcohol or a mr.clean magic eraser.
Load More Replies...Literally
nah its you, but its hard to look at your worst quality's yelling at you
I mean, to some extent, fair! There are definitely times I've stopped myself mid-anger and been like, 'but yeah, they get that from me, sooooooo'. Sometimes what really gets under our skin with our kids really is a reflection of our not so great traits, lol
Load More Replies...No one should be yelling at anyone. That is an unhealthy family dynamic.
i mean, your not growing up if there's not a little bit of yelling...
Load More Replies...My Kids Bought These Pretzels For Me For My Birthday Yesterday. I Haven't Had A Single One Yet
it looks exactly like the bottle of rhum that my son brought back from his trip to Cuba!!!
Toddler Is Angry Because His Sister Went To Camp
I once accidentally spilled some when I was six. I’m still cleaning them up today…
why did you get downvoted and tbh they are hard to pick up if they are on carpet
Load More Replies...My 10-Year-Old Made Easy Mac And Now The Whole House Stinks
I've done this before.... in a dorm room. On a hall with like 90 guys living in it.
An Entire Bag Of Cumin That My Toddler Dumped
Nothing, his hand is above it. So it's both his hand and foot in the picture.
Load More Replies...Cumin isn't expensive at all. At least where I live
Load More Replies...My Daughter Stepped In Chewing Gum And Then Sat With Her Shoes On The Car Seat
Teach kids not to put their shoes on the seat, FFS. It's disgusting.
Like, really? Parent's probably happy it's not poop (or they should be)! Kids are gross. Their bodies are tiny and uncoordinated, they can't really help it. There are bigger worries in life...
Load More Replies...Husband Had Two Jobs: Put Toddler In Car Seat And Hand Him Tablet From Car's Roof. Guess, Which He Forgot?
My guess: he put the toddler on the roof, and this is what the wife did to the ipad as a result.
Well, at least he didn't put toddler on the roof and the tablet in car seat.
The Way My Toddler Eats A Slice Of Bread Every Night Before Going To Bed Because “He’s Still Hungry”
Me too! It tastes sweet but not sweet!
Load More Replies...My Kid Put Her Favorite Toy Down A Drainpipe
One of those grabber things attached to a 1/2 inch wooden dowel if the grabber isn't long enough. Use duct tape if necessary...
When You Leave The Room To Put Your Little Guy Down For A Nap, And Re-Entering It Makes You Feel Like You've Wandered Into A Landfill
I mean, I don't know if entropy technically, is a force, but the way kids wield it, it outta be!
Load More Replies...My Son Left His New Stretchy Action Figure On The Arm Of The Couch For About An Hour. When He Picked It Up, It Had Left This Mark. That Was 2 Days Ago, I Think It’s Permanent
Try going over it with a WARM (not hot) iron, with a cloth between the iron and the couch arm.
Gustav, you really know your cleaning hacks! Impressive!
Load More Replies...Not Even The Combined Mind Of Two 11-Year-Olds Could Figure This One Out
To be honest, some of those carton designs could defeat a fully-equipped battalion of Seabees.
Nothing to do with parenting, but, why write "gluten free" on a carton of milk?
Son Has A Friend Over, They Go Outside With BB Guns. Five Seconds Later
Do you think that maybe not letting them have BB guns might have avoided this? But no, guns don't kill (windows), people (kids) kill (windows).
Our window shattered like this all on its own with a massive POP. We'd been having a not-uncommon wind storm. The window guy told us it can sometimes take the most minor defect in the glass to cause it to happen... so even if a BB had hit the window but not shattered it right then, there's a good chance it could do enough to make it shatter later. Hopefully the kids have been given clearer instructions about not ever shooting toward houses...
Load More Replies...What the hell kinda BB guns are those with pressure like that? Anything over .5 joules is for adults only here in Germany. Our gun laws are that strict.
Kids playing by themselves with BB guns? What could possibly go wrong?
As happened to my parents friends kid, it can go into their brain. I have such a deep seeded fear of bb guns its not even funny
Load More Replies...Kid Is Grounded And Spray-Painted The Wall
My brother got arrested a few times for doing that when he was a teenager. :)
Load More Replies...Got It Last Night, I Never Liked Crayons
Dry tissues remove the wax, household multi-surface cleaner will remove any remaining color. Former teacher here.
Load More Replies...I'm getting one for Christmas. Luckily, the cats don't have crayons.
Hey Kids, Who Wants A One-A-Month Gummy Vitamin?
I Ordered These On Amazon For My Kid And They Sent Me Two Left Shoes
It's not their fault you got the wrong kind of kid for the shoes.
While My Family With Young Kids Were Staying At This Airbnb, An Old Man Walked Into The Backyard And Started Draining The Pool
Thread isn't about being a good or bad parent. Thread is about having a bad day as a parent.
Load More Replies...That didn't happen in the course of a day. It would take a 3" hose & vacuum pump to drain that pool that rapidly.
Baby proofing is a myth. My sister thoroughly babyproofed her house. But even that didn't stop her child from getting a pair of (blunt) scissors, undoing the (childproof) lock on a power point, switching the power on, inserting the scissors into the live power point, and being thrown across the room by the jolt of electricity.
Load More Replies...Sometimes I wish my children had been like this, active, experimental, willing to take risks, instead of what they were, clingy, mousy, quiet and pathetically eager to please. Then I see a thread like this and count my blessings. Far too many people blame parents and teachers for a child's behaviour, when the child is at fault.
Baby proofing is a myth. My sister thoroughly babyproofed her house. But even that didn't stop her child from getting a pair of (blunt) scissors, undoing the (childproof) lock on a power point, switching the power on, inserting the scissors into the live power point, and being thrown across the room by the jolt of electricity.
Load More Replies...Sometimes I wish my children had been like this, active, experimental, willing to take risks, instead of what they were, clingy, mousy, quiet and pathetically eager to please. Then I see a thread like this and count my blessings. Far too many people blame parents and teachers for a child's behaviour, when the child is at fault.
