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This is it, folks, Bored Panda’s final list of the year, collecting the very best of the best, the crème de la crème of parenting tweets made in 2020. And what a year it’s been! Parents have had so many challenges this year and were forced to adapt to a whole new life like never before.
If being a mom or a dad wasn’t challenging and fun in itself on any regular day, the global Covid-19 pandemic drastically changed everything. Parents learned how to work from home and take care of their kids during lockdown all at the same time, scratched their heads whenever Zoom lessons wouldn’t work right, and had to juggle keeping their munchkins entertained and finding enough time for themselves. And that’s on top of kids being kids!
Don’t believe us? Scroll down and have a look. Upvote your fave parenting tweets as you go along and let us know in the comments what your biggest parenting challenges and funniest moments were this year! When you’re done, check out our previous parenting tweet posts here, here, and here, as well as here.
Anita Cleare, parenting expert and author of ‘The Work/Parent Switch,’ explained to Bored Panda that there's absolutely no doubt that children will have very strong memories from 2020. "This year will stick out in their minds as unique and different. But rather than focusing on the hardships, think about what alternative happy memories you could create this Christmas," she said. Read on for our full interview with Cleare and her wholesome insights about how to create a memorable Christmas for your kids this year, as well as how to handle both work from home and taking care of your children.
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Lish 4 years ago
My kids (7 & 9) ask to go bed early so they can read longer. I'll spend every dime I have on books and flashlight batteries for the little humans.
Bernice Laurie Marquez 4 years ago
I used to try and read past MY bedtime.... Mom and dad said I shouldn't cuz umma get blind
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Parenting expert Cleare gave us some incredibly wholesome ideas on how to make this Christmas season memorable for our kids: "Children love twinkly lights, so why not camp out under the Christmas tree one night? Or create a magical elf trail using fairy lights. Or make the house dark and eat dinner by candlelight. We might not be able to have a normal Christmas but we can still create a Christmas that is special and memorable for our children."
What's more, you should stop aiming for perfection. It's best to have realistic expectations about what Christmas will be like. "Your children are not going to transform into perfect angels just because it’s Christmas Day. The excitement of Christmas can be overwhelming for small children and this is a stressful time. It’s ok if there are sad moments and down times. But allow the emotions to pass quickly and look for ways to distract everybody into an activity," Cleare advised.
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Jenny Li 4 years ago
You spelled your name wrong. (Weasley) No offense but it bothers me when something's spelled wrong. :P
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ISAAC HARVEY 4 years ago
Yeah... usually, men tend to be the ones stupid enough to not use a ladder instead.
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Tracee Jeen 4 years ago
Brilliant. I've had similar, yet not as grand thoughts. Praying that I hugged my son, 21 enuf so that he never hits someone he loves.
Tracee Jeen 4 years ago
My family wouldn't sit quietly by while afamily member harmed another.
Susan Mercurio 4 years ago
If you read Nancy Trump's book, the Trump family did.
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Karen Lyon 4 years ago
Hey, if one of the things the majority of Americans -- or even the world -- learns from DT is that teaching children to be kind, respectful, and selfless is really important, I'll take it. Particularly if they then expect everyone to follow through on that as adults.
Edward Rutherford 4 years ago
Amazing how propaganda even gets into the innocuous items on Quora..
Bonnie Edwards 4 years ago
I'm sure you've never looked after a child for more than 4 hours.
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LeiLah 4 years ago
We're in same boat. My dad, PaPa (77) does half the day and my mid-70's MIL does the other half - watching our toddler twins. One of the twins kept "adjusting her hearing aid" - mimicking PaPa. And both of them wanted glasses (we popped the lenses out of some toddler sunglasses) to "read" anything. There were a few others like this. Sadly, they've outgrown it all now though.
Saico Hipe 4 years ago
A bottle of milk, you could bring me? And whadda I gotta do to get somethin' on this diaper rash, OY
sylvanticx 4 years ago
awwwwwwwwwww... next thing you know he'll be complaining. a lot. in yiddish, too.
Bored Panda also wanted to get Cleare's take on how parents should juggle work from home and taking care of their children, what with more and more people being told to stay home because of tightening lockdown regulations.
"Working from home has many advantages but it also creates challenges. Working parents can find ourselves constantly flitting between parenting and working and never feeling like we have actually finished anything. Or trying to do both at once (a toddler in one hand, a phone in the other) and feeling like we are failing at it all. So cut yourself some slack."
According to Cleare, it's a tough situation to be in, so the best you can expect is... doing your best. What's more, honesty helps a lot. So be upfront with your coworkers and your clients about how you have to balance work and family life. "The vast majority of colleagues and clients will be totally understanding of your situation. At the beginning of a conference call, explain that you have a little one in the house. Then, if/when you get interrupted by a request for attention, help, biscuits (or anything else!), you’ll feel a lot less stressed."
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Angela B 4 years ago
I have gotten to the stage where I ask "does this require a kiss or an ambulance"?
Lady Snowfall 4 years ago
Same. After the first one, I started asking if anything that's supposed to be inside their body has come to the outside of their body lol
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Sasy 4 years ago
That gives you enough time to ask if the ground is going to be ok, is it damaged ? All concerned...sometimes distracting enough that the child sucks it up and shows shated care for the ground it landed on.
Rain runner 4 years ago
We have 206 bones in the body. WTF was you doing? O..o
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Caroline Driver 3 years ago
I was always amused by the way they look around at whoever's watching to see what their reaction is so they can gauge what their own reaction should be
Sandra Llewelyn 4 years ago
If it's nothing treat it like that, deal with the injury/wound not the tears and tantrum - they soon get the message.
Previously, Bored Panda spoke to Cleare about staying positive as a parent, overcoming challenges, and avoiding the trap of trying to be ‘perfect.'
According to Cleare, trying to be a ‘perfect’ parent is bad not just for us but for our kids, too because it “sets everybody up to fail.”
That’s because if you raise the bar so high you can’t even see it anymore, you can’t really succeed, now, can you? That’s why you should aim for being ‘good enough’ instead of ‘perfect.’
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Ian Koch 4 years ago
let him not do his homework. if he's that honest, he can just not do it for the day.
Load More Replies... Eleanor Smith-Perez 4 years ago
there are so many which I'm like, no kid said that
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Wolfstar 4 years ago (edited)
College is going to be easier, I can tell you that. Unless you become a med student/scientist/mathemetician. If you do, then have fun in hell.
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Ian Koch 4 years ago
this is so true. I mean wow. school say they'll keep the school clean when they can't even clean the boys bathroom.
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Erica Cochrane 4 years ago
yeah, when i was in high school, i was on the student council. for every student meeting for the whole year i had to ask constantly for them to put soap in the bathrooms
“Great parents make mistakes but they try to learn from them (and not to repeat them too often!),” Cleare said, adding that failing in ways that your children can handle boosts their independence gradually and is, overall, good for their development.
Above all, no parent can take care of their children well if they’re chronically exhausted, starving, and burnt out. So taking care of yourself is a priority. Parenting expert Cleare stressed that parents putting themselves last benefits no one. Remember to take frequent breaks and practice gratitude to keep your spirits up when things get tough. Let’s just hope that 2021 cuts us some slack.
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Zinia Sundahl 4 years ago
Yea until you actually have to take a bite and let me tell you lettuce and ice cream sandwich... not great. Not great
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Paula Carr 4 years ago
I thought there were pink lipstick stains on the ice cream until I noticed it was a neapolitan ice cream sandwich.
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Neon 4 years ago
Same ...My dog has never cried because he can't open the food can from the bottom side
Luisa Vasconcelos 4 years ago
My dog never cried because the gras is green and not blue. (out of nothing and for no reason at all)
Ashley Farrell 4 years ago
Clearly you don't have kids or you are a drill sergeant
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Lyra Sis 4 years ago
I was getting in the shower and my son was around 4. He noticed my hair and had 50,000 questions, Does it hurt? Will I have hair too? Does everyone have hair? Does grandma know you have hair? Did she give you permission to have hair? etc... I locked the bathroom door from that pint on. LOL
Corey Smith 4 years ago
I know it was a typo and you meant 'point," but I think "from that pint on" is more appropriate when dealing with children. Sincerely, A father of two.
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Beth Arriaga 4 years ago
My son, age 7, was slightly ahead of the curve in terms of puberty. We were sitting in a fast food restaurant at a booth. He and his older brother were across the table from his dad and me. All of a sudden, he plops down his burger, look up and asks, 'So. I have a question here. Anyone else having weird little hairs growing DOWN THERE?!?!? Cuz' I have 8 now and they keep popping out!' My husband spit his entire mouthful of soda all over himself and every group within 20 feet was on the floor laughing. I just slid, oh so gracefully, under the table.
Susan Mercurio 4 years ago
My son was 10 when he told me he had pubic hair.
Load More Replies... CurlyCucumber 4 years ago
Oh,you made my day! Mine asks me where is my pee pee,who chopped it off?
Marcia Cash 4 years ago
"Gee Dad, when I'm old, I want to have a fuzzy butt like you." 20 years later, his wish is granted, lucky kid.
Ashley Farrell 4 years ago
My 3 year old still ikes to announce I have big nipples... Has since he was 2.5 and that was the last time I changed in front of him
Paula Carr 4 years ago
A co-worker told me her toddler once saw her getting out of the shower and looked at her with a shocked look for a few seconds, then said: "Mommy, you've got FUR down there."
(Fake)BoredPandaIsAwesome 4 years ago
LMAO. OMFG, that would be sooooooooo embarrassing!!! XD. I a literally dieing
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Susan Mercurio 4 years ago
I just told my great-granddaughter that I had her grandpa in my tummy (we were discussing pregnancy) and she burst out laughing and said, "That's silly!"
CurlyCucumber 4 years ago
Oh,yeah,I get asked by my older is a second baby coming. Noooo,mommy is just fåt,still,hahahahah
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あんぱんまん 4 years ago
moral of the story: copy the kids until they laugh so hard their brain gets rewired
Luisa Vasconcelos 4 years ago
Most part of the things I achieve with my kids it's by playing rather them order them to make. I wonder if I'm the only mother having no clue how parenting works.
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Mary-Jeanne Donkin 4 years ago
My husband was the only one in our home who knew how to make them so he bought an icemaker for the freezer;}
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Faith Hurst 4 years ago
I can't say I pay too much attention to what my students are wearing in our meets. They would wear the same thing everyday for a month and I might not notice.
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Karen Lyon 4 years ago
Well, that may be another silver lining: when schools start up again, and those damn lockdown drills have to be part of the school year again, people might actually get upset about their kids having to hunker down in the dark, behind barriers, the younger ones sucking on lollipops so they don't talk. (I hate doing those drills with my class, not sorry we haven't had one for almost two years.) And I wonder if they will be so blase about middle school/high school kids participate in "active shooter" drills. Everyone is a little more aware that kids do actually experience trauma from that stuff -- they might even decide to fix it so that school shootings aren't a worry any more.
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Ronel du Plessis 4 years ago
I told my kids what ever hatches in their rooms, they must care for them all on their own. They are old enough to keep the room clean and tidy (teenagers). After reading this, I might have to check?
Hans 4 years ago
If it hisses but is taller than a golden retriever, I recommend calling the Zoo.
Imtiredandiwannagotobed 4 years ago
If it hisses and is taller then a golden retriever, it’s either a cat or a giant snook, I’d be proud if my non existent kid got a reticulated python in their room
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Leslie Jabine 4 years ago
"Look what we found, in the park, in the dark. We will take him home, we will call him "Clark". Don't snark, At Dr. Suess, Bet you didn't know he could be dark!
(Fake)BoredPandaIsAwesome 4 years ago
Before I saw her, I was very scared about what this " pet" was... If you know what I mean.
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And Peggy 4 years ago
I’m sorry but this reminds me of veggie tales “have I got a recommendation for you”-they say “ Have I got a story for you” and yes I did read it in tomato dudes voice.
TheDemonUnderYourBed 4 years ago (edited)
WHERE DO I SIGN?! Uh.. I mean, where can I sign for this life coach of yours?
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Inga Büsch 4 years ago
I just learned from my daughter (2nd grade), that you‘re no longer supposed to draw a hangman, instead it‘s now a „ghost in the shower“ - how cute is that?
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CrEaTiVe_duck 4 years ago
maybe it will be killing some people in a donut shop?(get it? Its FIVE)
TheDemonUnderYourBed 4 years ago
Yeah!! TUA is my favorite show! I got earrings with Five's face on it for Christmas and I'm in LOVE!
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Ruth Peacock 4 years ago
Gender pay gap. Women earn less for the same job on average
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Ian Koch 4 years ago
hey, something completely unrelated, but wanna hear a joke? my life. just kidding, my life isn't a joke because jokes have meaning ;-;
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Luisa Vasconcelos 4 years ago
Silly me thinking that is by making sex without kondom or anti baby pills.
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Diddlybop 4 years ago
Kids- I think my love would be too much| Parents - but you'd be left in the dust unless I stuck by ya| Kids- these are sunflowers. And there are too much 🌻🎶🌻🎶
Diddlybop 4 years ago
Sorry if that was hard to read lol it was a reference to post malone
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sylvanticx 4 years ago
Sometimes I change my name to 'Connecting...' and then i turn off the camera.
Bonnie Edwards 4 years ago
My apparently fully grown husband does this when I am using headphones.
Susan Mercurio 4 years ago
At only 5 years old? Dad, watch yourself. This kid is already brilliant.
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ISAAC HARVEY 4 years ago
As a current high school senior, I'm so used to waking up early that sleep deprivation really doesn't affect my mind anymore. This helps in places like Norway, especially in the summer.
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Mary Hilton 4 years ago
I was a bodybuilder, always drinking lots of water. My 5 yr old son's class had to make a mother's day card describing their moms. My son said that I liked to "drink and drive"...
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Michael Dworkin-Robertson 4 years ago
smart kid: chocolate milk is the alcohol of 3 year olds....
backatya 4 years ago
typical people always wanting liquor to stop their troubles. How about manning up?
Imtiredandiwannagotobed 4 years ago
He was likely joking, you wouldn’t ask for you kid to bring you a Bloody Mary
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TheDemonUnderYourBed 4 years ago
You know, there's a point where kids imaginations just make me die of laughter, and I'm about to that point.
Hrvoje Jurčević 3 years ago (edited)
Poor sharks, when are we going to stop making them villains
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Hugh Cookson 4 years ago (edited)
I've done this - OK, it was after a very long day / weekend on the booze with some very old friends, I was 45, they carried me back to the hotel .... Splendid people who I still love , i'm now 62 ....
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Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago
I look like a three year old because we’d both make a better President than Trump.
RainbowDragon 4 years ago
And I'm practically Anna's identical twins sister. We both have eyes!!
Michael Dworkin-Robertson 4 years ago
wow; does this mean i look like milo ventimiglia because i have hair? ...spread it around, i haven't had a real date since 1993
Jenny Li 4 years ago
I look like Hermione because we both have buck teeth (or is it tooth?). Screenshot...c601a2.png 
ISAAC HARVEY 4 years ago
My dad could look like Trump if his hair were longer and styled. He's bald.
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Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
I figured that if I wind up with the same amount of kids at the end of the day that I had when the day started... I did OK.
eimipet 4 years ago
DISCLAIMER: I am not trying to insult you, and if you end up downvoting me I will understand. Kumihimo are braided cords. Literally, kumi (the act of bringing together) and himo (string). I am half Japanese and am just trying to help.
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Leslie Jabine 4 years ago
Be sure not to forget the vanilla custard. Then perhaps The Doctor will visit.
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Fieke Engelen 4 years ago
Wow!! Well done. I would not have thought of that in a million years. Love it
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Sandra Llewelyn 4 years ago
Bad very bad, never cheat - what did your son get out of that? Just more trouble in the future - teach him
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Marcia Cash 4 years ago
I read that Princess Kate has been seen with her designer blouse on backwards and her gloves on the wrong hands, so maybe your child is destined for royalty?
Wolfstar 4 years ago
She technically isn't a princess since she doesn't use the title Princess Kate. And since she became royalty by marriage, if she used the title of "Princess," she'd have to be called Princess William of Wales. It's weird, isn't it? And yeah, I may have snorted when I read the stuff about the blouse.
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Diddlybop 4 years ago
I saw this game in a book my sister owns where you say why to everything and everyone. Needless to say my mum told her that we were playing video games and not taking any more games from that cursed book
TheDemonUnderYourBed 4 years ago
I NEED to try that on my best friend's twin. He's so annoying, I have to figure out how to annoy him into never talking to me again..
Load More Replies... Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
Tell her to just go in your kitchen, scatter Cheetos and sugar all over. Then yell “Stop, No, & Don't” about 300 times.
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Pippa Slinsky (Student) 4 years ago
I know right! I feel like that when I put it away
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Your most important job as a mother is to teach them NOT to need a mother. When my son was in the Army, he told me he was so glad I was a "mean mom" because he saved a fortune on laundry and didn't have to eat in the mess hall because he could cook. He got "barracks beautification duty", because I had forced him to work in the garden, so he got to drive around in a Hummer full of manure
Karen Lyon 4 years ago (edited)
I'm divorced, no kids of my own. I am, however, the oldest of five, and when my RN Mom went from working graveyard to the day shift, the laundry had to be done by me and my sister. Everyone had to put away their clothes, but we had to make sure it was folded. (Plus ironing Dad's shirts, since Mom hated ironing, although we didn't mind that.) Two to three loads of laundry EVERY DAY. I hate doing laundry still -- so I completely get this.
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Stack o' Pancakes 4 years ago (edited)
Parents of teenagers see the cup going into their rooms and never returning
EA 4 years ago (edited)
Until one day all the old plates and mugs appear on the landing, waiting for the dishwasher fairy to carry them downstairs for them
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Phoenix 4 years ago
And realists see that it depends on the context. If you drank from the glass it’s half empty If you filled it up it’s half full. Now go with your daily dose of random knowledge
Pippa Slinsky (Student) 4 years ago
Pretty much. Parents of teenagers see go to the room and never returning
Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago
i cant tell you how many Trix cereal i have picked up off the floor in my life...
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Stephanie Raymond 3 years ago
Better than the brat who crawled under the door of a bathroom stall where a poor guy was taking a s**t. Then when he finally got the kid to leave he OPENED the door instead of crawling out. Man could have been in a LOT of trouble for nothing.
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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 4 years ago
My parents don't need to lie about it. I'm super short and look a couple years younger than I am so I'm always handed a kids menu first thing. One waitress literally thought I was 8 when I was 12 once.
Erica Cochrane 4 years ago
i always had the opposite problem. i always looked a lot older than i am. once we booked a family room at a hotel when i was about 8. the room was for 2 adults and a child under 12. they didn't believe that i was 8.
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Barbara Dennis 4 years ago
I know where they go. We exercise every other day on a popular forest track and find hardly any rubbish, but nearly every time we find a hair tie.
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Blinding_Darkness 4 years ago
Haha when my sis said she's full, my parents would say 'well you won't want any pudding then'. Now she says 'im full of dinner' lol
Joe Reaves 4 years ago
I told my parents that my stomach had separate compartments for dinner, dessert and drinks.
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Duska Radmanovic 4 years ago
My daughter when she was around 4 years old, at family lunch (main meal) with my husband and I and her 9 years old brother. We are having beetroot as a salad. She goes: Beetroot is very healthy! Me: Yes, Lydia, it is! Lydia: And it's very good for mommies, daddies and little 9-y-o boys, but it's not very good for 4-y-o girls!
Blinding_Darkness 4 years ago
Haha when my sis said she's full, my parents would say 'well you won't want any pudding then'. Now she says 'im full of dinner' lol
Joe Reaves 4 years ago
I told my parents that my stomach had separate compartments for dinner, dessert and drinks.
Load More Replies... Duska Radmanovic 4 years ago
My daughter when she was around 4 years old, at family lunch (main meal) with my husband and I and her 9 years old brother. We are having beetroot as a salad. She goes: Beetroot is very healthy! Me: Yes, Lydia, it is! Lydia: And it's very good for mommies, daddies and little 9-y-o boys, but it's not very good for 4-y-o girls!
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