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When you're just a little bugger, almost everything can feel like the end of the world. I mean, just check out these 100 Ridiculous Reasons Why Kids Cry.

Temper tantrums range from whining and crying to screaming, kicking, hitting, and even breath-holding. They're equally common in boys and girls and usually happen between the ages of 1 to 3.

Bess Kalb, who is an American Emmy Award-nominated writer for the Jimmy Kimmel Live! television show and journalist with The New Yorker magazine, has a child who falls right into that category and wouldn't you know it, he also tends to overdramatize things.

Recently, Kalb turned to Twitter to share her 2-year-old son's devastation upon realizing his granola bar wrapper was pulled too low for his finer sensibilities. After the writer asked for prayers, other parents chimed in with the meltdowns and mayhem they have also experienced. Here are some of the most memorable ones.

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Dogs are the best kids

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    I love these lists - they're even funnier when you don't have or want kids

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    Dodo
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    4 years ago

    Everyone outside the US agrees with this one

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    Shawty
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    4 years ago

    It glorious😔👍🏼

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    Jods
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    4 years ago

    Us wronged kids do not forget.

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    AJ
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    4 years ago

    My ex went through similar experience when I once made him sandwiches for lunch....

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    Dodo
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    4 years ago

    Well obviously, give your kids the same amount of bacon!

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    Cuppa tea?
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    4 years ago

    Go to shower.

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    Kimi Tomminello
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    4 years ago

    😂😂😂😂 I've seen mayhem like this play out at the playground with my kids before. I was one of the onlookers hysterically laughing while making periodic sympathetic eye contact with the parents. I woke the hubby up laughing at this one.

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    Shawty
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    4 years ago

    Bless this child, prayers sent 😔🙏😂

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    4 years ago

    When I have my sister's kids in the car, they tell me all the times she's committed some traffic violation. They are such narcs

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    Henry Russell
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    4 years ago

    how dare you bite out of a imaginary sandwich

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    glowworm2
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    4 years ago

    I bet the math teacher had fun explaining this one to him.

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    Dodo
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    4 years ago

    As an adult, I aspire to sleep this soundly

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    Malek Basata
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    4 years ago

    Man...

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    Legen ( wait for it ) dary
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    My 3 y.o kid went to day care for a week with red nails in a spider man custom because he like it that way.

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    Shawty
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    4 years ago

    Jeez, that's a BIIIIG thing to overcome!😂

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    Legen ( wait for it ) dary
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    4 years ago

    My son was convinced that he gonna turn white soon because I smart ass kind of kid told him so. And show him that the process already started on his hands. Since he thinks my name is mama and I'm 100 years old, I didn't turn white until now. Smart ass Kid answered that it takes time.

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    Jo Johannsen
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    4 years ago

    That particular rule is straight from the Geneva Convention.

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    Jo Johannsen
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    4 years ago

    This is a semi-serious question. I remember that as a kid, I ate hotdogs with ketchup. Suddenly one day I was using mustard, and the thought of using ketchup was disgusting. I now wonder how many other people did that?

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    Henry Russell
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    4 years ago

    my brother would kill me

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    Patricia Healton
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    4 years ago

    My brother would get mad if someone sat on "his" side of the car...even at the age of 52 years old.

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    Catherine Binder
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    4 years ago

    I'm more of a cheese & cheese kind of girl.

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    Catherine Binder
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    So what I'm getting from this is always dress your kids in overalls.

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    4 years ago

    Valid

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    Gin. No tonic
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    4 years ago

    I still HATE wrinkles in my socks. I remove my shoes, if necessary, just to straighten the sock. Yes, I'm also 30 yrs old.

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    Kimi Tomminello
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    4 years ago

    I, very greedily, ate a container full of crickets my dad was using a bait while fishing. I bit my mom so hard she bled when she tried to remove a cricket head from my mouth. Both of my parents and one of my brothers verified the story. Apparently crickets tasted very good to a 5 month old me 😂😂😂

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    Kimi Tomminello
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    4 years ago

    Accidental 0 made it even funnier (our the lack of the word months, haven't figured that out)

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    Henry Russell
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    4 years ago (edited)

    if that doesnt work, tell them shes a small 21 year old

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    4 years ago

    I like the husband

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    James Reed
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    4 years ago

    Raking is such a pain, leafblowers are fun for a minute, why not just stop the leaves from falling?

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    Kitty Kat
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    4 years ago

    As one of the preschoolers in my daycare would say, "You get and you get, and you don't throw a fish." (You get what you get, and you don't throw a fit.)

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    Dodo
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    4 years ago

    I know it's a joke but this reminds me of how emotional abuse works. The abuser won't remember because it's just a normal interaction for them, and/or not important. To the abusee, it's traumatic. (And before I get downvoted: I'm not saying this person is abusive at all, it's just interesting to see how things are remembered differently by different people)

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    Catherine Binder
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    4 years ago

    As apposed to what?

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    K
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    4 years ago

    This. Don't give them attention

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    Dodo
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    4 years ago

    Isn't this how restaurants deal with Karens?

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    Kristoffer Rahbek-Jensen
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    4 years ago

    Pants are overrated!

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    Dodo
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    4 years ago

    I wonder what the kid wanted it for, that's gonna be a gigantic bra

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    Kristoffer Rahbek-Jensen
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    4 years ago

    You monster!

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    Lovin' Life
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    4 years ago

    Thanks for ruining the masterpiece

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    Kimi Tomminello
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    4 years ago

    They are not paid enough. And, please, somebody make sure they never run out of mac and cheese. This should never happen!!

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    James Reed
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    4 years ago

    May the masses weep and tear out their hair in pain and agony, their tears muddy the streets, flowing down in a river of grief.

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    Beth L
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    4 years ago

    As a reformed thumbsucker, I can testify that they are not interchangeable.

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    Hotdogking
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    4 years ago

    Oh god does he also ask for a cheeseburger without cheese in McDonald's as well

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    Kona Pake
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    4 years ago

    Next time throw Clarissa in the trunk.

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    Then don't eat it. Problem solved

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    Kimi Tomminello
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    4 years ago

    But it is fun, if you're a masochist 😂😂

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    Jeannine Pope
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    4 years ago

    Serious time out for that one. Beginning of defiance issues if someone isn't careful.

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    Harrison Miller
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    4 years ago

    GET ONE BITCH

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    Shawty
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    4 years ago

    When I was little, I got SO mad at this!😂

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    Kitty Kat
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    4 years ago

    So divorced?

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    Hotdogking
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    4 years ago

    I swear toddlers try to find anyway possible to kill themselves

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    Jo Johannsen
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    No, new trauma is just piled on top.

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    Sivi
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    4 years ago

    I advice not to, trust me, some plants in the eyes are also not recommended. Lets just say we learned how short sighted I was already back then.

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    4 years ago

    uno reverse card

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    Kimi Tomminello
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    4 years ago

    I found asking the kiddo how THEY think it works and asking why is much more productive than stressing out about answering the question correctly. Half the time my kids just wanted to talk, they didn't really care about the answers I had.

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    Kona Pake
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    Shudda got one of the grocery workers to put a price tag on his forehead.

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    Dodo
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    4 years ago

    That's kinda clever

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    What… he still lives with you?

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    Lily
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    4 years ago

    this is embarrassing, but i did this too...

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    Shelby P
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    4 years ago

    So she was hangry...

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    4 years ago

    Circles!

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    James Reed
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    4 years ago

    I feel sad now, for the goldfish.

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    Kitty Kat
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    4 years ago

    He said plain, no spicy. Pepper counts as a spice.

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    Dodo
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    4 years ago

    Sock seams can be uncomfortable. I'm with Boss Baby here

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    Francine Govan
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    4 years ago

    brown spots on pizza cheese are crispy! They're the absolute BEST! :P

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    4 years ago

    let one sibling cut it, and the other choose which half they get

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    Jeannine Pope
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    4 years ago

    Doughnut defiling IS a serious crime. I'm with your older son on this.

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    ThatsBats
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    4 years ago

    I feel the same way with daughter, just with frozen Mac and cheese.

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    4 years ago

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    So you take the car for a two minute ride to the park?

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    4 years ago

    Is your 2yo named Donald?

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