“And Then Everyone Clapped!”: 30 Cringey Times Parents Got Called Out For Fake Stories (New Pics)
Interview With AuthorIt’s completely natural for parents to feel proud of their children. Their achievements, big or small, can feel like the most important thing in the world. And it makes sense that they’d want to share those moments with others to show how much joy their kids bring them.
It’s wholesome—most of the time. But some parents take it too far, turning it into a competition to prove whose child is the most special. In their eagerness, they exaggerate their kids’ abilities—or even straight-up lie. And that’s how they end up featured on the subreddit r/wokekids, where people don’t buy the stories and aren’t shy about calling them out.
Scroll down for a collection of their latest posts, and let us know—do you think these incidents are fake or could some of them be real?
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Just Thought This Would Fit Here
So, some of us has completely lost their ability to recognize sarcasm w/o that'/s' at the end of a post.
That has to be an ironic post. Or this is what happens when you use AI to rewrite things for you
Did you read the title of this post? "62 Parents’ Posts About “Genius” Kids That Are So Clearly Lies, It’s Embarrassing"
Load More Replies...Ok Rebecca
I love the level of petty it requires to edit her Wikipedia page over it. 😆
My BIL edited a wiki page just to then tell me some s**t that wasn't true then stuck to his guns when I Wikipediad the article he changed to reflect his bs lmao
Load More Replies...Found In A Group For Parents Of Gifted Kids. There’s Lots Of Eye Roll Comments But I Think This One Is The Best I’ve Seen
At 8 months all I could say was “This is indeed a disturbing universe."😵💫
I was still non-verbal at eight months. I had to send that in an email.
Load More Replies...my son is almost 3 and yelled a word that sounded like milk the other day, so that's cool
John's gospel didn't get it wrong , it just isn't a synoptic gospel like the others. It is a much more poetic and less literal gospel
My son ran the London marathon at 3 months and then went straight back to work as an architect.
When I was 8 months old and in church, I screamed, this is all b******t.
r/wokekids first appeared on the internet in 2017, and over the past 8 years, it has grown into a community of 272K followers, becoming one of the largest of its kind on the platform. Its members take pleasure in exposing people who make up false claims about their (sometimes non-existent) children’s accomplishments. However, the creator of the subreddit, u/_CodyB/, isn’t too pleased with what it has turned into.
I Want To Believe That's A Real Baby
This one actually had me cracking up, agree that it's basically mocking posts like all the others on this list 😂
Load More Replies...This one is a joke. And that's Photoshop/a doll. Not hard to figure out.
Load More Replies...Why does BP always put some entries like this in their lists? Can they not tell the difference between parents who overexaggerate about their kids and people who make jokes ABOUT parents overexaggerating?
Have you read the comments from those who missed the joke?
Load More Replies...Its even funnier for me who associated the word "pump" with nursing, then scrolling down and seeing this. I about fell out of my chair
Smart Kid
I can imagine that children probably do feel this way. But they are going to be even more pissed when they get older and say "how come you got to have an Internet free childhood where your parents didn't post every single thing you ever said and then change your words around to make you sound smarter but really just make your parents sound like idiots"
My seven year old is not convinced that I was ever a child. She believes like Athena, I sprung fully formed into the world ready for fatherhood.
Load More Replies...posted dec 2021, and the kid is 2. corona started in march 2020 (approx.) and the child must have been 5 at the time... he doesn't remember s**t.
If you want to get scientific, COVID-19 is just one of many coronaviruses that have existed throughout centuries.
Forsooth, kind mother, for a life of coronavirus shall be our fate, and none will escape it.
A World In Which Your Infant's Majority Social Interaction Is Via Youtube
I can sorta believe this one. Kids do parrot what they hear. Although - then I feel really bad for the kid.
That one I believe. Kids are really smart and their brains absorb everything around them. If they are being parented by YouTube it makes complete sense that they interpret "like and subscribe" as a way to say goodbye
There was a thing pop up on Facebook earlier today about a mother teaching her kid to call their father Appa (they were Korean) not Babe, like she calls her husband, lol.
Load More Replies...when my son was 3, i went to check on him in the middle of the night and he rolled over and sang the chorus of a song he had been asking us to play on repeat in the car. it was hilarious.
“I started the sub as a meme, and it really took off for reasons outside of my control,” u/_CodyB/ told Bored Panda. “I’m extremely hands-off with it, and I actually kind of feel like the sub has gone to the dogs. Honestly, I’m thinking about shutting it down.”
I Hope This Is Real
I hope this is real. Gives me some tiny hope for the future
What's a fifth-grader doing to make $10 these days? I didn't start clearing that much till I cut lawns...
This I don't believe, not for a second, or third or..........................
She Totally Wrote This Herself! Don't Question It You Sexists Pigs!
I agree with the sentiment though, except I like to cut you up before I eat you. Indigestion, you know... 🦖
"Do not annoy dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup."
Load More Replies...Obviously she didn't write it herself, but she does look old enough to be able to read it.
I could totally draw a dragon that well when I was six. Wait, I can't draw a dragon that well now, half a century later, so
That kid looks old enough to do that on her own. She probably got help writing and wording it, but I'm sure she gets it.
Yes, because we never made signs on behalf of our children when they take part in marches or protests about things that affect their future. Haha, giving kids a voice, that would be stupid, right? She has to shut up until middle-aged men with limp d***s tell her how many children to pop out.
Just remember that a woman needs a man the way a fish needs a bicycle.
Absolutely Inspiring 🙅♂️
I hope just putting him down to sleep, not to eternal sleep
I don't know, if a 4 year old said that to me I would probably think he was possessed, might be better to do the latter
Load More Replies...Is this a euphemism or did the kill their own child? I am corn-fused.
Depends on how he looked at her. Were his eyes glowing?
Load More Replies...I feel bad for the poster... what a desperate pathetic thing to do.
The idea of retiring a subreddit with so many followers, especially when it’s doing quite well, might seem surprising. However, u/_CodyB/ believes it’s no longer as sincere as it once was—which is undeniably ironic, given that the subreddit is best known for mocking people who post online purely for attention.
Maybe If She Had Gone Vegan, Her Mother Would Still Be With Her
so the calves are ok then? since the mothers are being taken away for my juicy burgers and they're leaving the calves alone.
Yes they do, but they don't have a cruel, unethical animal industry that not also torture animals, but pollute the planet too.
Load More Replies...Happy Birthday Logan, Just Let Mom And Dad Overshadow It With Our Politics :)
Yup, maga country, where the real world is in never never land..........................
Load More Replies...I think that doesn't belong here. Nobody stated a kid actually said these things
Anti-American hate filled trash. Conservatives to their core.
Hopefully their gun fetish will mix with their stupid and fix the problem.
If you're ordering a cake you get the colors and theme/ pictures the kid wants. So it's insinuating the kid asked for this? Which I would call fake. 10 yo Logan doesn't care about politics.
Yes, This Totally Happened
My 9-year-old gave me dating advice when I told them I was dating again. They said "eww", but I think that probably means "dad, just make sure to date somebody that likes the person you are, and not somebody that likes what you can provide for them".
Load More Replies...That poor boy is growing up to be a misogynistic a'hole just like the dad who apparently wrote this. We can just hope he'll break the cycle
Tattoos, mohawks and casual bonking out of wedlock? Tell me specifically where these women are so I can avoid them super hard. Like, just narrow it down to a town so I can totally not go there.
Just the UK we are like weeds we pop up every where lol 😂😂😂
Load More Replies...Just like Jesus said, "judge women by their clothes, their tattoos, their piercings, their pre-marital sex..." /s
Send all the weird girls my way. We'll set up a weird girl village in the woods.
“It was funny when I started because Reddit is filled with so much karma baiting,” the creator of r/wokekids said. The term refers to posting content just to gain upvotes and boost a user’s reputation, known as “karma.” “But then eventually the sub meant to satirize karma baiting became the same thing.”
Hey Son… I Got The Perfect Halloween Costume For Ya…
How can people follow that pathetic crybaby loser. If someone lies to me like that orange freak does it would make me sick, not more devoted.
Lmfao how's that opinion holding up now you braindead sheep?
Load More Replies...And Then Everyone Clapped !
I can see this happening if somebody told her to do it. But absolutely not on her own.
Load More Replies...TBM??? Tunnel Boring Machine? Tracheobronchomalacia? Tuberculous Meningitis?
Probably copying something someone else said or was told to say that in advance
This isn't too unbelievable. If that's what she was taught, this is definitely something a 5 year old would say out of the blue
This Is A Real Tweet Made By A Real U.S. Representative
I think this is believable and even if it didn't happen, there are likely thousands of children that ask their parents why this keeps happening and why not even schools are safe. It's sobering.
My six year old ask these type of questions. She has to go through metal detectors at the front door of her school every morning for school.
Load More Replies..."Father, why do so-called patriots feel that their right to bear arms outweighs society's greater need for order and peace? Are they not familiar with non-violent resistance? I grow weary of their ignorance. Please pour me another brandy."
How many times in eh past few decades have I heard the phrase... "It's time to BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS." All by politicians who can do it BUT they don't want to, they'll lose too much money in donations my the gun people.
While I'm not sure this is entirely true, the sentiment is correct
“Once upon a time, you could look to Reddit for proper discourse about pretty much any subject—mind you, I still think Reddit is probably the best mainstream social media outlet for that,” u/_CodyB/ added. “But it’s become obviously worse with the rise of bots. I am a firm believer in the ‘dead internet theory,’ and I think it’s just a matter of time before the internet becomes useless for most things.”
And Then Everybody Started Clapping
this one could be legit. if it is i'm proud of the kid, that's a considerate thing to do
A Future Proletarian Comrade
Devin Nunes rings a bell. Is he the guy who got naughty with a cow or something?
Ruthkanda
that's- that's the entire post. that's what it is. that's the point
Load More Replies...The hashtag and stuff do seem a bit excessive but I remember crying when RBG died when I was 10 and she was and and still is my biggest role model.
I was this concerned about women leaders and their effect on the world at this age. I was also in Girl Scouts from 6 to 13 years old and we talked about them or were taught about them every year even with the 6 year old girls.
Michael None if you knew anything about her you would have known that she was a Democrat and that Supreme Court justices are encouraged and many do, serve until their death.
Michael None is the kind of "leftist" that makes the rest of us look bad. Needs to pick up a f*****g book.
Load More Replies...Another reason the subreddit has drifted from its original purpose is tied to its name. When u/_CodyB/ first called it “woke kids,” the term “woke” had a different meaning—more about being aware of social issues rather than being used sarcastically or as a pejorative.
“It’s difficult for me to properly define,” they explained. “I meant it to be something like recounting a conversation where the protagonist (in their mind) said something perfectly mindful and in line with the beliefs of their intended audience.”
It’s Mushier Than That
This is the kind of kid who doesn't mind when different foods touch on their tray at lunch. Protect them, they will rule the world one day.
Mathematics can be found in literally everything.
Load More Replies...All Because Of Youtube
Your kids a f*****g idiot if that's where he is learning everything
Better than learning from Fox News or in a lot of actual classrooms right now the way the world is headed.
Load More Replies...He didn't learn these words at all. This is complete fiction made up by someone who wants a few likes on a social media post. Like most of this article
Load More Replies...Your f*****g moronic people force women to give birth so how about you stfu about their kids.
Load More Replies...Save Neil Young
Yeah, our kid is actually advanced in reading and writing and even when they were nearly 6 could not write anywhere near this tidy at 5.
Load More Replies...He will come out when he's ready. Or stay in the closet. His choice.
I though Young just didn't like the quality of the audio compression in Spotify and went to Apple for better lossless, I doubt he cares what Rogan thinks
No he was seriously pissed about Rogan spouting antivax propaganda
Load More Replies...It's such a good handwriting, it's just like an adult's... Wow, it's really similar... :/ Also what did Spotify do?
I mean.. Rogan does have a 5 year old understanding of things. And uses the excuses and speaking patterns of a 5 year old so...
Load More Replies...What people will do to be "noticed" on socials should have its own named mental illness.
“Spotify is literally killing people”? That’s astonishing! Have charges been brought against them? What’s the manner of death? How are they still online? 😳💀
However, u/_CodyB/ doesn’t think the shifting definition of the term “woke” has significantly impacted what gets posted on the subreddit. The real issue, they feel, is that it’s no longer a space where people meaningfully engage with one another. “It’s still about kids saying absurdly profound things. Except it's no longer genuine.”
Woke, Cringe, Or “That Happened”?
Because the kid is 4. Regardless of beliefs and parenting styles, I think we can all agree that the finer points of adult level romantic relationships aren't age appropriate in this case. If this post were true, it represents another case of gross indoctrination; the kind we're seeing an alarming rise in on all fronts. But mostly in the chronically online. Kinda gross.
It is gross and it’s always been prevalent in our society. Think about all the times people comment that a baby is good looking and all the boys or girls will want him or her. And if it’s a boy they get him a shirt that says “Mothers Lock Up Your Daughters” and tell fathers that their little girl is cute and he's going to have to deal with boyfriends in the future! I could go on and on, but it’s all so bizarre.
Load More Replies...I can imagine the child saying something like 'When I grow up, I'll marry Jake and I'll also marry Sophia.'
Obviously this is false but why, pray tell, would this be gross?
Load More Replies...The verbal abilities between the average 6-year old and the average 10-year old are so vastly different, they are not grouped together like that. If your 4-year old's verbal abilities are beyond his age, they would be classified as either at the same level as a 5-7 year old or an 8-10 year old. No such thing as "speaking like a 6-10 year old".
I wanted to marry my entire class in second grade. I think we all did. My family moved away, so I'm not sure it worked out, but this one I can believe (except that "his words" bit, because obviously a 4-year-old is going to refer to a polycule as a hive).
The verbal abilities between the average 6-year old and the average 10-year old are so vastly different, they are not grouped together like that. If your 4-year old's verbal abilities are beyond his age, they would be classified as either at the same level as a 5-7 year old, or an 8-10 year old. No such thing as "speaking like a 6-10 year old".
Might As Well Be Secretary Of Defense
I'll take exploiting toddlers for 100 Alex (agree with the statement, not with the post).
Do you really think we were supposed to believe he wrote this?
Load More Replies...Supposedly A Year 3 Said This (7-8)
My dad, post-retirement, subbed history for his local school district for a number of years. Given a few of the stories I heard, I can totally believe that last sentence.
For sure! We were relentless tormenting subs as kids. I remember one particularly bad day a "regular" teacher came storming in and made reference to our being a "bunch of barbarians".
Load More Replies...Ballsy (Or ‘Flatsy’ Since Kiddo Is A Flat-Earther) Statement
I simply do not know if Flat Earthers are truly that ignorant/stupid/gullible or if they are the best actors/pranksters in history
I think the are a mix of 2: really stupid people & edgelords who just like to "well, actually" you to death.
Load More Replies...Sure Jan
My 9 year old nephew told me that his little sister smells bad and he doesn't want anything she's ever touched. :)
Huh? I feel terrible about all the shït white people (am white) did but absolutely don't want it to happen again. Am I misreading something?
She's not talking about the people that feel bad about it happening, she's talking about the people who have negative feelings hearing/reading about it. People who want to just "move on from it."
Load More Replies...I work with kids. 100% a 9 year old could say that. Wouldn't be surprised at all. Theyre WAY smarter and self aware than most adults understand. (Especially considering how dumb and arrogant most adults are)
Regardless of the fact that the kid didn't say that: I get the sentiment, but damn that was worded badly. Every person should feel bad about horrible things that happened in the past. Who on earth reads about slavery for instance and DOESN'T feel bad? Who thinks "Woohoo, that was such a fun thing to read about!"?
I was always ahead of my reading level and a 9-year-old me could have definitely said that adults don't give kids enough credit.
The fact that I'm horrified reading about humans being horrible to each makes me a horrible person, then? News to me.
This Is Probably The Opposite Of Woke But Equally As Dumb
Again, I know the kid didn’t do this, but I really hope he doesn’t grow up to be like dear old dad. Also gas isn’t that price.
Exactly which oil company is Biden president of?
Load More Replies...What a pathetic thing to lie about... this freak has some serious issues.
You have to love the stupid people who vote lying billionaires into office and don't understand how things actually work.
Why do we hafta love ‘em? I can’t work up an iota of affection for fools.
Load More Replies...From A Dinosaur Group About The New Jurassic World:
The Jurassic Rebirth coming up promises to have scary dinosaurs kid
Praise Jesus, Etc
Turn a gallon of water into a nice Merlot and forget my cares for a while.
Do these parents really think people are going to believe this nonsense?
Drive out the money changers and high priests?
Load More Replies...Ummm…I don’t know. Something Jesus-y, I guess. Maybe turn over the bake-sale tables at some local church while screaming about how my temple has been turned into a den of thieves. -
It Even Ends With And Then Everyone Clapped
Obviously false but not the sentiment and facts.
Load More Replies...Found One In The Wild
Beautiful maintains? Like, all your maintenance people are really pretty? Or you have exceptionally gorgeous appliances?
There's a whole "movie" genre about people who find their mainentance people REALLY pretty 😄
Load More Replies...Then Everybody Hugged
Nope.. you can get them on quite a few colours but not in brown or white
Load More Replies...Does This Belong Here?
Kids Are Just Too Cognizant Of Global Issues For Us Normal Humans
Some of them definitely sound made up, others are borderline, and the rest (like this one) seem totally plausible. Idk why you’re being downvoted, my niece is 8 and this is something sarcastic she could/would say
Load More Replies...Yep. Your Kid Definitely Said That
Honestly this is plausible imo if kids were taught that not everyone is a girl or boy early
And you are definitely leading him or her, or whatever it identifies as.
You realize these aren’t things the kids actually said, right? Edit: and even if a kid were to have that sentiment, why is it wrong? Would you rather people raise bigots? (Probably.)
Load More Replies...Revenge
Found One In The Wild!
This sounds normal for an 8 year old in such a nonsensical world. Parents posting everything their children say is not normal and they are a******s
Yeah Mate, Surely That Happened
Stumbled Across This On Instagram
People who don't know that apart and a part are the opposite of each other
Hey, cut her some slack, she's 6 months old.
Load More Replies...So True
I do remember seeing this one about a year ago..
Load More Replies...My seven week old said "It's not a war crime if there's no war and you are a non-com kid." I'm so proud.
Not sure I buy this, as the handwriting looks way too good unless we're talking about a 7th or 8th grader. Even then, it's pushing it. Also, the Geneva Conventions only apply to militaries in times of war. Not to civilians.
The handwriting looks good in the first three lines. It's different after that.
Load More Replies...Editor So Bad 😔
4 Year Old Kid Knows The History Of Australia. No Idea How She Would Know…
Thank you, I thought that was just a kid colouring how they want
Load More Replies...Hmm
For Sure This Happened
darling, sweetie, honeybuns, did you read the title of this list?
Load More Replies...Of Course He Did
Five is old enough to do things like this, and knowing Amals work it's totally believable that they talked a lot about Putin
If parents talk about politics a lot, and the kid asks who that person is that they're talking about, and they explain that he is a bad man who does bad things to people, it's very believable that a kid draws a prison with that person in it.
I had a lot to say about politics when I was 7. It was an election year and my parents were very politically active. I didn't *really* understand it but I knew who was "good" and who was "bad." I could absolutely see a kid doing this.
Load More Replies...This Kid Deserves A Nobel Peace Prize
Yelling would imply air is going through your vocal cords in your throat; ergo are able to breath. Even if this was true, any competent person would assess the situation and see the kid is fine and not react like that.
Even if this is true it's not really something to be proud of. He's , police have abused their power a lot but most individual officers don't.
Whether or not this is a true story, it is a very sad circumstance.
Prettier Than Elsa
It must have been quite traumatic for the child to see her mother and a stranger dying like that.
6 Yr Old Young Feminist
There are women there, but there are more men than women serving in the Royal Navy.
Pretty sure I saw some hair done up in buns during the procession.
Load More Replies..."Because the new US Secretary of defense doesn't think they should".
Because they don't sign up, get real and stop seeing what's not there...
Load More Replies...Epic Parenting Win!
I can't see someone who says "mum" instead of "mom" giving a flying fart about Rosa Parks. They teach the US Civil Rights movement to 9 year Olds in the UK?
Yep , they do. In fact by that age they will probably have done it a couple of times.
Load More Replies...Okay Honey Whatever You Say
Meirl
This Kid Is Allowed To Identify As Matt Walsh…
Can't do the arithmetic but can make political statements? Maybe the parent isn't really helping with the homework?
I kinda see where the kid is coming from, if you are that, then you tend to factor that it will exist, so I mena fair enough
Yeah, but it's a question; the information is provided. It didn't say there were any non-binary students, so the answer is simply 0. The question isn't saying they don't exist, they just aren't part of this question. Race, religion, creed, height, weight, none of them are mentioned, doesn't mean they don't exist.
Load More Replies...Everyone Stood Up To Clap And Cry Afterwards
From The Mouth Of Babes…
It probably *does* belong on this list, but - I can imagine a 12 year old maybe saying that.
My youngest is 13 and constantly screams for revolution and anarchy so this fits.
Load More Replies...I’m Sure He Did
Sure She Did
Yes my children always sign their notes your younger daughter just in case I forget which ones which
My dad once signed my birthday card dad then wrote his name beside it. I do not have two dads. i will say English was not his first language and he only had a "second grade" education.
Load More Replies...I Saw 2-5 People Say It, If It’s True Blame Them Not Me. I’m Just Posting It
Agreed. This is something my daughter would have done for her special needs brother, because she understood his diagnosis from a very young age.
Load More Replies...Make sure you tell everyone you know with autism that so they don't use it to "exuse" their behaviour.
Load More Replies...Use Condescending In A Sentence
Teacher: Give me a sentence containing the word 'fascinate'. Pupil: My coat has nine buttons but I can only fascinate'. Teacher: Give me a sentence containing the word 'abundance'. Pupil: When a cake wants to boogie it goes to abundance.
T: Give me a sentence using abominable. P: That bull just ate a crate of dynamite. That's abominable.
Load More Replies...If Only I Was Brave Enough To Tackle Such Controversial Topics
When Empathy Meets Dishonesty
And Then Everyone Applauded
Soooo, what about the constant threat of Ottoman annection in the (late) medieval period?
I am incredibly proud of my little Tarquin (4,m) on completing his dissertation on the rise of narcissism and exploitation of children on social media by competitive parents. 1500 words.
I think I'm gonna start making posts like this except I'm going to attribute all this stuff to my cats.
For the love of god don't tell her about crocs
Load More Replies...I'm proud of my sperm. So far they've all been smart enough not to get anyone pregnant.
I realize a lot of these are complete bunk, but children observe well and can be very smart. I've seen many through my work in Girl Scouts. You have to pay attention, which most people don't. Too many people ignore kids or look down on them. I can see several of these being plausible.
I was never that smart. All I did was get bullied by a duo of girls who stole the dolls from me and kicked me out of the toy houses. Smartest thing I did was shut my cute little mouth and believed a gingerbread man was alive in the school. And moved to VA to start the rest of my miserable life. I’m writing this being 13.
I don't know if it's usual, but I find it disgusting that people make up lies for social media "clout".
I am incredibly proud of my little Tarquin (4,m) on completing his dissertation on the rise of narcissism and exploitation of children on social media by competitive parents. 1500 words.
I think I'm gonna start making posts like this except I'm going to attribute all this stuff to my cats.
For the love of god don't tell her about crocs
Load More Replies...I'm proud of my sperm. So far they've all been smart enough not to get anyone pregnant.
I realize a lot of these are complete bunk, but children observe well and can be very smart. I've seen many through my work in Girl Scouts. You have to pay attention, which most people don't. Too many people ignore kids or look down on them. I can see several of these being plausible.
I was never that smart. All I did was get bullied by a duo of girls who stole the dolls from me and kicked me out of the toy houses. Smartest thing I did was shut my cute little mouth and believed a gingerbread man was alive in the school. And moved to VA to start the rest of my miserable life. I’m writing this being 13.
I don't know if it's usual, but I find it disgusting that people make up lies for social media "clout".
