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Anyone who has kids in their environment knows just how funny they can be, whether they realize it themselves or not. That’s because some of them are rather gullible or naive, which results in them believing the funniest and most impossible things ever, others are too cute for their own good, and some are simply… well, not the sharpest tools in the shed.

Today, we want to shed light on situations that show how eventful and entertaining life can be when there’s kids around. Shared on a subreddit with 4.5 million members—a goldmine of humorous content—they ought to bring a smile to your face, whether or not you deal with similar situations on a daily basis yourself. Scroll down to find them on the list below and enjoy!

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I Dont Know What To Say

I Dont Know What To Say

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Laura Slade
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guinea pigs should always be kept as pairs it's cruel to only have one, so weirdly this worked out for the best

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#3

Fun For All The Family

Fun For All The Family

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sbj
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was his request and tbh it looks like loads of fun

RabidChild
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone remember helicopter rides? A large person holds the smaller person by 1 arm & 1 leg and spins in a circle? Yep. Family favorite!

MDNHK
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My son was really into WWF when he was a teenager. I'm surprised my daughter is still alive.

detective miller's hat
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dad used to do this with me and my siblings, though he had us wrapped in a towel.

Huddo's sister
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like something my little sister would ask my brother to do! With me, she just wanted to dress me up like a doll, which she also did to a friend of mine once!

Rachel
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Considering the shenanigans my dad and his brothers got up to, yeah, I believe this.

LanieMeB62
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is he a pilot (or astronaut) by any chance?

B C
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My girlfriend (a 25 year old woman) asked to be zipped up in a big suitcase and rolled around. We've joked about leaving the house like that, but it too closely resembles a kidnapping. The childish impulses never really go away, I suppose.

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5 months ago

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maybe... you shouldnt of had it at all.

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There are an estimated two billion children in the world right now, ages zero to 14; each one more imaginative than the last. It’s safe to assume that the number of adults having to look after them is even higher, especially as the little ones tend to let their imagination run wild - be it with crayons on the kitchen walls or with markers on their little brother.

Using walls as a canvas is only one of the many possible ways kids tend to cause havoc around the house; but it is a popular one, nevertheless. A survey in the UK found that the most common types of damage kids cause in their homes are spilling food and drink on the carpets or smashing kitchenware, The Mirror reports. The two are followed by said creative outbursts on the walls, as well as breaking vases, tearing wallpaper apart, and jumping on beds until they break, among other things, of course.

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According to the Mirror, the collective effort of children in Britain adds up to a staggering £3.5 billion pounds (roughly $4.4 billion US dollars) worth of damage to homes throughout their childhood, with three-year-olds being the most expensive group.

While it gets better when they become older (around 10 years of age is reportedly a somewhat calmer time in regards to damages), things tend to go downhill again right as kids become young adults - somewhere between 16 and 18 years of age.

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What Was The Thought Process?

What Was The Thought Process?

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Going back to the expenses caused by the most dangerous group - three-year-olds, statistics show that wallpapers (or paintwork) tend to take a hit the most often; however, they’re not the most expensive things that are damaged by the little hell raisers. Statistics reveal that the most costly damages caused by toddlers relate to damaged windows and appliances, as well as bookcases and shelving units.

#9

Nice

Nice

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Jack Burton
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah nobody knows, oh sweet summer boy. That's actually cool genuine childhood story

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#10

Having To Call Toxicology

Having To Call Toxicology

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Nicky
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bought red dog food that was 90 percent off. Later his poo looked bright red and I thought he was dying. A vet visit later, I realized why the food was so discounted.

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#11

Never Felt Better

Never Felt Better

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️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ohhhh i seen this‼️ 10/10 would watch again. its hilarious to see the kids reaction.

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Fixing constant damage can understandably take a toll on the parent both financially and emotionally. That’s why they might have to get creative themselves, and look for innovative ways to make sure their child is well-behaved or use white lies to paint them a picture of what might happen if they don’t listen. (No matter how old one is, being told that there’s a monster under the bed that might catch you if you’re not asleep by 10pm is uncomfortable, at best.)

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#12

Glad This Didn’t Exist When I Was A Kid

Glad This Didn’t Exist When I Was A Kid

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Dumb teenager
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can I just say that once it gets to a certain age this crosses the boundary from secure peranting to just plain creepy. I've still got this $hit hooked up to one of my google accounts! I'm 17 for fu(ks sake! I'm legally old enough to have sex, quit school and drive independently and yet my perants still think they need to moniter every image, word and video that crosses my screen online. Good thing they don't know about guest mode...

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#13

The Anniversary Of This One.. I Was The 11 Year Old

The Anniversary Of This One.. I Was The 11 Year Old

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lenka
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5 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We called the police when my little brother, then aged 5, went missing. He went upstairs to go to bed. Mum went up to tuck him in and turn the light off about 15 minutes later and he was gone. 5 hour police search covering several km radius from our house. Found him when the sniffer dogs were called in. He had pulled the mattress ever so slightly from the wall, slotted himself in the gap and pulled the blanket over the top of himself and gone to sleep. Legit looked like an empty made bed.

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#14

Rip Cakey

Rip Cakey

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Thinking about the things you were told—and believed—as a kid is quite amusing when you grow out of the tooth-fairy years. However, if you have your own children, you might turn to using such lies yourself, as many people before and after you did.

It’s safe to assume that quite a few parents have arguably told their children white lies for one reason or another; for instance, seeking to make such things like losing incisors, canines, premolars, and molars (or teeth, to put it simply) a tiny bit more magical.

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#17

What The Heck

What The Heck

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Agfox
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I shaved my beard off when I was 40 & when my best friend's wife saw me next she said "Oooh, you've grown a moustache"

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A survey of adults in the UK found that the most common white lie told by parents is that carrots will help kids see in the dark, which was followed by stating that Santa knows if they’ve been bad or good and that screens can make their eyes square. In addition to all that, some parents have managed to convince their children that their noses will grow if they tell lies themselves.

#20

I Have No Idea How Mad I Should Be

I Have No Idea How Mad I Should Be

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Even with having to lie to your children about who takes their tooth from under the pillow or being forced to repeatedly clean walls, the majority of parents seem to love being a mom or a dad. According to Pew Research Center’s data from 2022, the majority of parents—roughly eight in ten of them—find their role enjoyable and rewarding most or all of the time.

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#21

5 Year Old Donated $400

5 Year Old Donated $400

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#22

My Daughter's Elementary School Emailed This Photo So Parents Can Claim Lost Glasses. The School Only Has 190 Students

My Daughter's Elementary School Emailed This Photo So Parents Can Claim Lost Glasses. The School Only Has 190 Students

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JoNo
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand how a parent isn't at the school or on the phone to the school the very next day after their child arrived home without their glasses. They may well think "the glasses could be anywhere and we'll never find them" but it would be worth a try, surely?

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#23

Kid Drew All Over My Mom’s Ralph Lauren Purse

Kid Drew All Over My Mom’s Ralph Lauren Purse

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For more laughs and giggles of a similar sort, continue scrolling the lists depicting life with children who simply don’t know how funny they are, which you can find here and here.

#25

My Little Brother's Got This On His Wall

My Little Brother's Got This On His Wall

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Chips&FriedRice
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5 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just wanna say, as a kid in primary school, we had to make a little picture book for the younger kids, and I decided to add a fake logo/company to the back. It was also named potatoes.inc.

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#26

What A Pleasant Thought

What A Pleasant Thought

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#27

My 2 Preschoolers Just Did This To An *entire Bag* Of Cable Ties

My 2 Preschoolers Just Did This To An *entire Bag* Of Cable Ties

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#28

Baby Sees His Dad In His New Haircut

Baby Sees His Dad In His New Haircut

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MaximumKarmaSaint
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is just a meme. You will never be able to prove to me that this isn't a meme format...and therefore we should start making it a meme.

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#29

This Is What "Help Me" Looks Like

This Is What "Help Me" Looks Like

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Cat Chat
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our cat has his own rule that he will put up with all forced hugs, as long as when he gives the sign of "times up" that he gets let go. The kids know his sign and have agreed to the "forced hug treaty". It's a two way street that works well in our house. I don't think our cat knows how lucky he is not ever having a moment like this.

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#30

My Literal 7 Year Old Daughter Answering A Philosophical Question For School Work

My Literal 7 Year Old Daughter Answering A Philosophical Question For School Work

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AlienatedCheeseStick
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes the only true answers to philosophical questions are the most blatantly simple ones.

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#32

Kid Forgot To Clear His Search History

Kid Forgot To Clear His Search History

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#33

My 6yo Begs Me To Play Minecraft With Him And Then Does This The Whole Time To See His Half Of The Screen Better

My 6yo Begs Me To Play Minecraft With Him And Then Does This The Whole Time To See His Half Of The Screen Better

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#34

They Really Are

They Really Are

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HTakeover
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember this. There was a lot of stupid going on; everybody but the glass-blower who made it. Thing was 60 kilos of hand blow glass and 24 karat gold placed in a children's museum/exhibit. So the museum should've put it on a very solid, untippable (without major effort) stand and in a protective case, not the basically pedestal and theater ribbon. Kids shouldn't have been running around the non-interactive section, parents should've had control, etc.

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#35

Behold, My Enderman Costume From When I Was 11

Behold, My Enderman Costume From When I Was 11

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#36

Student Just Sent This To The Assistant Principal

Student Just Sent This To The Assistant Principal

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#37

Who’ll Make Them Understand!

Who’ll Make Them Understand!

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Dumb teenager
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they live in an area without much racism they may not realise what thier doing is insulting

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#39

Kids Probably Never Lost A Battle Before

Kids Probably Never Lost A Battle Before

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Bored Trash Panda
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why you shouldn't purposely let kids win. Makes for sore losers. I have always taught my kid (now 11) that sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. And if you lose, it is a lesson to see what you did that made you lose and to work on getting better to win.

#40

11-Year-Old Florida Girl Arrested After Falsely Reporting Her Friend Was Kidnapped

11-Year-Old Florida Girl Arrested After Falsely Reporting Her Friend Was Kidnapped

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Agfox
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apparently, the girl told deputies she got the idea to prank 911 through a YouTube challenge and thought it “would be funny". https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/07/26/port-orange-girl-makes-false-kidnapping-report-of-friend/70473563007/

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#41

An 18-Month-Old Child Swallowed An Entire Knife After Watching Sword Swallowers On TV

An 18-Month-Old Child Swallowed An Entire Knife After Watching Sword Swallowers On TV

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Jack Burton
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

18 months old ?? Watching sword swallovers on tv and then has access to a knife alone... Parents of the year i guess

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#42

Found Out Why My Dog Is Sick

Found Out Why My Dog Is Sick

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#44

He Looks Like He Almost Drowned

He Looks Like He Almost Drowned

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Mike F
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The bubble beard makes him look like Col Sanders. And yes, I'm aware of the individuals short comings.

#47

Mine!

Mine!

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Zedrapazia
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then take it away from the brat! At a pig roast festival I was at last year, a child climbed on the table and tried to steal my plate. I have no idea whose it was, but I berated it and chased it off the table.

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#48

Just Found This Letter I Wrote In 1988. I Was Fucking Stupid Asshole

Just Found This Letter I Wrote In 1988. I Was Fucking Stupid Asshole

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#49

Hole In The Wall My 10yr Old Made Because He Couldn’t Have His iPad

Hole In The Wall My 10yr Old Made Because He Couldn’t Have His iPad

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Melissa Harris
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Child needs some therapy before hitting walls at 10 turns into hitting people at 15.

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#50

Kid Offers Me 'Ifizz'

Kid Offers Me 'Ifizz'

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AlienatedCheeseStick
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mmmm delicious unidentifiable white swill yummmm I can’t believe you would turn down this scrumptious culinary disa-I mean, delight!

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#52

Did You Panic?

Did You Panic?

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AlienatedCheeseStick
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this video and I feel for the little dude so much. I would have panicked too, little buddy

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#53

Why Kids Should Not Get Anything With Fire!

Why Kids Should Not Get Anything With Fire!

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#54

She Knew What She Was Doing. Accidentally Intentional

She Knew What She Was Doing. Accidentally Intentional

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