40 Times Kids Cracked Up Their Parents With Hilarious One-Liners, As Shared In This Viral Twitter Thread
Kids are known to say things honestly and without filters. Maybe because you don’t expect them to say certain things, when they say it, the only reaction left is laughter. Kids sometimes come up with such hilarious things to say that parents often go to Twitter so that the whole internet can laugh together.
One of those parents is Jessica Valenti, who shared how her 3-year-old daughter got sick after eating carrots but her reaction was that she would need even more carrots, which you could understand metaphorically and take inspiration to not give up when things get difficult.

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In response to Jessica's tweet, many people started sharing some genius things their children have said, so here is a list of the best ones. If you have anything to share, put it in the comments and upvote the tweets that made you laugh the most.
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Reminds me of my youngest son. When he got home from grade school one day in the 1970's said, "I'm hungry as an Ethiopian". I knew he had indeed learned something that day.
Jessica Valenti is an American feminist writer and a columnist for Medium. She has almost 300k followers on Twitter and usually her tweets get several hundred likes, but recently, her tweet about her daughter’s hilarious reaction to getting sick from carrots was liked over 100k times.
Then she added her second favorite thing her daughter ever told her and it was her saying that Jessica was wearing clown pants, though she herself thought that they were very fashionable. Apparently, Layla, her daughter, thought they looked like pajamas.
Reminds me of my 5 y.o. nephew. Nephew: "Dad, can I have a cookie?" Brother-in-law: "What do we say? (he meant for him to say "please"). Nephew turns around and yells "Mom, can I have a cookie?"
Children that speak their minds without thinking about how their words could affect someone can make parents feel uncomfortable, especially if they say something rude or inappropriate in front of other people, but it can lead to funny situations that later are worth telling over and over again.
maybe she wanted a pet fish, but instead her parents had another kid
Load More Replies...There is no such thing as bad food... only food where something else got to it before you did.
Either a no nonsense incident of waste-not-want-not or the origin story of Batman's next nemesis, Goldfishman.
I should NOT be reading this article in a place where I need to be quiet
I mean, really, Who doesn’t love a little wax covered cellulose for a snack?
Also, they see the world in a more simple way, so they come up with some creative solutions to problems. Maybe they’re not realistic, but they are creative. Bored Panda has done plenty of articles about children surprising adults with how they think. For example, a teacher from the UK, George Pointon, asks his first graders various questions and he puts them up on Twitter with his own commentary.
The internet loves these tweets and if you would like to see what that is all about, you can find the answers the children gave to the teacher asking what they would do if they became the president of the world, or what they think is the one thing that makes a person an adult. The tweet that received the most love is the one in which the teacher asked his students to tell him their best jokes, which is also worth a little look.
My sister was born on my brothers 7th birthday. As my parents were leaving for the hospital they asked my brother if he would like a baby brother or sister for his birthday. His response, "I would rather have a bike." He got one of those too.
One of my nieces (3yo) ask her mum for months to "make her a real baby, a bold one" but for when she will have boobs to feed it. My sister in law got pregnant and told the kids recently. The little one shout out of hapiness "wow, really you are making me a real baby with no hair?!!!But i don't have tities yet!Doesn't matter you can feed it for me". I bet that she will resigned for motherhood very soon. The clever one (5yo)with many heart surgery since baby just ran into her room to get her stethoscope to hear the baby's heart. Weak heart, strong brain!
Is the older son's name Calvin? Specifically, https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/06/07
My sistrr was 5 when I was born. When they brought me home, she went "why did she have to come and ruin my whole life".
Well, shoving a younger brother down the older son's throat is almost never fun for the older son. Parents always expect the older son to be part-time parent for the younger weasel. I know, it happened to me and it sucked.
I can second this, I'm the second oldest of 11 now, been baysitting since there were only 6 of us...when I was 9.
Load More Replies...When i was a kid i had an ears surgery and i had to spend the night at the hospital. To explain this to my toddlers mind my mother told me that it was like the hotel in Greece. I cried out of disapointment when i saw my "hotel" room. I genuinely thought that i would spend the night in a fancy hotel with a pool to get my surgery. Hospitals are the worst hotels!
Isn't that a line from an old Chaplin film? Modern Times? When I was that age I loved watching old Silent comedies.
yes sweetie, now let's use that international hand symbol for "what the f**k is this guy doing"
Why are you using the special "Remember it's the third day of the week"-finger to help them, when it's not a Wednesday at all?
Load More Replies...We had this idiot that would roar his car down the street at 11 PM. My (then) 5 year old daughter heard it one night and sat up in her bed and shouted "Asshole!
I remember my son (prob around 4 at the time), explaining to his dad that we were late "because everyone on the road are all idiots". Oops!
My grandson when we was about 3, anytime his mom hit her horn, he would always reply and say, "Bitch"!!! Tells you that they actually do listen!!
Of course they do. They're constantly learning about the world around them and that especially includes words that are often used around them and the context in which they heard them the most
Load More Replies...I just getting on the freeway, taking my (then 6-7 year old) son home from a doctor's appointment. Some guy cut me off, and without thinking, I yelled out "YOU D**K MUNCH!!" Traffic got a little better, and I calmed down. All of a sudden I hear "mommy? What's a 'd**k munch' mean?" I said "it was a bad thing to say, and I shouldn't have said it." He looked at me and said "yes, but what does it mean?" I said I would explain when he got older. Then I took him to lunch.
My daughter got to the point where she wouldn't even ask about something I said like that. Instead, she would ask, "Will you tell me what that means when I'm older?" :D
Load More Replies...I had to slam on the brakes once and my 2 year old yelled "hey asshole". He did not hear that from me. Daddy was so busted...
Once I was singing along to some Disney songs while watching my young nephew and he says 'in my house we just listen quietly.' That's me told xD
I was rocking my daughter when she was about 14 months old. I was singing lullabies and all of a sudden she took the pacifier out of her mouth and put it in mine, patted my face and said, 'shhhhhhh'.
Thanks! You have just reminded me. My mother used to insist on singing lullabies to my brother and me. We would both hide under the covers. Pffffff, can't remember why! Ha ha ha
DAMM that girl will be fierce when she a teenager, god help the poor fool that gets her mad at them
Judging from these tweets, it seems that the children didn’t mean what they were saying to be funny, but having a sense of humor is a part of healthy development. It gets more sophisticated the older they get and having a sense of humor helps kids emotionally and socially.
Humor is a concept that is difficult to define and it’s even more difficult to pinpoint what it is that makes us laugh. There are many theories to this, but one of them that is often discussed is the incongruity theory, which “suggests that we find fundamentally incompatible concepts or unexpected resolutions funny. Basically, we find humor in the incongruity between our expectations and reality.”
So enjoy this list of children saying unexpected things and possibly things that are so different from the reality we see that they give us a little chuckle.
Makes me wonder yet again, which is better. Telling a lie and making someone feel better or be honest and end up being rude or insensitive
What helps me decide is three questions I came across some years ago- Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? If two of the three are yes then it needs saying.
Load More Replies...My 6yo nephew saw photos of me when he was born and said "you were beautiful when you were young".
Reminds me of my my niece who asked why I looked so ugly in old photos. Thanks a lot
Load More Replies...My nephew one time told me I looked like the red Angry Birds. Thanx. Start over.
cuz every night i lie in bed, the tiniest skin cells fall on my head
Having just read The Little Princess, Whenever my sister was a demanding d**k, I would bow deeply to her and say, "Yes, Missy Sahib" and she would LOSE IT. It's the little things that matter.
I loved The Little Princess so much that when I was in my fifties I found it and The Secret Garden in the editions I loved most (with Tasha Tudor’s illustrations) and bought the pair for $50...this was probably 25 years ago when that was a whole lot more money than it sounds like now.
Load More Replies...If you call your mother a queen, it is just a twisted way to call yourself a princess.
Nope, jesus is a lich king. Zombies don't do magic. Vampires don't do daylight. Necromancer cannot revive himself. But a lich is dead and revived powerful wizard.. SO Jesus is basically a lich king, as he supposedly is the most potent of them all.
you know, people usually never reflect the finer points of their religious conviction
Load More Replies...The daughter didn't ask for it. And oh, FYI, A writer can't edit his/her own work.
Load More Replies...Your daughter is adorably pretentious and I love it! As far as Aris goes, I mean yeah we all self edit but I don't think there is a reason to pick the whole thing apart. She was 9!!! That comeback was beautifully perfect for her age
Sounds like something my friend would have said when he was little! He was obsessed with dresses and gowns and would regularly go out in a play wedding dress, a masquerade mask, and carried a neon yellow and pink sleeping bag in case he got tired XD I love him so much and he is still a total diva
Similar response from a 3yo. I came in and saw my little niece, so I said "Ho look! A little monster!" She asked "Where???" and looked around. I answered "You are the little monster" to what she replied "No, I'm a princes!"
My sister is a really overindulgent/entitling parent - to the point where my 4 y/o niece actually thought she was a princess. Until she stayed the weekend at my house. When I asked her to pick up her toys she literally told me, that as a princess, that wasn't her job. I informed her that her royal title ended at my front door and she'd better get her little butt busy. She threw a screaming fit for about an hour. She's 18 now and even worse.
I think maybe gay. So, I too am glad he is comfortable with his shine.
Load More Replies...Oh my parents could never threaten me with coal because I'm pretty into rocks and stuff and always wanted some lol
He is NOW graduating high school. He is not 8 anymore.
Load More Replies...i liek to think people inherit their personalities from their parents =)
Being fluent in sarcasm from a young age... perfect. Being multilingual is rough unless you start early lol. You have obviously taught the kiddo well.
My little brother on the prospect of climbing snowdon when I suggested it because I wanted to: "I do not want to climb a mountain; that is not my dream"
mine as a kid was, ' why walk up when there is a railway to the top' ;o)
Load More Replies...When I turned 40 (in April) I dyed my naturally blonde hair bright "mermaid" turquoise. I saw my nephew (7yo) a few days later and he told me I looked the cheese he found in his fridge. Wow little dude, your mom went from blonde to purple 6 months ago...I can't imagine what he told her when she did that lol
It is not necessarily an insult. He may have been trying to express interest - I remember molds being really interesting, even beautiful in a way.
Load More Replies...My mother got her hair done at a Hairdresser Learning College (it didnt look good) I asked how much that cost? When she said 'nothing' my then 7yr old said 'I wouldnt have paid them either! That's a crap job!'
I'd been coloring my hair a deep auburn forever, but after my divorce in 2004 I wanted a change and my daughters says "Well, what color IS your REAL hair?" Good question. I let it grow out to embarrassing roots & then cut it super short (like Jamie Leigh Curtis short). Turns out I have these gorgeous pure platinum streaks. I've kept it short ever since & get compliments on it all the time.
In my opinion (!!!) they're cuter than baby humans =/ I know why I won't have kids.
Load More Replies...Me when my daughter was born: Family: Well, is it a boy or a girl? Me: I dunnow, it looks like a slimy football. Family:
My mother tells the story of how I came out and was “perfect,” so when my brother was born she was shocked when he came out red and puffy and like he’d spent his whole life to that point floating in fluids...
Load More Replies...Most parents THINK their babies are the cutest (even if they aren't) though so no surprise.
When my husband was born, his sister had wanted him to be a girl. One day they were walking along the sidewalk with their mother and passed a woman with a baby girl. Nancy looked up at their mom and said, "See? You could have had one of THOSE!"
It's always the ninja poop squirrels. (That's a rather unlikely sentence..)
Or be my brother (we're "Irish twins" and I know that's so not pc but it's the easiest way to explain) and I was 3ish and he was 2ish at my grandparents house. We were in the bath together (is this still a thing or just what parents did to their kids in the 70s-80s) and he took a s**t then told me he was "magic" and made us candy. I ran so quick to find Mom lol. That's one of my earliest memories. That and him telling me the deer outside in the yard were dogs and barking at them. Needless to say I will NEVER let him live any of that down (we're both 40ish now)
My sister would blame stuff on this imaginary raccoon that was very naughty
My younger sister insisted on many, many occasions that her dad was pooping in her panties during her naps
I winder what else the ninja squirrel is responsible for and if you could hire it to frame your enemy and what kind of enemy could a 3yo possibly have?
My sister pooped in the bathtub until she was 3. My mom said I never pooped in water. More ways me and my sister are polar opposites.
It’s always going to be more exotic to take after someone remote and mysterious!
I have brown hair but I highlight it blonde. A small child once held the bottom of my hair (blonde bit) and said this is so pretty then leaned in and whispered you know the top looks a bit muddy ha ha tell me about it sista
My 8 year-old nephew told me my new glasses made me look the oldest man in the world with the biggest nose in the world and put on my old glasses.
Made me laugh so hard. Dang, lil man… what if YOU ever need glasses? Huh? What then?
Load More Replies...When my mother bought ugly underwear or PJs for me. She: Nobody will see it! Me: I WILL SEE IT!!!
Good questions. I'm always trying to think of new things to talk about with toddlers
Ah. The culinary critic. I had one of those, too. He stands on the chair and leans over the table, looking thru the clear lid into the pot that I had just put there for dinner. He turns to look at me, then looks in the pot again. Then back at me and says "You know Mom, unless them black things are raisins, I'm not going to eat that." It was black beans and rice. I said, deadpan, with a shrug. "Then I guess you are going to be hungry." He ate it, but I have never let hm forget it. And, yesterday? Well, I make lunch for my husband and for that son. They both work at the same place. Lunch was a turkey sandwich. I didn't put a packet of mustard in his lunch, so he made sure to "remind me" that I had forgotten and failed him. He's now 28. And he doesn't live at home anymore. Some days, I'd like to squirt mustard in his hair. Just sayin'.
this is really just gross, and i'm gonna get downvoted for stating my opinion
Do you have kids? Probably wasn't even the grossest thing she did that day, so good job by parents for just rolling with it. Baby steps.....baby steps.....
Load More Replies...Our daughter did the same thing at the same age, only she led us outdoors to the front yard where it looked like a very large dog had just taken a dump . . .
What I've learned with sick children: if they want to eat SOMETHING, just give it to them!
My parents taught me that when I was little. If you still feel sick, don't eat yet. But if you're CRAVING something, your stomach is ready to take it.
Load More Replies...I'm not going to say that I ever said this working in medicine but I may or may not have uttered the phrase "better in for an hour than never have eaten at all"
I learned the hard way not to waste time with the wrong kind of language. :)
Load More Replies...Plot twist: if you asked "What are you eating?" she would have had the same answer.
When about 10 or so my older daughter was told she was fat. Her reply was "I may be fat but you're ugly and I can diet"
I found a t-shirt at a secondhand store that had that saying on it.
Load More Replies...Just have to ask; who calls them "dungarees" anymore? Was that 70 years ago?
No idea what is that...English is not my native language
Load More Replies...My baby sis always runs away from our mom and calls her a monster everytime mom wears make-up 🤣
but it was a two way street question lol possibly if she said no he would compliment her huh
i personally think makeup is freakish an weird when applied too much, it makes the skin look unnatrual
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Load More Replies...Finding a way to comfort mourning parents. Very good boy.
Load More Replies...you see, that child from the queen post earlier might have a soulmate
Ugh! I had a new outfit that I thought was pretty & I felt really good in. When I got to the office, my receptionist laughed and told me her GRANDMOTHER had the same one. I'm sure some nice old lady found it at the Goodwill & appreciated the tremendous savings.
reminds me of when we were stopped at traffic lights and my 5 year old read the billboard on the church on the opposite side of the intersection. It read in huge letters "JESUS SAVES" My son promptly asked "WHICH BANK?" The catch phrase of an annoyingly frequent ad on TV at the time.
That's hilarious! (By the way... my daughter in some aforementioned posts here... Her name is Lorna as well!)
Load More Replies...And instantly, with those few words, it was impossible to continue being angry :-)
It was during the Clinton/Bush Presidential race. My 3 year old had seen a bunch of Clinton ads on TV showing the Bush speech in which he said, “Read my lips…no new taxes…” She was standing at the top of the stairs eating Doritos when I came home from work one day and said, “Hey Daddy…Read my Chips!” followed by her hysterical laugh. I knew she’d never take life too seriously after that….
My nephew was in first grade and apparently, one of the kids in his class got stung by a bee. The whole class was talking about it. When my nephew came home, he was asking his parents questions; did the bee sting hurt? His parents answered affirmatively. My nephew got frustrated and putting his hands on his hips, stated, "Well I don't know why any bee would want to sting me! I don't even like honey!"
Daughter has a pet rock she recently found, calls it Greyie. After she told someone about it, they said "Well, make sure you look after Greyie." She looked at them and said, "I drew a face on her so she can look after herself."
My 3.5 yo nephew doesn't like haircuts and tries to avoid them as much as possible. So last week, when his father told him he needs to have a haircut because it will help him cool off now that it's summer, his response was "if I want to cool off, I can drink water"!
When my sister was 10 and brother 7, we were watching the 2009 A Christmas Carol. Part way through, sister turns to brother and says, “I bet you can’t name all four ghosts.” Gives him about 5 seconds to reply before goes, “Ghost of Christmas past, ghost of Christmas present, ghost of Christmas future and Bob Marley.” There was a pause and I turned to her and went, “It’s Jacob Marley!” My dad and step mum hadn’t even clocked it til I said it. Cue hysterical laughter as it sunk in!
When my autistic son was 5, he would ask "Where's Dad?" (Dad's gone. Dad's at work.) "Where's Aunt Diane?" (Aunt Diane is gone. Aunt Diane is at work.) One day we come home and there is a moving van with a tiger on it. "Mom! Look! Tiger! Mom! Look! Tiger!" (Yep, that's a tiger!) We came out to the car later on and the moving van was gone. My son says "Tiger's gone. Tiger's at work!" (Yep, probably.)
My 7 year old can't find his shoes even when they're right in front of him. Ironically though, he's really good at finding 4 leaf clovers. He showed me his latest one and I asked him what he was going to do with it. I was about to suggest pressing it in a heavy book or something when suddenly he shoved it in his mouth and ate it. I asked him 'why did you eat it!?' His reply? 'Now I'll be lucky forever!' Can't really fault his logic on that one.
My little one walked in as I was watching an old movie. "That's what things looked like when I was a kid" I said. -didn't miss a beat.. "Kids saw everything in black and white back then?" he said.
My 11yo in the car with me getting frustrated with the GPS directions. "Do you trust this lady? She sits on a throne of lies."
Not my kid, because my kids have four paws and a tail, but a kid I was babysitting. he'd made a mess, and wanted me to help him clean it up, said his mom would help him. I reminded him I'm not his mom. He came back with "In my situation, right now, you are getting paid to be my mom" He was five at the time, and I knew that boy was going places.
Today in the grocery store I saw a man and son, son about 6. Son was pushing the cart and came to about the height of the cart handle. As they passed me, son says "While we're here, we might as well get some donuts". I cracked up, out loud. So adult and reasonable sounding. Might as well dad.
Daughter has a pet rock she recently found, calls it Greyie. After she told someone about it, they said "Well, make sure you look after Greyie." She looked at them and said, "I drew a face on her so she can look after herself."
My 3.5 yo nephew doesn't like haircuts and tries to avoid them as much as possible. So last week, when his father told him he needs to have a haircut because it will help him cool off now that it's summer, his response was "if I want to cool off, I can drink water"!
When my sister was 10 and brother 7, we were watching the 2009 A Christmas Carol. Part way through, sister turns to brother and says, “I bet you can’t name all four ghosts.” Gives him about 5 seconds to reply before goes, “Ghost of Christmas past, ghost of Christmas present, ghost of Christmas future and Bob Marley.” There was a pause and I turned to her and went, “It’s Jacob Marley!” My dad and step mum hadn’t even clocked it til I said it. Cue hysterical laughter as it sunk in!
When my autistic son was 5, he would ask "Where's Dad?" (Dad's gone. Dad's at work.) "Where's Aunt Diane?" (Aunt Diane is gone. Aunt Diane is at work.) One day we come home and there is a moving van with a tiger on it. "Mom! Look! Tiger! Mom! Look! Tiger!" (Yep, that's a tiger!) We came out to the car later on and the moving van was gone. My son says "Tiger's gone. Tiger's at work!" (Yep, probably.)
My 7 year old can't find his shoes even when they're right in front of him. Ironically though, he's really good at finding 4 leaf clovers. He showed me his latest one and I asked him what he was going to do with it. I was about to suggest pressing it in a heavy book or something when suddenly he shoved it in his mouth and ate it. I asked him 'why did you eat it!?' His reply? 'Now I'll be lucky forever!' Can't really fault his logic on that one.
My little one walked in as I was watching an old movie. "That's what things looked like when I was a kid" I said. -didn't miss a beat.. "Kids saw everything in black and white back then?" he said.
My 11yo in the car with me getting frustrated with the GPS directions. "Do you trust this lady? She sits on a throne of lies."
Not my kid, because my kids have four paws and a tail, but a kid I was babysitting. he'd made a mess, and wanted me to help him clean it up, said his mom would help him. I reminded him I'm not his mom. He came back with "In my situation, right now, you are getting paid to be my mom" He was five at the time, and I knew that boy was going places.
Today in the grocery store I saw a man and son, son about 6. Son was pushing the cart and came to about the height of the cart handle. As they passed me, son says "While we're here, we might as well get some donuts". I cracked up, out loud. So adult and reasonable sounding. Might as well dad.
