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30 Parents Share How Their Kids Casually Dropped Some Creepy Sentences That Sent Chills Down Their Spines
Before babies learn to talk in a real language like English, they babble and coo, playing with sound. That's baby talk, something that sounds similar all over the world. But they get good fast.
Of course, it depends on the situation, but according to experts, most babies are able to say a few simple words such as "mama" and "dadda" around their first birthday. Even more, they know what they're saying! By the time they're 3, babies expand their vocabulary rapidly, and "make-believe" play spurs an understanding of symbolic and abstract language like "now," feelings like "sad," and spatial concepts like "in." They also learn how to scare the poo out of their parents.
When Dan Schreiber shared a particularly creepy thing his child told him, moms and dads quickly expanded his tweet into a strangely funny thread, full of lines and concepts you'd think exist only in horror movies. Here are some of the best!
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October 3 years ago
In the woods behind my home there are three graves (there used to be an old hospital at this spot and they sometimes buried patients on the hospital grounds.) One day while out for a run I jumped the little fence surrounding the graves to check them out. According to the tombstones there were two men and a women burried there. I went home and didn't speak about my detour. But that night my then 4 year old daughter awoke from a nightmare. She dreamd two men and a women were standing in her room staring at her. It's been ten years since this incident. Fortunately she never had the dream again. And I have never gone near those graves again.
Former Editor-in-Chief turned parenting blogger, the woman who runs Motherhood: The Real Deal and 40 Now What, Talya Stone, told Bored Panda that there are a variety of ways in which parents can encourage and teach their kids to speak. "A good place to start is asking them open-ended questions and actually being present to hear out their answers," Stone said.
"Kids are notorious for clamming up and pretending like they have nothing going on in their minds, but parents can encourage them to open up by asking them who, what, where, why questions. Imagine you are a TV presenter interviewing them if that helps! Active listening really helps which is when you reflect or repeat back what your child is saying and what they may be feeling to make sure you understand - especially when they come out with oddball statements included in this article!"
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Em the Bored Lord 3 years ago
I can't decide whether to scream, laugh, or have my own panic attack.
But whether kids are giving their parents the creeps or cracking them up, people outside the family can have a difficult time understanding the little Shakespeares without a translation from mom and dad.
"I think we (the parents) get what our kids are saying because we share a deep connection — they are already a little bit of us. We also have a vested interest to understand them and be on their side, they are our kids after all. Also, parents have a very good way of humoring their children, which can seem to an outsider like we know what they are saying (when really we don't!)," Stone revealed.
Just like these pictures, Talya Stone highlighted that children say all sorts of strange things, many of which may not be true.
"Kids like to try things on when it comes to words, phrases, and ideas. So if a child says something creepy to you, try not to take it too seriously, but at the same time, it's important not to mock them and hear them out," she said.
In fact, you should not criticize their wrong words. Instead, help them say it properly — for example, if a baby points to a cat and says "Ca!" say: "Yes, it's a cat." For more tips on how to help your sweetie talk, check out this page.
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Em the Bored Lord 3 years ago
Aww, he chose you for your smile. Screw the creepiness, this is sweet.
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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Just his imagination, though. This is the factory where I worked before I died and I never met that kid.
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Sakuri 3 years ago (edited)
That's great. please find (an other, grown up) shaman to support her. she brings a lot of potential and knowledge. it is important to take her seriously. do not be afraid, this is kind of "normal". it would be wonderful if she had someone by her side who understood her.
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Suz66 3 years ago
The same thing happened to my sister. They were traveling and went to a town she’d never been. She felt like she’d been there before and even knew where certain things were. She said that there was a cafe in this area before. She even knew the name. Now there’s a store there. They did some digging with a resident and sure enough , 50 years ago there was a coffee shop by that name over 50 years ago, it was leveled for the store. She was under 50 at that time.
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Shelby P 3 years ago
I think it's weird that so many people have such hard opinions on whether or not this is/can be real. We don't know... there's no way to prove one way or the other... why not just enjoy the possibilities?
Lori Ballard 3 years ago
People nowadays are so close minded to others beliefs or opinions that it is beyond difficult to have a civil conversation with them as there only goal is to force you to believe as they do! I respect other peoples beliefs and expect the same in regards to mine but sadly we have become a very selfish society.
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Christina Natividad 3 years ago
Me too. Read each one. Brought me to tears, some of them. Just wow.
Load More Replies... Logic and Reason 3 years ago
Little kids just learning to talk are like monkeys at typewriters. A lot of what they say is complete gibberish, every once in a while they’ll say something that sounds very smart/creepy/funny etcetera.
Christina Natividad 3 years ago
Yes and no. If they haven't seen, read or heard of the plague or war, how would they be able to discuss it? I think some are true, some maybe not, but who knows??
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Yvonda Marie Levings 3 years ago
My son has been Deaf/Mute since he was 2 years old and when he was around 8 or 9(he's 29 now)he signed and drew pictures of the 7 past life's, what and how he lived and died in each of his life's And he can still tell you about it Plus he has Spirits of Loved that he speaks to And weird little things will happen when they're around
Marky Mark 3 years ago
When my son was 3 we were driving through a beautiful forested area and as he was staring out the window he suddenly said, "People will believe any supernatural bunk, especially if you add a cinematic twist like a prescient kid." Eerily true.
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
When my nephew was about 3 years old, he would talk about Teresa, the lady he use to be. How she loved sitting on her big white porch.
Casey McAlister 3 years ago
That's quite entertaining, even though. of course, it doesn't mean that any of those kids had previous lives or something like this. Children absorb everything like a sponge - books, movies, glimpses of tv shows, pieces of conversations, and have a really vivid imagination. I remember I was telling some stories as a kid like I had two sisters and then died at the age of six, but I also remember I made those stories up.
les 3 years ago
When I was in my early teens I had a strange dream with my parents talking about a guy they knew. In the background of the dream was a noise that I can only describe as like a rubber ball bouncing in a suspended plastic drain pipe. A couple of days later I fell off my skateboard and badly broke my leg. The docotr came out to our house and I had to go to hospital but since the ambulance were busy my parents took me in our own vehicle. Because i was in a lot of pain the doctor had given me entinox to numb the pain. Right away that sound was in my head and I was finishing my parents sentences which totally freaked them out meanwhile I'm thinking nothing off it at the time, but looking back it was strange. I've never had anything like that happen to me before or since
J Adams 3 years ago
Remember kids have eyes and ears and are able to absorb information. There are studies that say children can hear what’s going on outside whilst they are in the womb so basically even things you don’t think they’ve heard or seen they probably have and things you’ve forgotten they haven’t
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
My daughter always used to look at the corner of the stairs, nobody was ever there, I think she waved a couple of times too, but I really can't remember, but the stair there was damaged as if from a fall or perhaps just people jumping down them over nearly a century so knows
aaaggg hhh 3 years ago
Reincarnation, if it's real, would be a form of Hell IMO. Going through life as it is right now and knowing what horrors are coming in the future, and instead of getting to enjoy the afterlife you're instead forced to go through another lifetime all over again into a world that's even worse than ever.
Lori Ballard 3 years ago
The Catholic church used to preach reincarnation but people were like if I can come back again why do I have to be a good moral person in this life so they stopped preaching it. In my opinion each life you live is to teach you lessons you need to learn to better your soul. Even Jesus was reincarnated. I firmly believe in reincarnation but I respect people enough don't and I've had some wonderful discussions with others about the topic.
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Fulsome Kitten 3 years ago
"Many Lives, Many Masters" by Dr. Brian Weiss is a good read on the topic!
JoanieBalonie 3 years ago
I don't disbelieve these accounts. But, for me, it seems dreadful to continually live multiple lives, many of them full of sadness and suffering. Maybe we continue to get chances to finally live a life of goodness. I hope so.
Wonderful 3 years ago
My dad was watching a documentary on the pyramids and my 3 year little brother toddled into the bedroom and pointed at the tv and exclaimed Machu Picchu!! My dad startled by the yell asked him how he know what Machu Picchu was? My little brother says, "I died near there in a fire." So apparently my little brother lived in or near Peru in a past life.
Violet Smith 3 years ago
Just yesterday I watched most of "Surviving Death" on Netflix. All about near-death experiences, mediums, possibility of an afterlife, etc. Two of the episodes were about young kids "remembering" past lives - the people seemed credible and some of the details the kids remember are just .... freaky.
Tara 3 years ago
Another thing to consider is that kids around the age of 3-4 tend to be very "experimental" with their grammar. They may be trying to communicate something about the present or past or a possibility or hope/fear but it comes out as past tense and then sounds like a past life story to someone that takes the words of preschoolers completely at face value.
Callum McLeod 3 years ago
When I was a baby I would "d i" repeatedly until I figured out that I could combine the two sounds to create the "di" and apparently I would pull the exorcist on people in the metro while saying "di" repeatedly. I probably got some weird looks.
Mazer 3 years ago
There is a past life regressionist who has a tv show, he gets data on the info people talk about during the session and supports their experience - “Licensed hypnotherapist Damian Bertrand is one of those people. He uses hypnosis to take people through emotionally charged experiences from past lives to try to uncover the origins of mysterious obsessions, unexplained phobias, nightmares and overall odd behavior. Whether it's on the bloody battlefields of the Middle Ages or performing in a circus in the 1930s, the memories from past lives are brought to life through cinematic re-creations. Ultimately the hope is that remembering past lives helps the subjects change how they currently live.” Show us called Past Lives, Who Was I”. It’s fascinating to see experience backed up by facts
Effin Fred 3 years ago
People are so stupidly gullible. There are no ghosts. There are no past lives. There is no god. WTF is wrong with people that they have no common sense?!
Shelby P 3 years ago
I think it's weird that so many people have such hard opinions on whether or not this is/can be real. We don't know... there's no way to prove one way or the other... why not just enjoy the possibilities?
Lori Ballard 3 years ago
People nowadays are so close minded to others beliefs or opinions that it is beyond difficult to have a civil conversation with them as there only goal is to force you to believe as they do! I respect other peoples beliefs and expect the same in regards to mine but sadly we have become a very selfish society.
Load More Replies... Christina Natividad 3 years ago
Me too. Read each one. Brought me to tears, some of them. Just wow.
Load More Replies... Logic and Reason 3 years ago
Little kids just learning to talk are like monkeys at typewriters. A lot of what they say is complete gibberish, every once in a while they’ll say something that sounds very smart/creepy/funny etcetera.
Christina Natividad 3 years ago
Yes and no. If they haven't seen, read or heard of the plague or war, how would they be able to discuss it? I think some are true, some maybe not, but who knows??
Load More Replies... Yvonda Marie Levings 3 years ago
My son has been Deaf/Mute since he was 2 years old and when he was around 8 or 9(he's 29 now)he signed and drew pictures of the 7 past life's, what and how he lived and died in each of his life's And he can still tell you about it Plus he has Spirits of Loved that he speaks to And weird little things will happen when they're around
Marky Mark 3 years ago
When my son was 3 we were driving through a beautiful forested area and as he was staring out the window he suddenly said, "People will believe any supernatural bunk, especially if you add a cinematic twist like a prescient kid." Eerily true.
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
When my nephew was about 3 years old, he would talk about Teresa, the lady he use to be. How she loved sitting on her big white porch.
Casey McAlister 3 years ago
That's quite entertaining, even though. of course, it doesn't mean that any of those kids had previous lives or something like this. Children absorb everything like a sponge - books, movies, glimpses of tv shows, pieces of conversations, and have a really vivid imagination. I remember I was telling some stories as a kid like I had two sisters and then died at the age of six, but I also remember I made those stories up.
les 3 years ago
When I was in my early teens I had a strange dream with my parents talking about a guy they knew. In the background of the dream was a noise that I can only describe as like a rubber ball bouncing in a suspended plastic drain pipe. A couple of days later I fell off my skateboard and badly broke my leg. The docotr came out to our house and I had to go to hospital but since the ambulance were busy my parents took me in our own vehicle. Because i was in a lot of pain the doctor had given me entinox to numb the pain. Right away that sound was in my head and I was finishing my parents sentences which totally freaked them out meanwhile I'm thinking nothing off it at the time, but looking back it was strange. I've never had anything like that happen to me before or since
J Adams 3 years ago
Remember kids have eyes and ears and are able to absorb information. There are studies that say children can hear what’s going on outside whilst they are in the womb so basically even things you don’t think they’ve heard or seen they probably have and things you’ve forgotten they haven’t
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
My daughter always used to look at the corner of the stairs, nobody was ever there, I think she waved a couple of times too, but I really can't remember, but the stair there was damaged as if from a fall or perhaps just people jumping down them over nearly a century so knows
aaaggg hhh 3 years ago
Reincarnation, if it's real, would be a form of Hell IMO. Going through life as it is right now and knowing what horrors are coming in the future, and instead of getting to enjoy the afterlife you're instead forced to go through another lifetime all over again into a world that's even worse than ever.
Lori Ballard 3 years ago
The Catholic church used to preach reincarnation but people were like if I can come back again why do I have to be a good moral person in this life so they stopped preaching it. In my opinion each life you live is to teach you lessons you need to learn to better your soul. Even Jesus was reincarnated. I firmly believe in reincarnation but I respect people enough don't and I've had some wonderful discussions with others about the topic.
Load More Replies... Fulsome Kitten 3 years ago
"Many Lives, Many Masters" by Dr. Brian Weiss is a good read on the topic!
JoanieBalonie 3 years ago
I don't disbelieve these accounts. But, for me, it seems dreadful to continually live multiple lives, many of them full of sadness and suffering. Maybe we continue to get chances to finally live a life of goodness. I hope so.
Wonderful 3 years ago
My dad was watching a documentary on the pyramids and my 3 year little brother toddled into the bedroom and pointed at the tv and exclaimed Machu Picchu!! My dad startled by the yell asked him how he know what Machu Picchu was? My little brother says, "I died near there in a fire." So apparently my little brother lived in or near Peru in a past life.
Violet Smith 3 years ago
Just yesterday I watched most of "Surviving Death" on Netflix. All about near-death experiences, mediums, possibility of an afterlife, etc. Two of the episodes were about young kids "remembering" past lives - the people seemed credible and some of the details the kids remember are just .... freaky.
Tara 3 years ago
Another thing to consider is that kids around the age of 3-4 tend to be very "experimental" with their grammar. They may be trying to communicate something about the present or past or a possibility or hope/fear but it comes out as past tense and then sounds like a past life story to someone that takes the words of preschoolers completely at face value.
Callum McLeod 3 years ago
When I was a baby I would "d i" repeatedly until I figured out that I could combine the two sounds to create the "di" and apparently I would pull the exorcist on people in the metro while saying "di" repeatedly. I probably got some weird looks.
Mazer 3 years ago
There is a past life regressionist who has a tv show, he gets data on the info people talk about during the session and supports their experience - “Licensed hypnotherapist Damian Bertrand is one of those people. He uses hypnosis to take people through emotionally charged experiences from past lives to try to uncover the origins of mysterious obsessions, unexplained phobias, nightmares and overall odd behavior. Whether it's on the bloody battlefields of the Middle Ages or performing in a circus in the 1930s, the memories from past lives are brought to life through cinematic re-creations. Ultimately the hope is that remembering past lives helps the subjects change how they currently live.” Show us called Past Lives, Who Was I”. It’s fascinating to see experience backed up by facts
Effin Fred 3 years ago
People are so stupidly gullible. There are no ghosts. There are no past lives. There is no god. WTF is wrong with people that they have no common sense?!
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