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Listening to kids speak their mind can be a very fun thing to do, especially when it comes to the little ones. Having recently learned to put syllables together to express themselves—but without a filter yet that would stop them from saying how they actually feel about dad minus his beard, for instance—they never cease to amaze those around them with their remarks.
Granted, not all of their commentary is equally amusing. Some things they say can seriously upset or shock their parents and make them wonder where their child could have possibly picked that up. The moms and dads on this list probably did. Redditor u/JrlTan asked them what was the scariest thing their offspring has ever said to anyone, and they shared stories ranging from weird to terrifying, and beyond. Scroll down to find their answers below and see for yourself how alarming certain kids’ messages can get.
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#1
I'm not a parent. But I was putting my 2yo niece to bed, while babysitting one night, when she looked over my shoulder and said "who's that?"
I looked behind me and asked "who?"
She said **"the man behind you. He was with you in the kitchen too."**
We were the only ones in the house. I spent the rest of the evening in the living room, on the one chair with its back to the wall, glancing around nervously.
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#2
“Will the man in the attic come with us when we move?”
#3
My son told me he had thoughts of ending himself when he was about 16. Scared the hell out of me for months while we got him professional help. He is doing much better now at 18 but I am still worried that one day I will lose my son.
Cat Palmer 11 months ago
I'm so pleased the OP took it seriously and got their kid help. My parents didn't until my little sister actually made the attempt - I found her in time and she survived, but the trauma was/is strong for us both. Parents: if your kid tells you they need help, believe them, please!
#4
"Mummy, the invisible man wants to come in your bedroom."
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
#5
A few months after my mom passed, my daughter was sitting in the tv room. She looked down the hall and I could tell something caught her eye. She got up and said "Yaya is in her room", and proceeded to go in my mom's room and shut the door. I could hear my daughter talking and laughing through the door. I was equal parts scared of and hoping to hear my mom too, but I didn't.
#6
Not my kid, but my friend's. They were across the country visiting family and out for a drive. Her 4 year old points down an old overgrown road (more of a dirt track) and said "that was where I used to go to school". She told him he didn't even go to school yet. Mentioned it to her brother when they drove by another day, and he told her that well down that track used to be a schoolhouse in the 1800s. Same kid was on a walk with Mom in our town around a fairly wooded pond. He asked his Mom if they could go another way. She said there was only only path and asked why? He responded "I don't like that man hanging from the tree". Needless to say, they moved away from that area very quickly!
#7
A few weeks after my son turned 2 yo he told me “Look, the smoke dissipates”. This is not a word in our daily vernacular so I asked him what that means and he said “It disappears “ Impressed, I asked him where did you learn that word and he replied “When I was an adult” I laughed and asked him when were you an adult and without missing a beat answered”Before I was born”😳
#8
Driving by a cemetery when my kid was about 3 years old.
“Who are all those people standing around there?”
There was no one standing anywhere in the cemetery.
#9
My adorably innocence 3 year old lovingly told me, “Mommy, when you die I’m going to keep your body so I can pet your hair.”
He was petting my hair at that moment.
#10
When my daughter was three she came home from preschool one day and her demeanor changed the minute we came home. She became very withdrawn and looked very upset. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, “The angel on the roof is angry with us.” 😳
#11
Woke up one night and my 3 year old isn't in his bed. It's about 3 am. The house is dark and quiet. I go downstairs and a nightlight is on, and my son is just sitting on the couch staring into space. Doesn't say a word. The hair on my neck was standing up. I said quietly "what's going on?" He looked a me strangely and said "I just have to wait until everyone is asleep" Goosebumps all over my body, and I felt like I was in a horror film. Kept a very close eye on him for a few weeks. Kid is a doctor today and did not grow up to be a criminal. At least yet.
#12
"The man in the closet! He won't stop staring!"
Moved just last year, my 4 year old said she saw an old man walking around in our shared closet and would stare at us. Did some research and the man that lived here before us died in that closet.
Bogdan Chelariu 11 months ago
Time to move again! Don't even bother packing... No time to lose!!!
#13
My kid and my niece have such an uncanny connection they live in different countries. When my kiddo was 4/5 we went for pizza and this little random spot they had seen us drive past, whatever seemed cool. Kiddo hits me with the ‘me and niece always wanted to open up a pizza shop here when I was in a wheelchair and niece was my little girl…we lived across the street in that house.’ Okay what a cute little story they’re a kid whatever. Time passes and we are parked and see a man having a hard time getting his wheelchair out of his van bc the parking space wasn’t quite wide enough, ‘we should help him I remember how annoying that used to be for me and niece’ instantly took me back to our pizza afternoon. (Yes we helped the gentleman) we chat a bit about the previous life and kiddo has things to say that are repeated. Time passes again and we are visiting my niece they haven’t physically seen each other in months, but on video chat and through photos. My niece learning to talk now and get her words out clearly keeps calling my kid nana (mothers father) and she gets so excited whenever my kid gets up and walks. I tell my sil about what my kiddo’s told me and she tells me that my niece always wants to go up to elderly ppl she sees in wheelchairs trying to push them/help them with their mobility. My niece and my kiddo get ready for bed while we stay with them and they insist of sleeping together bc they missed each other bc my kiddo said ‘it’s been so many lives’
Not creepy per se but just always so interesting.
#14
One night tucking my kids in:
My then 4 year old: “Mummy, when you die I’m going to keep your bones.”.
My then 6 year old: “Ooh - we could make a wind chime!”.
The creepiest and also the sweetest thing my kids have ever said to me.
KnightOwl 11 months ago (edited)
My sister has a 6yr old daughter and 5yr old son, during a particularly hard day last week they decided to comfort her. They then reassured her they'll be fine when she dies! Apparently they thought she'd probably die soon and planned to just continue living in their flat and going to school. My sister has had some minor health issues recently, they knew she was ill but didn't know how ill so assumed she was probably going to die! If anything happened to my sister I'd get custody of her kids, they now know that.
#15
Woke up to my 1.5yo standing on the bed saying “daddy” repeatedly while looking at the door.
Daddy is on the run for almost unaliving me 😀 needless to say I didn’t sleep
#16
My mum told me a story about me years ago…..
When I was about 2 I was sitting in my high chair in the kitchen with my parents and grandparents and suddenly started speaking Welsh- I am Welsh, but I’ve never spoken it fluently, and we exclusively spoke English at home. I basically said that I was from x (a small market town about 20 miles from where we lived), that I used to work on a farm with my brothers and sisters and I didn’t have any shoes. Apparently I also said that I preferred ‘this house’.
I certainly have no memory of this other life but it freaked my parents and grandparents out at the time!
#17
Not my child, but my nephew, (from a very Christian family) one day said “if we all go to heaven when we die, why don’t I k**l everyone, then we can all be in heaven “. He was 5 and meant it in the most positive way. He just wants to get everyone into heaven fast
#18
When my son was about 3, he told my friends pregnant wife that her baby was dead. A couple weeks later I was informed that she had a miscarriage.
#19
Does pointing and laughing at the empty corner of the room count? Might need to go burn some sage…
#20
Teacher here. 3 yr old stopped playing to say, unprompted, “Humans are just meat you know.” Then returned to playing
#21
My son told a cop my husband was lying about his name. Tbf it only lasted a minute because then he immediately said “your name is dad!”
#22
I cut my foot on a piece of broken glass. My kid (about 5 at the time) said, "Don't clean it up! I can use your blood for painting!"
#23
My daughter is 3 and is working on performing her own nighttime routines. We asked her how she gets ready for bathtime and gave her her stuffed bunny to demonstrate on. She takes the bunny and begins explaining the steps of her routine, mimicking the actions on the doll.
“First you take off your pants.” * she wiggles Rabbit’s legs*
“Then you take off your shirt.” *she wiggles Rabbit’s arms*
“Then you take off your underwear.” *wiggles the legs again*
“Then you take off your hands.” *she pulls on Rabbit’s arm in a plucking motion*
“Then you take off your arms.” *Rabbit’s arms are wrenched immediately*
“Then you take off your legs, your hair, your tummy, your face!” *she gleefully laughs as she mimes ripping each part off of Rabbit*
“All done!” *she looks up at us with a smile. We are aghast.*
#24
3 year old daughter whispered, "No one is coming to help you."
#25
Dad, I took an overdose. I'm not sorry.
We have been with them 24 hours/day ever since. We are exhausted and burnt out but on the weekend they dyed their hair and was kind to their brother, and I think (hope) that we have turned a corner
#26
One day she told me she spends her whole period week imagining cutting out her uterus. She described it in great detail.
Awesome At Being Autistic 11 months ago
Man I seriously wish someone had given me a hysterectomy before I started my periods. Years and years of agony.
Jackie Lulu 11 months ago
I was so happy when that thing was finally taken out.
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Upstaged75 11 months ago
I have imagined yanking mine out with my bare hands, so this is understandable!
BarkingSpider 11 months ago
I used to have terrible cramps and the best description I could give people was that it felt like something was trying to claw its way out. Got some weird looks.
MezzoPiano 11 months ago (edited)
I see no problem here. Also, when I had mono, I fantasized about cutting out my own tonsils. I was in college, so all I had was a table knife and chloraseptic spray, but I was still pretty sure it would hurt less than what I was experiencing right then. FTR, I did not cut out my own tonsils. They're still in there being annoying AF.
Natty Tempest 10 months ago
I am always sad to hear how much pain and discomfort women go through with these... An ex was bedridden for four days a month. I can't imagine it and wish I could help.
thechildreninmybasement 10 months ago
something tells me a man wrote this because as a genderfluid person, fr.
#27
My little friend went through a phase of telling “dark stories” when she was 3-4. She was also really Into playing games about taking her toys to the doctor. We were playing and she said “this toy is really scared of the doctor!“ and I said “why? Doctors are there to help us!” Or something like that. She said “he is scared because this is the bad nurse. She gives him medicine so he can’t move or scream and then cuts him open and takes his insides out.”
I was just like “yeah. That’s a good reason to be scared!”
We have no idea where she came up with that stuff. She’s 6 now and all her stories are about fairies and princesses. I kind of miss her dark stories- they were more creative, even though some kept me up at night!”
The voice of reason 11 months ago
One day her novels will be flying off the bookshelves. Sorry Mr. King. 😞
#28
My daughter at nursery (Aged 3) came home and said “Mammy there was a lady on the roof eating cats “..
Poor bugger had a raging temperature.
The Disneyland Duck 11 months ago
Kids do say crazy(and untrue) things when they have a fever.
#30
At 5 years old, "Mommy, Danny put his hand under my skirt today." Still don't know how I didn't wreck the car (we were on our way home).
What do you think ?
Dan St John 11 months ago
The University of Virginia has been doing re-incarnation studies since the 70's. They have over 2,500 cases studies and have proven more than 75% to be accurate. They only deal with children, because around 7-9 years old, you lose your childhood memories as you transition to being an adult. Many of these stories sound like their studies, only these people took the time to investigate them instead of brushing them off as children's fantasies. Several other colleges have also been studying reincarnation with similar results. If you are curious, you should read them, they are real eye openers.
Averysleepypanda 11 months ago
I don't remember this, but when I was in preschool I told a police officer (who had come to talk to us about gun safety and stranger danger) that my dad had a bunch of and killed a ton of people, whom were all buried under the house. When my mom came to pick me up, she had a lot of explaining to do to the officer. I'm lucky my poor dad didn't end up in jail lol
JayWantsACat 11 months ago
Not that scary but I swear I had out of body experiences as a kid. I remember multiple times dreaming that I walked to the top of the stairs outside of my bedroom, jumped, got that falling feeling but gently floated down to the bottom. I've had tons of other dream of falling but only ever got that falling feeling whenever I had this specific dream.
Happy Homemaker 11 months ago
I remember some of my dreams when I was younger. I had been assaulted and stalked by a neighbor, and I remember many of my dreams were of a giant King Kong like gorilla searching for me and no matter where I hid, it would find me and I’d take off running. It would tear off the roof of a house and off I go, uproot a tree, and off I go, you get the idea. But my absolute favorite dream was when I dreamt about driving from California to Japan on a roller coaster like highway. It was insanely high with this crazy dip and just insanely long across the ocean. That one I always enjoyed dreaming because I loved that funny stomach feeling you get when you get to the dip.
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Natty Tempest 10 months ago
I had an imaginary friend who I described really well... And was a dead ringer for my Unkle who passed before I was even thought of. Pretty sure kids are more open to these kinds of things.
waarimelone 11 months ago
Not creepy but pretty weird for everyone involved...as a kid I had somatic hallucinations whenever I was ill. Just an hour or more of me crying and begging my parents to move 'the boxes' because they were 'crushing my feet'. Then metal chains holding me down. And, more recently (during a bout of the 'flu), a thick coat of dried mud encasing my hands, almost fusing with my skin. I was fully conscious that it wasn't real and that my hands were clean, but as is the case with your brain playing tricks on you, it felt too real. I spent a good week after that one being triggered by the sensation of paintbrushes clotted with dry paint against my hands...which was a problem, as I was the one in charge of washing the art supplies at school.
Rodney McKay 11 months ago
Shall we do a poll on what *very few* among these are actually true rather than just made up by the poster?
Deedee 11 months ago
My son when he was about 4 years old had to go with his dad 4 weekend visits. One time when he came back we were having dinner and he said Mom, why is that lady always in my room when I come home? So he described her as wearing all white in kind of a pink light and had bags. I asked him if he was scared of her and he said nope. He just wanted to know why she was there so I suggested he ask her next time. Never said anything more after that time. Personally I believe she was his spirit guardian, angel whatever. His dad was a real jerk and inundated my son with stories about me and still does so now when I think of this story I hope it was an angel who had my son's back.
Happy Homemaker 11 months ago
I found out from my dad, when my grandfather was in the hospital with liver problems, he called my dad to talk to him just to say hi. We lived in NY and he was in a hospital in NJ. According to my dad, when he hung up the phone, my dad announced that they were going to discharge my grandfather the next week if all went according to plan, and I apparently walked up to my dad and told him to call him back and say your goodbyes because he’s going to die before he can go home. He died 5 days later. I do remember that it was the only time I ever saw my father cry and my dad said because I grieved for my grandfather over the 5 days, I didn’t grieve anymore and I didn’t want to go to his funeral because I said, “I’ll see him again soon.”
ConstantlyJon 11 months ago
Remember that show Kids Say The Darndest Things? With Bill Cosby hosting? That s**t was crazy.
Dan St John 11 months ago
The University of Virginia has been doing re-incarnation studies since the 70's. They have over 2,500 cases studies and have proven more than 75% to be accurate. They only deal with children, because around 7-9 years old, you lose your childhood memories as you transition to being an adult. Many of these stories sound like their studies, only these people took the time to investigate them instead of brushing them off as children's fantasies. Several other colleges have also been studying reincarnation with similar results. If you are curious, you should read them, they are real eye openers.
Averysleepypanda 11 months ago
I don't remember this, but when I was in preschool I told a police officer (who had come to talk to us about gun safety and stranger danger) that my dad had a bunch of and killed a ton of people, whom were all buried under the house. When my mom came to pick me up, she had a lot of explaining to do to the officer. I'm lucky my poor dad didn't end up in jail lol
JayWantsACat 11 months ago
Not that scary but I swear I had out of body experiences as a kid. I remember multiple times dreaming that I walked to the top of the stairs outside of my bedroom, jumped, got that falling feeling but gently floated down to the bottom. I've had tons of other dream of falling but only ever got that falling feeling whenever I had this specific dream.
Happy Homemaker 11 months ago
I remember some of my dreams when I was younger. I had been assaulted and stalked by a neighbor, and I remember many of my dreams were of a giant King Kong like gorilla searching for me and no matter where I hid, it would find me and I’d take off running. It would tear off the roof of a house and off I go, uproot a tree, and off I go, you get the idea. But my absolute favorite dream was when I dreamt about driving from California to Japan on a roller coaster like highway. It was insanely high with this crazy dip and just insanely long across the ocean. That one I always enjoyed dreaming because I loved that funny stomach feeling you get when you get to the dip.
Load More Replies... Natty Tempest 10 months ago
I had an imaginary friend who I described really well... And was a dead ringer for my Unkle who passed before I was even thought of. Pretty sure kids are more open to these kinds of things.
waarimelone 11 months ago
Not creepy but pretty weird for everyone involved...as a kid I had somatic hallucinations whenever I was ill. Just an hour or more of me crying and begging my parents to move 'the boxes' because they were 'crushing my feet'. Then metal chains holding me down. And, more recently (during a bout of the 'flu), a thick coat of dried mud encasing my hands, almost fusing with my skin. I was fully conscious that it wasn't real and that my hands were clean, but as is the case with your brain playing tricks on you, it felt too real. I spent a good week after that one being triggered by the sensation of paintbrushes clotted with dry paint against my hands...which was a problem, as I was the one in charge of washing the art supplies at school.
Rodney McKay 11 months ago
Shall we do a poll on what *very few* among these are actually true rather than just made up by the poster?
Deedee 11 months ago
My son when he was about 4 years old had to go with his dad 4 weekend visits. One time when he came back we were having dinner and he said Mom, why is that lady always in my room when I come home? So he described her as wearing all white in kind of a pink light and had bags. I asked him if he was scared of her and he said nope. He just wanted to know why she was there so I suggested he ask her next time. Never said anything more after that time. Personally I believe she was his spirit guardian, angel whatever. His dad was a real jerk and inundated my son with stories about me and still does so now when I think of this story I hope it was an angel who had my son's back.
Happy Homemaker 11 months ago
I found out from my dad, when my grandfather was in the hospital with liver problems, he called my dad to talk to him just to say hi. We lived in NY and he was in a hospital in NJ. According to my dad, when he hung up the phone, my dad announced that they were going to discharge my grandfather the next week if all went according to plan, and I apparently walked up to my dad and told him to call him back and say your goodbyes because he’s going to die before he can go home. He died 5 days later. I do remember that it was the only time I ever saw my father cry and my dad said because I grieved for my grandfather over the 5 days, I didn’t grieve anymore and I didn’t want to go to his funeral because I said, “I’ll see him again soon.”
ConstantlyJon 11 months ago
Remember that show Kids Say The Darndest Things? With Bill Cosby hosting? That s**t was crazy.
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