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Single Mom Goes Undercover As Dad So Her Son Wouldn’t Miss ‘Donuts With Dad’ Day
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Single Mom Goes Undercover As Dad So Her Son Wouldn’t Miss ‘Donuts With Dad’ Day

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Being a single parent isn’t easy, especially as you have to fill the shoes of both a mother and a father. But one mom went above and beyond the call of duty recently when she disguised herself as a man to attend her son’s “dads and donuts” day at school!

“When I became a single mom over 3 years ago I made a promise with myself that I would do anything I could, even if it meant going out of my comfort zone, to give my kids a “normal” life,” wrote Utah-based Whitney Kittrell on Facebook recently. and so when her kindergardener came home from Arrowhead Elementary School kindergarten class with an invite for “dads and donuts” day, she did the only thing she could: she threw on her best “dad outfit,” complete with false mustache, and accompanied her son to school! “I gathered up my best dad outfit, painted on some facial hair, and went to breakfast with my sweet son. I was so embarrassed but I couldn’t help but smile when he introduced me to his little friends saying “this is my mom… she’s my dad too so I brought her!” Her post has since been liked almost 200k times and shared by over 100k people. Mom of the year? She’s certainly got our vote.

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    Not wanting her kindergartener son to miss out on a school event called ‘Donuts with Dads’,  Kittrell decided to go undercover and dress as a man

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    “I was so embarrassed but I couldn’t help but smile when he introduced me to his little friends saying “this is my mom… she’s my dad too so I brought her!”

    Her post has since been liked almost 200k times and shared by over 100k people

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    “When I went to leave he ran after me and hugged me tight around my neck and whispered “mom… I know that you’ll always be there and do anything for me”

    “I’ll never forget his sweet words”

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    Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

    Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

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    Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

    Author, Community member

    As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

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    porcupine
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be so embarrassed if my mom did that, especially in elementary school. She could have just shown up, but I guess she wouldn't get the internet attention she clearly wanted.

    Nomadus Aureus
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just don't understand why is this a thing anyway? Thankfully, we didn't have it in my country. With the amount of half-orphan, orphan, mono parental classmates I had, it would have been a mess.

    Ja Legge
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. Beautiful family!!!! I wish the school wld day bring a caregiver instead of dad or mom because a child cld have one or none.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I saw this here on Pored Panda already. And it's still a cute story.

    Jonathan Eatsalot
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    7 years ago

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    First, the school was stupid, they should have just called it a Parents day. Second, fraud is fraud, good intentions or not. Excellent teaching moment? I think not.

    porcupine
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be so embarrassed if my mom did that, especially in elementary school. She could have just shown up, but I guess she wouldn't get the internet attention she clearly wanted.

    Nomadus Aureus
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just don't understand why is this a thing anyway? Thankfully, we didn't have it in my country. With the amount of half-orphan, orphan, mono parental classmates I had, it would have been a mess.

    Ja Legge
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. Beautiful family!!!! I wish the school wld day bring a caregiver instead of dad or mom because a child cld have one or none.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I saw this here on Pored Panda already. And it's still a cute story.

    Jonathan Eatsalot
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    First, the school was stupid, they should have just called it a Parents day. Second, fraud is fraud, good intentions or not. Excellent teaching moment? I think not.

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