Before children develop their prefrontal cortex and figure out all the unspoken rules of polite society, they get a brief window of pure freedom, saying and doing whatever pops into their heads.
Great for them. Not always so great for their parents. Because while that zero filter can be hilarious, it can also lead to some painfully awkward moments.
On TikTok, Trey Colbert asked parents to spill the most mortifying things their kids have pulled off—the kind that make you want to avoid public outings forever. Their replies did not disappoint. Scroll down for the most entertaining ones… and maybe send a little sympathy to these parents. They’ve earned it.
Image credits: trey_colbert
#1
Here’s a cute one 🥰: my 3 year old in the grocery store in Florida saw an old man with a white beard and white hair and grabbed him arm to say “Santa”?. The man pulled his sunglasses down and gave a wink 😜 and said he was on vacation.
93points
#2
Me and my son where playing monopoly we lost all the money so I printed some out off the computer and we cut it. I went to the bank a week later and the teller was counting our money and he says my mom prints it in the basement.
73points
#3
My son when he was 4 thanked a black man in a suit who held the door open for us by saying "thanks Obama."
67points
#4
A man in a restaurant told my niece he liked her Elsa dress. She replied with, “God damn it, I’m eating!”
63points
#5
Middle of a world wide pandemic, lockdown here in NZ so essential services only. Took my son to the supermarket with me and while waiting to pay for shopping he walked up behind the man in front of us and licked the chicken nugget tattoo on the back of his leg!
58points
#6
Got dragged to church by my mom. The pastor started preaching about Jesus dying and then resurrecting on the 3rd day. My son started yelling MOM THAT GUY IS SAYING JESUS IS A ZOMBIE!
57points
#7
Went to the local police station to get fingerprinted for a police check for a job in a hospital. My daughter ( about 5 at the time ) announces so everyone could hear……”are we here because you run all those yellow lights????” The cops just howled, I was mortified….
57points
#8
After hurricane Helene hit, my daughters class wrote cards for the people affected. She told me she wrote ‘I hope you’re okay but I don’t think your house is.’
53points
#9
My autistic child was into organizing by color. A black family got on the elevator. She tried to move us into a pattern. They were very understanding.
52points
#10
When my daughter was 4 we were having breakfast at a restaurant and she asked the elderly lady next us why she wasn't in heaven yet.
50points
#11
When my son was 2 I took him to Michael’s! He saw a Muslim woman covered from head to toe. He pointed and yelled “you forgot to take your Halloween costume off” I wanted to crawl under a rock!
46points
#12
Mine pointed to random black man and said MOM IS THAT SNOOP DOG?!
46points
#13
I was pushing my daughter in the cart walking in to Walmart. A lady with vitiligo was walking past us and she points at her saying “MOMMY COWWWW” and then she proceeded to make cow noises going “moooooo”.
44points
#14
I'm not a mother but i have a lil brother. We were at the airport going back home after a trip and my brother saw a heavier guy and my brother proceeds to point at him and shouts "THE PLANE WON'T FLY IF HE'S IN IT!" I wanted to bury myself when he said that.
44points
#15
My daughter (6yo) announced while I was presenting on a zoom call (right at the beginning of Covid) “mommy you’re wearing pants today!” So 300+ people knew at that moment I didn’t wear pants on a regular basis.
43points
#16
My son screaming in the middle of target “MOMMY! White people!!!” (He was talking about the mannequins)
41points
#17
5 y/o son asked if the gas station guy with a turban on was a genie.
41points
#18
My 3 yo at the time told an elderly woman at the drs office her brother was at home locked in a crate and wasn’t allowed to go places with us….. the “brother” she was referring to was our rottie.
39points
#19
I made the mistake of telling my son if he didn’t eat, he wouldn’t grow. He told a person with dwarfism in the checkout line at the grocery store that they needed to eat so they would grow.
38points
#20
My son when 10 saw a Hasidic Jew with his top hat on and shouted/pointed, “look dad, a magician!”
38points