It's a pretty well known fact that, well, kids are stupid creatures. Kids aren't necessarily good at anything, so when they get a chance to brag, they take it. Even if it's the smallest thing you wouldn't think of as a real achievement, they'll let you know about it. Here are some strange flexes people saw in their own kids as well as themselves as children.
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Some people grow out of it, some don't. Children are stupid idiots. Sure, they're just learning everything about the world for the first time, but hot damn are they dumb as rocks for a while there. We were dumb too. We're still dumb, but we can do long division and drive, so that's pretty good.
The struggles of parenting birth their own comedy gems all the time, so here are some funny and relatable bits and pieces for those of you who have kids. Or if you don't have kids and just want to live a parenting lifestyle vicariously through memes, that would work too.
You can tell a child all day that holding a cup of water upside down is a bad idea, but they're not gonna believe you until they screw it up for themselves. Sadly, toddlers learn every day that the world doesn't bend to their needs, and with learning comes earth-shattering tantrums. For more of these, here are snaps of kids having total meltdowns over mundane things.
Let's make no bones about it, kids are stupid as hell. They're mean, cruel idiots who screw up constantly. It's considered an insult to call an adult childish. If you knew anyone who acted like kids do, they'd be kicked out of your friend group immediately. I guess they're the future or something so we keep em around. For more kids being dumb, here are some completely stupid reasons kids had meltdowns.
Some parents tell their kids lies to protect them from information that might hurt them. Some parents lie to their kids to avoid a tantrum or maybe they're just too tired to explain a complex problem. Then there's other parents who just lie to their kids to see how bad they can screw them up and laugh at the results. That's what our parents were like. For more, here are some of the funniest lies parents told their kids.
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When this young kid interrupted a graduation ceremony in his classroom, he really leaned in with his shoulder. Sometimes it feels really good not having to be a teacher.
Sometimes life is going just fine, you're minding your own business, then a bee decides to land on your hand for a second. You think, "oh holy crap this is totally unacceptable. I must let everyone know about the injustice that bee has done, landing on my hand for a second." So you wail as hard as you can for 3 hours, screaming at the top of your lungs, hitting your head against the wall, because of that awful, awful bee. Anyway, for more irrational tantrums, here are more the dumbest reasons kids had meltdowns.
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That's the rhythm of the street, baby. Sure the show offered stories on how to navigate relationships, the value of friendship, and had Mr. Rogers on, but it had moments that were undeniably savage. What a wonderful kind of day if we can learn to work and play and roast the Aardvark out of each other. And holy crap Muffy served backhands like a tennis champion.
Seems like an effective way for a kid to end a toxic friendship and get out of punishment Scott free. We weren't this malevolently spiteful or resourceful as kids. When we were 9 we were too busy figuring out if hitting each other with sticks was a good use of free time. For a story of classier dad revenge, check this out.
We're not exactly experts in child rearing, but this story about a mom who refuses to use negative language around her kid kinda set off some alarms. Like, isn't replacing one word with another one kind of defeat the purpose of not having the first word? There is octopus way this strategy worked out. Check out some awesome twitter jokes about parenting here.
What kids lack in vocabulary they make up for in creativity. And while they're not completely correct, they're definitely not inaccurate. So that helps. Enjoy your new words and watch out for poke trees and halloween eagles. For a big batch of funny tweets about parenting, check these out.
Remember everyone, sleeping is the time when you're most vulnerable, and literally anything can happen.Not much makes a scary situation scarier than when you're jolted into reality with zero context. It's kind of impossible to prevent stuff like this happening while you're asleep, so just...try not to sleep I guess?
Sure, a developing human is gonna have a hard time adjusting to the rigors of the world around them, but at a certain point, c'mon kid, you're having a full-on meltdown because your mom's not letting you eat dirt. Maybe she knows better than you about eating dirt. Here are more stupid reasons kids went insane.
