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When visiting another country, or even a museum, most people know to be respectful. But that's most people. There are some idiots out there who try to mess with wild animals, steal stuff, and be generally stupid. Some are even worse, like this obnoxious group of British Tourists who actually received national attention for how bad they were.

Everyone is lying to their kids about something. The difference is in the size of the lie. Some parents hid enormous, life-changing secrets from their kids. Other parents are stealthy about the amount of ice cream in the house that their kids don't know about. On the lighter side of parental lies, here are 29 of the funniest lies parents told their kids.

When you grow up and realize that your parents are people too, it tends to put an extra strain on your relationship. Now, all of a sudden they need things from you, and you realize they're just as ignorant about certain things as you, possibly even dumber. Here are some people that got some occasionally honest, sometimes spicy texts from their moms. If you want to see it from the other side, here are some funny tweets about parenting.

School is important to develop a child's mind, but more importantly it keeps them out of the house for most of the day. Grade-school aged kids rejoice for a week off while their parents struggle over having to spend time with their offspring. For some reflections on the pitfalls of family life, check out these 30 funny marriage tweets to let you know you're not alone.

Nothing gets the blood boiling hotter than seeing some rich kid get a better opportunity with the help of daddy's money. Here are some of the more entitled and out-of-touch applications people have reviewed. Luckily, most of these spoiled kids didn't get in. For more stories of rich kid syndrome, check this out.

The BEST way to deal with helicopter parents right here. 

You'd think after a few years of her mom having an "eye disease", she's catch on after like, at least year 10. Apparently it just never clicked? What can we say, parents lie to their kids all the time, sometimes not even for a good reason. Here are times parents lied to their kids just for a goof.

Back when we were stupid-ass kids we thought we could pull one over on our parents, but dear god could we not. And that mortifying moment when they figure out you've screwed up hard core... it's like your soul is leaving your body. They shouldn't expect much from us, here are times parents realized their kids were utter morons.

Parents are capable of wildly entertaining savagery. For some of us, they've known us our whole lives, and in that case; it is a very easy thing to roast call someone out. You know all their silly quirks, enthusiasms, tics, and habits. 

As you get older, it becomes more and more clear that your parents didn't really know what they were doing. Some lies were rooted in real concerns our parents had for us. Some were just hearsay. And in some cases, they were just trying to make fun of us. Thank God we have Google to undo what our parents did to us. Anyway if these made you have flashbacks, here's some more lies parents told their kids.

This rageful parent's emotional post about their daughter getting measles is as relevant a reminder to anti-vaxxers today, as it was, when it was posted back in 2015. The news is riddled with accounts of a measles outbreak, and the anti-vaxxers are being called out with renewed passion for their part in the upsurge of cases. Maybe this post will make a splash in the social media space, and inspire further discussion about the impacts of vaccination, or NOT vaccinating your children. 

If you grew up believing that sniffling would kill your brain cells, or crossing your eyes ran the risk of them remaining like that; then, you might benefit from this list. Parents are capable of filling our childish, unknowing minds with all manners of misguided, outright dishonest tidbits of "knowledge." If we're lucky, we grow up, and discover the truth for ourselves through that good 'ol life experience. 

Sometimes a well-timed inappropriate thing said at a funeral can actually improve the mood and make the experience more meaningful. Other times it's family members almost coming to blows over who gets their grandpa's estate. Pretty wide swing of the pendulum, for sure. For crazy wedding stories, check this out.

These dads are just being the daddest dads ever. It's all jokes by dads and jokes about dads. So many jokes. So many dads. Just about the father-est stuff you ever saw. It's all lawn mowing and complaining about your kids. If you want to see some pure pun-tastic dad jokes then you can find some here.

These people got some seriously unwanted attention from their parents at all the wrong times. Spilling secrets, putting them in awkward social situations, you name it. As you get older, your parents will never see you as an adult. You will always be a baby. And that's assuming they like you. Here are some more parents who embarrassed the hell out of their kids.