12 Kids Whose Antics Were Too Comical for Punishment (2025)

• Mydaughter andI went with mymom topick upher dogs from the groomer. Aswewere walking, mydaughter looked upatmymom and asked, “Flo isthe big one, right?”
  Then, under her breath, Iheard her mutter, “She’s the big fat one.” Icould not stop giggling. —©TeddyCat2011/ Reddit

• Walking through the Capitol building with mythen four-year-old son, wegot into anelevator with aman oncrutches who had one amputated leg. Myson, inanot-so-quiet whisper, asked, “Mom, what happened tohis leg?” The man heard him and kindly explained that hehad lost his leg ayear ago.
  Without missing abeat, myson said, “Did you check between the couch cushions? Mymom says she always loses stuff inthere.” Iwas mortified. The man, onthe other hand, was laughing sohard hehad tears inhis eyes. —©mainlyforshow/ Reddit

• One morning, wewoke uptofind our 2-year-old son completely soaked because hehad taken off his diaper overnight. While giving him abath, our 5-year-old daughter asked ifshe could have one too.
  Since itwas abusy weekday morning, and wewere already rushing toget ready for work and school, wetold her there wasn’t time—he was only getting abath because ofthe mess. Afew minutes later, she went toher room, laid down, made her own “mess,” and proudly walked back into the bathroom. “Can Ihave mybath now?” she asked.
  Icompletely lostit, laughing uncontrollably. Mom was not asamused. Inthe end, Imade pancakes, and weall played hooky. We’re separated now, but this isstill one ofmyfavorite memories ofwhen things were good. —©BeenBearclawed/ Reddit

• Some family friends ofmyparents had a4-year-old daughter who loved sneaking into their bed inthe middle ofthe night. One day, they decided itwas time toput astop toit. That night, when she showed upasusual, they gently told her, “Nomore. You need tosleep inyour own bed.”
  Furious, she stomped tothe door, flung itopen, turned back dramatically, and declared, “Afamily isn’t afamily ifthey can’t sleep together! I’m moving toFlorida!” Then she marched off, leaving her parents speechless. —©kipopadoo/ Reddit

• Mytwo-year-old got one ofthose little foot-powered cars (wecall them Flintstone cars) for his birthday. Myhusband, thinking hewas being cute, told him, “Drive like Mama.”
  Without missing abeat, mytoddler slammed both hands onthe steering wheel, hit the squeaky horn, and shouted atthe top ofhis lungs, “GET OUT THE WAY, SLOW—” ...well, let’s just say itwasn’t exactly kid-friendly. Myhusband completely lostit. —©thisisthedisaster/ Reddit

• My6-year-old son came downstairs crying, his arm covered inbig red marks. “Clemmie bitme!” “CLEMENTINE!” Iyelled. Amoment later, our 2-year-old bounced down the stairs.
  “Clementine, what did youdo?” She looked upwith absolute confidence and said, “Iate him.”— ©Unknown Author/ Reddit

• Mydaughter isatotal sweetheart—well-behaved, adorable, the whole package. But man... this kid. Right after she turned five, she walked into the room with the most tragic bangs I’ve ever seen—some barely half aninch long, right inthe middle ofher forehead.
  Way too short tofix. Itwas adisaster. Igasped. “Why did you cut your hair?!” She grabbed alock ofit, looked medead inthe eye, and, with astraight face, said, “Ididn’t cutit. Itfell out.”
  Iabsolutely lostit. Had torun out ofthe room becauseI was laughing sohardI couldn’t breathe. Daddy handled that one. —©BoneYardBetty/ Reddit

• My3-year-old daughter was sitting inthe time-out chair when she looked upand said, “Dad? I’ll give you five dollars ifyou let meget down.” She did not have five dollars. I’m guessing she heard her older sister trying tobribe afriend somewhere along the line. —©mlpr34clopper/ Reddit

• Myfriend’s toddler kept sneaking into their bed atnight. One night, they decided tolock their bedroom door. She screamed and banged onthe door, but they ignored her. Suddenly, she got quiet and started laughing.
  They were shocked tofind her... playing with the family cat, who had decided tokeep her company. Amused, they moved the cat’s bed into her room and let them sleep together that night. She still can’t sleep alone, but it’s astart.

• Afew weeks ago, my(now 3-year-old) turned the Xbox back onright aswewere about togotobed. She knows it’s bedtime and that she’s not supposed totouch the electronics, soI went toswat her hand asawarning.
  Midair, beforeI could even react, she looked atmyhand, smiled, and gave meaperfect high five. Iwas socaught off guardI couldn’t even laugh.
  Meanwhile, myhusband and brother were losingit. Weall agreed, she basically pulled the toddler version oftalking her way out ofaticket. Nopunishment for her. —©s***rt92/ Reddit

• Myson has always been observant and super verbal (not bragging, just relevant). When hewas 18months old, wegot stuck behind avery large woman blocking anentire aisle atCVS. Itwas one ofthose awkward moments where wedidn’t know how topass—until mytiny toddler suddenly yelled, “Move, please!” Ihad tograb him and leave the store tokeep from absolutely losingit. —©nickipinc/ Reddit

• One time, the babysitter tried putting mysix-year-old son intime-out. Hebolted outside, and when she followed tobring him back, hedodged around her and ran inside. That’s when she heard the sharp click ofthe sliding glass door locking behind him.
  When she demanded tobeletin, hecalmly told her, “No. Now you’re onatime-out, and you can’t come back inuntil you’ve calmed down.”— ©gcanyon/ Reddit

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