When you’re a teenager, there is nothing more embarrassing than being — gasp — seen with your parents. If you’ve ever been on either side of this equation, you know that it is nothing but the truth.
Lots of parents use that to their advantage, like this mom and dad who got some laughs by imitating their daughter’s PDA-heavy Instagram photos. While I remember my own teenage awkwardness well enough to empathize a little bit with the kids in these scenarios, it’s almost impossible not to laugh at these goofy parents.
And I definitely can’t blame this mom for the totally sweet way that she utterly mortified her teenaged daughter. Kathy Carlson is mom to 16-year-old Maddie, who was recently diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.
Kathy and the rest of the family have been working tirelessly to raise money for Maddie’s treatment, even reaching out to the local police department in their town of Goffstown, NH to help with fundraising. Well, the police had some success with their efforts, so Kathy decided to team up with a friend on the force to deliver the good news to Maddie in the funniest way imaginable.
Perhaps taking inspiration from other feel-good traffic stops like this surprise superhero appearance, Kathy teamed up with the GPD to design a fake traffic stop to present her daughter with a check towards her treatment. My favorite part? Maddie’s hilarious reaction 45 seconds in!
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GPD is MADDIE STRONG!
Posted by Goffstown Police Department on Tuesday, September 15, 2015
