Ah, to be a kid again. Life is so simple when you're a youngster — you have no responsibilities, your parents make all your tough decisions for you, and best of all, when you do something awkward, your mom and dad are the ones who have to deal with the embarrassment of it. Maybe that's why so many young children almost seem to go out of their way just to watch their parents' faces turn beet red!
By the time most of us have grown out of our early childhood years, we've learned enough about the world to have figured out what is and isn't acceptable according to society's rules. Some of us have to learn our lessons the hard way, though — just look at what this dad did to try to convince his 4-year-old to stop throwing temper tantrums in public!
It's not always bad behavior that leaves parents cringing, though. Sometimes, little kids just have no idea what's going on around them, such as this little boy who had an oopsie at the airport that will hopefully make him laugh when he gets a bit older. I might miss being a kid sometimes, but I sure am glad I'm a bit more socially graceful than I was a few decades ago!
If you're a parent, you'll definitely be able to relate to these embarrassing situations involving children. But don't worry! You're definitely not the only mom or dad to have dealt with these cringe-worthy problems of parenthood, and I guarantee you won't be the last.
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1. When they blow out the candles at another kid's birthday party
Hopefully the present you got them makes up for the trauma of believing their wish won't come true.
2. When they decide to cut their own hair
Repeat after me: It grows back. It grows back. It grows back…
3. When they discover Santa isn't real... and tell their entire class
Then you're forever known among your child's friends as The Grinch.
4. When they scream about how much they hate you in the middle of the grocery store
All because you wouldn't buy them the same cereal you already have sitting in your pantry.
5. When one of their drawings prompts their teacher to ask you some awkward questions
"No, Mrs. Johnson, I'm not beating him over the head with a club. That's just how he portrays me offering him a chicken drumstick for dinner."
6. When they decide to take off their clothes in public
To be honest, though, part of you wishes you still had that kind of confidence.
7. When they mispronounce a word in the worst way possible
"No, Mrs. Johnson. He meant that he loves peanuts."
8. When they comment very loudly about a stranger's body in public
And then you have to have a very long conversation about birthmarks when you get home.
9. When they get a hold of your smartphone and kindly update your social media for you
Then you have to explain why your daughter wrote "Hi mommy" on your friend's Facebook status about her grandmother's funeral.
10. When they start discovering the more detailed aspects of human anatomy
And you have to explain to your son why his friend Amy has a "front butt" and he doesn't.
11. When you have to go back to the grocery store to pay for the chocolate they somehow managed to steal
Well, that's the last time she wears anything with deep pockets for the next year or so.
12. When they decide that boogers go in their mouth instead of in a tissue
But as long as they aren't eating their friends' boogers, you consider yourself to be a parenting success story.
13. When they write their name all over something that's definitely not paper
On one hand, they have really nice handwriting for a five-year-old. On the other hand, you really hope that's not a Sharpie.
14. When they decide to pay a visit to another stall while you're in a public restroom
How did they even crawl under the stall door in the two seconds it took you to pull out a paper towel?
15. When they openly complain about a gift they received
"Don't worry — when he says he hates something and throws it across the room, it's just his way of saying that it's his favorite present ever."
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