'I didn't cut [my hair]. It fell out': 20+ Times kids were hilarious little troublemakers

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 13, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

Kids are endlessly creative. They absorb everything the people around them say and do, and then repeat that behavior in their own special ways. 

A lot of parents have had the hilarious experience of hearing their kids swear. At the tender age of three, you wouldn't think a child would be dropping f-bombs. And yet a lot of them overhear their parent flipping out at the driver who cut them off, and absorb the foul language they just heard. Then, once they proudly shout out some obscenities, they realize how funny it is to watch the adults around them squirm. That just makes the toddler want to shout their new vocab word as loud as possible! 

More than 2,400 parents shared the "funniest "bad" thing your child did that you had to punish them for while holding back laughter?" Some kiddos cut their own hair, then tried to deny it ("It fell out!" proclaimed one child with freshly trimmed ½ inch bangs). Cutting your own hair is almost a right of passage for a kid—and if not their own hair, than the hair of their siblings' dolls will get the snip. 

Read these funny anecdotes below, then read about the hastily-planned last minute wedding where "almost everything went wrong." 

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    Parents, what's the funniest "bad" thing your child did that you had to punish them for while holding back laughter?
    via u/Telefunkin
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    Iluvablondemexican ⚫ My boss has Red Sox season tickets. She gave me a pair so I could bring my then 10 year old son. We ended up on the "dance cam" on the big screen and my sweet baby boy decided to flip Fenway Park the bird.
    via u/Iluvablondemexican
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    traylblayzer Not a parent but when I was a kid I cursed and my mom washed my mouth out with soap, my response "mmhm its delicious"
    via u/traylblayzer
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    PonyJetpack I was driving with my kids in the car and was almost hit by a driver making a very stupid maneuver. I responded by angrily saying "Oh, now look at this guy." My 3 year old son then continued to repeat that phrase
    via u/PonyJetpack
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    for about a month, any time we were in traffic (Thankfully only in the presence of me). It was hard to correct with a straight face.
    via u/PonyJetpack
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    mainlyforshow Walking through the capital building with my then four year old son when a man on crutches with one amputated leg got into the same elevator as us. My son said, in stage whisper, "Mom, what happened to his leg?"
    via u/mainlyforshow
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    The man heard him and kindly said that he lost his leg a year ago. My son didn't miss a beat and said "Did you check between the couch cushions? My mom says she always loses in there." I was appalled. The man, on the other hand was laughing so hard he was crying.
    via u/mainlyforshow
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    Peter Van Nostrand . This just happenned a day ago. For reference, ive been recently calling people "turkeys" in the car when my son is there and i need to vent (son is three). So im picking wife and son up from the beach since parking is expensive. As im trying to turn around on this public street, these two
    via u/Peter Van Nostrand
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    young hellions are on bikes riding too close to my car as im in reverse. I say, "these kids should be more careful or theyre gonna get hit one day." My son says without a beat, "yeah, theyre turkeys." We were dying for a bit and told him not to say that word. Secretly i was proud he put that one together. It was
    via u/Peter Van Nostrand
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    exactly what i was thinking. Hes a chip off the old block.
    via u/Peter Van Nostrand
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    someoldbroad When my 22yo son was a little dude, the Uncanny X-men was our favorite cartoon. Burger King was putting X-men toys in their kids meals. We went through a drive- thru to get some, but he was too young and they gave him a Snoopy doll. His sister got Wolverine but he got Snoopy and he was
    via u/someoldbroad
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    p¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡issed. He hucked it out the window and yelled THROW SNOOPY IN THE FIRE. We all still say that sometimes when we're mad. Flight delayed? Throw Snoopy in the fire. Drop the maple syrup? Throw Snoopy in the fire. Find a scratch on the car? Throw Snoopy in the fire. Great mood leveler.
    via u/someoldbroad
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    HaricotsDeLiam For parent-teacher conferences one year, we had to make a four- square about our parents and share it with them. One of the instructions was that we had to describe three things that they do. I wrote about my father: "Dad. Drives a Jeep. Drinks beer. Yells a lot."
    via u/HaricotsDeLiam
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    SU Sarnick18 Not a parent, hopefully soon, but was a preschool teacher for 5 years. Up in the two year old room saying hi and this toddler brushes his teeth and drops his tooth brush. With the response "oh ". The teacher
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    corrected his behavior with "you can't say that!" He then replied "oh I forgot". I walked out dying of laughter.
    via u/Sarnick18
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    3rdcultureidentity ⚫ My kid: My brain wants me to call you a poopoo head, but I don't want to be How do you even respond to that?
    via u/3rdcultureidentity
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    eeeebbs I got cut off in traffic recently, and knowing my 2.5 year old daughter was in the back seat I held it together with a simple "are ya kiddin' me buddy!?" and open- hand raise. Proud of my restraint I smiled at my daughter in the rear view mirror; another day of successful parenting...
    via u/eeeebbs
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    Until she piped up: "was he a juicebag mom?". It's hard to drive and discipline and cry laugh and hide your face at the same time.
    via u/eeeebbs
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    I am due to have my second son next week. It has been difficult for me to bend or to lift my 18 mo son. Now my son loves bath time up until it's time to dress for bed. He always throws a fit when it's time to get out of the shower. This little dude thought himself so smart because he will
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    lay flat on the ground. where mama can't reach him. His papa was laughing too hard to be of much help.
    via r/AskReddit
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    kipopadoo Some family friends of my parents had a 4 year old daughter who kept climbing into bed with them in the middle of the night. Finally, they decided to not let it happen anymore. That night, she got there, and they told her no more and get back to her own bed, etc.
    via u/kipopadoo
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    She stomped to the door, opened it, turned around, and yelled, "A family isn't a family if they can't sleep together! I'm moving to Florida!"
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    [deleted] My 6 yr old son came downstairs crying with huge red marks on his arm. "Clemmie bit me!" "CLEMENTINE!" I yelled. Our 2 yr old bounced downstairs. "Clementine, what did you do?" "I ate him."
    via u/[deleted]
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    BoneYard Betty My daughter is a peach, she behaves wonderfully, but... Dear that kid. This happened right after she turned five. She comes into the room with jagged bangs that were literally maybe half an inch in some places. Right in her forehead, and much too short for me to fix. It was terrible.
    via u/BoneYard Betty
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    I gasped and go, "Spawn of Bone Yard, why did you cut your hair?!" She grabbed a lock of hair, looked me in the eye, and with a straight face, said, "I didn't cut it. It fell out."
    via u/BoneYard Betty
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    I lost it. I legitimately ran out of the room, couldn't breathe, I just couldn't. Daddy dealt with that one.
    via u/BoneYard Betty
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    awneekah I was the child in the scenario. I was maybe 3 or 4, and was napping. My dad, oh...my dad...fell asleep too because you sleep when your child sleeps. My mom was at work at the time.
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    Well, if you think that was the biggest mistake he could've made, you are wrong. He left, in plain reach of his toddler, a GIANT sharpie marker. So what do I do? I proceed to draw on everything in the apartment. Furniture, walls, blinds, curtains, bedding, myself, clothes, the floor, even my dad.
    via u/awneekah
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    He says he woke up in a panic, for good reason. He called my mom, who began screaming with laughter, and said it was his fault for leaving it in my reach, and he'd better get the security deposit back.
    via u/awneekah
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    He was so panicked he couldn't be mad, and my mom tried to be stern when she got home, but she reports it was very hard for her to do as my dad had sharpie on his face.
    via u/awneekah
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    psychogeek94 Son's teacher had to pull me aside one morning years ago and ask that we have a talk with our then 1st grader about randomly singing Motley Crue lyrics, especially when the only line he could remember was "Shout at the Devil!"
    via u/psychogeek94
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    Earthling03 I had to carry my kid off the playground and, as I was hauling him off, he yelled, "Amber Alert, Amber Alert!!" He is still a smart and makes me laugh for saying things he knows are naughty but not actually banned. He actually scolds me for cussing.
    via u/Earthling03
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    more_cheese_please_ · My 2 year old son regularly refers to our cat as "little ." In traffic he also likes to look out the window at the car next to us and point to them and call the driver". I need to watch my language.
    via u/more_cheese_please_
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    C [deleted] Apparently when i was 3-4 years old i would roll down the window in the car look at the person stopped in the lane next to us and be like "hey good lookin" My dad had a talk with me but even then he was still half laughing
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    NiacTD When he was 3 or 4, my son told his grandmother to "Get in kitchen and make my sausages, woman!" He is now an adult and has a 3 year old daughter that is definitely paying him back.
    via u/NiacTD
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    [deleted] My autistic son, money in hand, went up to Christmas carolers singing outside the grocery store, and asked them, "Stop singing, please." A voice of both earnestness and absolute authority.
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    To be honest, he was doing all of us a favor. P.S. I just did a pretend "oh buddy, that's not a nice thing to say", light scold while moving on and attempting to explain our weird rules of society.
    via u/[deleted]
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    meloadev When my kid's were 2 and 4 I ran away to take a quick pee break. Walked back into the room to them riding a mattress down the stairs.
    via u/meloadev

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