‘Mom, you need to shower’: 15+ times young kids embarrassed their parents in public

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 21, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

When you're a kid, you constantly fear that your parents are going to embarrass you in public. For instance, I will never forget that one time when I was 11 years old and going to the movies with my whole family, an activity that led to major embarrassment when my Dad was grooving to the music during the previews. I was mortified that a friend or classmate from school was at the theater and would see my father dance like nobody was watching because everyone was watching.

Now, what kids don't realize is that parents also are afraid that their kids will embarrass them in public by blurting out a naive comment, insensitive remark, or revealing the truth about them in mixed company. 

These folks understand that embarrassment all too well. Keep scrolling below for their cringe-worthy stories and for the subsequent fallout. For more, check out this compilation of throwback starterpack memes.

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    Parents of Reddit, what is the most embarrassing thing your toddler said out loud in public?
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    AngryZen_Ingress Not really embarrassing but my son once announced to daycare that I had died. It was a severe shock to them when I picked him up. Now my niece once announced at a family dinner that she wanted a f loudly. We all turned and looked at this little 3 year old and her mother said she'd work on speech therapy with her as she handed her daughter a FORK.
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    [deleted] In a public restroom, I had my toddler with me in the stall, where she loudly exclaimed, "Wow! That's a really big pop! Good job, mommy!"
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    VVHYY. Four year old son was misbehaving in a store, and I told him if he didn't control himself we were going to leave. He escalated, and I picked him up and carried him through the entire store. He was surprisingly putting up little fight. As we pass the checkout lanes he loudly says "Hey mister, put me down!" I didn't hesitate, didn't make eye contact with anyone, just turned beet red and kept marching out the door.
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    ponchojukebox During a private Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) ceremony with veterans, my 3-year-old sher diaper. I changed her in a back room and when we I came out, it was the moment of silence. She slammed the door and yelled to all the vets, "I just had a BIG p And it had PEANUTS in it!"
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    thebroklahoman My friends daughter (~2.5 y/o) saw another kid in the grocery store with a toy truck, and out of nowhere says "I want that fu' truck...” in an angry tone Not the funniest thing to read, I know, but we've been saying that in a baby voice for the last few years and it always cracks us up.
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    foshjowler When I was little (under 5) my dad would jokingly ask if I wanted a cold beer. I would always respond with "no." Until one day when we were in the grocery store, he asked if I wanted anything, to which I replied: "a cold beer" while we were standing in line.
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    TishraDR. I was with a group of friends and was asked if I drink. I said I don't really, and my daughter said "but mom, you drink all the time." She had no idea the difference between drinking alc and drinking everything else.
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    twillsteele My son came home from kindergarten with his backpack full of canned food. When pressed about the issue he confidently stated that he had told the teacher he was hungry and we didn't have any food at home! They had sent him home with the donations for those in need!! We got him to return the food the next day... Its a funny story we tell now but talk about embarrassed!!!
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    mmartinho94 Me and my 3 y.o were at my moms house & to get her to leave I told her, cmon we have to go home and take a shower, to make her laugh I said we need a shower because our bums are stinky Later when we got home in a full elevator, my daughter turns to me and says, " Mom you need to shower because your bum is stinky" I was mortified.
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    El__Jeffe After watching 101 Dalmatians the day before, I was grocery shopping with my daughter. We crossed paths with an old Lady in a somewhat dirty church suit and tons of makeup with sloppy red lipstick. My daughter points at her and says, "daddy, that's a bad lady". The lady did kind of look like Cruela DeVille...
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    Anonymousse228. My child isn't old enough to talk yet but when I was little and we were on holiday my dad used to get me to say I was younger than I was so we could get into theme parks cheaper. When we were on our way back, the gentleman at passport control asked me how old I was and I turned to my dad and said "how old am I today daddy?"
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    meta_uprising. Daughter was practicing ballet. Me and my 4 year old son were in the room behind the glass which is full of families watching and waiting. I was showing my son youtube videos to keep him calm. He says "Why are we watching naked spiderman videos"?
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    Librariankat98. After hearing the phrase in a movie, my little one yelled, "Put me down you idiot!" in church.
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    Nitin2015. Turns to the lady behind us in line at the grocery store and says: "Lady, you're f◎ and your dog is ugly."
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    flippenzee Carrying my daughter back from the bathroom through a crowded hipster brunch spot while she shouted 'HE F TED!!' at every single table. In case there was any confusion she was also pointing at my face.
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    daleksarecoming. My mom loves to tell this story. We were at Catholic mass. I was 2-3 years old. They ring the altar bell in mass at some point. They ring it, the church is dead quiet, and I screamed "Telephone!!!"
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    lilpastababy. Mine innocently pointed out TWO different people's teeth back to back. Made me think of Oprah. And YOU have s teeth, and YOU have S ]teeth!
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