Story archives - tag: "kids"

HA!

When I asked him what size his shirt was, and he turned it around so he could check, I realized just how smart he actually was.

tags: kids smart funny [add]

2012-02-21 14:41:52 / Rating: 226.75 /

sensei

When one of our sixth graders asked the Chinese tour guide if he could read and write in Japanese I was glad he was not one of my students.

tags: wrong country kids [add]

2011-04-01 12:34:46 / Rating: 331 /

Inattentive Mother

My ten-month-old son had already called my boss and sent a nonsensical text to a guy I dumped five years ago before I realized the object in his small hand was not one of his Christmas presents.

tags: parenting babies kids [add]

2011-03-09 11:19:52 / Rating: 392.75 /

April

I was laying in bed snuggling with my 6 month old son when my brother called crying hysterically that his wife had just died in a car accident, leaving him a widow with 5 little kids to raise on his own.

tags: death brother kids bed snuggling accident car crying [add]

2010-02-24 15:27:56 / Rating: 468 /

I couldn't help but smile as my third grader threw the ball through the hoop and yelled, ''Touchdown!''

tags: kids humor [add]

2009-12-15 22:34:47 / Rating: 432.75 /

Mingle

My five-year-old son, not so patiently listening to the waitress chat, groaned, "When is she gonna get back there and make my pancakes?"

tags: kids pancakes [add]

2009-08-10 09:14:24 / Rating: 333 /

Craig

Out of the blue during diner, in an urgent voice, my 5-year-old said, "Daddy, tell me everything you know about vampires."

tags: kids vampires what does she know that I don't? undead [add]

2009-04-07 14:08:50 / Rating: 950 /

HollyGirl

As we walked down the "Feminine Products" aisle, my 3-year-old son grabbed a box of panty liners off the shelf and said, "Look, Mama, Mouse Diapers!"

tags: humor kids [add]

2009-01-23 14:19:42 / Rating: 514.5 /

Santa's Photographer

I saw Santa chuckle to himself and realized I had heard correctly, the little guy did ask for Chinese food for Christmas.

tags: santa photos humor kids [add]

2008-12-25 23:01:51 / Rating: 536.75 /

Rae

What is the correct answer when a six year old asks you what anal sex is?

tags: sex kids [add]

2008-10-22 12:56:39 / Rating: 437.25 /

VeDosis

My three-year-old son brought me my anti-depressants, asked me to take them and come outside and play.

tags: depression kids pills best medicine in the world [add]

2008-07-29 13:52:56 / Rating: 974.75 /

COD

Before I was a parent I never could have imaged that one day I would own both a horse and a saddle that are worth more than my car.

tags: parenting horses hobbies kids [add]

2008-07-07 14:18:03 / Rating: 434.75 /

I've Tasted Flight

Even though it was lodged somewhere in the bowels of the toilet, we could still hear it chirping.

tags: toy bird cat kids flush morning [add]

2008-05-21 15:35:22 / Rating: 479 /

Observer

His parents are as gothic as they come but he is a smiling, blonde haired kid with rosy red cheeks and happy blue eyes.

tags: kids contrast parents goth [add]

2008-04-18 10:16:18 / Rating: 410.25 /

Mark

At four, Sam ordered his first hamburger, and when the waitress asked, "Certainly, sir, medium?" replied indignantly, "No, large!"

tags: kids humor food [add]

2008-04-10 15:40:07 / Rating: 762.5 /

Kristin

The 3-year-old yells out the window to a vagrant with compassion, "Watch out man, the ants bite real bad!"

tags: kids children humor [add]

2007-07-06 09:52:07 / Rating: 578.25 /

Amanda

My five-year-old explained that he couldn't get out of bed because he was too sick, he "haves a cold AND a hot."

tags: humor kids sick [add]

2007-06-15 13:37:39 / Rating: 541.5 /

I've Tasted Flight

Upon asking my 5-year old son how many hotdogs he wanted for dinner, he said, "Ninety-nine five."

tags: humor kids hot dogs food [add]

2007-06-14 16:52:34 / Rating: 513.25 /

Drew_Almighty

My wife and I promise each other that our love for one another will always come first, but now that our daughter is actually here we both know we're lying when we say it.

tags: kids parenting love lying babies [add]

2006-10-18 14:27:23 / Rating: 708.5 /

Kris

I collected paper towel rolls for weeks, gave them to a group of kids and they created a human marble maze.

tags: creativity kids [add]

2006-08-09 23:28:14 / Rating: 377.75 /

COD

I drove 8 hours round trip to look at a horse with no mane.

tags: horses kids [add]

2006-08-09 16:18:16 / Rating: 428.25 /