21 Hilarious Yet Humbling Things Kids Have Said To Parents

If there’s one thing kids can do, it’s keep their parents humble. You’re a mom or dad just going about your day, feeling pretty good about yourself, and in comes your offspring to knock you down a peg or two.

Granted, they’re (probably) not calling you out to hurt your feelings — they just operate with a brutal kind of honesty that can be both harsh and endearing at the same time. We asked parents to share some of their funniest stories about the humbling comments they’ve gotten from their kids. Read them below.

1. “My 3-year-old son told me out of the blue when we were playing the other day, ‘Mommy, you so beautiful!’ I said, ‘Aww, thanks buddy!’ And then he replied, ‘You look like Olaf’ (The snowman from ‘Frozen’).” — Mary A.

2. “During COVID, when our school district was offering some in-person instruction, my kids were home three days a week and in-person two days a week. Our neighbor asked my then-5-year-old how his teacher was. He said, ‘My school teacher is really good. My home teacher — not so much.’ I was his home teacher.” — Sarah J.

3. “After I put my pants on backwards I laughed at myself and said, ‘Look how silly!’ to my then-5-year-old, who responded in a quite exasperated tone: ‘And you’re in charge!?!’ Listen, dude, I’m as surprised as you are most days, but here we are.” — My Life Is The Pitts Family on Facebook

4. “I was sitting across the table from my daughter, just the two of us, when she said, ‘I love Mom.’ ‘That’s nice,’ I said — apparently unconvincingly, because she reached across the table to grab my arm like someone consoling a friend over coffee. ‘I like you, too!’ she said, giving my arm a slight squeeze. ‘It’s just, I love Mom.’ As a parent you don’t want your kid to be a people-pleaser, especially at the sake of their own feelings, so I loved that she wanted to assure me while also clarifying where I stand.” — Kevin Laferriere of @thedumbdads on Instagram

5. “Picked up my daughter, age 5, from preschool. She told me, ‘I made something for you at school today. And I was right! You DO have grey hair!’” — Maddie D.

6. “Son in college called to tell me he had met ‘the one’ — the girl of his dreams. He gushed about her for many minutes, then said, ‘Actually, she reminds me a lot of you, but without the annoying parts.’” — Kathy D.

7. “When my son was 3 and a half, I took him to a water park for the day,…