Little girl trying on boots: Mom, can I get them?
Mom: Yes, but you have to take them off.
Little girl: Will you help me?
Mom: No, if you don’t know how to take your own shoes off by now, I’ve done something very wrong.
Little girl, in low voice, taking boots off: …you have.
Target
Bellingham, Washington
Overheard by: Rachel
Mother: Hey, you could get a job at Build-A-Bear.
Exasperated daughter: No I couldn’t, they have to wear khaki pants and denim shirts.
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Overheard by: what?s wrong with that?
Mom gripping three kids by their collars with one hand while pointing with each word at each kid with her other hand: I. Don’t. Want. To. Hear. Another. Word. About. Sticking. Something. Up. Your. Asses!
Toy aisle, Wal-Mart
Columbia, Missouri
Overheard by: keller-wish i’d gotten there fifteen seconds earlier
Mother in bathroom stall with four-year-old son: No, no, you’re peeing on mommy. Aim lower! Aim lower!
Chili’s
Augusta, Georgia
Man at airport: I’m gonna go hug that kid. Maybe then his mom will start keeping an eye on him.
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Overheard by: tim
Little girl, singing: You got a fat butt, you got a fat butt!
Mother: Now sweetie, that’s not nice to say about mommy.
Little boy: But its true!
Dressing Room
Union, New Jersey
Overheard by: Sarah
Little girl in next stall: But what if Old Faithful starts going while we’re not out there?
Girl’s mother: Well, you’ll have to pee really quickly so mommy can pee and then we can go.
Little girl: But you take a long time to pee.
Mother: Yes, I know.
(pause)
Little girl: You take a long time to pee.
Mother: Well, thank you for announcing that to the entire bathroom.
Restroom, Old Faithful Inn
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Mother to screaming child: Look, if it were up to me, you could watch all the porn you want.
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Mother to little boy: Stop that! You’re gonna hurt your scrotum!
Boston, Massachusetts
Little girl, excitedly building snowman: Mommy, look, look! This could be his hat!
Mother: No, Shelly.
Little girl, dejectedly: But mommy…
Mother, exasperated: No! It’s not even proportionate to the snowman!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Only in Boston…
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