Kids

Angry kid: Mom! I don’t want to go shopping!
Mom: We are not shopping — we are on an adventure!

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Overheard by: I love adventures

Little boy walking with two little girls: I think we should all hold hands. I think that I should be in the middle so you can both hold my hand.

Keene, New Hampshire

Eight-year-old: I got one!
Dad: Reel it in! Keep reeling!
Eight-year-old: Dad, take my hat off! [Dad takes hat off.] Dad, scratch my head!

Irvine Lake
Irvine, California

Overheard by: Sue

Rich mother: Well, you'll just have to hold it! You can't go to the bathroom around here! They are positively disgusting, you'll die!
Little child, crying: Please, mommy, I need to go!
Rich mother: Don't you value your life?

Annapolis, Maryland

Overheard by: Alex Ello

Five-year-old to grandma: You’re just jealous cuz you don’t like monkeys.

Target
Virginia

Overheard by: JH

Nine year-old girl: I want that shirt and you are going to get it for me. Any questions?
Mom: Many. Shut up and put the damn shirt back.

Target
Atlanta, Georgia

Mother to toddler son in stall: Honey, I really don’t understand your obsession with tights.

Arclight bathroom
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: flashback to my boyfriend’s childhood

Son: Mommy, why are you going through daddy's phone?
Mother: Because I love him!

Panera
Howell, New Jersey

Young girl in stall with mother: Mommy, what's that?
Mother to young girl: It's called pubic hair, sweetie…all women have it. When you get older, someday you will get some.
Young girl, mortified: Nooooooooooo!

Mall Restroom
Washington, DC

Overheard by: Monica

Woman to group of friends: I wish I was a little kid, so I could pick my butt whenever I wanted.

Disneyland
Anaheim, California