…for Chip ‘n’ Dale

Little boy, covered in glitter: Mom! Casey’s whompin’ glitter on me again!
Little girl: I am not!
Mother: She’s just tryin’ to make you look pretty!

Magic Kingdom, Disney World
Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: Natalie

Posted on April 29, 2026
Beauty, Compare and contrast, Family ties, Florida, Girls, Gripes, Guys, Kids, Moms, Tourist attractions

Ever Wonder What Happens to the Child Actors on SVU?

Mother to impatient son: Do you want to show me how you count?
Five-year-old: Ok. One. Two. Three. Fuck.
Mother: What!? Adam*, you know you’re not supposed to say…
Four-year-old: Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
Mother: Adam*, I said stop! That’s a very, very bad word.
Four-year-old, putting hands on ears: You fuck, you fuck, you fuck.

Holt Renfrew
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: M

Posted on April 28, 2026
Canadia, Default, Etiquette, Insults, Kids, Moms, Should have used a condom, Stores, Weirdness, Words

Chyna’s a Great Role Model for Girls

Seven-year-old girl: Mom, when I grow up I wanna be big and beautiful.
Mom: What?
Seven-year-old girl: You heard me, big and beautiful!

Target, Connecticut

Posted on April 28, 2026
Age and ageing, Beauty, Connecticut, Default, Girls, Kids, Moms, Questions, Stores, Wishes

If I Ever Figure Out Who He Is

Woman with four kids in front of a bondage window display: See that? That’s what I want to do to your dad, get him all tied up and just whip the shit out of him!

The Crypt
Denver, Colorado

Posted on April 20, 2026
Default, Family ties, Kink, Moms, Stores, Weirdness, Wishes

Experimental Music Has Really Jumped the Shark

Little kid in stroller: Ouaf! Waf! Ggrrr! Ouaf!
Mom: Oh yeah! Yeah!
Little kid in a stroller: Ouaf! Waf! Ggrrr! Ouaf!
Mom: Yeah! That’s it. Yeaaaah!

St Laurent Boulevard
Montréal
Canadia

Overheard by: Augustime

Posted on April 20, 2026
Canadia, Default, Kids, Language barrier, Moms, Words

Thanks, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome!

Mother, to three-year old in stroller: Oh, ha ha ha! You’re retarded.

Paducah, Kentucky

Posted on March 23, 2026
Kentucky, Mental illnesses, Moms, Offspring, Weirdness

If We’d Really Won, We’d Still Have Those Cool Accents

Boy holding a box of revolutionary war army men: Mom, who won this war?
Mom: Y’know, I’m not sure.

Craft Store
Wisconsin

Posted on March 4, 2026
Education, History, Kids, Moms, Questions, Stores, Stupidity, Weirdness, Wisconsin

Do You Want to Go to Epcot? Do You?

Mother to daughter: You don’t want to piss me off in the happiest place on earth!

Disneyland
Anaheim, California

Posted on March 4, 2026
Advice, California, Compare and contrast, Geography, Happiness, Kids, Moms, Pop culture

Do I Have to Rationalize for Everyone in This Family?

Fat kid: Mom, I wanna go on a diet.
Fat mom: You don’t need to go on a diet, you’re too young!
Fat kid: You aren’t too young.
Fat mom: Shush.

Meat Section at Publix
Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: Trevor Allen

Posted on February 23, 2026
Advice, Age and ageing, Comebacks, Compare and contrast, Diet & weight, Fat people, Florida, Moms, Should have used a condom, Stores, Wishes

I Knew I Should’ve Let the Doctor Keep You a Girl

Mother to ten-year-old son at supermarket check-out queue: And then we’ll go and look for a dress for me.
Ten-year-old son: I’m not going clothes shopping with you. You go in every shop, you try everything on, you never like anything and come home with nothing and I’m not standing around waiting!
[All male members of the queue cheer.]

Luton
England

Posted on February 11, 2026
Character, Clothes, Feelings, Gripes, Guys, Moms, Offers and requests, Shopping, Stores, Tweens, UK

Moms