Moms

Mother: Honey, you're not lazy.
Four-year-old son: Yes, I am!
Father, smiling: No, you're not.
Four-year-old son: I am! I am lazy! What does “lazy” mean?

Coral Gables, Miami

Daughter: You don't remember his mom?
Mother: Not the one with the cool back hair.

Canton, Ohio

Overheard by: Kaylah

Mom to well-behaved 18-month-old son: You're about to be on eBay!

Washington, DC

Mother to crying newborn: Wah, wah, wah! Your life is so hard!

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Australia

Mother of musical theater fan: Oh, I didn't know Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote that. Well, maybe I did, but you weren't my daughter then.

Canadia

Woman with three young daughters: Okay girls, we're spies… On the search for sparkly heels. Look everywhere!

Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Mom: No! We do not throw balls at people! Do not ever let me catch you throwing a ball!

Toy Store
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: huh?

Obese little girl, singing: Where'd you get your body from? I got it from my mama! I got it from my mama!
Really obese mother: Shhh!

Charlestown
NSW
Australia

Obese teenager to mom: I wish I had an ice cream maker built into my steering wheel.
Mother: Stop.

Mobile, Alabama

Mother to four-year-old daughter: You're forgetting mummy is mummy and not daddy. Daddy is the one who cares.

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Australia