Parenting

Mom to daughter: See? That’s why we don’t laugh in this family — you go and suffocate on your own vomit!

Portland, Oregon

Father: Honey, you can’t cry on the train. The conductor will kick us off.
Young daughter, crying: Can I cry on the bus?
Father, after thoughtful pause: Sure, you can cry on the bus.

MBTA Green Line
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Joe

Four-year-old girl: Daddy, can you hold my hand?
Disheveled father: I am not your personal hand holder!

Wal-Mart parking lot
Warminster, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Catty

Dad to howling toddler: Stop it! Suck it up! You don’t hear anyone else crying, do you?

United flight descending into O’Hare
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Jamaican father to crying son: Stop make a big-ass scene like some white boy!

Montreal
Canadia

Guy on phone: Hold on a minute, I just have to cut something off my daughter…

Jersey City, New Jersey

Mother to child in the girl's clothing aisle: No, you're not wearing a padded bra; you're six!

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Overheard by: me

Young girl from bathroom stall: Mom! There's no toilet paper in here!
Mother: I'd say that represents a failure in planning on your part.

Toronto
Canadia

Girl: I've heard that woman over there is giving away some of her kids.

Campinas
Brazil

Little girl: Mommy, can we have the monster beans? Mommy, look, they have monster beans, can we get the monster beans?
Mommy: Honey, I think that is the green giant.
Little girl: …or monster beans!

Dollar Tree
Nicholasville, Kentucky