Try It and You're Outtie.

Dad to kid: Come back here, or I'll have to beat you!
Kid, indignant: You can't beat me! I'm a belly button!

Wal-Mart
Pasco, Washington

Posted on June 23, 2009
Body parts, Dads, Kids, Parenting, Stores, Threats, Violence, Washington

Naming Her “Charmin” Was the Right Call

Girl: Your child is adorable.
Proud father: Yes, she's so fluffy and absorbent!

Yarmouth, Maine

Overheard by: Jade

Posted on December 28, 2008
Compliments, Dads, Default, Girls, Kids, Maine, Offspring, Parenting, Words

A Lot of Those Babies Are Really Wrinkly

Guy: Dude, it's not like you can get Botox while you're breastfeeding.
Girl: Why not?

Zeitgeist Bar
San Francisco, California

Posted on December 3, 2008
Bars & Clubs, Default, Girls, Guys, Kids, Parenting, Questions, San Francisco, Stupidity

White People: “We're Not Touching This One.”

Fat black woman to son running away: Don't make me go African American on your ass, now get back here!

Shafer Dining
Richmond, Virginia

Overheard by: Lacy

Posted on December 2, 2008
Black people, Default, Fat people, Moms, Offers and requests, Parenting, Race, Restaurants, Virginia, Women, Words

Life's a Privilege, Not a Right

Mom: Then I'd have to kill you.
Daughter: Why?
Mom: Because that's my job as a mother.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/391884301/she-used-to-have-two-kids.html

Overheard by: glad I'm not her daughter

Posted on November 29, 2008
Default, Girls, Moms, Murder, Overheard in Minneapolis, Parenting, Threats, Weirdness

Just Wait

College girl #1: And I want to see babies running around soon.
College girl #2: Yeah, I definitely want children. I'm *so* horny. I want babies.
College girl #1: Yeah, they're starting to grow on me. I mean, I definitely want kids. And I want to be a young mom, like I want to have kids by 25. I don't want to be one of those moms who just throw their kids outside and tell them to have fun.

Washington, DC

Overheard by: Danielle

Posted on November 1, 2008
Age and ageing, Default, Girls, Kids, Parenting, Pregnancy, Sorority types, Washington, DC, Wishes

Because at the Moment I'm a Good Dad

Voice across patio: So, I'm trying to be good mom, so I took the gonorrhea test. I'm all about the penis.

Billings, Montana

Posted on October 25, 2008
Default, Montana, Parenting, Penis, STDs

Excellent– Let the Beatings Begin

Mom: Honey, don't eat your boogers!
Two-year-old: But mommy, I like them!
Mom, exasperated: Go to your dad.

Supermarket
St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Ryskie

Posted on October 16, 2008
Default, Kids, Missouri, Moms, Offers and requests, Parenting, Stores

Puberty Should Be Fun

Precocious five-year-old girl: Lipstick! Lipstick! I want lipstick!
Harried mother: Okay, fine, you can pick out one lip gloss. But your father will get really mad if he finds out, because he says…
Precocious five-year-old girl: I know, he says, “we shouldn't waste money, blah blah blah…”

Target Cosmetics Section
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: Becca

Posted on September 20, 2008
Default, Fashion, Georgia, Girls, Kids, Malls, Moms, Money, Parenting, Wishes

Forgot I Glued It to My Palm for Convenience

Little girl walking behind mom: Mom, did you hit me in the head with your phone!
Mom: No, I didn't, I don't even have my phone out! (looks down at hand) Oh, yes I do. Did it hurt?

Eskimo Joe's
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Overheard by: Cameron

Posted on September 2, 2008
Cell phones, Default, Kids, Moms, Oklahoma, Parenting, Questions

Parenting