I Promise the Social Worker Isn't Watching

Oblivious 12-year-old in pool, surrounded by floaty toys: Hey, hold my noodle while I mount this whale.

Victoria
Canadia

Posted on August 2, 2019
Animals, Canadia, Food, Offers and requests, Toys, Tweens, Weirdness

I Believe the Technical Term Is “Manure”

9-year-old boy, biking: Yo, what kind of flowers are they?
13-year-old brother, also biking: They be poppies an' calla-lilies an' peonies an' oleanders an' hydrangeas an' shit.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Phanatic

Posted on July 25, 2019
Kids, Pennsylvania, Questions, Siblings, Tweens, Words

But They Taste Like Country Crock

Nonchalant tween: My farts smell like I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!®

Moscow, Idaho

Overheard by: saturday morning

Posted on June 22, 2019
Burping & farting, Compare and contrast, Food, Idaho, Sensory experiences, Tweens

He Just Makes Gay Porn

13-year-old blonde: So then he was all “I told you it wasn't mine!”
13-year-old brunette: Ohmigod, how could he do that?
13-year-old blonde: I know! It was, like, “did you or didn't you sleep with him?” He's not even gay!

Canadia

Overheard by: Laura

Posted on March 28, 2019
Canadia, Sex, Sexuality, Tweens

Suicide Is the Clear Answer

Tween #1 waiting at bus stop: So, I wanna like him, but I don't want to, and I can't like him, 'cause I wanna like him, but I don't!…you know?
Tween #2: Wow, I know exactly what you mean!

London
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Great 'cause I sure don't

Posted on September 12, 2018
Canadia, Default, Questions, Relationships, Sexuality, Stupidity, Tweens

If Only Our TV Had an Off Switch!

Excited preteen girl to dad: Look, dad, it's Hannah Montana!
Dad: Honey, we get out of the house so that we don't have to sit around and watch this all day long.

Macy's
Bridgewater, New Jersey

Overheard by: AS

Posted on December 14, 2017
Compare and contrast, Dads, Default, Girls, Kids, Stores, TV shows, Tweens

I'm Just Psyched to Have the Opportunity to Mock It

Tween #1, excitedly: Oh my god! Look, it's High School Musical stuff!
Tween #2: I hate High School Musical.
Tween #1: Oh, well… so do I!

Hickory Hollow Mall
Nashville, Tennessee

Overheard by: i hate it too

Posted on February 18, 2017
Gripes, Malls, Stupidity, Tennessee, TV shows, Tweens

Gosh, I Miss The Osbournes.

Tween boy #1: I'm bummed. I grabbed my mom's iPod instead of mine this morning.
Tween boy #2: They look the same, how do you know it's not yours?
Tween boy #1: I have Radiohead and The Shins, she has Deicide and Cradle of Filth.
Tween boy #2: I love that woman.

High School
Florida

Overheard by: Sandy Paws