Chances are, every secret we thought was a secret as children and teenagers was actually something our parents definitely knew and joked about...
Nothing is ever private in a family, especially when little kids or teens are involved. Teenagers tend to think their parents are technogically challenged morons who aren't paying attention when really every parent was once a teenager, and they usually know preciesly what their kids are up to. Young children can be expert pranksters, but they're often pretty messy when it comes to keeping secrets. Teenage boys, your mom knows why you're going through so many tissues. Clear your search histories, kids! You're not near as sneaky as you think you are. Also, everyone can smell that weed...
So, when a recent Reddit user asked moms, "what’s something you know about your kid(s) that they don’t think you know about them?" parents were ready to spill the tea.
1.
"Those tissues... You ain't got no cold, son." - Cerebral_Absence
2.
"My teenage daughter doesn’t know that I know she Snapchats with the boy she says she can’t stand and saves everything he sends her." - amandal0514
3.
"When learning a new word, our 18 month old runs into the kitchen (away from us so we can’t see him) and practices sounding out the word, thinking that we can’t hear him. Then he comes back into the family room to deliver the final product." - RedBeardMark
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"My 16yr old son watches cam-porn. If you are sitting in bed, laptop on your lap, think about how the screen might reflect off the picture behind you! Geez... At least close the tab when i come in the room..." - oneofeach1016
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"I know my 13 year old daughter takes an Uber to school when it’s raining or when she is running late. She doesn’t realise her Uber account is connected to my credit card and she must think the Uber fairy pays for it." - trainkpk85
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"I JUST explained to the wife why the boys socks are so crusty. She doesn't believe me." - carny66
7.
"When our family plays Go Fish with our 5 year old and one of us asks another player for a card, he snickers if he has the card. Every time." - crawlintothemoon
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"When our family plays Go Fish with our 5 year old and one of us asks another player for a card, he snickers if he has the card. Every time." - f-f-f*ckit
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"Since Christmas my almost six year old daughter has been leaving stones from the garden in front of my bedroom door. She’s been telling me it’s the stone fairy." - OilsGalore
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"I can hear my four year old son walking down the hall when he’s supposed to be in bed because he walks like a dinosaur." - big-girl-pants
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"I set alarms for the morning on the amazon echo. When I leave the room my daughter cancels them and I hear her snicker “no school tomorrow haha”. What she doesn’t realize is I also have an alarm clock and my phone. She’s five." - ChipAndDaleH20
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"My three year old daughter doesn’t understand whispering to herself isn’t the same as thinking in your head, she loves to call people idiots to herself and giggle not knowing we can all actually hear her." - JPKlaus
13.
"their reddit usernames." - higglety_piggletypop
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"My wife was the one to make the discovery but she doesn't use reddit much so I'll share on her behalf. When she revealed to our 7 year-old son that we can see everything he's searched on any device, he got terrified and embarrassed. The worst thing we found was YouTube searches for stuff like 'people showing their butts' or 'smooching'". - Danimals847
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"My teenage daughter has an electric toothbrush in her underwear drawer I'm pretty sure she masturbates with." - LovingDatDee
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"Christ. We have one of those fridge cameras. I was at the grocery store and I checked the cam as I often do. There was my son closing his ding dong in the fridge repeatedly. I must have been pretty horrified as I couldn't help but watch him just to try and figure out what he was doing. Is this some new age masturbation technique?" - KhAiMeLioN