Some kids are just too smart for their own good— and when itcomes tousing their smarts against adults, unfortunately for the grown-ups, sometimes the children win. Here are 13kids who made the adults intheir lives question their own intelligence.
1. Magic aunty
My3-year-old niece andI were eating together inthe kitchen when she tells methat she has magic toopen any door she sees. Itold her toprove itand open the door toour pantry. She waves around her arms for amoment then points atthe door and yells, “Boom!”
Iasked why the door wasn’t opened, and she said she locked itforever, and itcan never open again. Iwanted tojokingly call her out onher lie, soI walked over tothe door, openedit, and told her she lied tome.
Then she started laughing atmethe way that 3-year-olds dowhen they find something really funny, Iwas confused for amoment, but then Irealized... she made meopen the door.... she made the door open....she can make doors open from all the way across the room. A3-year-old was playing mind games withme.©Oofmastre9000/ Reddit
2. “My7-year-old automated her chore.”
Itold my7-year-old she could get aguinea pig, like she’s been asking for for asolid 6months, ifshe remembered towater her plants onher own. She has not remembered, much toher frustration, sonoguinea pig.
Yesterday she comes uptoher dad and asks ifwehave any clear tubes, “Like this,” and shows him apicture from her science magazine. Hesays wedoand gets them from the shed for her. Later, she comes out ofher room and asks ifshe can use push pins. Heasks her what for, and she shows him the magazine again.
Hetakes acloser look, and itisastep-by-step illustrated guide tobuild asimple drip irrigation system. Hegoes toher room, and she has itmostly set upinthere. Helaughs uproariously, charmed byour daughter’s ingenuity and tickled because heknows how anti-guinea pig Iam.
“Um, come look atthis,” hesays, “Ithink Emily isonher way toher guinea pig.” Asanti-guinea pig asIam, the kid’s got aproblem-solving initiative.©AnselmDecker/ Reddit
3. Battleship bluff
Afew years ago, welived inanapartment next door toabusiness. Wewere pretty close with the owners and the staff.
One day, wewalked inand saw one ofthe workers sitting atthe end ofthe room playing Battleship with the owner’s daughter, probably 7or 8years old. Iasked how itwas going, and the bartender said something tothe effectof, “she’s beating mebad.”
Hemade his next call- “B2”
“Miss”
“Another one!?”
Ilooked atthe little girl’s board— she never placed any ofthe ships.©WatchTheBoom/ Reddit
4. She knows.
My5-year-old asked meaquestion, andI gave some made-up answer. She looked mestraight inmyeyes and said, “Just because Iam little doesn’t mean you have tolie tome. Ifyou don’t want toanswer, just sayso.” Igave her ahug and said Iam sorry.
She isnow 14. Ihaven’t lied toher since.©enterthedragynn/ Reddit
5. Timeout delight
Somydaughter knows ifshe’s misbehaving, I’ll send her toher room for atimeout. Right now, we’re really working onkeeping our clothes onand not getting sweet things without asking.
SoI’m puttering around the house and realize she’s been very quiet. Low and beholdI find her inher room reclining inher bed without clothing and her face isabsolutely covered inthe Ferrero Rocher her dad got mefor Valentine’s and the tin isright beside her, mostly empty.
She looks atme, shrugs and then pulls her blanketup... Irealize she absolutely knew I’d send her toher room for the chocolate stealing, soshe went ahead and put herself inthere with the chocolate. Iam both impressed and worried about what this means for our future.©OrdinaryMe345/ Reddit
6. Locked out
Myniece asked togoplay outside with the ball whileI was watching her. Iopened the door towalk out, and she dropped the ball, which started toroll down the hill. Ichased.
Icame back, proudly holding the ball, and realized she had locked meoutside ofthe house. She went back towatching TV. She was about 3at the time...
The look onher face asI pulled out mykeys and let myself back inwas priceless. She managed todoitagain about amonth later. Soshame onmefor not seeing itcoming that time.©DoomedWil13/ Reddit
7. Achild’s chip heist
Niece (2.5years) finds abag ofchips inthe living room. She starts eating the chips. Mom finds her and puts the bag onthe kitchen table, walks away. Niece isnow hanging with dad inthe living room.
Niece convinces dad toplay with the tunnel, insists that dad stick his head inthe tunnel. Keeps goading dad into the tunnel, dad ends upgetting stuck.
Niece runs tothe table, gets the chips and starts eating them, while her dad isthrashing around onthe floor, head and arms pinned inthis tunnel, flailing around like one ofthose inflatable tunnels from aused car lot shouting tohis wife tocome and help him.©Lioness_Circle/ Reddit
8. Big stick trick
Mygrandma tells astory from whenI was about 5or 6when wewere onawalk together, and she asked ifI wanted torace. Iwas apparently carrying abig stick that I’d found, soI yawned and told her, “No, I’m too tired torace.”
Afew minutes later, Iasked her, “Hey Grammy, would you carry mystick forme?” She tookit, andI immediately bolted. Having secured the element ofsurprise and slowed myopponent with the old Big Stick maneuver, Ieasily won that race.
Ido not remember this incident atall, but she thought itwas hilarious.©wiltylock/ Reddit
9. “Mywife found our 10-year-old’s negotiations for his allowance. Weshould add heis13now and doing asexpected.”
Dear [Redacted], I believe that I should be appointed more money per point of difficulty. I think you should post a board on the fridge stating worth's of chores just for a reminder, not for immediate attention. Though I would like if you could adhere to some of my thoughts of chosen payment options;
Recommended PPC (Price Per Chore):
Dishwashing: 3$ for management of washing off then storing dishes to their designated areas.
Clothes washing: 1$ per basket brought down and when told or seen, 2$ for completed laundry for a total of three dollars.
Trash out: 0.50¢ per trash taken out, and if I can manage the task, an extra 50¢ for wrapping and taking out trash.
Bonuses: An extra 50¢ for initiative of chores (no ask).
LifeLine: 10$ for serious or relatively bad harm to the body or mental state, as compensation.
This shall conclude my thoughts on payment and Lifeline for now. I want a new chore as written, and now I hope you will take notice of this and get back to me within the hour. © bismark9891075 / Reddit
10. Generosity meets business.
Back inmyStar Wars figure collecting days, Ifound anat-the-time rare Tatooine Darth Maul onthe shelf. Iwas gleeful and giddy...until Isaw the small child looking atthe figure, looking sad. SoIasked said child ifthey already had this figure...they saidno.
Now, Inever want tobethe kind ofcollector who takes atoy away from achild, soI hand itover. The child gleefully runs over totheir parents, and says, “Look what Igot, wecan put itoneBay”. ©stu-el/ Reddit
11. Outsmarting dad's timer
Weset atimer for our 5yo towatch 15minutes ofYouTube Kids onthe iPad atbedtime. Last nightI went inhis room half anhour later, and hewas still onitwatching YouTube. Iasked him how whenI had clearly set atimer.
This child went tothe settings menu, where you need toanswer amultiplication problem tochange the timer. Hethen went toAlexa inour bedroom and asked her what that answer was tothe math problem.©Rbk_3/ Reddit
12. Smart bathroom mouth
When Iwas around 4or 5years old, Istarted feeling uncomfortable taking baths with mymom, andI told herso.
She said, “What are you talking about, you never get too old tobathe with your mom!!” andI apparently answered “Fine! Then take abath with grandma!!” and mymom kept quiet real quick.©s*****afkom/ Reddit
13. Surprise dessert
Mywife andI were outsmarted bymyson when hewas 4. Wewould always allow him tohave asmall dessert— usually asmall chocolate (like aHershey kiss orsomething).
One day, Iwas home alone with him, and after dinner, and his dessert, hegoes, “Okay, time for mysurprise dessert!” Iask what thatis, and heexplains it’s asmaller dessert, that heshould get for doing something good. This sounds very specific, soI assumed mywife made itupwith him, soIgo get him like 3M&Ms orsomething. He’s happy, andI think nothing ofit.
Some time later, mywife asks whenI created “surprise dessert.” Itell herI didn’t, and she gives meastory very similar tothe oneI just explained above. That’s how myson got “surprise desserts” for like 3months without either ofhis parents ever thinking twice aboutit.©Rhinosaur24/ Reddit
Asmuch asthese children have aknack for keeping adults ontheir toes, these parents have aknack for being incredibly supportive, nomatter what.
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