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<h2>If you tell a child to keep an embarrassing or private family secret to themselves, you should still fully expect their entire school to know about it by the end of the day...</h2><p>While children are often adorable, hilarious, and charmingly curious about the world, they&#39;re not usually advanced in deciphering what should and shouldn&#39;t be public knowledge. Telling their first grade teacher all about their dad&#39;s affair with the neighborhood yoga instructor seems like a perfect way to spend the third grade class morning meeting to an 8-year-old. Although most teachers remain professional about funny or awkward family gossip a student may have proudly spilled to them during the multiplication competition, they sometimes can&#39;t help but laugh. </p><p>So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lkitqv/teachers_of_reddit_what_amusing_family_secrets/">Reddit</a> user asked teachers, &quot;what amusing family secrets did you accidentally learn from your overly talkative students?&quot; educators everywhere were ready to reveal the funniest facts they&#39;ve learned about their students&#39; families.</p><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>one child entertained at Show and Tell with a complete report on the new alarm system in their house including the code and where the keypad was located behind the curtains! - SpeedyPrius</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>We were talking about calling 911, but what a real emergency is. This is tricky with 10-year-olds because you want to use real emergency examples, but not freak them out. One kid...... &quot;so if your mom gives birth in the kitchen, that&#39;s an emergency.&quot;</p> <p>Sure enough mom picks him up with his baby brother who was born last week in their kitchen. - icamom</p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>I used to do science programming for kids. In the middle of a library summer reading program, I picked a little girl, probably about 4-5 years old, to come up and be my volunteer for a magic trick, which then you explained the science of after it was done. I asked what her name was, she said it into the mic, zero shyness in front of approximately 200 kids and adults. I asked if she had ever heard of the &ldquo;trick&rdquo; we were going to do and she said, &ldquo;Nope! My favorite dinosaur is a triceratops! And I like your shoes! My dad is back there HI DAD but my mom couldn&rsquo;t come tonight because she got a shot in her butt and can&rsquo;t sit on the hard chairs this place has.&rdquo; Dad (and all the other adults in the audience) were dying. - Detective_Meow</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>not me, but my husband has a student whose mom has a massive crush on him.</p> <p>She tells him all the time about how her mom primps before they do anything online, so she can lean in and say hi to him. - Apprrr16</p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>Worked at an afterschool program run by the YMCA. Once had a 4th grader explain to me in detail how her sister was also her cousin. they had the same dad and their moms were sisters, so half siblings through dad and 1st cousins through moms. having a 9 year old run you through that is quite a trip. - F0zzysW0rld</p> </blockquote><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>My sister wrote in her daily journal in grade 1 that our parents had a shower together the night before. Teacher wrote &quot;What a great way to save water!&quot; - Careful-Drama</p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>If someone in your family is pregnant, and you&#39;ve told your child, I already know. - WildMage89</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>One of my students once said &quot;Mummy wants to know if you want to come round for tea because daddy is away at work&quot;</p> <p>The mother couldn&#39;t look at me for weeks on the playground, cause I think she heard her daughter ask me. - Fallen189</p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>4th grade. A student on Zoom the other day asked why another student had been gone a few weeks, and we all heard his mom in the back yell, &quot;Boy, that is nunna yo damn business!&quot; before he muted. I almost burst laughing but I held my composure. - UndercoverPackersFan</p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>I had a child once playing on the tire swing. He was a veeeeeeeeerrry serious kid and he looked me dead in the eye and said how much he liked the swing at daycare and how when he grew up he wanted to have a swing just like his mummy and daddy did in their bedroom... Looking his parents in the eye that day telling them he had a good day and keeping silent was difficult. - Telfaatime</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>Two girls in middle school were nextdoor neighbors and always marveled about how much they looked alike. - hate_politics</p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;Daddy had to sleep on the couch last night because mommy found out about his girlfriend.&rdquo; - Zjackrum</p> </blockquote><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>It was my own child actually. My husband had just quit smoking and my daughter was in kindergarten had proceeded to go and tell everybody that her father had quit doing drugs. Tobacco=drugs. I had quite a number of coworkers and parents come asking me if everything was okay at home. - Thelazywitch</p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>Used to teach prekindergarten. I had one kid who would tell me every month when her mom was on her period. &quot;Mrs. A, my mom is bleeding from her butt again.&quot; - Ivlarie84</p> </blockquote><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>A kid in one of my classes told me that they learned that Santa isn&#39;t real, and in fact, it&#39;s actually their parents eating the milk and cookies. But, as they said, &quot;It&#39;s not right they have to make the milk and cookies and eat it. They cook for me and I eat it. So I learned how to make cookies and pour milk now!&quot;</p> <p>So wholesome! They told me they have a younger sibling, and they&#39;re going to keep making milk and cookies for &quot;Santa&quot; until their sibling gets older and they&#39;ll teach them how to do it too! - OpenLocust</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>My step brother was in kindergarten &amp; his teacher overheard him say to about 5 other kids, &quot;I&#39;ve been to hell &amp; back &amp; let me tell you, it&#39;s f*ckin scary!&quot; The teacher had to discipline him but then right after stepped out of the room &amp; proceeded to laugh her a*s off - boots311</p> </blockquote><h2>17.</h2><blockquote> <p>I once had a student explain to me that all his neighbors were mad at his dad. I asked him why, kid goes on to tell me his dad had started a fire for insurance money and lit the whole car port on fire. Many cars were lit on fire that night. - sunshinec***</p> </blockquote><h2>18.</h2><blockquote> <p>Me: That&#39;s a beautiful dress.</p> <p>Student: Thank you! My mother says it&#39;s a bitch to iron! *smiling innocently* - infomanss</p> </blockquote><h2>19.</h2><blockquote> <p>When my daughter was in Kindergarten, I was at a parent-teacher conference, and the teacher said something about my daughter&#39;s little sister dying. Apparently my child wrote a lovely story about her little sister dying and the &quot;trashman taking her away&quot;.</p> <p>My daughter is my youngest child. I had my tubes tied after she was born. There was never a little sister. - theunperfectfamily</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2> </h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

19 teachers reveal the funniest family secret they accidentally learned from a student.

If you tell a child to keep an embarrassing or private family secret to themselves, you should still fully expect their entire school to know about it by the end of the day...While children are often adorable, hilarious, and charmingly curious about the world, they&#39;re not usually advanced in deciphering what should and shouldn&#39;t be public knowledge. Telling their first grade teacher all about their dad&#39;s affair with the neighborhood yoga instructor seems like a perfect way to spend the third grade class morning meeting to an 8-year-old. Although most teachers remain professional about funny or awkward family gossip a student may have proudly spilled to them during the multiplication competition, they sometimes can&#39;t help but laugh. So, when a Reddit user asked teachers, &quot;what amusing family secrets did you accidentally learn from your overly talkative students?&quot; educators everywhere were ready to reveal the funniest facts they&#39;ve learned about their students&#39; families.1. one child entertained at Show and Tell with a complete report on the new alarm system in their house including the code and where the keypad was located behind the curtains! - SpeedyPrius 2. We were talking about calling 911, but what a real emergency is. This is tricky with 10-year-olds because you want to use real emergency examples, but not freak them out. One kid...... &quot;so if your mom gives birth in the kitchen, that&#39;s an emergency.&quot; Sure enough mom picks him up with his baby brother who was born last week in their kitchen. - icamom 3. I used to do science programming for kids. In the middle of a library summer reading program, I picked a little girl, probably about 4-5 years old, to come up and be my volunteer for a magic trick, which then you explained the science of after it was done. I asked what her name was, she said it into the mic, zero shyness in front of approximately 200 kids and adults. I asked if she had ever heard of the &ldquo;trick&rdquo; we were going to do and she said, &ldquo;Nope! My favorite dinosaur is a triceratops! And I like your shoes! My dad is back there HI DAD but my mom couldn&rsquo;t come tonight because she got a shot in her butt and can&rsquo;t sit on the hard chairs this place has.&rdquo; Dad (and all the other adults in the audience) were dying. - Detective_Meow 4. not me, but my husband has a student whose mom has a massive crush on him. She tells him all the time about how her mom primps before they do anything online, so she can lean in and say hi to him. - Apprrr16 5. Worked at an afterschool program run by the YMCA. Once had a 4th grader explain to me in detail how her sister was also her cousin. they had the same dad and their moms were sisters, so half siblings through dad and 1st cousins through moms. having a 9 year old run you through that is quite a trip. - F0zzysW0rld 6. My sister wrote in her daily journal in grade 1 that our parents had a shower together the night before. Teacher wrote &quot;What a great way to save water!&quot; - Careful-Drama 7. If someone in your family is pregnant, and you&#39;ve told your child, I already know. - WildMage89 8. One of my students once said &quot;Mummy wants to know if you want to come round for tea because daddy is away at work&quot; The mother couldn&#39;t look at me for weeks on the playground, cause I think she heard her daughter ask me. - Fallen189 9. 4th grade. A student on Zoom the other day asked why another student had been gone a few weeks, and we all heard his mom in the back yell, &quot;Boy, that is nunna yo damn business!&quot; before he muted. I almost burst laughing but I held my composure. - UndercoverPackersFan 10. I had a child once playing on the tire swing. He was a veeeeeeeeerrry serious kid and he looked me dead in the eye and said how much he liked the swing at daycare and how when he grew up he wanted to have a swing just like his mummy and daddy did in their bedroom... Looking his parents in the eye that day telling them he had a good day and keeping silent was difficult. - Telfaatime 11. Two girls in middle school were nextdoor neighbors and always marveled about how much they looked alike. - hate_politics 12. &ldquo;Daddy had to sleep on the couch last night because mommy found out about his girlfriend.&rdquo; - Zjackrum 13. It was my own child actually. My husband had just quit smoking and my daughter was in kindergarten had proceeded to go and tell everybody that her father had quit doing drugs. Tobacco=drugs. I had quite a number of coworkers and parents come asking me if everything was okay at home. - Thelazywitch 14. Used to teach prekindergarten. I had one kid who would tell me every month when her mom was on her period. &quot;Mrs. A, my mom is bleeding from her butt again.&quot; - Ivlarie84 15. A kid in one of my classes told me that they learned that Santa isn&#39;t real, and in fact, it&#39;s actually their parents eating the milk and cookies. But, as they said, &quot;It&#39;s not right they have to make the milk and cookies and eat it. They cook for me and I eat it. So I learned how to make cookies and pour milk now!&quot; So wholesome! They told me they have a younger sibling, and they&#39;re going to keep making milk and cookies for &quot;Santa&quot; until their sibling gets older and they&#39;ll teach them how to do it too! - OpenLocust 16. My step brother was in kindergarten &amp; his teacher overheard him say to about 5 other kids, &quot;I&#39;ve been to hell &amp; back &amp; let me tell you, it&#39;s f*ckin scary!&quot; The teacher had to discipline him but then right after stepped out of the room &amp; proceeded to laugh her a*s off - boots311 17. I once had a student explain to me that all his neighbors were mad at his dad. I asked him why, kid goes on to tell me his dad had started a fire for insurance money and lit the whole car port on fire. Many cars were lit on fire that night. - sunshinec*** 18. Me: That&#39;s a beautiful dress. Student: Thank you! My mother says it&#39;s a bitch to iron! *smiling innocently* - infomanss 19. When my daughter was in Kindergarten, I was at a parent-teacher conference, and the teacher said something about my daughter&#39;s little sister dying. Apparently my child wrote a lovely story about her little sister dying and the &quot;trashman taking her away&quot;. My daughter is my youngest child. I had my tubes tied after she was born. There was never a little sister. - theunperfectfamily  

If you tell a child to keep an embarrassing or private family secret to themselves, you should still fully expect their entire school to know about it by the end of the day...  While children are often adorable, hilarious, and charmingly...