Kids

Kids can be pretty sneaky and clever when it comes to hiding things from their parents. But what they may not realize is that most parents are naturally skilled private detectives. So chances are pretty high that all those things you thought you were hiding from your parents when you were kids? They were in on it the whole time.<h2>Someone <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/65bukt/parents_of_reddit_what_secrets_of_your_children/" target="_blank">asked</a> parents of Reddit: &quot;what secrets of your children do you know that your child does not know you know?&quot;</h2>These 20 parents spill the dirt on the secrets their kids think they&#39;re keeping from them:1.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TiGeeeRRR/">TiGeeeRRR</a>:<blockquote> My 15 year old son recently got a tattoo on his ankle. I saw because I stalk his Instagram. Haven&#39;t confronted him yet because I&#39;m not sure what to do. I want to scrub it off with a brillo pad. </blockquote>2.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/dubmcswaggins/">dubmcswaggins</a>:<blockquote> My 4 year old little girl will sneak dog food out of the bin we keep it in, go to the corner of her room, and eat it. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>3.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bookwitchx/">bookwitchx</a>:<blockquote> my littlest (small in size, big in mischief) has this fancy smancy toddler chair, and when we go out the first thing he does is come home and go sit on it and just kinda spin for a bit. the best part though, is that before he sits, he opens the drawer to the bookshelf and takes out a bottle (baby bottle, he&#39;s 18 months and totally doesn&#39;t use one) which has water in it, and he sits, sighs, takes a few swigs, and hides it. </blockquote><blockquote> it&#39;s like a f**king old dude with a beer and a lazy-boy. i refill the water for him and let him go at it, because it&#39;s amazing. </blockquote>4.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/eyadams/">eyadams</a>:<blockquote> He knows now, but I knew he had a girlfriend long before he was ready or will to admit it to me. At Back To School night this year I saw her come into one of his classes, see him, and get a goofy grin on her face. He rather pointedly did not look at her. I knew what was going on. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>5.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mychem2468/">mychem2468</a>:<blockquote> My son watches Minecraft songs on youtube. When I leave the room he sings along and I can hear him. </blockquote>6.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Nuckscupchamps2030/">Nuckscupchamps2030</a>:<blockquote> My ten year old swears around his friends and he does not know that I know. I have heard how he talks and it&#39;s fricken hilarious. A foul mouthed punk around his buds and an angel around his mother and I. Two completely different people. </blockquote>7.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/buttery_shame_cave/">buttery_shame_cave</a>:<blockquote> my oldest thought that nobody was aware that he and his best friend are doing the &#39;just friends&#39; act while exploring the idea of being more than that. i mean, it&#39;s kinda cute, they&#39;re 11, they think the rest of the world doesn&#39;t notice the way they&#39;re looking at each other or the way she&#39;ll eyeball him up and down and grin to throw him into complete fluster mode. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> they haven&#39;t figured out that their friends have cooperated to give them privacy from time to time(and on occasion run interference on the parents) and are fully aware that they&#39;ve kissed. when he finally owned up to it in the car one day i was like &#39;yeah. the only folks who might not notice are either blind or in denial.&#39; </blockquote>8.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/feferslove/">feferslove</a>:<blockquote> My 3 year old sneaks into the kitchen at night for snacks. He has no clue that I know he&#39;s sneaking midnight snacks of gummies and peanut butter </blockquote>9.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/HBOscar/">HBOscar</a>:<blockquote> Not a parent, but a teacher. The 6 and 7 year old kids have no idea that I can see them write dirty words in their sketch books from across the class room. I mean, it&#39;s not hard to see that if the word BUTT takes up half your page. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>10.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/UnicornRiots/">UnicornRiots</a>:<blockquote> Kid, I know you&#39;re looking at porn. On my f**king computer. Learn to clear your browser history. It&#39;s embarrassing for us both. Sincerely, Momma. </blockquote>11.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Princess-beyonce/">Princess-beyonce</a>:<blockquote> My toddler is crouched behind the couch right now straining. I asked him if he&#39;s pooping and he said no. He&#39;s definitely pooping. </blockquote>12.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ElkcState/">ElkcState</a>:<blockquote> My 9 year old has been hiding the money she gets from Grandma, Grandpa, and my wife and I brothers or sisters. I make her pay taxes for any money earned and have taught her the various types of taxes (e.g. Income, gift, etc). It&#39;s behind her headboard in her room and she is doing it to avoid taxes.<button aria-label="upvote" aria-pressed="false" data-click-id="upvote"></button> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>13.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/coffee_in_bed/">coffee_in_bed</a>:<blockquote> My oldest daughter didn&#39;t really finish her popsicle. She put it in the basement freezer for later. She thinks both me and my youngest daughter beleve that she ate it all. But I saw her stash it. She has at least half of it left. </blockquote>14.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/thatonebuffbitch/">thatonebuffbitch</a>:<blockquote> My four year old doesn&#39;t know I found an empty box of Samoas under her bed </blockquote>15.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/girlofgallifrey/">girlofgallifrey</a>:<blockquote> My ten year old has massive crushes on several female video game characters and he searches for &quot;nudes&quot; of them on his computer. He thinks we don&#39;t know. </blockquote>16.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CentricAE/">CentricAE</a>:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> Daughter is gay, we love her anyway and will wait for her to tell us on her own terms. </blockquote>17.) From [deleted]:<blockquote> I know my 12 year old has a slight problem telling white lies, he even manages to convince himself that the lie is the truth and gets a little emotional when I catch him out every time. The truth of the matter is that I did the same when I was his age, you can&#39;t fib a fibber, son. </blockquote>18.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/yoteachcaniborrowpen/">yoteachcaniborrowpen</a>:<blockquote> When I was away for a week, my oldest told my husband (who told me), &quot;Daddy, Mommy is my sunshine.&quot; When I hit my head on a fireplace mantle (I&#39;m a klutz) he whispered to my younger child, &quot;Oh no, Mommy is hurt and she is my sunshine.&quot; When he&#39;s mad at me he yells, &quot;Mom, you aren&#39;t my sunshine anymore!!&quot; But I know the truth, kiddo, I know :) </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>19.) From [deleted]:<blockquote> That he is in fact hungry he just doesn&#39;t want what his nana made for dinner. I know this because I too do not want it and every time she makes dinner he is &quot;not hungry&quot; then waits until bedtime to climb on my stomach and tell me he is REALLY hungry. We quietly go and make sandwiches once she has gone to bed. We all know he is hungry, but it&#39;s polite so I let it slide. </blockquote>20.) From <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/sum_buddy/">sum_buddy</a>:<blockquote> It&#39;s not really that secret, I suppose, but I often catch my daughter (6) talking to herself. She seems embarrassed and says it&#39;s &quot;nothing&quot;. It&#39;s kinda cute. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

20 parents share the secrets their kids don't realize they know about them.

Kids can be pretty sneaky and clever when it comes to hiding things from their parents. But what they may not realize is that most parents are naturally skilled private detectives. So chances are pretty high that all those things you thought you were hiding from your parents when you were kids? They were in on it the whole time.Someone asked parents of Reddit: &quot;what secrets of your children do you know that your child does not know you know?&quot;These 20 parents spill the dirt on the secrets their kids think they&#39;re keeping from them:1.) From TiGeeeRRR: My 15 year old son recently got a tattoo on his ankle. I saw because I stalk his Instagram. Haven&#39;t confronted him yet because I&#39;m not sure what to do. I want to scrub it off with a brillo pad. 2.) From dubmcswaggins: My 4 year old little girl will sneak dog food out of the bin we keep it in, go to the corner of her room, and eat it. 3.) From bookwitchx: my littlest (small in size, big in mischief) has this fancy smancy toddler chair, and when we go out the first thing he does is come home and go sit on it and just kinda spin for a bit. the best part though, is that before he sits, he opens the drawer to the bookshelf and takes out a bottle (baby bottle, he&#39;s 18 months and totally doesn&#39;t use one) which has water in it, and he sits, sighs, takes a few swigs, and hides it.  it&#39;s like a f**king old dude with a beer and a lazy-boy. i refill the water for him and let him go at it, because it&#39;s amazing. 4.) From eyadams: He knows now, but I knew he had a girlfriend long before he was ready or will to admit it to me. At Back To School night this year I saw her come into one of his classes, see him, and get a goofy grin on her face. He rather pointedly did not look at her. I knew what was going on. 5.) From mychem2468: My son watches Minecraft songs on youtube. When I leave the room he sings along and I can hear him. 6.) From Nuckscupchamps2030: My ten year old swears around his friends and he does not know that I know. I have heard how he talks and it&#39;s fricken hilarious. A foul mouthed punk around his buds and an angel around his mother and I. Two completely different people. 7.) From buttery_shame_cave: my oldest thought that nobody was aware that he and his best friend are doing the &#39;just friends&#39; act while exploring the idea of being more than that. i mean, it&#39;s kinda cute, they&#39;re 11, they think the rest of the world doesn&#39;t notice the way they&#39;re looking at each other or the way she&#39;ll eyeball him up and down and grin to throw him into complete fluster mode.  they haven&#39;t figured out that their friends have cooperated to give them privacy from time to time(and on occasion run interference on the parents) and are fully aware that they&#39;ve kissed. when he finally owned up to it in the car one day i was like &#39;yeah. the only folks who might not notice are either blind or in denial.&#39; 8.) From feferslove: My 3 year old sneaks into the kitchen at night for snacks. He has no clue that I know he&#39;s sneaking midnight snacks of gummies and peanut butter 9.) From HBOscar: Not a parent, but a teacher. The 6 and 7 year old kids have no idea that I can see them write dirty words in their sketch books from across the class room. I mean, it&#39;s not hard to see that if the word BUTT takes up half your page. 10.) From UnicornRiots: Kid, I know you&#39;re looking at porn. On my f**king computer. Learn to clear your browser history. It&#39;s embarrassing for us both. Sincerely, Momma. 11.) From Princess-beyonce: My toddler is crouched behind the couch right now straining. I asked him if he&#39;s pooping and he said no. He&#39;s definitely pooping. 12.) From ElkcState: My 9 year old has been hiding the money she gets from Grandma, Grandpa, and my wife and I brothers or sisters. I make her pay taxes for any money earned and have taught her the various types of taxes (e.g. Income, gift, etc). It&#39;s behind her headboard in her room and she is doing it to avoid taxes. 13.) From coffee_in_bed: My oldest daughter didn&#39;t really finish her popsicle. She put it in the basement freezer for later. She thinks both me and my youngest daughter beleve that she ate it all. But I saw her stash it. She has at least half of it left. 14.) From thatonebuffbitch: My four year old doesn&#39;t know I found an empty box of Samoas under her bed 15.) From girlofgallifrey: My ten year old has massive crushes on several female video game characters and he searches for &quot;nudes&quot; of them on his computer. He thinks we don&#39;t know. 16.) From CentricAE: Daughter is gay, we love her anyway and will wait for her to tell us on her own terms. 17.) From [deleted]: I know my 12 year old has a slight problem telling white lies, he even manages to convince himself that the lie is the truth and gets a little emotional when I catch him out every time. The truth of the matter is that I did the same when I was his age, you can&#39;t fib a fibber, son. 18.) From yoteachcaniborrowpen: When I was away for a week, my oldest told my husband (who told me), &quot;Daddy, Mommy is my sunshine.&quot; When I hit my head on a fireplace mantle (I&#39;m a klutz) he whispered to my younger child, &quot;Oh no, Mommy is hurt and she is my sunshine.&quot; When he&#39;s mad at me he yells, &quot;Mom, you aren&#39;t my sunshine anymore!!&quot; But I know the truth, kiddo, I know :) 19.) From [deleted]: That he is in fact hungry he just doesn&#39;t want what his nana made for dinner. I know this because I too do not want it and every time she makes dinner he is &quot;not hungry&quot; then waits until bedtime to climb on my stomach and tell me he is REALLY hungry. We quietly go and make sandwiches once she has gone to bed. We all know he is hungry, but it&#39;s polite so I let it slide. 20.) From sum_buddy: It&#39;s not really that secret, I suppose, but I often catch my daughter (6) talking to herself. She seems embarrassed and says it&#39;s &quot;nothing&quot;. It&#39;s kinda cute. 

Kids can be pretty sneaky and clever when it comes to hiding things from their parents. But what they may not realize is that most parents are naturally skilled private detectives. So chances are pretty high that all those things you...