Parents

Being a parent is hard work, obvi. But it can also be a lot of fun! And I&#39;m not just talking about family vacations and TikTok videos. You can also mess with them (in a wholesome way that won&#39;t give them even more to unpack in therapy). Just because you&#39;re a parent doesn&#39;t mean you can&#39;t partake in a little light trolling of your spawn. They&#39;ve put you through enough!In a popular Reddit thread, someone asked parents: &quot;What&#39;s the best way to troll your kids?&quot;​​​​​<h2>These 18 parents share the funny and savage (and in a few cases, just plain mean) ways they&#39;ve trolled their kids:</h2>1.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TopherTopper/">TopherTopper</a>:<blockquote> When my son was a few years old he wanted to try coke (the cola). We poured a glass for him and before handing it to him poured vinegar in it. He took one sip and didn&#39;t touch soda for the next 10 years. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>2.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Yserbius/">Yserbius</a>:<blockquote> There was a time when I changed my accent and tone to this sort of male Fran Drescher when talking to my kids. They asked me to stop it and I pretended I didn&#39;t know what they were talking about. I extended things by pretending that my regular speaking voice was just me faking a weird voice. It really had them questioning reality for a bit. </blockquote>3.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hallam81/">hallam81</a>:<blockquote> I may have told my son that all pencils are made in Pennsylvania. My wife was not amused. </blockquote>4.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Makabajones/">Makabajones</a>:<blockquote> you know how parents convince their kids that Santa is real I&#39;ve convinced my son that Spider-man is real he wants to visit New York and hopefully see him no regrets. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>5.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/moosecliffwood/">moosecliffwood</a>:<blockquote> I once bought 2 of those HUGE bears from Costco (they&#39;re like $35 and as tall as I am). I then placed them around the house and waited for them to get home. When they spotted them, they dragged me to come see. I pretended I couldn&#39;t see them. Acted like they were losing their minds. </blockquote><blockquote> As they ran around the house looking for more, I moved them to different spots (put one on a toilet with a cardigan on). They lost their minds. It was SO hard to keep a straight face but it was hysterical. I took video and I watch it occasionally because it makes me smile. </blockquote>6.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CrabFarts/">CrabFarts</a>:<blockquote> Mine was accidental, but it worked so well for so long we kept it up as long as we could. My husband and I are NOT fans of McDonalds. I&#39;ll eat there occasionally for breakfast (yay all-day breakfast!), but given any other option, I will take that other option. So, I had never taken my kids to McDonalds, &#39;cause I have the car keys, driver&#39;s license, and the money, but when my parents come to visit, they seem to think it is their duty to take my kids to McDonalds. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> One day, my son said, &quot;Only grandparents are allowed to take you to McDonalds, not parents!&quot; to which I quickly replied, &quot;Yep!&quot; This worked for us for several years, until the fateful winter&#39;s day when I had been cooped up in the house for four days with my spawn and HAD to get out of the house. It was too cold to go outside, so I gave in and took them to the indoor Playplace at McDonalds. My son said, &quot;Are you going to get in trouble?&quot; I told him I could take him just this once, but you can&#39;t get anything past my daughter, and she got her brother realize I could take them to McDonalds any time I wanted. It was good while it lasted. </blockquote>7.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BaluePeach/">BaluePeach</a>:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> I taught my son my phone number using the Weird Al song &quot;867-5309&quot;. (But of course with my number as the numbers) .... He was in the 3rd grade before he heard the original. we were riding down the road, him in the backseat and it came on. I grinned like no tomorrow and looked at him. He was all creeped out by my grin and then he heard the lyrics, the real lyrics..... THE LOOK OF BEWILDERED BETRAYAL on his face..... cracks me up just thinking about it. </blockquote>8.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FalstaffsMind/">FalstaffsMind</a>:<blockquote> While my daughter is away at college, we sold the house and moved. </blockquote>9.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/whatareyoueating/">whatareyoueating</a>:<blockquote> During a road trip holiday about 4 years ago my husband told our children that the black cows in the pastures are painted wood cut-outs so it&#39;s prettier for the tourists. I hadn&#39;t thought about it since then until my eldest, now 14, said something about the fake cows the other day. Heh. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>10.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FrightenedOfSpoons/">FrightenedOfSpoons</a>:<blockquote> When my son turned 11, I arranged for a letter from Hogwarts to arrive at my house. I found something off the web and printed it, then had my father-in-law address the envelope, as he has very wizardly penmanship. I slipped it in with the mail on my son&#39;s birthday. </blockquote><blockquote> He was old enough to know it could not be real, but there was just enough child in him to wonder if maybe it was ... My biggest regret is that my wife would not let me follow-through with my plans for our closet under the stairs. </blockquote>11.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_perl_/">_perl_</a>:<blockquote> Last year on April Fools Day I created a &quot;letter from the principal&quot; telling the kids (11 and 7) that unfortunately summer break had been cancelled. It had a letterhead and everything. The older one found the fine print at the bottom under a logo mentioning that it was a fake. The younger one cried. Mean mommy. I had fun with it, though. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>12.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FrontDeskGuy95/">FrontDeskGuy95</a>:<blockquote> I told my 4 year old nephew that if he could successfully fall asleep in under 10 minutes he could watch another movie. The idiot would fall sleep in under 5 minutes and for 7-8 hours at least and completely forget about the movie. </blockquote>13.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/trippingchilly/">trippingchilly</a>:<blockquote> When my nephews were around 3, I told them about baby teeth and their adult teeth, because they were already getting tooth fairy money. Then I told them about their baby toes, that they start falling off as soon as you turn 6. And you don&rsquo;t get your big boy toes until you turn 11. I got an angry text from my brother telling me to please don&rsquo;t lie to his son. But he&rsquo;s 6 now and my lies continue! Nothing can stop UncleMan! </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>14.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Deejaydoug/">Deejaydoug</a>:<blockquote> Two weeks after my second wife and I got married, my fourteen year old son moved in with us. We all got along just great. In the evening we would watch TV, each of us having their own couch to lounge on. The only thing that he would complain about was when the wife and I would get cuddly and smoochy. He used to run from the room, shouting, &quot;AAGH! Wrinkly, kinkly old folks sex!&quot; </blockquote><blockquote> One weekend he went to stay with some friends. When he got back, we told him we had used the opportunity to make out a lot. In fact, we had had sex on two of the three couches and we weren&#39;t going to tell him which ones. He sat on the floor for over a week. </blockquote>15.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/salutishi/">salutishi</a>:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> My parents told us that if we found a hamster in the wild, we could keep it. We persevered for way too long. </blockquote>16.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bopeepsheep/">bopeepsheep</a>:<blockquote> When my son was a toddler I got away with a lot of &quot;no, this is only for grown-ups&quot; headology - things like spinach, salmon, broccoli, and anything involving garlic were &quot;not for small children&quot; so of course he ate them whenever he could. It took him until he was about 9 to figure that one out. </blockquote>17.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JXDB/">JXDB</a>:<blockquote> I tell them that the Ice Cream van plays the tunes when it&#39;s run out of ice creams. </blockquote>18.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ScohnsyCider/">ScohnsyCider</a>:<blockquote> My Dad used to offer us 100 dollars if we could put our elbow in our ear. That kept his girls busy for far too long, far too many times. I&#39;m looking forward to doing this to my child! </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

18 parents share the funny and savage ways they've trolled their kids.

Being a parent is hard work, obvi. But it can also be a lot of fun! And I&#39;m not just talking about family vacations and TikTok videos. You can also mess with them (in a wholesome way that won&#39;t give them even more to unpack in therapy). Just because you&#39;re a parent doesn&#39;t mean you can&#39;t partake in a little light trolling of your spawn. They&#39;ve put you through enough!In a popular Reddit thread, someone asked parents: &quot;What&#39;s the best way to troll your kids?&quot;​​​​​These 18 parents share the funny and savage (and in a few cases, just plain mean) ways they&#39;ve trolled their kids:1.) From TopherTopper: When my son was a few years old he wanted to try coke (the cola). We poured a glass for him and before handing it to him poured vinegar in it. He took one sip and didn&#39;t touch soda for the next 10 years. 2.) From Yserbius: There was a time when I changed my accent and tone to this sort of male Fran Drescher when talking to my kids. They asked me to stop it and I pretended I didn&#39;t know what they were talking about. I extended things by pretending that my regular speaking voice was just me faking a weird voice. It really had them questioning reality for a bit. 3.) From hallam81: I may have told my son that all pencils are made in Pennsylvania. My wife was not amused. 4.) From Makabajones: you know how parents convince their kids that Santa is real I&#39;ve convinced my son that Spider-man is real he wants to visit New York and hopefully see him no regrets. 5.) From moosecliffwood: I once bought 2 of those HUGE bears from Costco (they&#39;re like $35 and as tall as I am). I then placed them around the house and waited for them to get home. When they spotted them, they dragged me to come see. I pretended I couldn&#39;t see them. Acted like they were losing their minds.  As they ran around the house looking for more, I moved them to different spots (put one on a toilet with a cardigan on). They lost their minds. It was SO hard to keep a straight face but it was hysterical. I took video and I watch it occasionally because it makes me smile. 6.) From CrabFarts: Mine was accidental, but it worked so well for so long we kept it up as long as we could. My husband and I are NOT fans of McDonalds. I&#39;ll eat there occasionally for breakfast (yay all-day breakfast!), but given any other option, I will take that other option. So, I had never taken my kids to McDonalds, &#39;cause I have the car keys, driver&#39;s license, and the money, but when my parents come to visit, they seem to think it is their duty to take my kids to McDonalds.  One day, my son said, &quot;Only grandparents are allowed to take you to McDonalds, not parents!&quot; to which I quickly replied, &quot;Yep!&quot; This worked for us for several years, until the fateful winter&#39;s day when I had been cooped up in the house for four days with my spawn and HAD to get out of the house. It was too cold to go outside, so I gave in and took them to the indoor Playplace at McDonalds. My son said, &quot;Are you going to get in trouble?&quot; I told him I could take him just this once, but you can&#39;t get anything past my daughter, and she got her brother realize I could take them to McDonalds any time I wanted. It was good while it lasted. 7.) From BaluePeach: I taught my son my phone number using the Weird Al song &quot;867-5309&quot;. (But of course with my number as the numbers) .... He was in the 3rd grade before he heard the original. we were riding down the road, him in the backseat and it came on. I grinned like no tomorrow and looked at him. He was all creeped out by my grin and then he heard the lyrics, the real lyrics..... THE LOOK OF BEWILDERED BETRAYAL on his face..... cracks me up just thinking about it. 8.) From FalstaffsMind: While my daughter is away at college, we sold the house and moved. 9.) From whatareyoueating: During a road trip holiday about 4 years ago my husband told our children that the black cows in the pastures are painted wood cut-outs so it&#39;s prettier for the tourists. I hadn&#39;t thought about it since then until my eldest, now 14, said something about the fake cows the other day. Heh. 10.) From FrightenedOfSpoons: When my son turned 11, I arranged for a letter from Hogwarts to arrive at my house. I found something off the web and printed it, then had my father-in-law address the envelope, as he has very wizardly penmanship. I slipped it in with the mail on my son&#39;s birthday.  He was old enough to know it could not be real, but there was just enough child in him to wonder if maybe it was ... My biggest regret is that my wife would not let me follow-through with my plans for our closet under the stairs. 11.) From _perl_: Last year on April Fools Day I created a &quot;letter from the principal&quot; telling the kids (11 and 7) that unfortunately summer break had been cancelled. It had a letterhead and everything. The older one found the fine print at the bottom under a logo mentioning that it was a fake. The younger one cried. Mean mommy. I had fun with it, though. 12.) From FrontDeskGuy95: I told my 4 year old nephew that if he could successfully fall asleep in under 10 minutes he could watch another movie. The idiot would fall sleep in under 5 minutes and for 7-8 hours at least and completely forget about the movie. 13.) From trippingchilly: When my nephews were around 3, I told them about baby teeth and their adult teeth, because they were already getting tooth fairy money. Then I told them about their baby toes, that they start falling off as soon as you turn 6. And you don&rsquo;t get your big boy toes until you turn 11. I got an angry text from my brother telling me to please don&rsquo;t lie to his son. But he&rsquo;s 6 now and my lies continue! Nothing can stop UncleMan! 14.) From Deejaydoug: Two weeks after my second wife and I got married, my fourteen year old son moved in with us. We all got along just great. In the evening we would watch TV, each of us having their own couch to lounge on. The only thing that he would complain about was when the wife and I would get cuddly and smoochy. He used to run from the room, shouting, &quot;AAGH! Wrinkly, kinkly old folks sex!&quot;  One weekend he went to stay with some friends. When he got back, we told him we had used the opportunity to make out a lot. In fact, we had had sex on two of the three couches and we weren&#39;t going to tell him which ones. He sat on the floor for over a week. 15.) From salutishi: My parents told us that if we found a hamster in the wild, we could keep it. We persevered for way too long. 16.) From bopeepsheep: When my son was a toddler I got away with a lot of &quot;no, this is only for grown-ups&quot; headology - things like spinach, salmon, broccoli, and anything involving garlic were &quot;not for small children&quot; so of course he ate them whenever he could. It took him until he was about 9 to figure that one out. 17.) From JXDB: I tell them that the Ice Cream van plays the tunes when it&#39;s run out of ice creams. 18.) From ScohnsyCider: My Dad used to offer us 100 dollars if we could put our elbow in our ear. That kept his girls busy for far too long, far too many times. I&#39;m looking forward to doing this to my child! 

Being a parent is hard work, obvi. But it can also be a lot of fun! And I&#39;m not just talking about family vacations and TikTok videos. You can also mess with them (in a wholesome way that won&#39;t give them even more to unpack in...