12 Kids Whose Hilarious Antics Were Too Funny to Punish

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Kids are full of surprises. You never know if they’re about to say something wise beyond their years or create total, hilarious chaos. Some little troublemakers have a way of getting into mischief that’s so clever (or just so funny) that punishment goes right out the window. Here are some stories proving that kids might just be the perfect mix of mischievous and genius, but one thing’s for sure: they’re always keeping us entertained.

Up until I was around 6 or 7, whenever my family and I were heading out of a restaurant and I noticed my parents forgetting cash on the table, I would always make sure to grab it and slip it back into my mom’s purse. I didn’t know tipping was a thing, and it wasn’t until I made a comment about how they were always leaving money lying around at restaurants and how I always had to be the one to keep an eye out for it and make sure they didn’t forget it that they realized what was going on, and I learned. © vi***cias / Reddit

Walking through the Capitol building with my then four-year-old son, we got into an elevator with a man on crutches who had one amputated leg. My son, in a not-so-quiet whisper, asked, “Mom, what happened to his leg?” The man heard him and kindly explained that he had lost his leg a year ago.
Without missing a beat, my son said, “Did you check between the couch cushions? My mom says she always loses stuff in there.” I was mortified. The man, on the other hand, was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes. © mainlyforshow / Reddit
One morning, we woke up to find our 2-year-old son completely soaked because he had taken off his diaper overnight. While giving him a bath, our 5-year-old daughter asked if she could have one too.
Since it was a busy weekday morning, and we were already rushing to get ready for work and school, we told her there wasn’t time — he was only getting a bath because of the mess. A few minutes later, she went to her room, laid down, made her own “mess,” and proudly walked back into the bathroom. “Can I have my bath now?” she asked.
I completely lost it, laughing uncontrollably. Mom was not as amused. In the end, I made pancakes, and we all played hooky. We’re separated now, but this is still one of my favorite memories of when things were good. © BeenBearclawed / Reddit
My two-year-old got one of those little foot-powered cars (we call them Flintstone cars) for his birthday. My husband, thinking he was being cute, told him, “Drive like Mama.”
Without missing a beat, my toddler slammed both hands on the steering wheel, hit the squeaky horn, and shouted at the top of his lungs, “GET OUT THE WAY, SLOW—” ...Well, let’s just say it wasn’t exactly kid-friendly. My husband completely lost it. © thisisthedisaster / Reddit

Some family friends of my parents had a 4-year-old daughter who loved sneaking into their bed in the middle of the night. One day, they decided it was time to put a stop to it. That night, when she showed up as usual, they gently told her, “No more. You need to sleep in your own bed.”
Furious, she stomped to the door, flung it open, turned back dramatically, and declared, “A family isn’t a family if they can’t sleep together! I’m moving to Florida!” Then she marched off, leaving her parents speechless. © kipopadoo / Reddit
I had a full-blown tantrum in the street, and my mom threatened, “If you keep acting like this, I’ll give you to this stranger.” Curious, I decided to check him out. He turned out to be handsome, with blue eyes and young. Without a second thought, I let go of my mom and grabbed the guy’s hand. Another meltdown followed when they tried to pry me away from him.
My daughter and I went with my mom to pick up her dogs from the groomer. As we were walking, my daughter looked up at my mom and asked, “Flo is the big one, right?”
Then, under her breath, I heard her mutter, “She’s the big fat one.” I could not stop giggling. © TeddyCat2011 / Reddit

My daughter is a total sweetheart — well-behaved, adorable, the whole package. But man... this kid. Right after she turned five, she walked into the room with the most tragic bangs I’ve ever seen — some barely half an inch long, right in the middle of her forehead.
Way too short to fix. It was a disaster. I gasped. “Why did you cut your hair?!” She grabbed a lock of it, looked me dead in the eye, and, with a straight face, said, “I didn’t cut it. It fell out.”
I absolutely lost it. Had to run out of the room because I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe. Daddy handled that one. © BoneYardBetty / Reddit
One time, the babysitter tried putting my six-year-old son in time-out. He bolted outside, and when she followed to bring him back, he dodged around her and ran inside. That’s when she heard the sharp click of the sliding glass door locking behind him.
When she demanded to be let in, he calmly told her, “No. Now you’re on a time-out, and you can’t come back in until you’ve calmed down.” © gcanyon / Reddit
My friend’s toddler kept sneaking into their bed at night. One night, they decided to lock their bedroom door. She screamed and banged on the door, but they ignored her. Suddenly, she got quiet and started laughing.
They were shocked to find her... playing with the family cat, who had decided to keep her company. Amused, they moved the cat’s bed into her room and let them sleep together that night. She still can’t sleep alone, but it’s a start.

A few weeks ago, my (now 3-year-old) turned the Xbox back on right as we were about to go to bed. She knows it’s bedtime and that she’s not supposed to touch the electronics, so I went to swat her hand as a warning.
Midair, before I could even react, she looked at my hand, smiled, and gave me a perfect high five. I was so caught off guard I couldn’t even laugh.
Meanwhile, my husband and brother were losing it. We all agreed, she basically pulled the toddler version of talking her way out of a ticket. No punishment for her. © s***rt92 / Reddit
When I was about 8 I asked my dad if we could play “the naked man game.” My dad, trying not to panic, asked me what it was. I responded “it’s the one we play when [the babysitter] is over.” He then asked me to show him where the naked man game was, so I took him to the closet, opened the door, and pointed up to Operation.
He told me years later that he nearly had a heart attack. © icandoittwice / Reddit