When Kids Speak Their Minds: 35 Times Children Were Candid (And Hilariously) Honest With Grown-Ups

Kids can say some of the funniest things you’ve ever heard. Their innocence usually translates into plenty of laughs for the adults around them, which is why we’re delighted to bring you this heartwarming and hilarious list. 

Let’s begin with Random Kid, who wanted to know if his friend’s mother was funny. He marched right up to the mom and asked if she was as amusing as her son. What is the best way to answer when a kid runs up to you and asks if you’re funny?

When you’re still young, grownups seem super serious, super old, and super boring. While kids get to do a lot of fun stuff, adults have to do boring adult things. From a little one’s perspective, all adults do is go to work, set house rules, and talk endlessly about “chores” and “stress.”

Kids might not always get what’s happening. Still, that doesn’t mean they can’t connect the dots between Point A and Point B. It just means that, sometimes, they got lost along the way. Take this cute 4-year-old, for example.

Kids are great at saying what they mean without trying to sugarcoat anything. When they express themselves, they don’t bother with niceties. Instead, they cut right to the cold, hard truth. 

Not everything in life makes complete sense, especially from a child’s perspective. An example is thinking about what makes a mom a mom. Is it because they have children or because they’re married? Or is it because they all have ugly purses?

Kids also don’t have a concept of age. Sure, they know they’ve been around for a short time. Still, they don’t yet have the ability to figure out how old people around them are. This means you should be careful when you ask a kid how old they think you are – they might just say something completely out of line!

The best comeback anyone can use is, “No, YOU are!” No matter the context, it can be a funny and silly way to reply to anything. When kids use it, though, it can turn into the ultimate roast. 

Learning is a huge part of growing up. Kids have a lot to learn, especially when it comes to the human body. This kid, in particular, didn’t quite understand how hair growth works.

Insulting an adult’s age seems to be a common thing that most kids unintentionally do. Check out this kid who accidentally yet lovingly made a harsh statement about her mom’s age.

Though most parents do the best job they can, some kids still take them for granted. Of course, these children grew up with everything that their parents could give – clean clothes, three meals a day, and plenty of nice things. Isn’t that what most parents strive to provide?

Fashion is another thing that kids, and sometimes even adults, don’t completely understand. If you looked at a woman’s chic printed silk suit, you’d be forgiven for thinking it looks like pajamas. People also comment on other fashion pieces, saying fluffy sliders look like slippers or that vintage tracksuits look “ridiculous.” Crazy!

It’s super fun to talk with little ones. You can see how they explore and view the world in their own way. If you’ve ever talked to a child, you’ll know that those conversations are full of questions. And that’s good! It just means that they’re exploring a world full of interesting curiosities.

This could be one of our favorite roasts on this list. It gets us laughing every single time we read it. The setting, the timing, the content – we only wish we were there to witness this joke in person (minus the dad leaving the shower, of course!).

Whether it’s because of looks, personalities, or even interests, many kids get told that they’re the spitting image of their parents. 

When you have children, you have to deal with being roasted by your own kid and by their friends as well! Dealing with a bunch of children who don’t get that they’re being offensive is just a rite of passage in parenthood. You need to be tough when faced with all that!

This one gave us a good chuckle. Kids are brutally honest, so it is super flattering when they give you a compliment. They’ll happily call you a fossil, tell you that you’re “the oldest-number-years-old,” or even say your cooking is bad. So if they call you pretty, you should be ecstatic, right?

One of the most difficult things parents have to deal with is telling their kids about death and grief. When faced with loss, some kids dwell on it. Others seem to accept it more readily, but they’re still at risk of asking some insensitive questions.

Here’s yet another addition to the long list of things children don’t understand: photography. Little Rosemary tried to connect a photograph of her grandmother when she was young with the elderly woman she knew. The results were hilarious. 

If you can get a new head as you grow older, then you can certainly become the president of the United States of America with just a change of clothes. At least, that’s what this kid thought! However, we must remember that many children want to grow up and become a dog or even a dinosaur. They don’t have the best grasp on reality.

More and more kids are growing up in diverse families. This is all thanks to same-sex marriage and adoption being legalized in countries across the world – and that’s a fantastic thing. A new generation will grow up with a better understanding of love and more open ideas of who can make a family together.

Kids sometimes struggle with understanding the gender roles in our society. The typical markers of genders change over time – just think of men having ponytails in Victorian England or even the popular 1920s bob. Heck, even some of our favorite 80s rockers rocked long hair!Boys Boys Boys

Kids don’t fully understand the rules of adult society until they’re in their teen years. Even then, you can’t expect them to know everything right away. A lot of the time, they just kinda float through the world and say the first thing that pops into their brain. Unfortunately, that first thing is sometimes offensive! 

Facial hair can be a funny thing. If you’re talking to someone who has a beard or a mustache, you don’t even think about it most times. The situation is similar when someone wears glasses: you can see that they wear glasses, but you don’t fully register this fact every time. It becomes a natural part of how they look in your brain. 

Remember that kid who called her aunt pretty but then also called the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz pretty? This one’s pretty much the same, only it’s for a more modern audience. This little guy saw reality star Kim Kardashian and exclaimed, “That’s Mommy!” So far, so good, right?

Even though there are a ton of entries on this list about kids roasting their parents’ appearances, it never gets old. It’s always brutal yet hilarious, so here’s another one! This mom decided to show her kid some old photos, hoping it’d spark their curiosity and interest.

Since kids do not know what society considers rude, they don’t really understand what is and isn’t appropriate to say. Sure, we can teach them good manners, but we can’t teach them everything. A kid may not be aware that it’s impolite to refer to someone’s arm as “squishy” or to point out someone’s many chins.

Seeing as we’re on the topic of kids commenting on people’s appearances, take a look at this burn from someone’s daughter.

Here’s another example of a child getting confused when they see their usually scruffy parent dressed up. These types of quips never get old!

Are you starting to see any common traits among these comments from adorable kids? Yeah, we got it, too. It appears that women are caught between a rock and a hard place. When they dress up, their kids don’t recognize them. When they don’t, their kids criticize their appearance. It really is hard to be a woman in today’s society!

It’s not just mothers, aunties, and godmothers who cop insults from children. Teachers also have to keep up good appearances for the sake of the kids. Just imagine having to walk into a room of opinionated and honest children every day – they’ll find a way to comment on anything about you!

Kids have a hard time understanding that a person can look different from one day to the next. Whether they put on makeup or shave their mustache off, the way that people look often changes. Still, it makes sense that kids think a person’s appearance is fixed. After all, it takes a while to develop a sense of object constancy. 

We’ve seen it many times before when kids try to give a compliment but end up completely roasting someone. Squishy arms, multiple chins, looking like a “real” person – they’re all compliments but not quite because kids don’t have the words or the context to express themselves properly.

Kids regularly pick apart how their mothers look. For this little guy, he thought that “mom with makeup” and “mom without makeup” were different versions of his mom. Since they were different versions, they needed separate introductions. That makes sense, right?

Speaking of mothers with multiple versions, let’s look at this amusing post about a young girl who had trouble keeping track of just how many moms she has. To be clear, this kid does have two moms: Mummy and Mama. It makes sense so far. However, when she started talking about her “old Mummy,” her moms naturally got confused and wondered who she actually meant.

Kids can get confused about things like gender expression and its relation to hair length. They make sense of the world by sorting everything into categories. That’s how they end up with their way of thinking. 

Here’s another tale of “short hair, don’t care” that we love. Here, wearing a skirt added to the confusion that these preschool kids experienced. 

We need to give a shoutout to all the heroic mothers who are constantly told that they don’t look as good as they did in the past. Society already does that enough, and no one ever wants to hear it from their own kid.

We do feel a little bad for these parents who have to deal with hurtful side comments. In the end, though, we’re here to have a good time and chuckle at their accidentally savage kids. After all, they don’t know what they’re doing. All they need to know is why their moms seem to look so bad all the time.

We’ve talked about the craziest things that kids say about their parents’ bodies. Part of that includes some body parts that adults prefer to hide away (aka, their private parts). Kids have a knack for pointing out appropriate things in places where many people can hear, like dressing rooms or public bathrooms. So, these moments always make for a funny but embarrassing time.

This little guy was convinced that his classmate had two mommies, even clearly describing their differences. This is common among many young kids, and they don’t really mind telling people about their other versions.