20+ Children whose phrases are real gems

Children are not very familiar with the phrase “sometimes it is better to be silent than to speak”. From the time they begin uttering their first words, little ones become the main source of humor and occasionally drop incredibly wise pearls. From such situations, parents can only laugh or, more often, blush with embarrassment.

We, from awesome.club, we are sure that children are a true well of wisdom, and our selection of stories is clear proof of that. At the end we add two bonus: one on the level of noise perception by parents of newborns and another on trust between adults and children.

My daughter is four years old. One night, while I was putting cream on my face in front of the mirror, she asked me why I did that, and I replied: “To look pretty!”. She then looked at me intently and said: “Not helping!” © Podslushano / VKMy daughter was two and a half years old. We were returning from the market with heavy bags, when she, crying, asked to pick her up🇧🇷 At that moment, a guy passing by us commented: “Get the girl. Have you no pity?” I stayed quiet, but my daughter turned around, wiped her tears and said, “Nobody asked you anything!” I felt sorry for the young man. © Podslushano / VKI had a job where I started at 7:30 am and I had to run to kindergarten with my daughter at 7:00 am. With the arrival of winter, the sun rose later each day, and when we went out, it was still dark outside. So my daughter complained, “Mom, can we go to school in the morning, like the other children? Please!”. He had to explain to her how nature works. © Palata № 6 / VK

My daughter was five years old when she first heard the name of the fish “tilapia” and started calling me that🇧🇷 So I grounded her to rethink her actions. After a while, I asked her if she would still call me by that name, and she replied, “You’re a fish, I just won’t say which one.” © Irina Kayrisha / Facebook

Almost two years ago, my wife and I got divorced. Our son is now six years old. In the summer, we agreed to spend all together at the country house. My ex always liked the food I cooked, and she complimented everything I made. Sometimes she even kissed me on the cheek, as if congratulating me on my culinary skills. My son watched everything, until one night he said to me: “Mommy likes the way you cook so much, I’m sorry I don’t love you anymore🇧🇷 © Kanantt / Pikabu When my little sister was five, she would pepper me with questions until I said, “Olívia, why don’t you mind your own business?” Without hesitation, she replied, “Because I am five years old and I still don’t know how to do this🇧🇷 © Unknown author / RedditMy son has a friend at kindergarten called Maria. They’ve been best friends since kindergarten. Earlier today, I went to wake him up, but he was unresponsive. So I pulled up the blanket and I gently tickled her heel, and he said: “Oh, no, Mariaa!” © umorist / Pikabu

My son said he needs a 1.5x2m sheet of plywood for a school project. We buy🇧🇷 Then we found out that he was asked for a sheet of 15×20 cm. © Ira Krizhanovskaya / FacebookMy son is in the 2nd grade. A few weeks ago, all parents received an invitation to meet the teachers and the school where their children study. So I asked my boy if he liked his teacher. After a short pause, he replied: “Yes, but I am afraid that she will fall in love with me and want to marry me.” © jeanneeebeanneee / RedditI work in the school library. Today, a 1st grade student was waiting for his parents in the library. I took the opportunity and asked him to help me take the new books to the warehouse and bring the old ones. As soon as I finished talking, he already asked why bring the old books back. I explained that it was necessary for me to paste them, when he again interrupted me and commented: “So big and cheating in school? But don’t worry, I sometimes cheat on tests too!” © dEvanka / Pikabu

I went to pick up my three-year-old daughter from kindergarten and they told me that during a visit to the school by a pregnant former teacher, she was told that the woman had a baby in her belly🇧🇷 My daughter looked at the pregnant woman’s belly and, worried, asked: “Why did she eat the baby?”. © Mary Brister / QuoraRecently, I was walking down the street and saw a woman scolding her five-year-old daughter in a raised voice for getting ice cream on her dress. A guy, who was passing by, said: “Girl, don’t yell at the child like that!” The girl immediately added: “That’s it, girl, stop yelling at me!” © Podslushano / VKI was deciding with my daughter which dessert to make, and I asked her if she would like gingerbread. She then asked me: “Is there honey in the recipe? If so, then I don’t want it, because I don’t like honey”. I replied that it was a strange question, since from the name of the sweet, she could deduce that the recipe uses honey. Immediately she retorted, “Not a strange question, since no one puts ants in the anthill cake🇧🇷 © Mirrymyr / Pikabu

My youngest daughter was at a children’s camp. That night, when she called and said she missed me, I said, “We miss her too. When I go to the grocery store, I want to buy you something yummy to eat, then I remember that he is not at home”. The next day, she called earlier than agreed and, all serious, said: “Mom, I thought about it and, when you want to buy something for me, buy it and keep it. When I come back, you give me everything”. © krilov1982 / PikabuWe invited a couple of friends over for dinner. Before they arrived, my daughter asked me why they always visit us, and we never go to their house. I let slip that they earned less. We sat down at the table and my daughter started serving everyone, putting a mountain of food on the guests’ plates. Our guest then asked: “Liza, you have to serve everyone equally”. And Liza replied: “But you earn less, you must be hungry!”. © Palata № 6 / VK

We went on vacation for two weeks and left our four-year-old son with my mother. Then we came back and took grandma to her house. Already at home, at the table, my son said: “Finally you are back. A little longer and I would have run away from home. grandma is a woman very hard to handle🇧🇷 My husband gave the comment a standing ovation. © Podslushano / VKMy sister was pregnant with her second child, and her three-year-old daughter demanded an explanation of what was happening. We said there was a baby in Mommy’s belly and soon she was going to the hospital to give birth to a boy. The long-awaited day arrived, and we went to the hospital to meet him. My niece spent 15 minutes admiring the newborn and kissing her head, until she asked: “Where are his mom and dad?”🇧🇷 We all looked at each other in shock! Turns out she hadn’t understood that now, she would need to share her parents with a little brother! © Geraldine Merola / Quora

In December, I was returning from kindergarten with the children, and we started talking about end-of-year gifts. We don’t have a lot of money, but we could buy something. My son started making a huge wish list: lego set, toy railroad, etc. My daughter couldn’t stand it and said nervously: “That’s enough! Our parents have home loan to pay🇧🇷 © Podslushano / VKI was on the bus with my four-year-old daughter after picking her up from kindergarten. She was sitting looking out the window, thinking about something, when she commented, “Mom, why do men fight over me?” Everyone on the bus looked at me.🇧🇷 She was referring to her two classmates who pulled her by the arms in opposite directions, just to say they loved her. © Podslushano / VK

When my son was almost three years old, his father and I divorced. I still remember what he said to me: “My mother has a house, my father has a house, but i don’t have a home🇧🇷 It broke my heart. These words are so true for children of divorced parents, constantly being moved from one home to another. By the way, today he is already an adult and he loves us. © Debora Cole / QuoraA friend recently broke up with her boyfriend. I went to visit her, she was very sad and commented: “Everything is bad, I don’t want anything anymore…”. At that moment, her ten-year-old daughter said, “Come on, Mom! Let’s eat something and everything will be fine🇧🇷 © Podslushano / VK

I called a taxi to take my cat, which I put in the carrier, to the vet. When we arrived at the venue, I apologized that she had meow all the way, as if he was screaming, as he was very scared. The driver replied in surprise: “Did she meow? I didn’t even notice. I have an eight-month-old baby at home!” © fotrushka / Pikabu

I was passing through the living room when I saw my son sitting on the sofa with his brow furrowed. I approached and asked what had happened. He told me everything, and I came to the conclusion that he deserved a punishment for doing that. However, instead, I confessed that he was honest, and that at his age, I would never say such a thing to my father. He commented, “Then who else should I tell?” PS: I’m a single parent. © Serdobol / Pikabu

Has your son, or another child you know, ever dropped a pearl that left you speechless? Tell us in the comments!