30 Times Parents Took Pride In How 'Intelligent' Their Kids Are But Just Ended Up Embarrassing Themselves
Just how many big words can a 5-year-old kid know?
Parents love bragging about their kids, but the internet has a way of turning those proud posts into instant comedy. In this roundup, that happens over and over again, as people share screenshots of parents hyping up their supposedly brilliant children a little too hard.
Some of the posts are harmlessly funny, while others are so exaggerated that they make you wonder how anyone expected them to sound believable. From wild claims to awkward oversharing, the results land squarely in the Reddit community r/WokeKids, where users love pointing out the absurdity.
Here are some of the most memorable examples.
1. Your son spreading around that vaccines are bad... pandemic or not, this family sounds like bad news
SusanHo533593472. Get a hold of yourself, Rebecca
Freddie833. Oh, so you want to play this game? Got you!
GuntherMaru
4. Never done formal education but already graduated high school... the dream!
tweetspie
5. This is so emotionally draining
roberta1013
6. Caught red-handed
Merlinfrost
7. A 2-year-old left cooking alone
ScholarDefiant1273
8. Some of us can't even remember being a year old...
prisongovernor
9. Why the need to clarify?
luna_alex_okami
10. Just give them an amen, alright
saintwyatt
11. What an articulate 2-year-old!
owlbewatchinyou
12. Bred into a capitalist environment
ZeppelinCoop
13. Can she even say a single intelligible sentence?
whatmonsters
14. Cue some inhumane noises
Chainbody
Also, this feels like school photo day awkwardness that everyone tried to survive.
15. We all know it
ltheron
16. When you know, you know
katesrepublic
17. Hmmm, wonder who came up with that?
Jickempoo
18. Jokes aside, the card speaks truth
hufky_
19. This one might be more believable
RobbySlowik
20. Why didn't he?
CarbonScum
21. Fifth graders will rule the world
JohnnyMcNulty
22. We are in awe, too
FoldableHuman
23. Kid just doing his thing
HotBlondMess
24. Seems like they just got their priorities straight
catjuggler
25. She got this, don't worry
icearaa
26. Sure, sure
WhiteSan
27. Real or not, we can all relate
supershayne
28. Let him lead one of them then
not_thenanny
29. Use it in a sentence
Kris_Sacrebleu
30. Not in my America
bunnypiss
31. Yeah, That’s What An 8-Year-Old Is Worrying About
LilChubbyCubby
32. That Kid Loved It
aphillippy
33. Poster Claims Their 5th Grader Did This
I8AllTheToblerone
34. I Used To Be A Woke Kid Myself Back In The Day!
themasterkang
35. Sure, Man
jpbuffalo81
Some of these are clearly jokes, but that only makes them funnier.
Got a favorite from the list? Share it with friends and see which one makes them laugh first.
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