Stop Tormenting Your Kids For Content

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[@AnnamarieForcino]

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[@ahaahbahoo1821]

@@AnnamarieForcino my pleasure

[@mrfrogg4738]

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[@Soggycheeseee]

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[@wannabedrewafualo]

Hearing a toddler tell their parent, while fighting tears, “Hey, that wasn’t very nice,” while their parent buckles over with laughter makes me hate humanity.

[@CraftyTeo]

as a small consolation, that particular kid breaks it over one of their heads in the full video

[@CraftyTeo]

@_Lesbian_Ghost_ 4 sure

[@TheReluctantVlogger]

I mean, I’ve seen 100X worse on KZbin alone, let alone what I’ve seen and experienced during my own childhood that makes this “prank” look like a breath of fresh air. The real problem imo is that this is being popularized and normalized as “family fun” for all. It’s true that everyone is different and have varying tastes, but when these mothers can’t see how it upsets their children and post the sad and disappointed reactions anyway, rather than ditching it and apologizing to their kid for the dumb idea says a lot about how, even in 2023, parents aren’t doing a great job of understanding what their children need from them.

[@mandytrujillo2769]

The little broken flat "I love you too" as she continued to stir broke me.

[@EwMatias]

It's so upsetting.

[@Skaði]

the little girl even said, that wasn't very nice. She is way more mature than her parents and teenage sister.

[@larissabrglum3856]

Yes!!! Good child.

[@your_dad_on_vacation]

Especially that kid that said "what is your problem?" That's exactly what I would've said but with a more colorful language

[@JW-vd4il]

I also like the boy at 5:42. I think he expresses how most of us feel about parents who treat their kids like this! (edit to fix time link.)

[@julienicol9202]

Amen!!! That child is a literal gift from God to this hell hole of a world!

[@vibrantgleam]

Agreed tbh, why are literal babies more mature than us now, wtf???

[@0goodbyeGravity0]

The repeated 'I love you' from the mother expecting a response boiled my blood. This is how textbook emotional abuse starts. Normalise apologising to your children when you realise you messed up. She knew her kid was upset, but instead of apologising she forced the kid to pretend she was okay. These parents are assholes. There's a difference between sprinkling some flour on your kid when you're making pancakes together and cracking an egg on their underdeveloped skull.

[@vogelvrouw]

Right?! She really went "i love you, say it back 😡"

[@adriana_cer]

I immediately thought of the girl being in an abusive relationship later in life because her mother is setting up for just that. Manipulative pos that mother is, made me really angry. I hope she felt bad about it after she heard the way her daughter said “love you” back.

[@Epic_Halfblood]

@@vogelvrouw top Disney parent move

[@ded_sage1842]

I thought the same thing bc my mom would do that too it’s terrible ppl just normalize emotional abuse because it’s not physical :/ it’s just as bad

[@MaggieFox45]

It was really like this Parent: I love you Kid: … Parent: I LOVE YOU 👿 Kid: …love you… Parent: Yes, that’s the right answer… 😈

[@VannahSavage]

The little one who cried “Mommy?! I just took a shower!” really hit me. I am autistic, and getting myself or my clothing dirty when I’m feeling clean and comfortable is a quick way to send me spiraling. Hearing her distress over that specific thing gave me major second hand anxiety.

[@kittlekettle6103]

Another autistic person here! 🤚 The fact that she started quietly laughing in the video pissed me the hell off. The mess in general wouldn’t mean much to me in some aspects but the REACTION does. I can say right now if my mom or sibling did that to me,rage would be my first response,which can easily go wrong if you lack self control (Which I do),and so can make a simple ‘prank’ become a much bigger situation

[@evarinagarmguardian113]

I was upset at that one too, and while I feel if I were that child, the reason you gave would be my reason too, there's a good chance the kid has been scolded before for getting dirty after showering and the child possibly feels a level of confliction too.

[@Jay-jv4oy]

Especially bc a lot of little kids don't particularly like showering, and now she has to do it all again

[@breawycker]

As someone with autism and contamination OCD, this would have seriously hurt me too

[@NotGarfield87]

Same. That one was honestly the worst one to me because of how personal it felt. She was clearly so upset, I would be too. Getting dirty again from something after a shower for any reason sucks, but to have someone do it intentionally is a whole other level of betrayal and cruelty to me. And then someone laughing after you're clearly distressed. Malicious.

[@YikYakTikTak]

I’m baffled by the parents who’re still laughing when their toddlers/babies start crying. Like, with ANY prank on ANY person, if there are tears, the prank is OVER.

[@not_dannyz]

exactly. there is nothing i hate more than people actively going out of their way to cause problems for other people. ESPECIALLY their kids! And for what, a quick laugh? Likes? Followers? People should not be exploiting their own CHILD's suffering for comments from complete strangers! IMO, people shouldn't even be putting their child on the internet. Because that stuff basically lasts forever, and there are tons of creeps out there! And what happens if your child grows up and finds the videos of you HUMILIATING them for views? They wouldn't trust you. They wouldn't be happy. They'd probably be really hurt that their own parents would do something like that just for random people all over the world to see. And it's already incredibly fucked up for someone to laugh at someone who is crying and did nothing wrong. So it is so wild to me that someone would do that to their own CHILD. Parents on the internet can be beyond fucked up.

[@sarahshroom]

that's what always gets me. like okay, if i somehow manage to give these parents benefit of the doubt, like, maybe they thought their kid or toddler would be fine with this (honestly, at 2 or 3 i MIGHT have laughed even if it surprised me, so i _could_ see a parent thinking their toddler might be okay - still wouldn't do it myself tho), how is it STILL funny when your kid is crying??? hearing that would INSTANTLY end _any_ humour in the situation. baffles me that *_parents_* hear their kid crying and keep laughing. horrible.

[@commandercorl1544]

It's evident that people like that have no sense of empathy.

[@markipliertrash1562]

Just don't have kids at this point 😭

[@vcutler4735]

There's a thought that if you laugh off stuff a kid is less likely to start really crying/it helps diffuse the situation. That said you're supposed to do that when they fall down but are clearly not hurt not when you smack an egg on their head. :/

[@Thatonepersonthatexsists]

“pranks should CONFUSE not ABUSE” Is what I live by.

[@Widdekuu91]

Yes and the confusion should not be done to people with dementia, people with psychosis or severe mental disorders, children with severe anxiety (gaslighting them into tears) or otherwise hypervulnerable people that cannot distinguish reality from their fearful thoughts. I had a delirium for a while, from sleep-deprivation and someone thought it was funny to gaslight me into thinking that a (boring) situation in the evening, sitting around with chocolatemilk and playing a boardgame, never happened. It took them 2 weeks to confess and by that time, I'd already called my therapist in tears, saying that 'it's happening again.'

[@lalainachandanais7325]

@@Widdekuu91I’m so sorry that happened to you

[@Widdekuu91]

@@lalainachandanais7325 Thankyou. It was mainly freaky that all of them played along and none of them seemed bothered by the fact that I got more frantic and scared as it went on. I no longer have these people in my life now and I've found friendly people in a creative group, that would never treat me that way, and if one did it anyway for fun, the rest would stop him.

[@MillyThe_Rat]

​@@Widdekuu91 just to add too: young children should NOT be confused, because many ways of "confusing" can fuck their little brains up and cause things like depression long term, where their brains do not know how to fully process or understand what happened

[@Artemis_the_gremlin64]

Most real comment

[@carililyyarbrough2305]

“hey, that wasn’t very nice.” I can’t believe a kiddo is parenting their own parents. 💀 I hate it here

[@s.a.4358]

The child knows hitting people is not a nice thing, while her mother thinks it is acceptable + one can laugh at other’s pain and share it with millions of people.

[@kayliedawn4596]

I cracked the egg on MY forehead (I also don't show my children on screen) and we all got a laugh out of it that way. It's literally so easy to not hit your kids.

[@megan-mr9vk]

AMAZING IDEA

[@MilesToGoGo]

I saw one like that, the mom did it to herself, the kids thought it was so funny and then the boy wanted to do it to himself. It’s so much better to make yourself the butt of the joke when it comes to children and then let them decide if they want to participate. Smart thinking 👍

[@afairyist9981]

That's a great way of doing it! Much more fun for everyone!

[@paulmaccaroni]

Awesome! 👏 I don't have kids but I do enjoy making myself the butt of the joke instead of someone else

[@silverofthesunbears]

May I ask how it feels?

[@nebroami]

The parent who said people complaining about the prank just "aren't fun parents" pulled the prank on a child who seemed a bit older and able to understand that it was harmless and silly, compared to like babies and toddlers who just think their parent is hurting them

[@wolvie1618]

Exactly. Her kid is clearly old enough to understand what's happening and is ok with it. If your kid isn't old enough to understand a prank or be ok with it, then they are not old enough to be pranked. That one with the small child was heartbreaking, poor kid was too small to understand what was happening, just that mom hit her.

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

Such as my mom giving me clonazepam as a baby and my dad repeatedly (daily) SA-ing me through the ages of eight-twelve.

[@riley6767]

@@APoliticalConfusionAndMessomg I’m so sorry I hope you’re able to heal ♥️

[@kphoria1009]

⁠what you went through sounds horrible, but in the future a trigger warning would be appreciated, those kind of stories can be jarring

[@sorapokeball]

I would also wager that she possibly gave her child a heads up before doing it.

[@kristheblueberry2319]

I don’t understand how these parents can laugh when their kids are literally upset and about to cry/ are crying

[@peachy_lili]

we happen to have a huge contingent of people in the US with a belief system that is very fond of teaching parents that their children are property that have no feelings or autonomy soooo

[@VibingMeike]

Same energy as people throwing rocks at stray dogs and cats in order to get a laugh out of it and you can't convince me otherwise.

[@gennyperkins2988]

⁠@@VibingMeike I think there’s also similarities to that with men shoving cake in their new brides’ face after being told not to. They seem to find her crying and feeling betrayed as hilarious

[@kadewagner6004]

Same! Especially the first kids video I have a 2 year old daughter and seeing how that baby reacted (even with the blurred face) made me sad. I know how happy my daughter would be to want to cook with me and then to randomly get hit with an egg would break her heart

[@barbecuedsimsbaby]

As someone who was raised by these kinds of people; me neither. :(

[@Love-qk1rg]

I love how funny this trend could've be if we didn't start hitting babies with eggs

[@alm6029]

right like wow they really got their young kids good who don't understand what a "prank" even is!!! literally laughing in their face as they start to cry too is so weird. it's severely strange and gross when parents use their kids for views

[@eszteragnesnagy6508]

In my opinion, it's not funny for the adults either. Most of them are dumbfounded, while the one, who did the prank, laughing AT them.

[@gracel2mart]

@@eszteragnesnagy6508and like for example, I’m trained in martial arts. If someone comes at my face, very high chance I’m at LEAST slapping their hand away. Not everyone is going to just sit there confused.

[@jasperjazzie]

@@eszteragnesnagy6508 honestly a few of them were fine imo, the ones where the other person was laughing too,,i think as long as everyone's laughing and you know the person who is receiving the prank would find that kind of thing funny it's just all about the individual, sometimes things are funny to people and sometimes they aren't, and you have to keep that in mind. also don't hit children with eggs, just in general.

[@peachy_lili]

how about a kid has no idea why you just did what you did and their only safe interpretation is that you HIT THEM FOR SOME REASON? @@gracel2mart

[@emmettmilnickel7649]

My cousin did this to her daughter, and she went from almost immediately crying, to seeing the camera and stopping. Not only was she clearly not happy, but she thought to hide it for the camera and it broke my heart. Its truly disgusting how much parents will ignore their children's feelings for stupid videos and trends.

[@Epic_Halfblood]

That poor kid! I send my love and prayers to her. I can’t imagine the pain.

[@elleumm]

Awww that’s so bad. Poor kid’s already learning to keep her guard up and not to let herself be vulnerable when others can see it. She knows enough to try and hide her negative emotions. I really hope she can find a safe space and unlearn that over time.

[@idahoffman121]

The way the girl said:”hold it.” Was so sweet, thinking she helped her mom. Broke my heart. Such a dick move from the parents, honestly.

[@lilxxith2395]

It literally made me so sad she was so happy and excited to make eggs and was such a good listener and her mom had to ruin a good time

[@thesecretshade]

That teared me up. She was so excited and then so confused

[@RaineSophiaLewis]

Yeah, it made me quite upset. She was so proud holding that egg for her mom, waiting to make something nice to eat. She is so little and the mom’s reaction is hideous.

[@pinkcrazy5133]

my fondest memories were when I was cooking and helping out in the kitchen with my mom when I was younger. That was the highlight of the week back then. To see something I know I enjoyed in another twisted perspective it just. It makes me so hurt. That little girl was experiencing the same joy I was. Instead of having the complete happy memories though, she gets mocked and humiliated. She was holding that egg close to her chest to make sure it wouldnt fall! She reiterated what her mom wanted, showing she was paying attention and had a willingness to learn! She was set up to have such a wonderful bonding moment. And then that utter hag of a disgrace just breaks the egg hard on her forehead and pops the little girl's poor bubble. Some wombs deserve to be barren.

[@maisievicary3007]

That poor girl it looked like it hurt with how hard she recoiled

[@peculiargrrl]

it literally makes me so mad the kids are literally saying HOW THEY FEEL and they're straight up ignored.

[@saturnsings3471]

YES EXACTLY. like it’s so important and impressive for kids to be able to say “that wasn’t very nice” and “that hurt” or “that upsets me because i just took a shower” but these kids are being so disrespected by their parents just laughing at that.

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

Children are seen and not heard

[@teejaykaye]

I mean, kids aren't real people, obviously. They're just little dolls you can play with however you want. That's what those parents are thinking.

[@PlayerTenji95]

@@teejaykayeI wish these people would invest in reborns.

[@arlethalba3503]

It sounds dramatic to say getting an egg cracked on your head is gonna traumatize a kid but at that age kids really don’t understand jokes and pranks. My grandma used to be so mean to me bc I’m a little bit darksinned (as is she) and her “jokes” are one of the only memories I have from when I was a toddler and I struggled for so long to love my skin color. Little things really do traumatize you at that age 🥺🥺

[@kindal5671]

fr. my siblings would mock my laugh and now i try to control how my laughs sound, the simplist of things and traumatize someone

[@jackpijjin4088]

My mom "joking" about my weight while I was still growing up, really fucked with me. I'm only just now overcoming body image issues and my weight has long since stabilized, but I still can't manage to enjoy things like beach visits or going to a swimming pool. She also does the "rehersed 'love you'" thing and I only just realized why it felt like an emotionless routine when I said 'love you too'.

[@Graycata]

I feel a lot of the little bitty ones had it happen to them, got suprised, then looked at the parents to see how to respond. Like you said young kids dont understand jokes and pranks

[@CircusFoxxo]

People who are a little older can shrug off stuff like this because it's 1 memory out of 1,000. To a toddler this is 1 memory out of like, 5.

[@ErisIsAnAbomination]

THIS. I feel stupid admitting this, but I still haven’t forgiven my parents for making an “inside joke” out of an extremely humiliating experience I had as a child. It happened when I was 9, and even now that I’m in my 20s, my blood boils when they inevitably bring it up at family gatherings or around my friends and partner. This shit sticks with you.

[@sonderfulsable]

pranking your kids like this isn't okay because they cant understand that it's a prank. they just understand "mom just hit me" even when i was six and got elbowed by my mom accidentally, i didn't process that she was apologizing and didn't forgive her for days

[@blehblehblehdracula]

Dude, i teach my kid that pranks don’t cause physical harm. Like nothing about this is a prank. It’s horrible lol

[@AlfredoSauce_]

Me too. My dad’s side of the family used to find it funny if I was upset or crying about something kinda stupid. Even if it was stupid, it didn’t matter. I was upset. One day my dad was telling my grandma something embarrassing I did, and I was shouting at him to stop (I was about 5 at the time) and they started laughing, and he just kept telling her and then they all started laughing. I have ADHD, so I tend to occasionally overreact to simple things. I started crying because they were laughing. Thankfully my mom noticed and snapped at my dad and grandma for laughing at me while I was crying, but it still hurt. Thankfully they’re still loving and caring. But moments like that instance have stuck with me and it makes it sting extra hard when I see parents or adults laughing at children when they’re upset over things. Seriously, they’re *adults* , they should have basic fucking common sense.

[@candyphonecosplay]

The psychological damage of having a parent laugh at your humiliation is irreversible. Those children will grow up to hate their parents, and they should.

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

All over a harmless eggs. You are so overdramatic.

[@candyphonecosplay]

@@lagopusvulpuz1571 I don’t think you watched the video. Some of the children were crying out of embarrassment and discomfort. It’s abuse and exploitation.

[@seekittycat]

Not to mention they put it online. The feels when you stumble upon a video of your parents laughing at you crying that had been watched by millions who are also laughing at you. The feels when classmates stumble upon that and use it to laugh at you.

[@MWHAAHHAHA]

@@lagopusvulpuz1571 didn't you learn anything?

[@vogelvrouw]

I still remember when my mom showed me that "find the differences" jumpscare, I wasn't even that young but I know that that made me so so upset and broke my trust, these kids are young and being publicly embarrassed its absolutely disgusting

[@LouisianaCityboi]

I think it’s the disappointment that the children think their parents legitimately want to spend time with them doing something fun, like baking.

[@Daniel_leading_the_13_Plateans]

I know that this was posted 8 months ago, but YES, I and I imagine most other people have fond memories of baking/ cooking with parents, those memories are soured for some of these kids

[@PlayerTenji95]

Yeah, and they may not wanna do it again in the future for awhile.

[@skittybee]

The part where the mom said “I love you” as she’s laughing and the kid just replied “love you. 😐” was heartbreaking, it feels like this definitely wasn’t the first time she’s done something like that

[@karinanicole3665]

:( and i hated how her mom basically “made” her say it back by saying it again like she’s rightfully mad at you. when she wants to say I love you, she will

[@matrixodlum4969]

i was looking for a comment about this moment. the way the kid said “love you” sounded so betrayed and defeated. im sure the mom thinks that by saying that she made everything right and couldn’t hear the heartbreak in her child’s voice

[@itzskye7074]

It just hurt to hear her say that, she sounded so defeated

[@BooksToAshes]

Also, imagine someone hurting her as an adult but saying “I love you” as a way to make the situation suddenly okay. It felt so gross she said that rather than maybe apologizing

[@Stormflame]

And the disappointment in her voice too…

[@imnothere4136]

I have to say - thank you for blurring children's faces - I always worry (and feel icky) about mommy bloggers/vloggers or people in general who show off their kids to the wide web, ESPECIALLY when it comes to "pranks" or punishments which, when posted online just devolves into public humiliation.

[@megan-mr9vk]

or you see stuff and it’s like… are you TRYING to get a pedo audience? horrifying how these kids are pimped out by their own parents

[@ItsJC-gu3jz]

exactly!

[@_kaleido]

I’m kinda uncomfortable seeing pictures/videos of young children online in general. Stuff like Facebook where only your family and close friends will see is okay I think, but young kids can’t really consent to being recorded and shown to hundreds, thousands, or even millions of people. Plus with stuff like AI making it easier and faster for people to use your likeness for whatever they want… it just isn’t worth it

[@RealBradMiller]

​@@_kaleidoEgg-sactly!!

[@markipliertrash1562]

True!!

[@kateemma22]

I can't believe we have to tell people 'don't attack your kids with eggs and then mock them for their distress' but here we are... in hell.

[@kvdp9217]

Hurting your child and saying "I love you" is so disturbing! It instills acceptance of abuse/mistreatment that could follow them into adult relationships.

[@SarutaValentine]

It can also teach young children that love is shown through violence

[@Epic_Halfblood]

Like do you love them like really actually love them, or do you just love them as a tool for clout? Honestly you can’t even trust parents these days.

[@sadnessforbreakfast]

Literal trauma bonding. 😔

[@foreverwander0320]

I’m a mom so I feel (somewhat) qualified to say this… I think some parents forget that their kids separate individuals. Yes, they are extremely dependent on us for the first decade or so, but they are still people worthy of basic respect. No one-not even kids-likes to be laughed at. If you can do a prank/joke that involves everyone, where your child laughs WITH you, that’s ok! But just like you wouldn’t want all your coworkers laughing at you, your babies don’t enjoy being ridiculed! They trust and idolize you in those first few years, don’t take advantage of that!

[@Jo-ke6pj]

Some moms started cracking it on their own heads and they BOTH cracked up!

[@cloverbb24]

@@Jo-ke6pj that I'd be okay with because then it's shifted to, "haha, mama funny!"

[@MyNameHere101]

​@@Jo-ke6pjI was about to say this. That was a much more wholesome twist to the trend

[@RabbitTeacup]

This is so true though, so many parents forget kids, no matter what age, are separate people. Young kids especially but even older kids and teenagers run the risk of being thought of as almost objects a lot of the time, without separate thoughts or feelings.

[@brightknight1965]

As a dad my first thought watching this was, your kids trusted you and you broke that and then posted it online. Homes should be free of fear and it might seem harmless to an adult but kids are still learning what to expect and how to react and a parent teaching them that they have to be on edge even at home is so upsetting to say the least

[@yulebones]

I cannot tell you how relieved I am that family vlogging wasn't a thing when I was a kid. My parents did mean-spirited "pranks" on me all the time because I was a very sensitive, nervous kid, and they loved seeing my reactions. I remember that I never understood the pranks and was always more freaked out that they were doing mean things to me. I'd usually freeze up and cry because I was bullied at school too and didn't have anywhere safe. I'm almost 40 and my mother is still (unsuccessfully) trying to sell t-shirts with some of the oh-so-HILARIOUS things I said in response to their "jokes," like "Is my fear funny to you?" (That was in response to them jumping out of my closet one night to re-enact one of my nightmares, which they told stories about for *years* at family gatherings.) They'd probably have been extremely popular family vloggers, honestly. I haven't spoken to them in almost ten years, if anyone is here to pretend it's all just fine. That sort of behavior, taken to those sorts of extremes, is just an indicator that you're a vicious person.

[@IgnorantSeeker]

That’s horrible, so sorry that happened to you.

[@thesecretshade]

That goes beyond bullying. Thats sadistic. I'm sorry you had the worst parents. You deserve to feel safe while growing up

[@PichuFan4ever]

So your parents decided to RECREATE a freaking NIGHTMARE you had!? That's a whole new level of evil. I'm so sorry you went through that 💔

[@charliedeegan1598]

Holy shit dude your parents SUCK. I'm so glad you cut contact with them and are living your best life. I hope your chosen family treats you much better!

[@PlayerTenji95]

That is so bizzare, I’m sorry.

[@lisapeesalemonsqueezah3241]

Pranking your kids is a good idea in these few situations: A)The prank is funny for both of you B) the prank does not humiliate them C) the prank does not physically harm them D) the prank is age appropriate!!! Examples of age appropriate pranks: you can PLAYFULLY shout boo at a 2 year old, you can get a whoopie cushion for your 5 year old, you can create a balloon avalanche for your 7 year old (cascade of balloons falling down when they open a door), you can make toothpaste Oreos for your teenagers. You can absolutely have fun pranking your kids and BEING PRANKED BACK, but do not betray their trust. If your kid is not laughing, it’s time to apologize and re-evaluate your life!

[@randomguy11518]

All of the pranks you suggested sound so fun to do and so much better than hitting a child with an egg

[@overlydramaticpanda]

A good rule of thumb when it comes to any kind of prank on anyone is that the person on the receiving end should find it funny once the initial shock/confusion has worn off. If it's not something they can laugh at for themselves, it's not a prank. And since an egg is a solid object that actually requires some amount of force to be broken, that's clearly not going to make a young child and *especially* not an infant laugh to be effectively whacked on the head with a breakable but still solid object. It's not a prank in those circumstances.

[@ndawn90]

Yeah, #1 is really, really important here. If my mom had done any of those things to me at any of those ages, I would have absolutely hated it. Fortunately, my mom also hated pranks, so she never pulled them on anyone.

[@passionate_possum_pal]

I do remember possibly the funniest prank my mom pulled on me when I was like 9 was having me get a broom to hold a cup of water up to the ceiling, and then leaving me there. I found it hilarious after I was done

[@silverofthesunbears]

After reading this, I wanna make toothpaste Oreos just to see how they would taste

[@mr.duck1248]

I was a very sensitive kid and I definitely would have cried if my mom cracked an egg on my head. For one, it hurts physically, and for two it hurts emotionally

[@thatsroughbuddy1133]

Same here. Little me would've felt very betrayed.

[@i.147]

hell, im 25 and if someone did that to me, even a loved one, i would be pissed off to the point of tears. i cant imagine how a child would feel, with lower pain and embarassement management skills...

[@theindigollama]

I would have thought I did something wrong. My family already tells me about how I thought I was being punished when they had my ears pierced at a young age.

[@clutterbot7279]

@@theindigollamaoh god, not the child piercings 😭 a whole other can of worms to talk about, I think it’s awful. If the kid wants piercings, then sure. Still questionable, but FAR better than just taking them to get it done without them wanting it.

[@Ashley-bm9gc]

@@clutterbot7279 nah y’all are dragging it with the piercings. It’s akin to getting an injection. They will not remember if they are young enough. That’s kind of the point.

[@SeaBlueJay]

The Mum who asked her toddler if she'd want an egg cracked on her egg and reinforced that saying no is okay, 10/10. ❤

[@mymelu]

I'm a radiologist, toddlers and babies' craneal bones are still developing as well as their brain, it's absolutely counterproductive to hit them with hard things, even worse laugh at them hurting. I love your channel girl, keep it up.

[@1eyed_songbird]

Thank you for saying this. Everyone keeps saying that this hurts and embarrasses, but it can actually be really dangerous too

[@koncifer2235]

I was definitely thinking that with how young some of these kids are That it couldn't be good for their skulls.

[@NotGarfield87]

Finally someone brings this up! I keep seeing all these toddlers and infants being hit the most and I'm just sitting here like, how much more evil and ignorant to your child can these mommy/ parent bloggers get? using your child for clout and now possibly giving them brain damage and hurting them even more than they can verbally express!? Diabolical behavior.

[@vibrantgleam]

@@NotGarfield87 Yeah and we wonder why some children are underdeveloped. Not just being born with it but from people being reckless with their kids.

[@i.147]

the little girl freezing up and wrapping her arms around her body defensively + the one crying 'mommy i just took a shower' broke my heart, that collection of videos was actually hard to watch how can people, nevermind their PARENTS see them distressed and keep mocking them??? how can you lack empathy to this degree???

[@seoulgirl8972]

i know right. like even if the parent originally thought the prank would go smoothly only for the kid to freeze etc. which is oh shit i did something bad, but then to just post it. like wtf. they really had to edit, and then post the video

[@ChyoMommuh558]

5:13 That one almost made me cry because I DESPISE getting dirty right after getting clean. And the fact that the mom started laughing even more is pissing me off, wth??

[@starnathanstar]

Same here!

[@HopelessnessEnsues]

Especially because it’s hard to wash long hair, (coming from someone with long, thick hair) I’m literally gonna get a very short haircut today because of the stupid and time consuming part of taking a shower, and I can’t imagine how hard it would be for a little 5-6 year old who barely knows how to bathe themselves to wash their own hair. If they had to take another shower because they felt dirty right after they already did, that’s just terrible, though it doesn’t do much physical harm, they could be sad for having to shower again, especially because of how tiring and time consuming bathing is. (I know that’s a lot, and it doesn’t make sense.)

[@eeeggg33]

I was so sensitive to humiliation as a kid, this would've stuck with me for life and I feel so bad for any of these kids who fall into the same category. It's genuinely child abuse. Mild, sure, but abuse nonetheless.

[@not_dannyz]

I was sensitive as a kid as well. I just don't get how people find hurting people funny at all, especially if it's a child who doesn't understand why they're doing something like that. My parents used to make fun of me to try and make me laugh but it never worked because I just thought they meant it. And if people keep making hurtful things into jokes, then where do we draw the line? Because at some point, if stuff like this doesn't stop, there are gonna be people out there who were taught all their life that hurting people is funny and just one big joke. And if it's all seen as a joke, that just gives bad people an excuse to be bad. It just makes things harder for everyone involved in the long run.

[@larissabrglum3856]

Same, I felt for those kids because I probably would have cried, too, at that age.

[@marzvstheworld]

Whenever I cried at that age when I was with my grandpa he would tease me about it. Thinking back I was embarrassed a lot as a kid.

[@salyx]

Same, I still remember every mean thing anyone said or did to me. I can’t not.

[@cheesyturtle6734]

it definitely sticks with you. i was four when my family pulled that prank where you shove someones face in their birthday cake, but i didnt know that was a thing. so from a four year old’s perspective, my family member just slammed my head for no reason and ruined my birthday cake :( seeing stuff like this makes me feel the same way i felt that day

[@leilaniwalker8380]

I saw an article on this from a child psychiatrist. To sum it up, this was more damaging than originally thought to young children and toddlers. A child who is learning the rules of the world is realizing that it's uncertain and unpredictable. But, their parents, specifically mothers are a stable constant that they can be safe around. Doing something like this messes with their understanding of the world and ruins their relationship with their parents.

[@SpecialBlanket]

It doesn't take a professional to tell you it's wrong to hurt other people. What the heck is this world coming to? (Not saying that at you, just in general that people even needed that.)

[@janerecluse4344]

In one fell swoop you're teaching them that: 1. Can't trust Mommy 2. I'm the butt of the joke and my distress is funny. 3. Hitting people is funny.

[@thattransmuffin]

People tend to not realize how much kids take from there youth, those are there primary learning years and can effect them way more than they realize.

[@MyDuckSaysFucc]

Huh, who would have that that tormenting small, defenseless beings was bad for their mental health???

[@Izzy-cp8yt]

I wonder if any professionals have looked into a connection between "pranks" like this and children developing attachment issues or maladaptive attachments. We already know that abuse can disrupt children's ability to form attachments, develop empathy, etc. I'd be interested to know if there's any evidence that these "pranks" have a similar effect. Because that poor kid with the flat "I love you 😒" definitely sounds like a cynical kid who may struggle with attachments or empathy with others. It's hard to feel bad for someone when your brain is hardwired to believe everyone is like your parents aka manipulative and malicious.

[@Jeshcaprints]

I was mistreated with mean spirted jokes from my whole family. And when I responded in embarrassment and in pain my family just laughed in my face and told me to get over it. I have a deep seeded hatred for my family now as an adult and can’t find a positive way of bonding with them now

[@TXRider]

Same way with my father. Always eager to humiliate but thought he was untouchable because he did the bare minimum of feeding and housing me. Guess who was whining and acting all sad Pikachu because I told him I didn't want to see him anymore.

[@Soggycheeseee]

Every time she says “hello sinners!” I feel loved

[@Nixcharon]

It's my daily dose of serotonin. ♥️

[@Cristina-Ortiz]

It's like a warm hug delivered personally by Annamarie 🥰

[@elysianblu]

As you should 💛

[@theoriginalpandanon]

Amen 😂

[@Grass_blo]

Me too

[@kat8410]

The parents could’ve used their own heads to crack the egg and it would’ve been so much funnier for everyone

[@MrsCoffee16]

Literally seen those and kids laugh really hard because they don't expect it and it is not abuse

[@hayliekendall7995]

that was what dome other moms did instead. It still takes the kids by surprise and the get to be "in" on the joke.

[@xeldrine66]

Kind of reminds me of what I've learned in my comedy class. It's A LOT harder to laugh at something if the victim is young/innocent instead of the victim being the one making the joke. I think that's why a mother cracking an egg on her face is funnier than the mothers doing it on their children's faces. The biggest reason why is that well... we have empathy, and seeing someone getting hurt, being physically or emotionally while they're young/innocent, is more concerning than funny. Anyway, sorry for the long explanation.

[@DLGGGGGGGGG]

I know the parents are aiming for the forehead but I was so worried for their eyes! When I was little, someone threw eggs at a girl as a Halloween ‘prank’ and she lost partial sight due to a piece of shell

[@aquabluerose7734]

Oh wow, that is horrific!

[@kismetcaffet9862]

Ouch...that "I love you" forced call-response at 6:05 is heart wrenching. The mom literally prompted her child to tell someone who just broke trust and hurt her that she loved them. The controlled, flat voice in her response sounds as though that wasn't the first time she has had to provide that type of reassurance to her mother. That clip was the most difficult one for me to watch.

[@e_aa518]

i was literally about to comment about this one. that poor kid. that one broke my heart

[@shadywolf6042]

That one line reminded me of so many years of my dad's abusive way of saying sorry after he would throw tantrums when I was a little kid, his way of apologizing was "I love you"

[@WhiffleWaffles]

Yeah, that was a big 😬 like if her daughter responded like that it also makes me wonder if her mother is like this in her life constantly.

[@QuoixYanni]

Glad I saw the clip and this comment .. hate that little is going through that. Dealing with her mom not treating her as a child should be treated. My mom does this to me and still does. My heart beat accelerated when she responded with that emotionless I love you... How can her mom be so oblivious? How can my mom be so oblivious ? I think I'll just rescue an animal and and be a furr momma.

[@Oneissnart]

Exactly…

[@fionafox420]

I’m so glad I grew up in the 90’s and my mom didn’t have access to social media. Because my mom would’ve 100% put me and my siblings all over the internet like that. 💀 I feel bad for these kids tbh 😢

[@roselover411]

My mom definitely has an over share trait so I completely sympathize. She had an addiction to Facebook for a while in the mid 2000s and I'm so glad she didn't exploit me for content 😅 I definitely wouldn't have taken it well.

[@DemiSuaton]

@@roselover411there’s a video of me floating around on the internet because of an accident, I don’t want creeps laughing at me, looking at me, anything like that. And when I remember that it freaks me the fuck out. I can’t understand why parents would want to post their kids on the internet or humiliate them, and then laugh at them? I feel so bad.

[@ronniemcnuggit9718]

​@@DemiSuatonbecause your pain and confusion and discomfort are entertaining to them. A lot of the parents who do this today had boomer parents, who didnt see their children as human beings-but rather an extention of themselves or as property. So THEY can hurt you and it's fine, as you are owned. You HAVE to be perfect, because then other people will think THEY are perfect. They were raised like this, so it's fine to raise their children like that too. Instead of therapy, they just perpetuate the cycle of abuse.

[@roselover411]

@@DemiSuaton that's really upsetting, I'm sorry you have to go through that

[@kiwikrg]

My mom has always been a Facebook poster since it came out, and she's definitely one to air EVERYTHING. She's posted so much bullying me, so glad I wasn't younger when Facebook started. I was middle school.

[@cameronnorris2055]

I was a "sensitive kid" growing up, my dad did pranks that weren't even this bad to me and my siblings a lot, I always got upset and start crying and he'd tell me to "calm down. it's just a prank". I run and tell my mom, she'd be mad and he'd do it again later that week. I stopped going to my mom and just learned to cry more quietly so he wouldn't make fun of me for that too. I don't have the best relationship with my dad today.

[@kindal5671]

i was also a "sensitive kid" growing up and almost everytime my siblings or someone from school would tease me a bit and i would cry, everyone would dismiss it as me being young, a wimp, or the youngest sibling. i hope ur doing better now

[@clarrytheclam]

It might not be so bad if you didn’t have to hit the eggs so hard, but the force you need, mixed with the shock they experience, the softness of kids heads, and the fact that they are likely more susceptible to pain than adults, is what make this “prank” hard to watch when performed on children... That one girl who got upset saying that she just showered was particularly sad imo 😥

[@2okaycola]

For real

[@SEReid-rz5bm]

There is so much wrong with this, but one of the things that genuinely breaks my heart as a former educator is that cooking with your kids is SUCH a fun way to bond. Now, every time these kids think about cooking with their parents, they're going to associate it with pain and confusion and, frankly, betrayal. That's so, so sad. 💔

[@SalemTheTyrant]

Seriously! My niece loves cooking so much. Whenever I joke around with her while cooking I’m super careful because it’s her favorite thing to do and I don’t want to discourage her. If this happened to her I would be so mad

[@WhiffleWaffles]

This! Thank you for pointing that out. I'm on my way to be an educator (in the midst of student teaching!) and for the past eight years in the education field, I've always loved the idea of promoting cooking between kids and guardians/parents because it's such a powerful way to bond, and a treat way to educate children in math, nutrition, etc.

[@hayliekendall7995]

There were moms who did a really good alternative to the prank where they hit themselves in the head with the egg. It still shocked their kid in a way that was funny, but not at the kids expense. and then the kid gets to be in on the joke and not the butt of it.

[@Zaylana]

That mother trying to argue that it's just fun to smash an egg on her child's head because he laughed about it is just telling on herself. Your child should not be so desensitized to their mother intentionally causing them pain.

[@bluesapphireymca]

Not to mention that she clearly told the child beforehand that she was going to do it. She got consent from her kid and didn't shock him with it unlike the other kids in the video.

[@wrenmassey6876]

​@bluesapphireymca exactly! He clearly knew what was going on and was having fun with it. Just like it's one thing to have a need war with your 10 year old but a totally different thing to just randomly shoot at your child with a nerf gun. I think context of age amd consent is really important for this kind of thing. Like, those kids who can't even go to school yet will not understand that you are just being silly and think you are attacking them while an adult might just realize that you are doing something patently absurd which is funny

[@log3ckert386]

her video just misrepresents the situation in so many ways and its annoying me so much 1. it looks like she didn't even crack the egg on the kids head and she just opened it by pushing her fingers into it (meaning she didn't hit the kid as hard as the other parents did) 2. her child is clearly a lot older than the majority of children who had that done to them 3. her whole body sorta flinches or something whenever the child hits her head the second time 4. also i think the child knew this was coming

[@kwarra-an]

While I do agree that her argument is bad, I don't think the kid laughed because he's desensitised to his mother causing him pain. It seems like he knew she was going to crack the egg on him, she didn't crack it very hard, and he was a bit older than the other kids featured. Also, some kids just react differently. However, just because *your* child likes practical jokes like that, doesn't mean it's fine to do it to any child.

[@Zeffer32]

I've always vehemently loooathed parents who 'prank' their young kids, like don't punish them because you have no friends

[@AnimeLuver0604]

Yeah, unless the prank is just confusing them, like magic tricks. The gob-smacked look on kids faces is adorably hilarious. Making them cry by scaring or hurting them is just..."I love you so hurting you is okay" which teaches some *very* bad lessons about relationships.

[@Saranghaezz]

So as a person with autism, this haunts me. My parents never did anything like this to me, but other adults in my life pranked me and made me feel guilty afterwards for being upset. "It's just a joke", "don't be so sensitive", etc... That's so harmful and can make a psychological impact that you can take with you well into your adulthood. I can't imagine going through the pranks I went as a child in this day and age. Being filmed just makes it so much worse. Thank you for raising concern about this !!! Your channel is truly amazing

[@nightingale_55curse81]

It's not just the fact that they're doing this on their children-- it's the fact that they seemed to be more preoccupied with staring at the camera rather than their own children's unhappy reaction to the prank. It's weird.

[@ladystein2246]

I told my mom about this egg trend. My mom tried it on my boyfriend with his consent. It hurt, of course. Then my mom got really pissed off at people who do this to their kids. I have never seen her so pissed. My mom is way too nice for that.

[@RamonaGelosi]

aawww❤✨

[@janerecluse4344]

I swear, part of the problem is not knowing where to crack it. Obviously don't be smacking babies in the head, but even on a grownup, you want to go near the hairline. That's the hard part, it's where you break boards in martial arts

[@justanotherupscaspirant8837]

My dad used to pick me up and pretend to throw me out the balcony whenever I was being "difficult". I would get so scared that I couldn't even cry, and that obviously solved any "tantrums". So naturally, when I had a fight with my younger cousin, I tried this technique with him (I was 12/13 and an idiot). He cried SO LOUDLY. I got a HARD lecture from my aunt for doing something so cruel, and that's when I first realised that what happened to me wasn't normal. When I told her that, she confronted him and his response was to laugh it off, that we were "too sensitive" and "couldn't take a joke." He did it multiple times since then until I was too big to pick up. I have a crippling fear of heights now and can't even get up a ladder. Thankfully my cousin doesn't even remember the incident otherwise I don't think I would've been able to forgive myself. So yeah, when children don't contact their parents anymore after gaining independence, there's usually a pretty SOLID reason for it. And it's NOT ungratefulness.

[@PlayerTenji95]

Oh wow. Good on your Aunt for not only stopping the buck, but actually trying her best to hold your fuckass dad accountable. Sucks that he didn’t care, but damn; You can’t force water from a stone. 😢

[@esmeraldaloschuetz9120]

Thank you, FINALLY someone called out Jimmy Kimmel!!!! Always hated this "oh look, I made my little children sad for no reason, haha! Isn't it funny how they just blindly trust me?!"-thing. I had an abusive narcissistic mother growing up, who would thrive on humiliating me as a child. If the internet had been around back then - I think I would've ended myself before my teens.

[@hayliekendall7995]

i tottally agree. i never saw those as funny. they're mean. and making your kid cry? i could never laugh at my kid crying.

[@kimmel636]

everybody thinks i’m related to him and it makes me upset because he’s not someone i want to associate with

[@toothcruncher]

@@kimmel636 just say youre the better kimmel whenever ppl ask or assume 😌

[@kimmel636]

@@toothcruncher that’s actually such a smart idea thank you

[@toothcruncher]

@@kimmel636 ofc!! ❤️ i wish you the best, better-kimmel

[@vcutler4735]

That one mom straight up punched the kid with that egg. Also that one kid who only said I love you back in a mad way like she knew she had to say it or else her mom would have only escalated.

[@owlmechanics3322]

As someone who works with children- thank you for making this video/going into the developmental side of it! This is good and correct information. Children deserve the same respect that Adults receive

[@KASPlaysSims]

Hi as someone who wants to work with young children aged 0-5 I think it’s good too I have a level 2 in childcare and what they are doing is teaching them it’s ok to crack an egg on someone’s head if you find it funny but it’s not . In the first clip with the young child . I swear. I saw the child flinch when she did it which proves she did not like or expect it and they are doing damage by teaching them and showing them because I’m sure as you know they follow their caregivers and role models also positive relationships with caregivers is vital and if they do this it might interfere with that in some way .

[@thesadtoaster]

My parents used to do things like this to me as a kid, and film it on our camcorder. They'd then put said videos on when we had guests, and I'd be humiliated all over again. It's almost been two decades since all of it, and just thinking about it hurts. I can't imagine the trauma this leaves on the kids, now that everything is posted online.

[@spacebassist]

there's this episode of regular show that stuck with me and is probably the only one in the entire series i can't bring myself to like. it's the one where mordecai finds himself having to bring his gf to his parents' place and they have a family tradition of showing his past embarrassments recorded on video and he doesn't want that (obviously) because he always hated it and his mum had a long track record of driving girls away whenever he'd bring them over (by embarrassing him) the moral of the story is he got ice cream after these moments were recorded and they loved him anyway and he suddenly starts laughing along and accepts this weird tradition, but it never felt right to me. i'm not a kid anymore and i thankfully never had that growing up and it sounds fucking awful to experience as a child. i had one instance where some old videos got put on and it could've been a nice glimpse at the past but instead i saw myself come on and the room turned into "oh i can't wait to watch him do something embarassing!" and i left because i was upset and didn't have a fantastic childhood (anxious mess). I'd be uncomfortable *at my age now* if everyone gathered around to put in a VHS and "laugh at the stupid kid" who's also in the room right now and if you're not laughing you're clearly "too sensitive/soft/humourless" it feels like an insecure type of humour that people should grow out of to become completely self-assured yet some people latch onto it (and teenagers fuel the cringe compilation genre because they're ashamed of their own capacity to be cringey) and it just feels mean-spirited and it's fully fair to take issue with it, especially when it involves you and DEFINITELY when there's a literal child you can't twist your anxious child into some chad who can "take a joke", you gotta help them through their personality issues you probably inflicted on them

[@violetsparkles5453]

When I was 9 I experienced Christmas in Colombia for the first time, which involved hiring farmers to bring a pig over, slaughter said pig in front of us, and then the family would cook said pig. While it was normal for everyone else I was in hysterics. My dad took many pictures of me sobbing, red faced and puffy eyes. Then anytime family would come over or guests of any kind, he’d put on the slideshow of Christmas and laugh at my sadness. These people are fked in the head

[@Izzy-cp8yt]

​@@spacebassist I fully agree. There's a video from my first birthday that has become infamous in my family because my parents were desperate for a smacsh cake picture/video. My mom let me eat the frosting off of a decoration, then put it back on the cake and told me to go get it (for more frosting). I got both hands in the cake, saw the mess, and started screaming. It was known basically from the moment I could be set down to lay anywhere that I hated being messy - I hated being on grass/dirt without a blanket, I hated finger painting, I hated messy food because it got on my hands. So why anyone thought having me do a smash cake was a good idea is beyond me. But 27 years later, my extended family *still* brings up the video of that day, and I just don't understand what's funny about putting a one year old in a situation you know they'll likely find distressing, and then watching them essentially have a panic attack (my screaming from that day has been described as "like someone was coming at you with a chainsaw"). I just don't see the humor in distressing a child. Nor do I see the humor in bringing up the fact that you intentionally distressed a child over two decades later.

[@green25459]

We really underestimate how malleable a child’s mind is. They are new to the world and are watching everything you do just so they can understand how to interact with other humans.

[@kninenights]

Hitting your child in the head with something when they are trusting you is a serious way to give them actual trauma.

[@snowscapeddreams6300]

As always, with these situations, remember: All children deserve parents, but not all parents deserve children.

[@deo3367]

Ya. But those who don’t deserve children multiply like rabbits…

[@MissRedLu]

My partner and I are going to adopt somewhere in the future and it baffles me that we are going to have to attend a parenting course, get a psychiatric evaluation, get recommendation letters from close family to prove that we have a supportive environment to the adoption and lay out all of our finances *just* to get on the wait-list and these people birth their children and... Do shit like this...

[@MyDuckSaysFucc]

This phrase is redundant in a world where EVERYONE has the right to have children, and most feel entitled to reproduce wether they should or shouldn’t

[@sonicmiku3009]

People like them is the reason why I`m glad birth control and abortion exist. And this is coming from someone who hates abortion to a certain degree.@@deo3367

[@elyse15383]

i was pranked by having raisins put in my shoes on easter and told the bunny pooped in it. this is the kind of prank you do to kids you don’t hit them what the hell

[@1eyed_songbird]

That's actually really funny. Did your parents end it there or eat the "poop"?

[@vibrantgleam]

My immature ass would've started laughing.

[@rachelppython]

And even that is a thing you should also think of the kid you're doing it to. My brother would've found it hilarious, whereas I, a very literal child who was extremely disgusted by germs and bodily functions, would've never wanted to wear those shoes again because what if they lied about it being raisins and there was actually poop in my shoes?

[@MizukiUkitake]

The clip at 5:58 breaks my heart. That little girl's tone when she said "I love you" speaks volumes about how she really feels about the situation. She's only saying it because she believes she has to. 💔 Edit: I just scrolled down to see if anyone else caught it, and it's a bittersweet feeling to see so many other people calling out the same clip.

[@MilesToGoGo]

The little girl who said “i just took a shower” literally made me tear up. 😢 poor baby

[@Candy-md1uk]

It makes me so sad that these kids are so polite, the way they just quietly say “ow” “that hurts” “that wasn’t very nice” :( they just dont deserve to be treated like that, they don’t understand why you are hurting them and laughing

[@jackdawjohnson7436]

The issue is little kids have significantly softer skulls, so there’s much more potential for harm there than with a grown adult. They also just have less capacity to understand “pranking”

[@volteonex1862]

My mom showed me one of these egg cracking videos today, and when I tried to explain how it made me uncomfortable, it was painful to hear “it’s okay because it’s just a joke” and had me rethinking all the times younger me explicitly said “I don’t trust you” because my parents intentionally upset me for “humor” (ex: jumping out and scaring me or tickling me after being told to stop) They never meant any harm and we are on good terms, but it sucks that parents don’t consider the feelings of young children.

[@myrkflinn4331]

Had my uncle tickle me to death and make me a bat upside down on a branch aka his hands multiple times and I to this day, I HATE it when people tease me the same way when I say no and they say its a joke. I tell them why Im upset as adult and they still laugh... fun right

[@RSStarfire]

It upsets me to see how dismissive some of these parents are to their kids very reasonable reactions. “That wasn’t very nice” and “That hurt” shouldn’t be met with laughing. I remember when my parents would do little things to “push my buttons” (violate my boundaries) and they wouldn’t stop when I asked them to. I, in all of my little kid wisdom, learned that screaming “SHUT UP” and getting them to scold me instead was the only way for them to stop. They refused to be reasonable and I learned VERY quickly that they’d only stop if I wasn’t reasonable either. You can imagine how I learned to respond when people outside of the home would push against my boundaries.

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

I learned that if I was physically violent that I'd get a belting, but I'd be left alone afterwards. You develop a survival strategy.

[@Bearleyburied]

My dad pulled pranks on me all the time when I was younger, like if we went to spirit Halloween he’d grab a zombie mask and would jump out and scare me and other innocent stuff like that but if I started crying he didn’t laugh and comforted me, apologized, and said it wasn’t funny, and I believe that is how every prank on a child should go, if they laugh you can laugh, if they cry or don’t laugh then you don’t laugh and comfort them and apologize

[@gwennorthcutt421]

thats what i dont get like, even if i was dumb enough to try this, the second the kid was upset id be apologizing and trying to comfort them. likely inviting them to smash and egg on my head. i sure as hell wouldn't upload the video after.

[@SapphireSeahorse494]

my dad used to hide behind things to jump out and startle me but he stopped when I told him that I can't walk into a room without checking behind the door so I don't get scared and I get very anxious if I turn my back to a doorway

[@maevem316]

I feel like some people take the ease with which little kids cry at some things as reason to not take those feelings seriously. Like they're "overreacting", so why should I encourage it. But those feelings are still real!

[@SapphireSeahorse494]

@@maevem316 I've always been called too sensitive and told that I'm overreacting when I cry. but now looking back I think the reason I'm so sensitive is because of constant chronic pain that's pretty exhausting and mentally taxing. and physically. also i would rarely cry for injuries and people said I must have a high pain tolerance (or that I was exaggerating because if it was as bad as I claimed I shouldn't be able to stand). so I think that my constant pain made me be able to tolerate physical pain but break down at small emotional pain things. or at least things that were small to other people

[@NightshadeLore]

6:06 this broke me. I know that tone. She was trained to say it back. Thats why Mom prompted twice. She also held back when putting the egg to her mom's forehead, then tapped just hard enough to understand the full force she was hit with to crack the first egg.

[@ShwappaJ]

My grandmother used to do that same kinda shit. Now I just don't say anything back, it pisses her off every time lmao 😂

[@atrainbrady3208]

​@ShwappaJ your grandmother has no right to get pissed off.

[@pmzaii]

that tone just reminded me of myself to be fully honest

[@Novacaine-p]

It reminded me of myself way to much ​@@pmzaii

[@paulinahafer7185]

I think of all the videos, this might have been the worst one though it‘s a tough call between this and the first one where the child is literally two years old. Holy shit, is this messed up.

[@WholeWheatWhale]

My autism wasn't diagnosed until I was an adult. There were situations when I was younger that would arise because of being autistic and I can remember being laughed at by my Mom. She didn't mean anything malicious by it but I was full of distress and anxiety. I felt like I couldn't trust her to help me and I was older than the toddlers in some of these 'prank' videos. These little kids are feeling the same way I did then and it hurts.

[@MilesToGoGo]

I saw one video where the mom cracked the egg on her own head and the kids thought it was so funny and then the little boy did it on himself and laughed and it was really cute, like that is the only appropriate way to do this “challenge”- making yourself the butt of the joke and then letting the child decide if they want to participate, otherwise I hate it

[@RuletheWorldwithsong]

If my mom did this prank to me as a young child I would have started crying only for her to yell at me and be pissy with me the rest of the day because I ruined something that was supposed to be funny. These videos bring up some long lost trauma for me

[@Varikas]

Same! My family was my first and longest bully

[@THEDubbleHelixx]

How do you not feel terrible when you see the betrayed look in your child's eyes after you prank them like this? It's one thing if you genuinely didn't realize how much it would hurt and thought your kid would find it funny. It's another entirely to cackle as they cry.

[@beIIabeIIa]

I was hospitalized when I was 3 due to Salmonella and lemme tell you, children getting Salmonella is no joke. I was so violently ill and lost such an intense amount of weight that my parents said they thought they were going to lose me.

[@HauntedCadaver]

I'm honestly mortified by how much these children are being documented and plastered online. I'm a single mother and I can't fathom posting everything online, let alone even just harmless pictures of my daughter. It's so scary with how many creeps are out there still fetishizing even "safe" content. I also feel it's a major privacy issue for my daughter, and these kids.. Let them be kids ffs. They may not enjoy knowing their entire life was just for clout when they grow up.

[@not_dannyz]

I feel the same way. I've never had any kids, and I don't really plan on having any, but it just seems so glaringly obvious that a decent person wouldn't be putting children on the internet for random strangers to see. Especially in this case, where their parents are humiliating them for like and views from strangers. I can't imagine how I'd feel getting treated like that and finding those videos. And the fact that some of those parents are just laughing it up while their children are crying. I wouldn't risk hurting a child like that for clout, even if there's a chance they'll laugh along with me. I don't get why humiliating people has become such a joke to so many people these days when it's so harmful.

[@HauntedCadaver]

I have a (ex) friend who will go on a war path level rant about pedophiles because she was groomed and molested by an older cousin. Yet, here she is recording every minute of both of her sons lives on snapchat. I'm talking like 40-50 snap stories A DAY. A lot of these stories included her breast feeding her infant son with both of her FF cup sized boobs sans nipple in the shot. I had to seriously distance myself after that, I just don't fucking get it. Clout will cloud the mind I guess.

[@Nodsbane]

I'm a stepfather and my stepkid was 13 when I married her mom and had them move in and I've never put one photo or video of her online because I don't think she wanted that and I wouldn't either so I didn't even ask if I could.

[@JennaEmbers]

Thank you so much for covering this. This isn't talked about enough. It baffles me that we still have no policies in place for family vloggers because all the evidence points to it being damaging. We are finally at the point where kids are old enough to communicate how it has impacted them negatively. Here's to hoping that continuing the discussion on why it's a problem will lead to more progress for protections in the future.

[@AnnamarieForcino]

it’s crazy how unregulated social media is for minors! with the arrest of the 8passengers lady, i hope we make steps in the right direction.

[@fishbrain9591]

Aw no, the videos of the kids being upset and confused at their parents, especially those saying "that hurt" or "that's mean", are so heartbreaking. Be nicer to your kids.

[@nexumie]

Something that really makes me glad the whole "filming your kids' upset reactions to things for clout" phenomenon wasn't as widespread when I was a kid is an experience I had when I was very little with my own parent. Long story short, my dad showed me a clip of a movie to scare me because he thought it'd be funny, and I had a full on meltdown for several HOURS about it. Which, that obviously wasn't what he was intending, but it still hurt me pretty bad for a while, until I became comfortable enough to regard it as just an unfunny prank he pulled that we laugh about, generally. But I sometimes think back on that like... What if that had been recorded and uploaded for the world to see? I'd never trust my dad again! And I'm sure when these kids grow up they're going to feel the same way.

[@acarlo4380]

A parent is often their child's first bully.

[@3Rachelharper]

Agree, 100%. I also hate the "I ate all your Halloween candy, sorry" prank with the parents laughing while the kids cry.

[@jalissahofer1425]

yeah my mom would actually hide my candy and eat all of it though

[@neigeshusband5327]

​@@jalissahofer1425One of the things people don't talk about with diet culture is shit like this. Just buy your own candy or ask for some too, why would someone ever go "but my figure:(" before stealing from their kid. Which one is the actual shameful action here?

[@CalmKore]

My mom did this to me when I was nine and my meltdown was put on national television. It has ruined Halloween for me a bit, which sucks because it was a major comfort to me as a little kid. Its such a shitty thing to do for a few seconds of attention from other shitty parents online.

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

Meanwhile my mom actually ate my candy thinking I got it for her😂. She brought me candy later thou

[@PlayerTenji95]

@@CalmKoredamn, that’s awful. Sorry you had to deal with that.

[@Just_A_Transperson]

I love how you don’t show kids faces. Respecting their privacy is super important, and I respect you a lot for doing it.

[@emp6591]

Especially when she describes the expressions too bc those add such important context to the situation sometimes. So respectful and kind to the kids

[@Buhleep]

exactly, it doesnt matter what they look like. they're gonna grow up and change. these parents dont care. it's so sad..

[@WhiffleWaffles]

I'm writing my capstone paper about the correlation of child development and social media, and I 100% believe that this behavior needs to be regulated and frowned upon. How is this not considered some form of emotional/mental abuse? Those kids are gonna grow up resenting their parents so much.

[@Widdekuu91]

Not just that, they will be distrusting of anyone that shows them love in the future, especially if the parents do this often and teach them that this is normal human interaction. I've dated someone that has been abused at home and there was nothing I could do that _wouldn't_ trigger my ex, whether it was bringing him a Valentinesdaycard or food or cleaning something or petting his face in the morning and telling him he was handsome or showering together. He was constantly on edge, constantly ready to retaliate and constantly expected me to harm him. And whenever I did not, his anxiety would rise and he'd wait, and wait, until it got too much and he would just sabotage the situation himself, so that *yes* the situation was awful *bút* at least now, the pressure was gone.

[@wewz345]

7:50 I’d rather be considered a “boring”but sensible parent than be a “fun” but cruel, clout-obssessed, and immature one who cares more about social media validation than their kids’ own feelings. Once again-and this bears repeating every time someting like this trends-every child deserves loving parents but not all parents deserve their own kids.

[@axolotlchaos2318]

6:51 THIS is a parent I can get behind!!! Way to go! I love it when parents actually care about their children and RESPECT them enough to view them as people instead of property.

[@megumichan400]

Yes! Children are people too, and they deserve to be treated as such

[@jasperjazzie]

for some reason i was so worried there was gonna be a twist where she cracked the egg and i'm so glad there wasn't

[@CL0UD3D.]

YES! I saw a similar one but with two kids, one after the other. The mom gave them an egg and asked them to try to crack, the kids were hesitant and did it lightly, then the mom asked them if she could try, one of the kids said yes and the mom did it gently (the eggs did not crack) and the other said no so the mom DIDN'T. Then she asked the kids how they would feel if she did it hard and as a surprise, BOTH of the kids said that would hurt and they wouldn't like it! It's really sad how kids aren't treated as people with feelings and emotions! And yes, children do freak out and get hurt by things that aren't that big of a deal, but that's because to them it IS a big deal! They're KIDS, their world is much smaller and small things seem bigger!

[@usernamenotfound6515]

@@CL0UD3D. Exactly! I saw one where a Mum plans to do the prank, but upon hitting her kid fairly lightly, realises how hard you actually have to hit to break an egg. The kid is older and it gets to a point where they're both laughing as the Mum keeps gently tapping the egg on the kid's head as nothing happens. Great example of someone realising in real time how cruel some of these pranks actually are, while also seeing that what ended up happening WAS funny to her kid, so she continued it.

[@Ouroboros8888]

Fr, W parent right there

[@twitchyteeth]

oh my GOD. my parents made fun of me for YEARS, and when i started getting bullied at school, i just started to believe that i deserved to be treated that way. treating your kids embarassment or unhappiness like a joke or something to laugh at will absolutely mess up their self esteem. i'm still trying to pick up the pieces and understand that i deserve to be treated with respect. i'm frankly disgusted that parents think it's okay to laugh in their small children's faces while the cry out of fear, shock, and embarassment. children are people.

[@ParBar19]

Not only are they bullying their child, but also posting it for the entire internet to see. We need more regulations online for this shit

[@toadsfortheroads]

There are harmless pranks you can pull on kids, like I used to put stuff on my nephews head and they'd be confused where it went and then realize it was on their head. It's fine to prank kids with a prank that you KNOW FOR SURE they will think is funny and will not hurt or embarrass them. If it's not funny to the kid, or it's upsetting to them, you're doing it for your own benefit. If they're literally saying "ow that hurt", you need to do some serious unpacking of like why you're doing shit like this. I don't understand why you would even want to make a child you care about feel bad like this, truly what is even happening.

[@NNNNNNNNNN-nnnnnnnnnn]

I can list some of them: magic tricks (disappearing objects, floating stuff), imitating your kids, making funny faces, etc.

[@kwarra-an]

My mum even pulls harmless egg pranks: they invariably involve a realistic rubber egg, which she (for example) tosses at me with a "catch!!", or misrepresents as a boiled egg. These are simple, but effective pranks that we can both find delight in. (I somehow manage to fall for them every time, even when it's a repeat.)

[@NNNNNNNNNN-nnnnnnnnnn]

@@kwarra-an Or you can pull out some confusing af riddles for them kids lol

[@NNNNNNNNNN-nnnnnnnnnn]

@@anma9217 I agree, but if you wanna film your pranks on your kids, YOU ALWAYS NEVER POINT THE CAMERA AT THEM, or you can just blur their faces

[@toadsfortheroads]

@@anma9217 I agree. The concept of posting a video of pranking your kids just doesn’t work in my opinion because if people respond to it, than it incentivizes the pranker to do crazier pranks to get more views and likes. Also idk, I don’t really love the concept of posting videos of children as content anyway, I’m sure there are people who do it responsibly but there are way too many cases of this ending badly for the kids.

[@dvckduckgoose]

[bashes child in the head with egg] “i love you!” this upsets me so much. as a child my family would play rough ‘pranks’ or purposely be upsetting and say i love you, equating in my young mind abuse and love, it messed up my brain

[@lisadoes]

I used to laugh when adults pretended to steal my nose, so I did it to my daughter, and she got really upset. I felt like the biggest creep in the world and did my best to apologize immediately and let her know that I would never do anything like that again. I can’t imagine hitting my child and being doubled over with laughter while they were hurting and betrayed, and then plastering it on the internet for other’s’ entertainment.

[@ShwappaJ]

To be fair, young children tend to not completely understand that kinda stuff. She probably thought you ACTUALLY stole her nose. Wouldn't be the first time.

[@mochike]

also, "harmless" pranks like these aren't really harmless to young kids who are still developing both mentally and physically. they aren't expecting their parents to harm them in any way so the pain and betrayal kick in first and will stick in their minds. my dad often "pranked" me when i was around 6~9 by pretending to be dead in the car when he was drunk. he probably still thinks it was just a funny and, at worst, harmless joke but to young me it was traumatic and i still have paranoia regarding his safety to this day.

[@nbdjz1058]

there was a spin on the trend where parents encouraged their children to crack open an egg on the parents' head, and it was just lots of laughs and one little boy didn't even want to do it because he didn't want to hurt his mommy. i really loved this wholesome spin but the mommybloggers doing it to their tiny kids really infuriated me

[@billiee8035]

having been egged, it kinda REALLY hurts. might be different if it's not launched at you from a car but i fully think this is a terrible prank in the first place

[@1eyed_songbird]

It absolutely still hurts from a short distance, ESPECIALLY for children. Their skulls have just fused and are still soft. You could kill a 2 year old by hitting them on the wrong spot with enough force, even with an egg.

[@JDMimeTHEFIRST]

It certainly lacks imagination, wit, and humor.

[@fluffystuff500]

15:39 Thank you for saying this. If someone is extremely distressed over something trivial, it's almost never the trivial thing at the root of the issue. It's something bigger like betrayal of trust, not feeling listened to, or feeling out of control. It's not just Halloween candy, it's "mommy took something that's mine without my permission when she knows it means a lot to me." It's not just an egg cracking, it's "mommy hit me for no discernable reason and then laughed at me"

[@SpecialBlanket]

You are a good person. Almost no one understands this in children OR adults. If people remembered this about their romantic partners things would be worlds better.

[@maruguida8056]

while I 100% agree with you, I still don't get why some people undermine their reactions EVEN if it was as "shallow" as "mommy ate all my candy and now i can't have any" because they are kids!! The are still learning and understanding things! I imagine getting to eat their halloween candy is something that makes them very excited and happy, specially considering a lot of them might not eat candy the rest of the year. They were looking forward to it and were excited to eat their candy, and now they can't because mommy decided she was really craving them. Even if it was just that, I think their sadness should be taken seriously as well, so it's really sad so many adults think it's dumb or that it makes them "spoiled"

[@fluffystuff500]

@@maruguida8056 I agree with this too. Kids deserve to be comforted even when something small like candy is all it is. They're so new to this world that things that would be a minor annoyance to an adult can feel like a horrible nightmare scenario to a kid. Hell, taking away something that someone was excited for can hurt adults, too. Sometimes the problem really is just "I was looking forward to it and wanted it, but now I can't have it" and that's completely valid. The reason they're upset doesn't really matter in the long run. What matters is that the kid *is* upset and they need to be treated kindly. They don't deserve to be bullied and mocked for reacting to bad news and expressing their emotions in the ways that they know how. I think anyone who laughs at kids for crying or calls them spoiled when they're upset is a complete jerk no matter what.

[@maruguida8056]

@@fluffystuff500 yes exactly!! I feel so bad for these kids and honestly I'm glad so many adults are starting to unlearn that behaviour and understand that feelings are valid. And not even just kids' like you said, adults' too!! Why is it so hard to spread kindness and patience to others?? Specially little ones that are still growing and learning

[@HopelessnessEnsues]

I used to scream and cry because my parents never listened to me, and crying was the only way I felt as if it would make them listen, but it never did. And I ended up getting grounded. Like if I told my parents “my brother hit me!!” Then if they ignored it, I would hit back, and then I’d get in trouble. It’s stupid, so stupid.

[@somebody3150]

why can't people just surprise their kids on a fun way? i remember my mom used to put gifts or candy where i did my homework while i took breaks or was distracted, it made me associate homework with something good (even if i honestly don't remember it, i was like 6) i also remember the first time they did a "birthday prank", to try to summarize it as best as i can, there was this place where you could either rent a small attraction for your party (a ball pit, a trampoline, stuff like that) or you could have the party there with all of them, i thought my parents had just rented one, but then on my birthday it didn't show up! my parents told me "we're going to go there and ask what's going on", so we went, it turned out they had actually rented the place and i was going to have the party there! i barely remember the party, but i do remember the surprise and it was honestly great it really isnt that hard to be nice to your kid, what are these people thinking

[@bahhumbug7851]

my 4th grade teacher played the Jimmy Kimmel segment about pranking your kids, even at 8 years old I just felt bad for the kids and promised myself to never do that.

[@erinniccoinn1gh]

a good prank for a toddler is say ‘cats say ‘woof’’ or something they know is wrong, and let them correct you, then act shocked

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

My mom's favorite prank was to deliberately call kids by the wrong name -- like make eye contact with the baby girl and say, "Come here, George." Perfectly harmless, gets a reaction every time.

[@bookjunk]

Yeah, they get tickled by the simplest things. I sent my niece and nephew into absolute hysterics when I kept getting wrong which one of them would be the mom and who'd be the dad when playing house.

[@stellamathus5071]

it’s hard for me to think about how painful AN EGG ON THEIR SKULL WOULD BE… i’m 15 and i would fs cry if someone did that to me. what a distasteful prank 😐

[@jupiterwatchesvideos]

i feel so bad for the little kids that go, "ow, that hurt!" or "that wasn't very nice!" because theyre good kids that obviously worked hard to learn effective communicating about their feelings, and how are they supposed to feel when they act maturely with adults who should be treating them with equal respect for that well done communication? idk, just bothers me

[@ademers03]

My family were really REALLY into pranking kids (I grew up in the 90s, yes, millennial here) my uncles would prank us EVERY TIME, and I honestly hated it. I think it did caused major insecurities later in life, especially because they would mock me every time I'd get scared or upset. Just because my older sister loved getting pranked and would laugh along, I ended up becoming the "scared" one in the family. I honestly think it fucked me up in a way.

[@andifishgallery9400]

I’m so sorry, that’s really awful and they shouldn’t invalidate you like that. NOT everyone likes getting pranked on and that’s fine, why can’t some people understand that? Especially for young children?

[@mysticloverfairy1]

My older brother told me tapioca had fish eyes in it,I spent a decade thinking tapioca had fish eyes in it. Side note I still hate tapioca pudding.

[@zammmerjammer]

@@andifishgallery9400 I've worked with children and you get to know them and it's totally common that some of them are quite happy to be silly and joke around with the adults, while others would probably just burst into tears, and others would likely get really mad. That doesn't make them "crybabies" or "too sensitive" -- I simply wouldn't play jokes on those kids because there are other ways to include them that wouldn't make them distressed. Because I want the kids to know I'M SAFE to be around. I don't get how parents don't want their children to feel the same way about them. They'd rather be "fun mom" than "safe mom."

[@brittanywoodhead1560]

@@mysticloverfairy1my babysitter told me mustard was baby poop. 33 years old and I’m just now being able to tolerate it. They thought it was funny. You say stuff like that to little kids and don’t realize how it gets in their heads.

[@na-ky8ou]

As an uncle myself, I couldn't imagine doing any kind of joke or prank to my nieces and nephews that would make them upset, or make them cry. When I scare them, or whatever, it's always by accident, so I make sure to reassure them, apologize, and promise that I won't do it again...hell, I even do it when they just tell me that they didn't like the joke!

[@Vethsoddities]

After the mom cracked the egg in her daughter's face and started laughing I was tearing up and said “It’s okay” as if I was there with the daughter myself how am I a self-proclaimed child hater seemingly more empathetic to someone else’s kid than their mother

[@beccaguilinger765]

When my daughter was s few months old i put on a skin care mask in front of her. I'll never forget how terrified she was, i felt awful for scaring her and i never have done a mask in front of her again. People who purposely hurt or scare their children for fun are bonkers.

[@psychedelic.dreamer]

My mom did that with noxema when I was really small and I was terrified. She thought it was hilarious and always made jokes about it. I never found it funny. Props to you for trying to not scare your daughter again ❤

[@RaspBerryPies]

I mean I think you could explain to her what it is! She might see it in a tv show or ad sometime and it might help her to understand the world better and for you to be able to wear your mask!!

[@beccaguilinger765]

@@RaspBerryPies I could probably try that now that she's three! There's not much explaining you can do with a few-month old baby haha

[@RaspBerryPies]

@@beccaguilinger765 Yeah you should! Who knows now that she is three she might not even be scared of it anymore!

[@violetsanddragons]

My father didn't shave his beard for 10 years because my brother and I cried when he did when we were children. What kind of monster would laugh about crying children?

[@caffeinatedloser]

bro i hate when people film their kids without permission. and why would anyone EVER pull a prank like that on their young child??? the one in the first video cannot be older than 6.

[@Princess_Panda33]

My childhood babysitter used to put me in a cart and leave me in the middle of the store and run away. Needless to say I have a shit ton of anxiety, problems trusting people, etc.

[@tr0yandabedinthemorning]

this is so dangerous and irresponsible. i'm so sorry that happened to you--i know that would've freaked me out so bad as an anxious kid.

[@notaperson9831]

The first two with *adults* were funny and so wholesome. Why did people have to involve kids 😫

[@deo3367]

Exactly. I almost cried from laughter with the first two! 😂😂

[@Isa-it7df]

It would be funny for the kid if the parents would crack the egg on themselves… 🤷‍♀️ but i guess not sensational enough for the internet