25 of the Funniest Posts From Parents of 6-Year-Olds

6-year-old: *fast forwards all the way through a movie*

Me: You can’t just skip to the happy ending.

6: I don't have time for problems.

— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) January 14, 2017

6YO: My tummy hurts

Me: Must be the bag of cookies you ate

6YO: It’s the other one, not my cookie tummy

— Vinod Chhaproo (@Chhapiness) December 29, 2023

my 6yo and i witnessed people fighting at the store and she looks over at me at goes “this is the last time i come to earth”

— 𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𓆗 (@yearofthepoets) October 20, 2022

My 6yo just asked if he could have an applesauce pouch "for normal reasons" so now I'm scared

— meghan (@deloisivete) April 18, 2024

Nobody:

My 6yr old talking to himself on the toilet: everyday I gotta get up for school. & then everyday I’m gonna have to get up for work. When does it end. Did I ask for this? No. I don’t remember that I asked for this. I asked for rest and legos and French toast.

— 𝙳𝚊 𝙸𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙽𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 🧡 (@TrudiiBee) February 9, 2024

6yo: Is your boss a boy?

Me: Yes. But girls can be bosses also.

6yo: I know. Mommy is your boss at home.

— My Life As Dad (@milifeasdad) July 9, 2024

I asked my 6yo “aren’t you gonna help me plant flowers” and she said “oh mommy I would love to do that except that I don’t want to”

— Lil Bit 🌈 (@LizerReal) April 5, 2021

Mom, how old were you when the Titanic sank?

— my 6yo, removing himself from my will

— Jennifer Parker (@Mrs_JParker) October 11, 2024

"Oh, I do like Chinese food!"

-My 6yo, eating chicken fingers & fries from The Imperial Bamboo kid's menu

— A Bearer Of Dad News (@HomeWithPeanut) October 27, 2022

I took my 6yo to softball practice and then realized it was canceled. My 6yo smiled at me, "Well, look at that, we yelled at each other for nothing."

— Marcy G (@BunAndLeggings) April 30, 2024

My 6-year-old is sick with a cough, so I told him gargling with warm salt water can help. He looked at me & said, "I'm NOT going all the way to the ocean right now."

— A Bearer Of Dad News (@HomeWithPeanut) August 15, 2022

6-year-old: I’m not cleaning my room.

Me: I don’t like your tone.

6: What does “tone” mean?

Me: I don’t like your voice.

6: *weird Kermit the Frog voice* I’m not cleaning my room.

— Mommy Owl (@Mommy__Owl) July 20, 2018

I had a tea party with my 6yo, and told her the pastries were delicious. She said her husband made them. She talked about her 3 kids and how hard it is to be a doctor. I asked how she's able to host tea parties with all that going on. She said she has a supportive husband.

— Marcy G (@BunAndLeggings) April 21, 2024

Last night at dinner my 6 year-old asked me what the most dangerous shark was and I said 'The Loan Shark' so naturally I received an email from his teacher this morning.

— Saparmurat Niyazov (@saparmuratfaux) September 21, 2022

6-year-old: Did you know an octopus has 9 brains?

Me: I did not know that.

6-year-old: That’s because you only have 1 brain.

— Mommy Owl (@Mommy__Owl) December 31, 2023

my six year old wanted me to pretend to be her mom and i said “i am your mom” and she said “but like, a cool young fun mom”

im glad i tore up my body to birth her just to get shredded to pieces like that

— That Mom Tho (@mom_tho) November 9, 2022

My 6 year old just got back from visiting our elderly neighbor and said, “I told her we’d bring her some fresh baked cookies when they’re ready.” I informed her that we weren’t baking any cookies today and she said, “Oh, I guess we kinda have to now, don’t we?” Diabolical.

— Henpecked Hal (@HenpeckedHal) April 21, 2024

My 6yo was upset this morning but refused to talk about it. As she was being dropped off at school, she decided to speak up by saying and I quote, “I go to school too much, and it bothers me.”

— My Life As Dad (@milifeasdad) May 15, 2024

Me: What did you do at school?

6-year-old: I mathed.

Me: It's not a verb. You can't "math."

6: I did. I mathed so hard.

— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) October 11, 2018

I was going through an old keepsakes box of mine and found a 4 colored pen. I asked my 6 year old if she’d like to have the cool pen I used when I was a kid. Her eyes lit up, then I gave it to her and she frowned. “Oh, I thought it was going to be one of those feathers,” she said

— Henpecked Hal (@HenpeckedHal) February 27, 2024

6yo (to her crying brother): "It's okay to be sad, sometimes we need to let our feelings out, just let yourself be sad."
Me: "Oh darling, that's so lovely, well done. Why is he crying?"
6yo: "I hit him."#mumlife

— Ellie Hawkes (@elspells13) August 23, 2021

My husband and I just hosted a little party for his coworkers and their families and as one of the families left, their six-year-old came up to me and said "next time you do a party, please try to have more fun things for kids to do."

We love honest feedback.

— Eli McCann (@EliMcCann) July 12, 2025

no one:

my 6yo at bedtime: what would happen if all your bones disappeared

— meghan (@deloisivete) April 17, 2024

When I sprayed my foot with tinactin my 6yo asked what it was for and I told him athletes foot then he said “but daddy you’re not an athlete” and I am so sad that he’ll never understand how sick the burn was that he delivered.

— Dad Named Matt 🇺🇸 (@mahnamematt) May 1, 2024