22 Parents Reveal the Funniest, Most Bizarre Reasons Their Kids Had a Meltdown

My 3 year old just had a meltdown because I told her she had to be 4 before she could be 6. I haven’t broken the news about 5 to her yet.

— Dad Pickup Line (@dadpickupline) January 28, 2022

One of my children is crying because we don't have a third floor in our house.

We also don't have a second floor.

— Laura Klenda Sugarbaker (@KlauraLenda) August 27, 2023

Prayers for my distraught 5yo whose pet grape was just eaten by his twin sister

— MumInBits (@MumInBits) June 14, 2022

My 4yo is bawling hysterically because I said he had to wear underpants at breakfast. #momlife #whymykidiscrying #effing4yearolds

— The Salty Mamas (@saltymamas) October 16, 2017

My toddler is having a meltdown because he can't get his shoes on… over the shoes he already has on

— Not Another Pinterest Mom (@xennial_mom) August 23, 2019

4yo starts to meltdown because I flushed the toilet instead of her (major faux pas). Then as tears brim over her eyelids, she takes a deep breath and says, “life is more important than toilets”

Life is more important than toilets, y’all.

— Lil Bit 🌈 (@LizerReal) March 4, 2021

A friend told her child that if she broke the rules she’d have to live with the consequences and the kid started sobbing and said “I don’t wanna live with the consequences, I wanna live with you!”

— Katie D (@KatieDeal99) April 26, 2023

The 4 yr old is wandering the house in a life jacket, crying b/c it's clipped. He also cried when I unclipped it.

We don't even own a boat.

— Stephanie Ortiz (@Six_Pack_Mom) July 18, 2017

Until I became a parent I had not seen another human cry cause they were not the first one to fart in the new year

— Vinod Chhaproo (@Chhapiness) January 1, 2023

Tonight our younger daughter had a meltdown because the water in the tub was too wet in case you’re wondering what it’s like to have a 3-year-old in the house

— KSV Eras Era (@KSVesq) November 19, 2021

My child is crying because her Pokémon are too weak and one thing nobody ever told me about parenting is how hard it is not to laugh at your children

— Amber Sparks (@ambernoelle) September 7, 2023

Our toddler has been crying for 10 minutes because my husband told her that one day she’ll be grown up, and frankly I get it

— Real Life Mommy (@reallifemommy3) February 14, 2023

My daughter gave me a coupon book for Mother’s Day and told me to pick one, so I chose the clean your room coupon. She immediately began crying because I was supposed to choose the free hug instead.

— Rhyming Mama (@sarabellab123) May 14, 2023

Prayers for my distraught 5yo whose pet ice cube just melted in his apple juice

— MumInBits (@MumInBits) July 18, 2022

Some of you have never spent any time around a toddler and it shows.

For the rest of you, what’s the most memorable reason you’ve seen a toddler cry over?

Here’s one from me: wanted a “lottle bit” of pasta & absolutely horrified by the choice of a “little bit” or “a lot”

— Dr Ellie Murray, ScD (@EpiEllie) September 11, 2023

My son had a meltdown because his sister accidentally stepped on his piece of popcorn shaped "perfectly like an octopus" and he was saving it for "his collection." I don't know about this collection. I don't want to know about this collection.

— Henpecked Hal (@HenpeckedHal) January 4, 2021

Reasons my toddler is crying today:

He took a drink of imaginary water and he didn’t want water.

— Twinstant Family | Lisa (@twinstantfamily) July 27, 2022

Things that made my toddler cry this week:
– I wouldn't let the dog drive him to daycare
– the bath was "too wet"
– he wanted syrup for breakfast…just syrup
– his sister "keeps looking at him"
– he wants shoes like his friend Jacob (there is no Jacob)

How about your kid?

— Henpecked Hal (@HenpeckedHal) May 8, 2019

My 7yo just got mad at his brother and called him ugly, and his brother got really upset about it and started crying.

They’re identical twins.
Identical. Twins.

— Stacey (@nofilterblonde) January 29, 2023