The Most Illogical Breakdowns Toddlers Ever Had According To Their Parents
Raising a child is hard and can take a toll on even the best parents. Children can bring a lot of joy but they can also be very frustrating, and it's okay to give parents room to vent. Sometimes, try as they might, nothing they do can calm a child down.
And that seems to hit the hardest during the toddler stage, when children really, really don't know how to handle their own emotions. They'll yell and kick and scream, sometimes for no reason at all.
What's up with that, right?
Parents shared their stories with us after Redditor mirarom asked the online community:
"Redditors with toddlers, what’s the most recent illogical breakdown they’ve had?"
"My son was basically upset..."
"My son was basically upset I missed the tantrum he had started to throw for grandpa... He was doing his face in the carpet, kicking feet, over the top fake crying when I guess he realized he was missing something."
"So he came upstairs, grabbed my hand, huffed and puffed angrily while walking me directly next to Grandpa, totally positioned me for the show, and got right back into meltdown mode. Looking up every so often to make sure we were still watching it."
"I asked my dad what initially set him off though. He said he shut off his own show and didn’t know what else to do."
Danilixsaaur
Awww, he sounds like he was confused.
Or maybe a drama queen.
But why not both?
"Because the imaginary door..."
"Because the imaginary door on his imaginary fire truck wouldn't open, so he was stuck inside."
napana
Aww, but it was absolutely real to him! It's cute... but also annoying. Sorry, kid. Get a real one.
"My youngest was mad..."
The enraged, sobbing wail from the back seat of my car: 'He's looking out my window.' "My youngest was mad because his brother was looking out of 'his' window instead of the other one."
RavnNite
Tell them that you're driving and that it's your car and that they're actually your windows!
"My girlfriend-at-the-time texted me when she was looking after her 3 year old brother. "Josh is crying because he doesn't want an ice cream. He already finished eating it. This was 15 minutes ago.""
KingGumboot
Wow, this kid doesn't realize how ridiculous he's being, does he?
Well, bless his heart.
"He wants..."
"He wants to put a box on my head but it's broken and keeps falling off. So apparently it's ruining his playtime."
Ccaster0620
He sounds very particular!
"Took the car down..."
"Took the car down to the body shop to get the side panel that he crunched buffed out. The car won't be ready until Wednesday but he wanted to go back downtown to party with his roommates tonight. He's 22."
optiongeek
Okay, this one is an exception to all the toddler stories... or maybe not. It sounds like he never grew out of the toddler stage.
"8 year old sister was looking at her. It was just a glance, but my 3 year old went into a f**king rage."
everybodyknowsdikbut
This reminds me of that incredible scene from The Favourite.
"Did you just look at me? LOOK AT ME! How DARE you, close your eyes!"
"My little kraken just slept... after a raging tantrum because i did not let him chew on the connected cables. I'm just trying to keep you alive buddy, I swear."
O_oHaniG
He doesn't believe you!
"First..."
""First: his dad left for work. Second: he dumped out the box of goldfish crackers. Third: I picked up the goldfish crackers. Fourth: it wasn’t the right episode of Paw Patrol. Fifth: I won’t let him eat shoes."
Autumn_Tea95
You're just restricting him from living his life, man.
"They wanted..."
"They wanted another chicken nugget, so I gave them another chicken nugget. Breakdown."
gloomyquelledbasket
Children are so odd. Sorry!
These stories might make you think twice about being a parent. But if you can get through the toddler stage—particularly the "terrible twos"—you'll probably be fine.
Have some stories of your own? Tell us more in the comments below!
As a kid, I used to think that clothes were the worst gift I could ever receive. What was I going to do with clothes?
Now, as an adult with some lick of fashion sense, I love putting on new clothes and welcome receiving them for my birthday (and assorted holidays).
But you could be the person who hates receiving clothes because you were always given things that didn't fit or things that were clearly picked because you didn't like them in the first place. I've met a few people who've experienced this.
But there are worse gifts out there, believe it or not.
We heard some funny stories (and some sad ones) after Redditor sulemannkhann asked the online community:
"What’s the worst birthday gift you ever got?"
"Thought I was getting..."
"Thought I was getting a bike for my 15th birthday but my foster parents announced that they were sending me to a group home after living with them for 11 years. Devastation!"
irisdenise06
This breaks my heart. So sorry to hear.
"One time I received..."
"One time I received an invite to a restaurant from my dad. The same year he offered my brother to pay for his trip to Japan."
Leif_Milleneule
Go back in time and slap him. Do what you have to do.
"My own scarf."
"My own scarf. Yes, that's right, my mother went into my room took my only scarf, wrapped it and gave it to me like it was a new scarf."
sneakysnakeee
Did she think you wouldn't notice? Sorry.
"HR complaint..."
"HR complaint from two subordinates fighting over how to throw me a surprise birthday party."
BBoyslim
Say what? I really need the whole story here.
"My Asian mom's..."
"My Asian mom's gift was "no extra Kumon homework after school homework" so my birthday gift was that I didn't get extra homework from her."
[deleted]
Ah, Kumon. It's basically school after school. Hope you like homework.
"I was 12."
"A lint remover. I was 12."
WonderWeeble
It sounds like they were trying to tell you something... sorry about that.
"Stomach flu..."
"Stomach flu and my first ever period, at the same time. I think it was my 13th birthday."
kelpself
Oh my. What horrible timing!
"The horse head..."
"My grandma got me a hairbrush with a plastic horse head handle. The horse head was all chipped up and there was hair in the brush."
She picked that up off the street somewhere, didn't she? How awful.
"My grandparents..."
"My grandparents have been gifting me (and my brother) the same set of three vice grips for almost 10 years. Collectively we have 60 vice grips. I don’t know if they bought a pallet of them, or where they are coming from."
mikecardigan
Vice grips? How specific. They bought those by mistake and wanted to get rid of them, didn't they?
"A pair of homemade..."
"A pair of homemade custom pajamas. Only problem was that they weren't made yet. It was just the fabric and a promise to make them for me. I had to give the fabric back and I never got the pajamas."
Revenge_of_the_Khaki
Nooo. That's a shame, because custom pajamas would be so cool.
Ouch. I'm glad I never received gifts as bad as these. Some people truly are thoughtless, aren't they?
Have some stories of your own? Tell us more in the comments below!
Years ago, some friends of mine wanted to go investigate a graveyard at night and came across an abandoned shack at the edge of the woods at the rear of the cemetery. They wanted to go inside and check it out and I shut down the idea very fast.
But a couple of them ignored me anyway, went inside, and reported that there was a whole bunch of drug paraphernalia strewn about and signs that someone was sleeping there. It was sad to hear and a little unsettling — but there's a reason why I don't mess around with creepy places, or abandoned ones for that matter.
Others are much braver than I.
We heard some of their stories after Redditor thesnins asked the online community:
"What's the most scariest/unsettling place you've ever been to?"
"Until a few of us..."
"An "abandoned" elementary school that was shut down for remodel after black mold was found throughout the campus. I was a teenager and some of us decided to smoke and walk through it. It was not abandoned. We kept hearing odd footsteps and whispers and at first decided I was just high."
"Until a few of us mentioned it and we all agreed we were hearing the same things. There were people who had broken in and were living in the classrooms. They were watching us from classroom windows as we walked through the halls."
ndnsoulja
No thank you. I really would rather not.
"Being absolutely alone..."
"Being absolutely alone in the middle of a huge desert in between Dubai and Oman. Long story of how I ended up there that I do not want to get into, but I was going to be spending the night."
"Laying down in the sand, and just seeing the entire sky crystal clear, with nothing to the sides of me except sand and wind, I felt like nothing in the vastness of the universe. It was mind-bogglingly spooky."
ndnsoulja
Ummm... did a little boy appear out of nowhere and demand that you draw him a sheep?
"Running alone..."
"Running alone through the woods of North Carolina. Came across some guys cooking meth. Was pretty sure I was going to die."
[deleted]
But they didn't catch you because cardio is king!
"I think the most off..."
"I think the most off experience I had was on the road from Wyoming to the Red Rocks for a concert. We ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere in a reservation. Within 5 minutes an older man pulled up in his pickup truck and asked us what we were doing there."
"We told him we were out of gas and he immediately grabbed a gas can out of his truck and started filling our tank. In the time it took him to do this, three more vehicles pulled up to where we were and just stayed there. We tried to offer the old man money for the gas and he just said “Leave, just go, get out of here now.”
ToreyCMoore
What do you think the three other vehicles were doing stopped there? Creepy indeed!
"I used to go there..."
"There's this abandoned workhouse that's shaped like a castle in Kansas City, in the jazz district. I used to go there for kicks fairly often, but the last time I went was different. There was always a fair amount of abandoned junk there, but this time I stumbled upon a blood stained dress."
"Something about that always stuck with me and made me realize the gravity of messing around in abandoned places."
PlopPlopPlopsy
Here's a tip: Don't go mess around in abandoned places. I certainly don't and look at me now!
"New Orleans..."
"New Orleans is interesting because on one street you’re fine and on the next one you’ll get shot by an eleven year old over 9 dollars."
PoorPauly
Honestly, Hurricane Katrina didn't help matters much.
"When I was 19..."
"When I was 19 I went to a concentration camp just outside of Berlin. It was a cold and drizzly day. I was there just near closing and there weren't many visitors left. I remember walking into the medical building where there were two surgeons tables that had drain holes in the middle of them for blood."
"I walked downstairs into the basement which was a large dark holding area for prisoners to wait in. No lights, pillars and corners you couldn't see around. I almost s**t myself, there probably wasn't anybody within 100 meters of me at that moment. I swore I felt those poor souls reaching for my boot heels as I high tailed it out of there."
[deleted]
That is super unsettling! But what an experience.
"Corporate headquarters..."
"Corporate headquarters of this giant privately owned mega-corporation in Atlanta. Soulless, robotic people. Hard to explain the atmosphere but sort of a "work will set you free" kind of vibe. Creepiest place I've ever been."
ArugulaLeaf
Almost cultish, yes? You can sense the fear and the tension.
"It was painted..."
"A playground that doubled as a bomb shelter. This is the reality for children who live there. It was painted bright colors, but was disturbing."
Me_you_and
So sad and no doubt eerie.
"I don't believe..."
"Waverly Hills Sanitarium. I don't believe in ghosts and things but that place is creepy AF."
ClearAssistance9823
I googled it and that place looks creepier than any abandoned place I've ever seen. No thanks.
I think I'll continue to live my risk averse existence. Creepy abandoned places? No thanks. That's like walking into a serial killer's lair willingly. Haven't you seen any horror movies?
Have some stories of your own? Fell us more in the comments below!
I have such love for Sam Neill. You know him as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, more than likely. But he's been in some brilliant stuff for decades. His work in films like Sleeping Dogs, My Brilliant Career, Possession, Dead Calm, and The Piano is brilliant.
Oh, and I haven't even gotten to In the Mouth of Madness and Event Horizon yet (especially that last one). Now there's an actor who hasn't gotten his due, at least stateside. Throw him an Honorary Academy Award, at least!
I'll just keep singing his praises for now, but there are so many other actors out there who also deserve recognition.
We heard about a few of them after Redditor a littlebitstevie asked the online community:
"Which actor or actress is far more talented than they are given credit for?"
Harvey Keitel
"Harvey Keitel. Too often he's given small roles but he really shines when he gets more screentime (Reservoir Dogs, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Duellists). He's also surprisingly good in period dramas, not just gangster flicks."
Conte_di_Luna
I agree with your assessment of his work in period pieces. The Piano is definitely one of his crowning achievements.
Stephen Root
"Stephen Root. He seems like he’s in almost everything and his characters are always excellent. My favorite role was Jimmy James in NewsRadio."
SoVerySleepy81
He's also very good at being creepy. Check him out in The Empty Man. What a film.
Sam Rockwell
"Sam Rockwell isn't exactly unknown but I'd like him to get some more high caliber roles, he can certainly handle them."
[deleted]
He's been brilliant for a long time, and well before he won the Oscar for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Check him out in stuff like Lawn Dogs and Moon, where he really shone.
Walton Goggins
"Walton Goggins, one of my favorites. Never seen a bad role from him."
RealJuanPedro
An excellent choice! He really shines in The Hateful Eight.
Guy Pearce
"Guy Pearce should have become a top leading man."
rojarty
He definitely had that Brad Pitt look in the Memento days. But don't feel too bad — he's done some excellent work since and he even won an Emmy for Mildred Pierce.
Tatiana Maslany
"I was honestly shocked at how little hype Tatiana Maslany has after watching Orphan Black. She embodied so many clones so well I was actually bummed that they weren't all real people cause I grew fond of all of them. Really goes to show that the most hyped≠the most talented."
Daniskindatall
She did win an Emmy for Orphan Black, which is great, but she definitely should be a much bigger star than she is. Check out She-Hulk yet?
David Tennant
"David Tennant. He‘s pretty famous but you rarely hear anyone talk about him outside of fandom context and it’s not like he participates in any greater productions. He has a very unique way to play characters but it‘s so evocative."
Kill_itwithfire
Tennant is a marvelous actor, and if his work on Broadchurch doesn't convince you, then nothing will.
Ben Foster
"Ben Foster. He gets good roles, but not as many or as often as he'd deserve and I think he's underrated and not known enough."
[deleted]
Foster is a wonderful actor who has been delivering great performances in independent cinema for a very long time. But true movie stardom appears to have evaded him. He's respected though, of that there's no doubt.
Karl Urban
"Karl Urban. Still hoping for Dredd 2."
_Face_
We're all hoping for Dredd 2. Get in line!
Ty Burrell
"Ty Burrell, the actor who plays Phil on Modern Family. Actually spectacular."
sadsydknee
I knew he was going to have career when I saw him in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. His comic relief stole the show.
There are tons of wonderful actors out there and they're bringing us great joy on stage and on screen whether or not they have a high profile.
Have a favorite of your own? Tell us more in the comments below!
Try as I might, I will never understand how some people enjoy Sloppy Joes.
They're nasty and goopy and taste horrible. It is a minced meat mess—which is a shame because minced meat can be wonderful—and that red sauce takes it to a different infernal level.
I grew up eating these in the school cafeteria. I quickly tired of them and would not touch them. Just the sight of them is discomforting.
Oh, and you haven't even gotten me started on the topic of Ambrosia salad!
I'm American and I have strong opinions, so you can imagine what some non-Americans might think about American cuisine.
We heard some of their thoughts after Redditor ergogthathis asked the online community:
"Non-Americans, what is the nastiest American food ever?"
"Some of..."
"Some of the savoury Jello recipes from the 50s and 60s look grim."
TimGJ1964
They make up for it by also tasting grim. Thankfully those meals have gone out of fashion.
"I have a high tolerance..."
"Those Midwestern "fruit salads" where half of the ingredients is marshmallow fluff or mini marshmallows, Jello, whipped cream... I have a high tolerance for American food, but I cannot handle these, or even comprehend why and how they exist."
CecilPalmer
A friend of mine made one once and it was basically a giant sugar bomb. I could barely stomach more than a couple of bites.
"Your cheese-like..."
"Your cheese-like substances. Cheesewiz and Kraft singles for instance."
[deleted]
Just here with an obligatory reminder that processed cheese is a European invention we just made it more processed.
"Those cakes..."
"Those cakes that have large amounts of fondant on them. The time and talent it would take to make one of these cakes is unreal but fondant is just nasty tasting in my opinion. That was not meant to offend anyone."
OrphanSandwich
Oh, don't you worry. No one is offended, though I'm of the opinion that too much fondant just feels gooey and unappealing.
"Fake..."
"Fake smoked bacon sprinkles in a bottle."
Diamonds_n_dirt
You see, actual bacon is crazy expensive these days but I still wouldn't eat these anymore. I used to years ago and now I am filled with regret.
"I'm going to provoke..."
"I'm going to provoke a lot of proud Southerners with this. Sweet tea is sugar water with a hint of tea."
astrangeone88
Sweet tea isn't for people who like tea. You've learned a valuable lesson.
"My wife loves them..."
"Boiled peanuts. My wife loves them and every time we drove through South Carolina we had to stop and buy them. The stench was so bad I would have to roll the windows down. Those peanuts and Lindsey Graham are on my top two hate list for that state."
[deleted]
Boiled peanuts can be nasty for sure. I had them once... wouldn't mind trying again, but I'm a sucker for punishment.
"I had..."
"I had a deep-fried Mars bar at a festival in America the first time I ever visited and I'm reasonably sure it's going to give a few of my descendants diabetes."
InitialSchool7286
That's a Scottish food - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
You take that back!
"That bright orange plastic..."
"That bright orange plastic that you call "cheese.""
The100thIdiot
It's perfect for melting and is used in more places than you think. Much to your horror, I'm sure (and mine).
"They were very, very sugary..."
"Aussie here. I tried Hershey's Kisses once. They were very, very sugary and the chocolate flavour wasn't great. I wouldn't say it was nasty, just not ideal. I'd encourage any American who has the chance to try Aussie, European or British chocolate."
"Basically everywhere outside the USA higher concentrations of cocoa are used, along with less sugar and different, often less fatty lipid sources."
Eriphone
Hey, we don't blame you for feeling that way. Hershey's is pretty bottom-of-the-barrel for me but for many people, it's all they know. Have you heard of Hershey Park?
Thankfully, food in the United States is quite varied. The food scene in the Northeast for instance is profoundly different when compared to the South. If you're a foodie, the U.S. isn't a bad place to be!
Have some suggestions of your own? Tell us more in the comments below!