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Entries relating to children.
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An unintentionally embarrassing family revelation made by a child while shopping.
Read full entry →The societal obligation to shower a squishy, potato-looking newborn with intense, fabricated adoration to appease a coworker.
Read full entry →A deeply humiliating, public broadcasting of your desperate need for artificial stimulants, requiring a 16-year-old to confirm you aren't a child.
Read full entry →The sudden derailment of a conversation about football or pints by a sleep-deprived parent seeking validation for their offspring.
Read full entry →An arrogant, oblivious amble into active traffic by someone wearing noise-canceling headphones who believes they are immortal.
Read full entry →A frantic, last-minute grooming crisis triggered entirely by a forgotten calendar reminder for school portraits.
Read full entry →A brief, precious moment of total quiet achieved only after the successful delivery of children to the school gates.
Read full entry →An unwelcome, rhythmic wake-up call delivered entirely by a neighbour's children and a piece of garden equipment.
Read full entry →A sudden, coordinated mass movement of children triggered entirely by the sound of Greensleeves from a moving vehicle.
Read full entry →An annual traffic catastrophe caused entirely by parents driving children dressed as the Gruffalo to the school gates.
Read full entry →An involuntary, muscle-memory reaction to a childhood jingle heard decades later at a wedding disco.
Read full entry →An apocalyptic expulsion of air unique to fathers over fifty, delivered with zero warning and maximum decibels.
Read full entry →A devastating maternal falsehood used to avoid spending money at the drive-thru, culminating in a deeply disappointing meal.
Read full entry →The violent, immediate abandonment of a video game or task due to a sudden spike in uncontrollable, childish anger.
Read full entry →The cowardly parental tactic of pushing an inevitable tantrum further down the timeline.
Read full entry →The childhood compulsion to find the exact electrical dead-zone between 'on' and 'off'.
Read full entry →The childish superstition that forces adults to oddly adjust their stride on the sidewalk.
Read full entry →The crucial period of silence in a parked vehicle required to transition between work and home life.
Read full entry →The childish but completely involuntary alteration of your stride to preserve the structural integrity of the pavement.
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