Kids might think they're being clever when they hide things away in their bedrooms, but nothing escapes a nosy parent's quest. Not all parents snoop through their kids' stuff—but the ones who do leave no stone unturned. And the things they find while rooting through their kids' closets, bedrooms, and search histories might make them regret snooping in the first place.
In several Reddit threads, parents are sharing the weirdest items they found while snooping through their kids' stuff. Here are 20 of their most unexpected, gross, funny and disturbing findings:
1.) From JesusitaLeavy:
An old, cheap revolver. Scared the hell out of me.
2.) From RandaMcsweeney:
When my son was 3 I found an old banana peel in a clipboard that opened. We were battling a fruit fly infestation and couldnt figure out what they were after. It was so disgusting when I opened that thing and hundreds of fruitflies flew out
3.) From KimothyMack:
My 16 year old son hollowed out the end of his wooden closet bar and his marijuana in it. Only found it because it was nasty smelling ditch weed. Kid was clever as hell.
What disturbs me is what I likely didn't find because he was damn good at coming up with hiding places.
4.) From GravityTracker:
Not going through her room, but I listened in on a stern lecture my 4 year old was giving her dolls. She had them all lined up like she was a drill sergeant
5.) From Haris_662:
When my son was 6 years old, I went into his room and found a live pigeon that he had been keeping as a pet. He was really sad when I let it outside
6.) From TawanaGlessner:
Not snooping through his room, but stuff he was throwing out.....I found my son's journal from when he was about 9. In it, he chronicles how he heard me and my then- boyfriend have sex on multiple occasions. I probably died of embarrassment reading it.
7.) From WillowWispWhipped:
Internet history with a video “Shrek is love, shrek is life” or something like that.
I was scarred for life
8.) From ClaudineDillow:
I don't snoop so I haven't stumbled across anything too crazy but when my kids were in 3rd and 4th grade I found a shoe box (without the top) filled with actual cash and "Jesus Dollars" when I grabbed their hamper to do laundry.
Jesus Dollars were something my kid's school gave out to kids for good behavior or high scores or doing anything Jesus like. My daughter was a top student and collected a lot of Jesus Dollars. They were allowed to be cashed in at the school store but my daughter didn't see anything worth buying. My son has always been the kind of kid who could sell ice to an Eskimo so they combined my daughter's ability to get a lot of Jesus Dollars and my son's car salesman skills to sell their fake money for real money during recess. They had 44 real dollars when I found their stash.
We don't pay for regular chores so finding that much money in their closet at that age was a little weird. They admitted to it right away and thought their plan was great but I did put an end to it because I didn't want parents to call the school complaining that my kids scammed them out of their snack money. I'm not religious but it also seemed anti Jesus like to encourage it.
My kids are teenagers now but they keep their rooms clean and have been in charge of their own laundry for years so their Jesus Dollars operation remains the most shocking discovery and I hope to keep it that way.
9.) From LolaMaclennan:
Letters from the school pertaining to grades and behavior issues.
10.) From signequanon:
I found a bottle of pee in a drawer. My son had been on camp with his kindergarden and apparently peed in a bottle for three days and then brought it home.
11.) From MyBroPoohBear:
Not much in the scale on things, but my daughter was trash talking me online. Everything she said was a lie. Pissed me off for a minute, but though know what she's a good kid and need to vent. If she has to make up shit vent about then I'm doing a pretty damn good job.
12.) From sconesolo:
My 5 year old daughter drew a picture of a penis. Turned out a 5 year old showed her his privates on the bus... That was a terrible phonecall.
13.) From 00dontask:
I have custody of my 16 yo grandson. He's been having anxiety and depression problems lately. So I snooped on his google account to check out his search history. Boring as shit. Stuff for school, and then lots of anime (no hentai) and graphic novels. I feel like I need to let him know about Pornhub.
14.) From 22feetistoomany:
Everyone else's socks. My daughter steals them and hides them in her dresser. She's only 4 so I'm cautiously waiting to see how this develops. She denies having taken them, but I do laundry and put everything away so...
15.) From antidoterhich:
Lol my sons 4 so I see everything when I help him clean his room up. This weekend I found a pile of old food he has collected throughout the week at dinner in the back corner of his closet ... because he thinks it’s going to help him trap a mouse. Instead he’s ‘trapped’ ants
16.) From Zeewulfeh:
My parents actually found beer cans under my brother's pillow.
His defense? He'd found the 'discarded can' in the yard and picked it up planning on throwing it away.
He maintains that as truth, even 18 years later.
17.) From thetexangypsy:
My mom found my wife and I's strap on when she was letting our dogs out to potty one day (their kennels are in our room). All I can say is, thank God she didn't find the weed.
18.) From bo-barkles:
While organizing my one year old's closet, an envelope with a hundred dollar bill fell down. Seeing as we just bought the house, I'm guessing it was left over from the previous owners and that my infant does not in fact have a side hussle going on..
19.) From Askmewhatimwearing:
i was the kid in that story. I had this phase where i enjoyed loud explosion sounds, and one day realized that empty milk cartons made a loud 'explosion' sound when i stomped on them. So whenever we'd finish a carton of milk, id hide the milk carton in my bottom drawer. I had around 10~ cartons stacked up in there when my mum found them because she kept wondering qhere that foul milk stench came from. It was difficult explaining to her why i collected emlty milk cartons...
20.) From mel2mdl:
I'm not typically a nosy parent - but I did have to clean out my child's closet once. (The breaker box was in it and we no longer had access.) After finding handcuffs, whips and chains I decided to let her clean it out herself! (She was 19 at the time. We had a discussion about protection and safe words. I did not share with her father!)