When Reddit user u/-Bungle- posed the question, "What's the most brutally honest thing a child has ever said to you?" fellow users responded with some incredible, hysterical, and harsh answers.
1. "My son has Asperger's and tries so hard to be thoughtful. When his grandfather passed away late last year, he told his grandmother very soberly and honestly, 'I'm sorry about your dead husband.'"
2. "I work at an after-school program with kids aged 5–12. I had recently had a miscarriage and told the kids I was no longer pregnant because they were excited about me giving birth in the future."
3. "At the aquarium, 'Wow, Daddy, that fish is even uglier than you.'"
4. "Years ago, I brought my then-girlfriend to my parents vacation house for the first time and introduced her to my entire family. I was grabbing a beer out of our little fridge in the garage when out of nowhere my 8-year-old nephew says, 'She is way too good for you, Uncle Flip.' I just stared at him, and he just laughed."
5. "My sister is just using you to make her ex-boyfriend jealous."
6. "I was about 16. Young kid (maybe 6 or 7) in front of me in church turns around, stares for three seconds, and states, 'You got a lot of pimples.' Turns back around. He was not wrong."
7. "A dead-serious 3-year-old little kid who straight-up asked me 'Why are you ugly?' No ill intent behind it, wasn't being mean. The little guy just wanted to know."
8. "Your dress is nice. Mine is better though." Said by a 6-year-old to me, at my wedding."
9. "I was in my early 30s and my 12-year-old daughter made a comment about me being an old man. I said 'Hey, you're gonna be old someday, too, you know,' and she smirked and said, 'Yeah, but not today.'"
10. Little Kid: "Where did mommy's hair go?" Dad: "She cut it off to give to people who don't have hair." Little Kid: "Why didn't she give it to you?"
11. "My 5-year-old granddaughter knew the speed-dial number on my daughter's phone. Without my daughter's knowledge, my granddaughter called me and left the following message: 'Grandma, you are so very, very, very, very pretty, but you're old and you might die.'"
12. "Was having a father-daughter moment with my then-6-year-old. She was worried about something but was struggling to open up to me. Eventually, she did."
13. "Your glasses are weird. What do you look like without them?"
14. "A couple of weeks ago, my fiancé and I got into an argument, and my 9-year-old stepdaughter told me, 'You aren't the best boyfriend, but you are a really good dad.' Simultaneously made me really proud and feel really shitty."
15. "Was waiting for my daughter to get her coat and boots on at daycare, and another little girl walked up to me. She was probably about 6. She told me her parents got a divorce so she was just like my daughter now."
16. "No, I like Heather's daddy."
17. "Brat to my then-pregnant wife: 'Are you fat?'"
18. "A woman was coughing a lot due to a cold and being a smoker. Child was 3 at the time. He looks at her and says, 'You are going to die.'"
Note: Some responses have been lightly edited for length and/or clarity.