37 Funny Ways People Ruined Things As Children

While the source of a parent’s joy is often seeing their child learn to walk or talk, I’d argue that witnessing their first major screwup is equally important. You don’t know that your child is normal until they accidentally light the garage on fire or throw something dangerous into the ceiling fan.

One Redditor remembered the time they used an entire tub of Goo Gone to get gum out of the carpet, resulting in the disintegration of both the carpet and the padding beneath it. Even worse: The process created noxious fumes that almost killed their entire family. Thankfully, everyone lived, and their parents could sleep better at night knowing they had a normal child. 

To that end, other Redditors have revealed the hilarious ways they ruined things as children, including the Redditor who learned that there’s more than one way to weaponize a rock.