Results: Kids Say the Scariest Things

"I'm a Tree in our class play! You get to make me a costume!" are words to stop any adult in their tracks. Homemade kid's costumes. Have you ever been asked to create one?

Kid at breakfast: "Where's my favorite shirt/lucky socks/new blouse/baseball jersey/class field trip t-shirt? I have to wear it today!" Mom: "Sweetie, you wore it two days ago. Under your bed, maybe?" Have you ever played a role in this little bit of family comedy?

This one is too often heard on the way to school. Kid: "I'm supposed to bring cupcakes/juice/chips/napkins/a craft for the class party." Any nearby adult including- but not limited to- the day's Carpool Dad: "When?!" Kid: "1:15." If this happened, would you be more likely to...

Typically preceded by the words "I forgot" and followed by the word "tomorrow" is the ever dreaded, "I have a project due." Have you ever been part of an emergency expedition to the nearest store for poster board & glitter glue? Been forced to desperately whip up a batch of salt dough? Ransacked your closests seeking a box suitable for housing a "Charlotte's Web" diorama? Or anything similar?

The most feared words are, of course, "Can I have some friends stay overnight?" No words can describe the images this sentence has created in the minds of Parental Units since time immemorial. The horror cannot be described. It must be experienced. What do you call this type of event?