19 Parents Share the Funniest Things Their Kids Have Done With Technology

1) Sarah Thompson: "My 5-year-old daughter Emma accidentally ordered 50 pounds of bananas through our voice-activated shopping assistant. She thought she was playing a game called 'Let's Feed the Monkeys.' We had quite the banana bonanza that week!"

2) Michael Rodriguez: "Our 7-year-old son Lucas tried to 'pause' his grandpa during a video call when he needed a bathroom break. He kept tapping the screen and got frustrated when Grandpa wouldn't freeze."

3) Jennifer Chen: "Sophia, age 6, used the face-swap filter on my phone during a family reunion. She swapped everyone's faces with our dog's. The resulting 'family photo' of human bodies with dog faces is both hilarious and slightly terrifying."

4) David Patel: "Our 4-year-old twins, Aiden and Zoe, thought the robot vacuum was lonely, so they set up a playdate for it with their toy cars. They were disappointed when it just kept bumping into them instead of 'making friends.'"

5) A Mom Shared: "8-year-old Ethan tried to use the microwave to charge his tablet. She said he thought it would charge faster because it's 'wave' technology. Thankfully, we caught him before he pressed start!"

6 Robert Kim: "Mia, our 6-year-old, set up a 'tech support' booth in our living room after figuring out how to turn on the TV. She charged her stuffed animals one cookie each for her services."

7) One parent recalled how their 4-year-old managed to order a pizza using Alexa while they were trying to ask the assistant how to spell "elephant." They didn’t realize until the doorbell rang and a pizza delivery arrived!

8) A mom found her phone gallery flooded with hundreds of nearly identical selfies. Her 5-year-old had discovered the front-facing camera and spent half an hour striking "model" poses and making funny faces, completely unaware that the phone was saving every picture.

9) Kevin O'Brien: "Liam, age 7, thought our car's GPS was an all-knowing entity. He kept asking it questions like 'What should I be when I grow up?' and 'Does Santa like chocolate chip or oatmeal cookies better?'"

10) A parent shared the heart-stopping moment when their child, playing with the family’s phone, unintentionally called 911. It resulted in a very polite conversation with a police officer who showed up to check on them—only to leave after being shown the culprit, a giggling 3-year-old.

11) One clever child, after overhearing their parents talk about online privacy, decided to take matters into their own hands. They decorated the laptop's webcam with stickers, thinking they were protecting the family from being “watched” by the internet.

12) Amanda Foster: "Our 5-year-old son Charlie tried to 'rewind' our cat after it ran away from him. He kept swiping right on the poor confused feline, insisting it should 'go back' like his favorite YouTube videos."

13) After becoming used to touchscreens, many kids today assume all screens work the same way. One dad shared how his toddler kept swiping at their big flat-screen TV, getting increasingly frustrated when the images wouldn’t move like they do on her tablet.

14) Gregory Hansen: "8-year-old Lucas set up a 'digital lemonade stand' where he tried to sell emoji lemons to passersby on the sidewalk. He couldn't understand why no one wanted to buy his 'virtual refreshments'."

15) When Maya figured out how to ask Google to tell jokes, her mom, Kelly, said Maya spent an entire afternoon repeating the request. Maya laughed hysterically every time Google told her, “Why did the chicken cross the road?”

16) Pausing a family show and leaving everyone confused: During family movie night, Nicole’s son, Owen, managed to hit the pause button on the remote, leaving everyone staring at a frozen screen. Owen proudly declared, “I made it stop!” before everyone burst into laughter.

17) Brian Murphy: "Our 7-year-old son Tyler tried to 'upgrade' our dog by taping an old smartphone to its collar. He said he wanted to turn our pet into a 'smart dog' that could answer questions and play music."

18) Natalie Gibson: "Our 5-year-old daughter Ava set up a 'coding school' for her stuffed animals using an old keyboard and a cardboard box as a 'computer'. She spent hours teaching them how to 'hack into the cookie jar mainframe'."

19) Olivia’s daughter, Mia, Face-timed her grandmother, but instead of greeting her, Mia immediately started a full-blown "show and tell" of her favorite toys. It took five minutes before her grandmother even got a chance to say, "Hi, Mia!"