The most memorable viral moments
Glenda Glitterpoop
We're most surely going straight to hell for how hard we laughed at this video, but you know what? Worth it! The video, which has received more than 1 million views since it was posted in early October, shows what happens when mom Jessica Magyar introduces her son to a Feisty Pet toy named Glenda Glitterpoop the Unicorn. The toy looks sweet and cute enough, but when squeezed, its face transforms into angry eyes and sharp fangs. Her kid totally freaks out. (Don't worry, he's fine and keeps asking to see the video of him freaking out, she says.) Seems like the perfect way to scare unsuspecting family members at Christmas this year!
Toddler is no party pooper
All Audrey wanted for her third birthday was a poop emoji party. "For months, every time we mentioned her party, Audrey requested 'poop balloons and a poop cake,'" her mom, Rebecca, said. "I tried suggesting other themes, but she always insisted on poop." So they made it a reality with poop emoji balloons, cake, piñata, poop-shaped cookies and more. Audrey was thrilled, and everyone loved the party and thought it was hilarious—even Audrey's grandparents.
Mom's back-to-school rant at Target
"Listen, it is the end of August—I will give you anything to take my kids," Dena Blizzard of One Funny Mother says as she rolls through the aisles of Target in a viral video posted in August 2017. "I'll get you a yellow binder, I'll get you a red binder, I will tie-dye some sh-t. If you take these kids out of my house, I'll get you whatever you want." So long as you're going to teach her kids history, she'll even throw in a microwave. Just take her kids off her hands already! And don't complain when your kids' teachers ask for Kleenex, for god's sake!
YouTube prankster parents lose custody
In one of the year's most shocking viral parenting video stories, Baltimore-based parents Mike and Heather Martin of the DaddyOFive YouTube channel ended up losing custody of two of their children (Cody and Emma) after people all over the internet expressed concern about their controversial videos. Their most viral videos had pranks many viewers have called emotionally and physically abusive. A neuropsychologist who worked on the investigation found that the children had "observable, identifiable and substantial impairments of their mental and psychological ability to function." Cody and Emma now live with their biological mom, and the Martins were given five years of probation.
You're doing it wrong
If you thought you knew how to properly hold your baby's car seat, think again. Chiropractor (and preggo) Emily Puente shared her trick on Facebook in April 2017, and it's since been viewed more than 5.3 million times. "It's not going to hurt your shoulder, it's not going to hurt your hip, and you're not going to have to use your knee to swing like I had to do with my two (kids)," Puente says in the video. You have to see it to believe it!
The toolbox lunch
U.K. dad and blogger Mark Hoyle of LadBaby is absolutely hilarious. When he finds himself having to replace his toddler son's lunch box, he decides he's not impressed with the selections available, let alone how much they cost. He even laments that he'd make fun of his own kid if he were to carry some of the lunch boxes available at the store. So, he goes to the hardware store and picks out a tool box that looks like a big bento box case, and brings it home. His wife's reaction is priceless.
