As kids get older, parents might subtly try to suggest that it’s time for them to head out into the big wide world and go their own way, but Keith’s mom and dad decided to be a little more blunt about it, just to make sure he really got the message.

Not long after a kid moved out for college, his parents already replaced the photos they had of him with these lovely shots of the family dog.

Woah. This little girl is so going to regret this when she gets older and all her high school friends and crushes see this image.

Nobody wants to say it, but everyone knows it. Kids cost a whole lot of money! But they’re worth it… most of the time.

This kid asked for ‘cold hard cash’ for his birthday. He was trying to sound cool, but his parents had the last laugh with this hilarious prank.

This dad saw his daughter’s Instagram poses and decided he just had to imitate her. He’s got the look!

A mom found her son’s bong and jokingly put a flower inside to use it as a vase.

A kid said he wanted a 3DS for Christmas. Here’s what he got instead! He must have been so disappointed with his 3D S.

Here’s another dad trolling his daughter and all of her future boyfriends with a shirt that would scare anyone away.

Parents are supposed to be the mature ones? Well not in this house!

Here’s another amusing imitation photo of a dad copying his son’s cool look. He’s nailed the pose and everything!

Instead of a colorful, beautiful birthday cake on her big day, here’s what this girl was served up by her parents.

The kids were thrilled when dad said he’d take them to Toys R Us and let them buy anything they wanted. What the kids didn’t know is that the store closed down earlier that day.

The power went out in this home, and instead of fixing it, the dad texted his son this funny photo with the message “They’re on the case!”

Little Emily must have been pretty surprised to wake up to this letter from the tooth fairy, rather than a shiny quarter or crisp dollar bill beneath her pillow.

This guy’s daughter was having nightmares about her dad getting trapped inside the computer, so he made these hilarious wallpapers for her to wake up to.

This young man was more than a little surprised to see his photo in such an odd frame, but his mom joked that it was the only one she had free.

You definitely don’t want to mess around with this parent! They think that sleeping outside with a blanket is ‘generous’.

A boy asked for a ‘wireless mouse with buttons on the side’ as a Christmas gift and got this. To be fair, it is technically still a wireless mouse with buttons on the side.

This dad couldn’t resist making a fun little joke while putting some money in his kid’s card. At least the kid got $100 out of it.

Imagine leaving your lunch at home and calling your dad to ask if he could drop it off at school. Then imagine that this is how he brings it. Ouch.

This funny swing set has been designed for grown-ups as well as little ones, letting mommy and daddy take a load off too, rather than having to do all the pushing all the time without any fun.

Even celebrities aren’t immune to a bit of practical joking on the part of grown-ups and parents. Marilyn Manson’s dad surprised his son at a photoshoot with face paint and an outfit to match his metalhead boy.

There was a killer on the loose in the local neighborhood, so one kid’s parents texted them this hilarious picture.

The perfect gift to give to kids that spend way too much time with headsets on their heads and controllers in their hands.

Being a teenage boy is awkward enough with all those thoughts and feelings and bodily changes, but imagine stepping into the bathroom and finding this message written by your own parents.

Instead of giving his son money directly, this dad always hides it in totally random places around the home, making his kid work for his cash.

This Netflix-using parent decided to get brutally honest with the profile names for her kids.

For Easter, instead of a big basket of chocolate eggs and sweet treats, these kids woke up to bundles of cleaning products and a list of chores!

This girl’s dad wanted to test out the intellect of his daughter’s new boyfriend by challenging to him a game of chess. And he would not take no for an answer.

Dealing with fussy eaters as a parent is never easy, and this mom decided to play a joke on her kids by serving up ‘feetloaf’ for dinner.

A teen told his parents that his girlfriend loved puzzles, so they got her this one as a prank gift. She still took the time to complete it, turning the trolls into the trolled.

This baby’s uncle decided to make him a crib, but he got a little creative with the design! We hope that big shark head doesn’t scare the little one too much.

After this girl got a knife tattoo, her father just wouldn’t let her hear the end of it.

This could be a very effective parenting technique, but it’s certainly not much fun for the little ones.

One cheeky mom got her daughter a rug for Christmas and decided to try out an ‘inventive’ wrapping idea.

This is actually quite a neat parenting trick. This dad looks like he’s playing with his boys in a nice, fatherly moment, but he didn’t tell them that their controllers aren’t actually connected to the console, so his is the only one that works.

The kids in this house have to work hard before anyone is allowed to get online.

Here’s another hilarious imitation photo between a dad and his daughter. He’s really making that look work!

This is how a pair of parents decided to “praise” their child.

Looks like he’s setting a low bar!

Thought you were getting an iPad, huh? Bazinga!