Growing up in an Asian household often means living through harmless pranks, many of which are meant to teach a lesson.
A recent viral TikTok video showed exactly that when a young boy was left in tears after a light-hearted trick by his parents involving a traffic police officer.
‘Police stopped us because you are playing with the phone!’
In the video, the family is seen driving behind a police motorcycle when the officer is slowing down and signalling the car to stop.
The camera then pans to the young boy in the passenger seat holding a phone horizontally—either watching a video or playing a game, as he looked on in absolute shock.
His parents then jokingly tell him that the police stopped the car because he was playing with the phone, sending the boy into a meltdown as he starts crying in panic.
Speaking to WeirdKaya, the mother, who hails from Alor Setar, explained what happened that day.
She revealed that it wasn’t a traffic police officer, but a police escort that was most likely accompanying some VIPs.
“I’m always with my kids because of my work. This happened while I was on the way back from picking them up from my in-laws’ house, where they stay when I’m working,” she said.
The boy’s mother added that they were just 10 minutes away from home when her eldest child started disturbing the younger sibling.
To distract him, I gave him the phone to keep him quiet. I had just handed him the phone when suddenly a police escort stopped right in front of our car!”
“I like to joke around, so I quickly opened the camera and told him the police was going to take him away for using the phone,” she said with a laugh.
Netizens relate
While the prank was all in good fun, the video has since racked up thousands of views and comments, with many netizens saying they could relate to the classic parenting move.
‘Even while crying, he still got time to play the game with his hands.’
‘My kid got stopped by the police, and he went ‘Hi uncle police, daddy’s friend”.’ He said it’s daddy’s friend! Bro, your mum’s about to get a summon la.’
‘My kid’s the same—scared of the police even though both his parents are police officers.’
