A dead cat and a paternity test: Children reveal the most surprising things they’ve found in their parents’ bedroom
People took to question-and-answer website Quora to share their stories
SHORT of a lock and key for parents to stop curious kids from wanting to venture where they're not welcome - chiefly, your bedroom.
It's a sacred part of the house, given every other room has been taken over by toys, school artwork and piles of nappies.
But many of these children who snuck into their mum and dad's boudoirs when they weren't looking probably wish they hadn't given in to temptation.
People have taken to question-and-answer website Quora to share the most unexpected things they found in their parent's bedrooms.
And some of them are downright weird.
Hillary Rankin, the person who started the discussion, wrote: "My parents split up when I was 11. At some point not long after that, I was being a bratty kid, looking through my mum’s stuff before she got home from work.
"In the back of a drawer I found this weird thing that seemed to be a knot of various adjustable belts, intertwined with a fairly scary-looking purple plastic thing that I knew even then was supposed to look like a penis.
"At the time (I swear!) I really had no idea what this odd device was used for, and I still don’t know whether this was a leftover amusement from her relationship with my dad, or something she bought or had been given since he’d moved out."
Ella Ross made an even more bizarre discovery.