The "Fantasy" singer ducked into her 13-year-old son's bedroom, where he was live-streaming a gaming session with his webcam on. Cannon, whose father is Nick Cannon, had been streaming for around 11 minutes before background chatter began in his broadcast.

"Mom, they can see you. They're saying, ‘Hi Mariah, I love you,'" 13-year-old Moroccan told his friends on the stream.

Atop the list of parenting rules is providing a child with unconditional love. But just underneath that in fine print is unintentional embarrass them in front of their friends. The other day Mariah Carey simultaneously managed to do both.