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It’s Time For The Best Parenting Tweets Of The Month, And Here Are The Best Ones This September (50 Pics)
Parenting is a mix of wonder, joy, angst, exhaustion, and the desire to tell others all about it. To be heard. Understood. Maybe that's why so many moms and dads turn to Twitter to describe their everyday highs and lows. It's a place where people listen (if you use the right hashtags, of course). But little do they know, we're interested in these stories as well!
Every month, Bored Panda collects the best parenting tweets, and September 2021 was no exception. From a funny idea for a toddler clothing line to a quick guide on how to keep your home clean, here are the ones that have caught our attention.
If you've fallen behind on the series, fire up our earlier collections: August, July, June.
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#1
Meghna Mohan 4 years ago
I feel this, I have two boys and as much as I love them to the moon, maybe beyond and back, I'm moody perpetually and feel run down by dinner time 😭
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
Thank you.i have 2 boys also. I always look to other parents and for them seems so easy, I thought I was the only one feeling this way. I feel really happy when they sleep and I can turn off all my radars and secure system and stop repeating all 20 times,then I feel guilty because I love them to the moon and back.
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SuperChicken 4 years ago
I don't know. We don't have kids (we prefer it that way) but I feel moody and run down as well.
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Happi doggi 4 years ago
My mom did this even though I didn’t eat leaves. When she gave me arugula I didn’t eat a single green for a week.
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Neo White 4 years ago
I got my sister to eat a bowl of broccoli by saying they were tiny trees for baby giraffes (she was the baby giraffe)
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
SEE?? Now that's how you parent. Look out broccoli, baby trees are next.
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
Special Eating Leaves! I LOVE it!! I'll take those leaves in a minute!
As you can tell from some of these pictures, kids can get really creative with their shenanigans. So it's perfectly normal if your little ball of sunshine catches you off guard.
"When parents don't know how to respond, it's really valuable to take some time to give yourself chance to assess the situation rather than reacting in a rush or on impulse," Anna and Luciana, two moms from the UK and creators of the parenting blog In The Playroom, told Bored Panda. "Especially in difficult situations as sometimes spur of the moment rash reactions can make things worse."
#3
Chyppa Homer 4 years ago
I usually get mine back with the 'spoiled brat' algorithm activated :D
Holly Allen 4 years ago
Can I skip the whole parenting thing and go straight to grandparenting?
#4
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago (edited)
Not to serve wine would be wholly illegal....
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roxymo1983 4 years ago
You had me at get to sleep while it drives us around... this really sounds awesome lol
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago (edited)
I had a college roomie who could not sleep without either the tv on or the radio on...so, they exist.
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Annie Myers 4 years ago
I'm not even a mum but this sounds just like the life I'd like to have lol
Just like each child is unique, so is every parenting problem. There is plenty of advice on raising kids but no definitive guide, and you never really know if something that has worked for another family will apply to yours as well.
"We all make mistakes sometimes, so apologizing to your child and admitting that we don't always get it right, gives them a good example and helps to build trust in the relationship," Anna and Luciana said.
And when everything is said and done, don't forget to tweet about it! "It's definitely important to talk to others in similar situations to get useful advice and to feel less alone," the mom duo added.
#5
Kirsten Kerkhof 4 years ago
I live alone and I can vouch for the incorrectness of that statement. Oh wait, I skip step 2 too often ...
over it already 4 years ago
Cleaning the house when the kids are home is like brushing your teeth while eating oreos...
roxymo1983 4 years ago (edited)
Since school has started back in person, when they walk in I present the clean house like a tour guide 😂😂
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
All I do is sleep and clean, and I'm always tired and my house is a mess.
#6
Eppe 4 years ago
I think according to Freud in the oral phase there is no interest in pooping yet, only in feeding and other safety. In the a**l phase the pooping actually becomes interesting as a way of excersing control. Is this information relevant? Perhaps not, but I recently read a book where, among a dozen other interwoven topics, this played an important part, so there.
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Annamagelic 4 years ago
Yes, but honestly that mom of a 3 month old probably just desperately wants to get out of the house. Tip, go where you want to go. Babies are portable and most babies like walks, chose the scenery that appeals to you, whether it's a mountain hike, or an art gallery or a trip to the mall. Caveats, bring plenty of diapers and spare clothes, and be mindful of an exit strategy to not disturb others
Rissie 4 years ago (edited)
At 3 months old you're looking for places to somewhat entertain your own brain while going somewhere that's appropriate to have that little appendix in a stroller with you. And that's not all that easy. I can't enjoy my coffee sitting in a coffee shop with a fussy baby while planning a next feed or where to change a poopy diaper. So you're at home for that. The coffee. When they got to a crawling, almost walking stage I thanked the heavens for the indoor playgrounds with great sheltered areas where they could move around freely. You can finally sit down for a minute, sadly literally, and drink your darn coffee anywhere else but inside the house. And if you're lucky there's fellow mommy victims. Yes. I did not enjoy the baby stage for one freaking minute.
#7
Deborah B 4 years ago
Up there with "You're the hide and seek world champion". And, "I'm taking a nap, we'll clean house, and do math practice as soon as I wake up."
Molly Block 4 years ago
I don't understand this one. Because the kids are expecting the parent, in the car, to find it. How does this work?? (I never had kids).
Anna Repp 4 years ago
I do the same, but since I have a teen, I tell her to go get it. Turns out she does not need it that much :D
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
My mother just tells me to go and get it myself. Then again, she's had a teen before me and she has 3 teens now (including me), so I suppose she knows best XD.
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Ray Martin 4 years ago
True. The post-nuclear apocalypse cockroaches will eat it when they want a nice menthol treat.
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Jill 4 years ago
I still have my Band-aid metal aluminum box from from when I grew up (mid-80s). It has such sentimental value and they really don't make them like that anymore. Some things you just cant let go.
Terry Tobias 4 years ago
I probably have one of the last ones they made before switching to paper boxes. When I get a new box, I take the Band-Aids out and put them in the metal box. I have no idea why. 🤷♀️
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kjorn 4 years ago
few years ago we were eating at my grand mother (around 90yo) and one of my kids ask for some ketchup. the ketchup in the bottle was BLACK! not red... not dark red... BLACK!
Trond Hermansen 4 years ago
Spices don't expire if stored in a dry place.
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My dad used to put Vicks on any ailment. One that really worked was sunburns. Liberally apply it the night of the burn and sleep in clothes that cover the area treated. Takes away the burn, some redness, and prevents peeling. Seriously works.
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
Not willing to try it because it sounds like it would burn. Good luck to the brave.
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Layla Corman 4 years ago
Wait...Sister?! Is that you? My mom, who refuses to get rid of old food, gave me 2 cans of corn the other day that expired in 2001! Insisted "There is nothing wrong with them!!"
#9
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
The dogs are clearly telling you that the children appear to be broken.
AndThenICommented 4 years ago
Lol yes! That’s exactly what a family dog face looks like. So good
#10
ArwenUndomiel 4 years ago (edited)
I am ashamed to say that it took me a couple seconds to get it
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I just assumed it's a brand of chocolate because I don't think we have it in my country
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#11
Diana Eriksson 4 years ago
I did that too, or I'd make them really ugly. My Nintendo 3DS from when I was 7-8 has my family as Miis and a separate category of my family as their "mean" versions. Every time I was mad I'd make them uglier lol
Monday 4 years ago
Sounds like a great coping mechanism to me! You feel better and nobody gets hurt!
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yellowphantom 4 years ago
I did that and so did my kids. I would even include a list of attractive features on myself and the favored siblings and ugly features on the sibling I was mad at ("rough skin", "buck teeth"). We all had dark straight hair so the good ones got to have blonde curly hair. This was in the Marilyn Monroe years.
#12
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Heck, if the private bits are covered and they're wearing shoes, I'd call it a success.
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Hey that's better than most people on the subway late at night
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
I would put it next to ridiculous but everyone has his own taste i guess
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I had a daycare. Parent shows up with this kid in pajamas and apologizes. I'm like, I'm wearing mine! They can wear theirs.
#13
roxymo1983 4 years ago
My 5yr loves to squish my squishy tummy. His words. So I have to let him squish. But I draw the line at when he does that blowing thing we do to them as babies lol...
Baby Panda 4 years ago
my family calles them zerberts (no idea of the spelling) no idea why we've always called it that either
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Mere Cat 4 years ago
If you squeeze it enough you get a wish, wish, wish? :P
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Drakaina Dreadnought 4 years ago
You know, squishy belllies on mamas are beautiful. Children singing is a good thing. I would ham it up with my 'very' squishy belly and make them laugh.
#14
Kirsten Kerkhof 4 years ago
I had a trial. It was a cat. I realised that was just about all the dependency I can handle.
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Scott 4 years ago
Are they supposed to send you home with spare parts or something. Like a "some assembly required" Frankenstein-type thing?
River Webb 4 years ago
what are they meant to do keep an arm or leg and give it back to you later?
Rebekah 4 years ago
I SO remember that moment. My husband turned to me and said: They are letting us leave??? We had no idea what we were doing.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago (edited)
Yes, I definitely think there should be am education system in place fore expecting parents. How to feed a baby, how to burp a baby, change a diaper, bathe a baby, childproof your home, potty train, etc. All the things people need to become at least level 3 parent before their kids arrive. Not to brag, but (*polishes nails on shirt*) I myself am a level 5, and I don't have any kids yet (grew up in a big family, with the added bonus of being the second oldest).
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago (edited)
Don't they send a maternity nurse to your house for a week to help you with the transition to parent?
Annie Myers 4 years ago
True. The hospital should have sent the baby in parts, giving you the precious time you need to adapt ≖‿≖
Colin Matthews 4 years ago
Yes I feel this... Our baby was in the NICU whilst I was briefly downstairs with my exhausted wife. We got a call...Its the NICU nurse-"your baby has just had a poo" looooooong pause...Me "And?" Nurse (stifling laughter) "you need to come clean her" Me.. "Oh...Right..." Classic first time parent
#15
Drakaina Dreadnought 4 years ago
Since when do five year olds do math homework. Or homework. It's kindergarten, they're gluing pasta to construction paper, learning to write letters and singing songs!
Emma B 4 years ago (edited)
They also learn basic addition and subtraction. I taught it. It's basic curriculum, at least in the U.S. And I KNOW we aren't anywhere close to the top in education, so, I'm assuming other countries teach it too. The homework part confuses me. It's usually taught in class. Homework is usually just asking parents to read nightly with their kids and keep a reading record. Math worksheets for homework usually start in first grade.
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Wondering Alice 4 years ago
Looking at the date, it might be home schooling during a lock down.
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Mattewis88 4 years ago
My brother and I would get along so well until my parents noticed. All hell broke loose, every time. I have no idea why. They would literally jinx the peace by observing it.
#16
Skara Brae 4 years ago
It's like living near an airport. You learn to stop noticing engine noise.
Mike Loux 4 years ago
Reminds me of the lines from the Blues Brothers: Jake: "How often does the train go by?" Elwood: "So often you won't even notice it."
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Ranch Dressing 4 years ago (edited)
I think they selectively block things out during the baby/toddler age. For example, "stop eating sand" falls on deaf ears but if you say the magic words, ie. "would you like icecream"? Well, your child 200m aways just heard you loud and clear
Yvette Desmarais 4 years ago
Parents do that as well. At one point I started calling my mother by her first name because she never heard me.
Meghna Mohan 4 years ago
Haha this couldn't be true-er, you vant convince me that there is another reason.😂
François Carré 4 years ago
I think they just set it at "random background noise" and stop paying attention to it.
#17
Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
...but the ninja doesn't wish to be a priest
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Panda Kicki 4 years ago
My kid during sermon "I have a butt" while pulling pants down and moon the priest...
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
My niece asked who won the tombola last Sunday. She meant the national elections.
Eithne Griffiths 4 years ago
One of my brothers was whispering in church,my mother said "quiet this is God's house" to which my brother said (about the priest) is that God then?
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
And on your left, children, we have a wild priest. Now, generally priests do not reside in such a habitat, but several find it convenient to do so...*continues narrating tour*
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Honu 4 years ago
When my brother told me his wife was pregnant with their third, a normal person would've said "Congratulations." I blurted out the first thing that popped into my head: "Dude. You're going to be outnumbered."
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not your average weirdo 4 years ago
My mom raised three kids. The oldest (me) turned out fine ;). My sister, the middle kid, is 99% devilish. My brother, the youngest, is 100% a devil child.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
We need the siblings' opinion too! Not sure they will agree
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As the youngest of 5 boys, I was raised by an ahead of her time feminist intelligent smartass, a like Jason Momoa looking Tim Taylor home improvement Marine Dad and 4 out of work comedian brothers, I can honestly say: "It worked out pretty good for my Mom".
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
They teach each other... I know. I'm the oldest! I took an ass-whuppin so that others may live!
Meghna Mohan 4 years ago
So true so true so so so very true😂 my elder kid is just like me in everything except matters that make him extra sensitive. I'm the polar opposite. My younger one like my husband is obsessed with cleanliness and being perfect. My husband and I are yet to figure each other out, so kids have been a blast 🤗
roxymo1983 4 years ago
Omg yes. My 1st was & still easy peasy. I said this isn't hard. Then the 2nd one came... Not easy peasy.
#19
Veronica Popescu 4 years ago
No. It's a win win situation. The squirrel is fed and the kid eats because he saw the squirrel eating.
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katrina hunt 4 years ago
I had to explain to my mom that she could just hang up. I don’t deserve my mom 😭🥰🥰
#21
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
My son says he wouldn't eat anything but cereal and I told him that I was gonna give him cat food for dinner. He called my bluff. He got a bowl of meow mix. Never made fun of dinner again.
Juliette Dauterive 4 years ago
“Well I can tell THIS is going to be disgusting!” "Would you prefer bread and water?"
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
My 12 year old brother saying that would get stabbed in the face with a fork -_-. Nobody insults my cooking. Nobody.
#22
Eppe 4 years ago (edited)
This is considered a dïck move in parenting culture (btw did you see how I circumvented the word dïck being cencored?)
Lisa Samuelson 4 years ago
But those babies are not owls!! What is going on is what I want to know?
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Kaori Panda 4 years ago
It means—and stay with me on this one— that there is...no...playground
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What school doesn't have a playground? I had one right up to age 18!? Plus all the schools I've worked in as a teacher have had them? Unless he means like a climbing frame sort of situation like some primary schools (5-11 age) have?
WhatEvenIsLife 4 years ago
When I picked up my son from the first day of kindergarten and asked him how it went, he said indignantly, "Well, for one thing, they didn't teach me how to read."
jellybeb 4 years ago
wait, is this like an American thing? I have a playground in my high school
jellybeb 4 years ago (edited)
( i don't mean to offend anyone, I'm geniunely curious )
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Georgia Hebert 4 years ago
We had three recesses from 1st thru 5th grade. 6th grade only had two to prepare us for no recesses in middle school.
Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago
I'm a junior in high school at this point and I'm still pissed that I don't have recess anymore.
Anggi Santika 4 years ago
In my country, playground only for kindergarden. Older kids has basketball or futsal field. At least until 25 years ago. Doubt that it has changed
#24
Tim S 4 years ago
I didn't get it either. I guess because I prefer the yellow and orange ones.
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Valley Girl 4 years ago
They sell FAVE REDs, all red and pink, the only ones I buy! My kids also know after Halloween and parades, all vanilla Tootsie Rolls are going to Mom.
yellowphantom 4 years ago
A shout out to everyone who gives out dark chocolate on Halloween, which almost no kid likes, and they willingly hand it over to me.
#25
Chyppa Homer 4 years ago
Ever notice, how parenting books are always written by people, who either don't have kids, or who's kids are well behaved ? Where is the book on how to get your demon to stop doing a crab walk on the ceiling ? :D
Alex the awful German 4 years ago
So you probably became one of the persons you used to rant about? ;-)
David carro 4 years ago
Ain't that waterproof? You are speading it, rather than wiping it. Use a tshirt, instead. Or your husband underware.
Katinka Min 4 years ago
I was confused about this until I saw that a dad wrote this. Taking Nappy wipes EVErYWHERE seems to be a mom thing.
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#27
VeninTheNonBinaryRogue 4 years ago
My brother almost knocked over a full mason jar of water and I was like NO. It didn’t spill tho so that was good
#28
Laura Mende (Human) 4 years ago
And when there is no more room in hell, the devil will give you two screaming babies and a non-stop ticket to New Zealand. 😂
Skara Brae 4 years ago
I'd accept if I could go to New Zealand and wait out the pandemic.
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best turtle 4 years ago
then there is the highway of hell where you will never find the exit and your kids ask if we are there yet over and over.
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
This is not hell... this is where we were sent because we were bad in hell...
Katinka Min 4 years ago
kindergarden opened on my block and one or tow of the kids scream like Banshees. I am not kidding - the screams are high pitched and truly impressive. Makes me so glad I missed out on having kids.
MellonCollie 4 years ago
I will save this one for the times when I need a laugh, in order to not join the kids and cry as well.
#29
Meghna Mohan 4 years ago
Days and weeks have merged, we don't know Sunday from Monday, especially Covid time. We don't get Our Time, I have had to learn maths thanks to Google to help my kid solve complex problems. I hated maths growing up and always just passed it. Projects and revision for exams always take up weekends, we don't get to go on holidays without elaborate plans and extra bags for assignments and homeworks, but it's been a fun journey 🥰
OffKeySinger 4 years ago (edited)
I'd take relearning alegbra over attending concerts you have to stay the 3-4 hr entirety of when your kid badly plays an instrument for 5 mins
Mattewis88 4 years ago
I'm dating a math teacher so when we have kids, mine won't bring back algebra homework and realise their mother is an idiot.
#30
Terilee Bruyere 4 years ago
I didn't understand teenagers when I was one. Those same teens that act like they don't own a coat when it's snowing will also wear a hoodie when it's 102F out.
Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago
Hell, I'm a teenager and I don't understand some folks my age sometimes.
Load More Replies... Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
Is that generally a stage teens go through? I'm not a huge fan of my family, but I am very open that they exist and there's a lot of them.
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PjandBolt 4 years ago
Seriously!! I love questions, I wish my parents asked me more questions all the time!
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"want to play on your xbox?" "why does everyone in this family treat me like trash it's SOOOO unfair! look at my brother he..."
Load More Replies... Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
My Mom when I was a teenager: "When you were a baby you were so cute I could just squish you to death, now I'm regretting not doing it" and you wonder where I got my smartass mouth from....
Shelby P 4 years ago (edited)
so on the way to school this morning at (6:30 am), I really just wanted to ride in silence while I listen to my audiobook. But NO..... this was when my teen decided she didn't mind so much telling me about her life and talked for a good 15 minutes. I had to put aside my annoyance because this doesn't happen often and you gotta take what you can get... they never cooperate!!!!
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
Apologies, my good human, but I believe that your teen might just have seen this as her opportunity to actually talk to you. She probably knows that you wanted to listen to your audiobook, but it can get really hard to talk to your parents about things, especially when they're busy. Personally speaking, I know full well when they actually want me to talk to them, but in those moments it is exactly when I want to just sit in my room and cry or play Sims. Cooperation means zilch, mostly you gotta wait until they come to you. It's hard being a teenager.
Load More Replies... not your average weirdo 4 years ago
I'm a teen and I like it when my parents ask me questions 😕
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
I am also a teen, and when my parents ask me questions I don't get mad. I start crying or trying to evade answering. Anxiety and depression, yay!
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AccioQueenFans 4 years ago
I'm a teen and any question just makes me anxious. As I have told on some of my previous posts, I am really nervous about talking to my parents.
California Jones 4 years ago
Don't worry. We're not all like that. As long as you're not constantly dragging or controlling us, we won't immediately go dark when you walk in the room. Would've worked with my dad.
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Skara Brae 4 years ago
Don't forget to knock over a glass of milk for her to really get the full experience.
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
And once she sits down confortable, ask her water or something.
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Children echo parents, so guess who has been saying that a lot in front of the children
Terry Tobias 4 years ago
I have a baby book where my mom wrote down notable things like "First Words", "Age Started Walking", etc. Under "First Sentence" she wrote "Oh s**t!" I don't remember my mom swearing until I was practically in Junior High.
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Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
Speak for yourself, I was babysitting most of my siblings at 9, and my mom was practically doing all the family chores at 9.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I know this is a joke, but clothing like that really exists. There are some companies that make adapatable clothing that's intentionally designed to be worn any direction. It's generally for adults and older kids who have disabilities that make getting clothing on the "right" direction really difficult.
yellowphantom 4 years ago
Kris Kross said that look was "wiggity-wiggity-wiggity-wack". Just tell people your kid is doing 90's retro.
Judy Reynolds 4 years ago
Every time someone commented about that, I would simply smile, and say she dresses herself.
#34
Mohsie Supposie 4 years ago
A dollar bill IS adorable... and even more adorable than that is a HUNDRED dollar bill!
Mirribelle 4 years ago
My dad said he always wondered why people called him a doorbell when he was little.
#35
Mohsie Supposie 4 years ago
oh no!! Just reading the words "baby shark" the son is stuck in my head again now!
#36
tuzdayschild 4 years ago
Your sadness breaks my heart. I'll pray for you.
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April Caron 4 years ago
Story time: I made a pan full of brownies. They were on the counter, still cooling and hadn’t been sliced into squares yet (important). One of my foster girlies asked if she could have one. I said yes. Later, I went into the kitchen to discover 3/4 of the pan of brownies gone. I looked at her and said, “I told you ONE brownie!” She gave me this incredulous look and responded, “Yeah. But you didn’t say how big it had to be.” Touché, kid. Touché.
Deanna Crichley 4 years ago
When we were kids, and my mom wanted us to split something, she always let one us cut it in half, and then the other got to choose her piece first.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Mine did the same thing. I tell you, if there was a ruler in the kitchen, we probably would've used it we were so exacting with our cutting.
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Lexi Edwards 4 years ago
Conversation between me and my 19 year old niece: "I love your sweater, I want one like it." "Thanks, I got it at Costco for $9!" *awkward silence "Costco!? You can buy clothes at Costco?"
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
my in-laws in Canada have done well for themselves but every shred of clothing they own is from Costco.
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Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
A "Just around the block" walk with my dad was like a walk with the foreign legion in the Sahara Desert, that man could walk for days!! He was a Marine....
Terry Tobias 4 years ago
My three siblings and I were my dad's "troops". He had been in the Marines too. When he wanted us to get moving he'd shout "hipty dipty, every man a tiger!" I hated that so much!!! There's nothing like being a 16 year old girl and having your dad yell that in public!
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Ross Warren 4 years ago
And that's how I ended up giving my 3 year old daughter a five mile piggy back ride.
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Carol Emory 4 years ago
A co-worker told me that you never realize how crazy you sound as a parent until your neighbor hears you yelling to your 5 year old "I said stop licking the driveway!!!"
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Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
Carrying a disassembled CP3O on his back and being told to take care of Princess Leia. :D
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Karen Lyon 4 years ago
I used to babysit a little guy who would say, "A course (of course) you do!" in response to anyone say I g they loved him. LOL.
ThatOneWriter 4 years ago
Mine likes to just hold out his hand and go "NO!" and then run away. Aren't kids precious?
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best turtle 4 years ago
when that happens to my little brother i pause the tv and watch him cry for 2 minutes and then go back to watching tv.
Matt Hollis 4 years ago
Lol we just say karma when she is in a piss and steps on one of her toys
Alexei Arntzen 4 years ago
Reminds me of when I was a kid and hated being dried off after a bath. My Mom would have to chase me with a towel while I ran around soaking wet and butt-naked. Until the day I stepped on a thumbtack while being my demon self. I really deserved that lmao
Steve Fischer 4 years ago
New for Christmas. Baby Runaway. Wind it up, it disappears, and then you have to buy another one
Valley Girl 4 years ago
Except for the fact he's screaming in your eat and you gotta comfort him while trying not to laugh.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Eh, it's reality. She'll have bigger dreams when she gets older. I had a ~14yo tell me (seriously) that her life dream was to work at Subway. It was extra hilarious because it was something she could conceivably do in a few months or a year if she still wanted to. She didn't. She's now 20, in college, and studying for a career that doesn't involve sandwiches.
Carol Emory 4 years ago
My mother in law said when she was 5 her parents asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. She said a Nurse like her Aunt. They said "Oh..because you want to help people?" She said "No...because I want to sit around all day and drink coffee and smoke cigarettes."
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Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
just put them in the can you take to the curb and they won't want to do it again.
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pamela nichols 4 years ago
Reminds me when I caught my toddler standing in the toilet trying to flush himself.
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Hello Dolly 4 years ago
Wow your six year old knows how to write all that!? My 7 year old is still working on writing words and doesn’t have complete sentences down yet.
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Lori Ballard 4 years ago
My son called me Dude. My mom got mad when she heard it and told me to have him call me mom as dude was disrespectful but I told her my son tells me everything so if he wants to call me dude I'm good.
Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
I want to know what all these parents did to cause their teens to not talk to them ever. I mean everyone goes through the phase of being super embarrassed by their parents and not wanting to be around them (you did too, don’t lie) but eventually, we grow out of it and at my age, I don’t really know anyone who just straight up doesn’t talk to their parents (aside from the parents who’ve been neglecting or abusive). Teen years are when we start maturing rapidly and I don’t understand why parents constantly make jokes of teens not talking to them. In my experience, that just isn’t the case.
California Jones 4 years ago
Seriously! I'm fifteen and have a fine relationship with my mom. We talk like bros. The reason I don't speak to my dad, and he writes me off as "just a teenager", is that whenever we talk he goes off on a tangent about what a useless, lazy, PoS I am. And he thinks I'm just a rude d*ck.
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Autumn Artemis 4 years ago
I think that’s a good sign, actually? I occasionally call my mom “bro” because I’m a weirdo and that’s how my age speaks most of the time, but also because I’m relatively comfortable around her. I use certain terms/phrases around my friends, but also with my mom. She… probably doesn’t understand half of them, but she still talks with me.
roxymo1983 4 years ago
My 10yr old is already doing this....I used to stop other ppl cause I'm not a dude but hey. I guess I'm bro now lol
Alice Teasdale 4 years ago
Oh my god yes. I am not his Bro. How can he not understand family role basics?
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April Caron 4 years ago
Story time: Foster siblings… 7 year old, wearing her Cinderella Halloween costume, “I’m a princess. Are you jealous of me?” Her 5 year old sister, wearing her ninja costume, “Nope.” 7 year old, “But I’m a princess! I get to live in a castle and wear fancy clothes and crowns!” 5 year old, “So?” 7 year old, “Why aren’t you jealous?” 5 year old, “Because we’re sisters. So, if you’re a princess… that makes me a princess, too. And I’m a ninja princess, which is way better.”
Steve Fischer 4 years ago
My five and three year old great-grandsons have amazing conversations between themselves
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Mark Howell 4 years ago
When young and have an argument with your sibling, it's just slamming doors and pouts. When you're adult you buy their kid a drum kit for Christmas ;o)
GenXandEarnedItAll 4 years ago
First day of virtual learning the school sent a recorder for my 5th grader for music class. I promptly threw it in the trash and emailed the teacher, "When a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of Valium show up in the next delivery of school supplies I will retrieve the recorder from the trash."
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Some kids desperately need plans for the day. It can help them immensely with transitioning between activities. I'm sorry this parent had a bad experience, but don't take this advice as universally applicable.
Artoonist Corine 4 years ago
This is true - however, I have a 12 year old boy who to THIS DAY - we can't tell him the plans of the day (or the week) because OMG if they CHANGE there will be Hell to pay. Does not matter if the plans were to go to the park and there is a Tornado IN the PARK....I tell him 1-2 hours before when we KNOW we are going.
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Brendan 4 years ago
I once told my kid that we were going to a party the following day. Rookie mistake! Cue 827 questions about the party.
Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 4 years ago
Sometimes we just like to be prepared for what we’re gonna be doing. Especially for kids like me (with autism), it can be incredibly stressful to go into a new, public situation in which we don’t know what’s going on. It seems a lot of parents hate when their kids ask questions which is honestly a little concerning. I would be glad that the kid is thinking at a high enough level to have the idea to ask about the event
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Obaku the Otaku 4 years ago
Actually, two of my three (soon to be four) kids are autistic, and absolutely have to have the plans for the day. But Buddha help us if one has to change.
Isidien Gudmundsdottir 4 years ago
That's the opposite how we were raised: Child of a Marine Dad. I often heard my mom say: "They're not Marines, let them be"
Emmie Jensen 4 years ago
I hate it when my parents don’t tell me what their plans are because then I’ll make my own plans and they’ll get frustrated that I have plans when apparently they wanted to do something
Awesome Rob 4 years ago
I can attest that I've done your way & told them plans. The outcome each day is never the same more than 2 days in a row.
best turtle 4 years ago
if you go to the they will still ruin it by asking if you are done shopping yet
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Alex the awful German 4 years ago
and all of a sudden those ego-shooters don't seem to be that bad anymore....
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Brendan 4 years ago
I can't count the number of times I've eaten goodies in hiding (the greedy lil bastards).
California Jones 4 years ago
Heh, and I have to hide food from my parents. I am not required to spend my chore wages on them! It's the other way around!
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Karen Lyon 4 years ago
I teach kids that are almost five. This week, one of my little guys, as we were getting ready for dismissal said, "But I can't finf my jacket." He was wearing it. Bwaahaahaa.
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yeciye 4 years ago
How about a set of pens? A mug? A plate? We no longer do dartboards; at least not officially.
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YoyoSthlm 4 years ago
I'm from Sweden and I can tell you that we don't understand your snack culture. We have lunch and dinner but nothing else unless we really need to or it's a special occasion. Kids don't need to eat all the time. You are just teaching them bad habits.
ElenaK 4 years ago
Bad habit is eating only twice a day. Small meals and snacks are a healthier choice than 2 meals per day.
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Emma Jolivet 3 years ago
I started ballet at 2. My parents were not happy with the amount of things I broke
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VeninTheNonBinaryRogue 4 years ago
I had like four band aids on my hands and my baby sister kept poking them and saying boo boo. Yes I have a boo boo but it hurts don’t touch it lol
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
It is called "digestion". It is what happens to things after you eat them.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
When they go to college, the snacks in your pantry and leftovers in your fridge will no longer disappear at 2am. You'll be shocked and amazed.
April Caron 4 years ago
Yes, but you’ll also be like… why do my leftovers always go bad before I can eat them?
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Terry Tobias 4 years ago
Without fail... my dog or my kittens. They may not be as loud but they are very persistent and can do damage.
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Lynn Morello 4 years ago
That is when you have a tray of assorted sandwiches that takes you 2 seconds to put onto a plate BEFORE they change their mind.
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Artoonist Corine 4 years ago
THIS! Those wonderful sippy cups work until there is ONE tossed across the room and it lands hard on the floor (or whatever). Well, that one is toast.
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Lynn Morello 4 years ago
No matter how long ago they were taken to the bathroom, within 3 minutes of starting to put groceries into your trolley, you have your little darling holding themselves and dancing around saying mommeeeee, I need to pee. NOW
Sean Stimson 4 years ago
I'm not a parent and I'm logging in just to ask this because I MUST know...what do they do after toilet training is done that requires more toilet training???
Shalini Pabreja 4 years ago
It’s like menopause - the moment you think you’re done, another accident happens.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I've done it to strangers without thinking before. It's weird. It worked. Also a "Hey! We don't behave like that!" works surprisingly well.
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over it already 4 years ago
The phone calls! I have 1 in elementary, 1 in middle school, 1 in high school and can get 6 calls/msgs about inconsequential s*** in one day.
Brendan 4 years ago
My kid has just started reception class (kindergarten), and I was not anticipating the influx of emails. I thought we could let school deal with him 5 days a week, but they ask us to bring stuff in, talk him through this, teach him that, meet up with so-and-so. I might as well home-school the child!
katrina hunt 4 years ago
Oh I get it! Yesterday I was home sick from work and had to do my kindergarteners black bear report for her…she can’t read or write enough just yet to do that herself…it was very cute teaching her what I learned and seeing her draw the little pictures to go with it but man I was sick and I got homework from kindergarten 😅
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I blocked the schools number and delete voicemails after a 5 second listen. Taught my kids if it's an emergency call a second time from any number, that's the bat signal. 5 automated calls a day for 6yrs, only one call was important. The nurse gave me props for the bat signal, and for promptly showing up.
Shalini Pabreja 4 years ago
Switched to WhatsApp ages ago. Now my kids school teachers can personally berate me for whatever s**t they pull at school.
Shelby P 4 years ago (edited)
the fact that you get a phone call, email, and text message about everything and then multiples of the same announcement day after day or a three-peat every Sunday that kids have access to virtual tutoring and homework help... grrr.... but being scared to turn any of it off just-in-case there is ever something serious going on
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Ka Se 4 years ago
Aren't they for exchanging? In my times my classmates and I exchanged pictures and used them for friendship books. Furthermore my parents had one in their purse.
Kristin Ingersoll 4 years ago
I think you and I both disclose our ages with this kind of thing. Everything's online now. Do kids even make friendship books anymore? Do they exchange photos? YOu can see a photo of your friend any time. Do they sign yearbooks? Makwe scrapbooks? I don't know! I know even my Gen X self stopped scrapbooking so much once Facebook came to be.
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Lynn Morello 4 years ago
In Australia we get a class Photo, a medium single photo, and 4 small photo's to hand around to the family, For that little lot we pay $45.
Carol Emory 4 years ago
It's so you'll have enough to hand out to all the police officers and news media outlets when your child disappears only to find out they went on a sleep over at their friends house they forgot to tell you about.....
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Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
the kid has more common logical sense than the parent!
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Aileen Grist 4 years ago
living with and looking after a 100 year old woman is pretty much the same
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Meanwhile, "toddler" is one of the sounds you will easily and naturally produce. "Wow, Sharon, your look tired. -Grmblgdglrrrmunimunirgblmbrtoddlerburgrulmbr."
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Grayson Wrigley 4 years ago
Once when I was little our basement flooded in a hurricane. For obvious reasons my mom would not let me and my little sister play in the basement flood water so we just sat on the basement stairs and stared at it longingly.
Arieke 4 years ago (edited)
Flooded sewers.....Sewege coming up because the drain is not working properly or because of too much rainwater...
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Guillaume Derode 4 years ago
"Doesn't play shem" and "izolo". Can someone explain these words?
ZAPanda 4 years ago
shem = south africanism for "shame" meaning "you poor thing" or "oh that is sweet" or "cute" or "what a pity". Expression of empathy. "Doesn't play shem" can be best translated as "So cute but she is not messing around" izolo = isiZulu for "yesterday" given that the currency is in EU it suggests the person is a south african living in the EU
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memyselfandI 4 years ago
It’s reasonable, those things are amazing for crafting and maybe someone wants them. I’d be happy if those got left out.
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Miguel justino C 4 years ago
Who cares if they don’t have kids. Better for our food supplies and future planet. How many selfish YouTube, Instagram and tick tickers do you want raising the next generation. Fine by me!
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not your average weirdo 4 years ago
It's funny that my mom always thinks that her friend with 4 kids would care that our house is messy.
Bevo Nostro 4 years ago
Ah, the benefits of being a Grandparent... It's like catch and release trout fishing - all the fun and you don't even have to clean the little beasts.
Terri Owens 4 years ago
Amen to that! My mom always said in her next life she wanted grankids first. As a MeeMee to an amazing 11 yr old, I absolutely understand what she meant by that comment!! I adore my 32 yr old son but, his son, my grandson, is such a delight at this point in my life.
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Gavin Johnson 4 years ago
This further reaffirms the fact that I don’t want kids, sadly the 11 year old has some issues with being adopted out, anyone fancy swapping PS5 for a smart but a bit too sassy girl? She can bake, cook, has a little bit of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde about her but with some training I’m confident you could make a halfway decent human from her. 😜
Poultry Geist 4 years ago
No matter what you do to make sure your kids don’t go through the same thing you did! Whatever that may be.. they will find something to resent for and you will not see it coming !
Miguel justino C 4 years ago
Who cares if they don’t have kids. Better for our food supplies and future planet. How many selfish YouTube, Instagram and tick tickers do you want raising the next generation. Fine by me!
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It's funny that my mom always thinks that her friend with 4 kids would care that our house is messy.
Bevo Nostro 4 years ago
Ah, the benefits of being a Grandparent... It's like catch and release trout fishing - all the fun and you don't even have to clean the little beasts.
Terri Owens 4 years ago
Amen to that! My mom always said in her next life she wanted grankids first. As a MeeMee to an amazing 11 yr old, I absolutely understand what she meant by that comment!! I adore my 32 yr old son but, his son, my grandson, is such a delight at this point in my life.
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 4 years ago
This further reaffirms the fact that I don’t want kids, sadly the 11 year old has some issues with being adopted out, anyone fancy swapping PS5 for a smart but a bit too sassy girl? She can bake, cook, has a little bit of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde about her but with some training I’m confident you could make a halfway decent human from her. 😜
Poultry Geist 4 years ago
No matter what you do to make sure your kids don’t go through the same thing you did! Whatever that may be.. they will find something to resent for and you will not see it coming !
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