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50 Hilarious Tweets From Parents Who Aren’t Afraid To Tell It Like It Is (Best Of All Time)
Raising kids is a wild ride—full of love, laughter, and, let’s be real, plenty of chaos. Between school runs and trying to remember what sleep feels like, parents barely catch a break.
But when they do, they love to share their little ones’ antics with the world. And where better to do that than on X?
If you’re a regular at Bored Panda, you know that each month we celebrate the funniest and most relatable parenting tweets out there. This time, though, we’ve gone all in, creating the ultimate “best of all time” edition from the ones we’ve featured before. Enjoy!
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#1
Panda Kicki 1 year ago
You misunderstood. She was looking for places that was fun for HER, that she could go to under the guise it was for her kid.
Sophia Athene 1 year ago
That's exactly what I thought and was about to post!
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PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
Yeah this is how I felt when I’d get booked for mermaid gigs…. Birthday kid turning 1 😂 I’m happy to do it, but just hold a mermaid party for yourself and be proud. Don’t use a kid to play over the fact it was for you
Anna Bella Vittoria 1 year ago
Maybe she meant fun places for her where she could bring a 3 month old without it being difficult, dangerous or intrusive.
Many parents will tell you that their children’s smiles make all the hard work worth it. But even those precious moments don’t erase the very real weight of the struggles that come with raising them. Sometimes, it can feel overwhelming, leading to what’s commonly known as parental burnout. In fact, a staggering 66% of parents report experiencing this exhaustion, and one study found that parents in Western countries are among the most affected in the world.
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#2
MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago
I answered one of these calls and they were speaking spanish. I wold them I didn't speak spanish. Does anyone in your household speak Spanish. My daughter is learning Spanish. can you put her on the phone? Sure. She was taking Spanish and she was 4. Never heard from them again.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago (edited)
I do this, but use my kids voice, now my boss gets a call at work and I’m all ‘ha-woa, I’m pwaying minecwaft, what are yoooooo doing, I’m steeeveee and I’m 8 and 2 quarters ’ 😂 never gets calls back.
BrunoVI 1 year ago
I do a voice alot like Howie Mandel's Bobby ("Bobby's World"). Telemarketer: "Is your Mommy home" || Me: "I don't have a Mommy." || TM: "Well, is your Daddy home?" || Me: "No, he goes out when he gets very lonely. || TM: "Do you know when he might be home?" || Me: "You sound very nice. Would YOU like to be my Mommy?" *click*
Catherine Spencer-Mills 1 year ago
When a young mother, I answered the phone to be asked, "Is your mommy at home?" "I am my mommy." "Sorry!" Granted, I am soprano.
Nika Strokappe 1 year ago
In the Netherlands we have a "do not call" list, you subscribe once and poef, gone are the calls 😃
Ali H M Salehuddin 1 year ago
You may not receiving another phone calls from that particular telemarketer, but you'll still receive them from a different one. There are many shady companies collecting phone numbers and selling them to any telemarketers willing to pay. Your number is on their system. So long it is a legit phone number, they'll sell it.
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While parental burnout might not be something you’ll find in a medical chart, psychologists recognize it as a specific form of burnout—a work-related phenomenon now acknowledged as a syndrome by the World Health Organization.
“As with burnout, parental burnout is defined as physical, emotional and mental exhaustion due to the ongoing demands of caring for one’s children,” says Dr. Jennifer Yen, a psychiatrist at UTHealth Houston.
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Mommy Panda 1 year ago
Whenever my kids do this, I start by saying "mommy" at least 50 times, followed by an endless amount of requests. Works. Every. Time.
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
just did this today with a granddaughter--told her i was tired and she sent me to bed for a nap. We were both in her room playing, so it was a win-win situation. And I found if i 'woke up' grouchy, & still 'tired' she let me go back to sleep! she had fun taking care of her baby, i got something of a rest!
#5
David Morgan 1 year ago
I don't know if you are aware, but it requires oxygen to breathe. It requires breathing to laugh. If the kid hasn't stopped laughing, I wouldn't worry. Silence could be an issue...
Justin Rogers 1 year ago
With kids silence is always an issue. You know something is wrong if it's quiet
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Catlady6000 1 year ago (edited)
I'm just picturing Dad getting pulled over by a police officer for what would have been a minor violation.......
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Twoflower's Luggage never giggled. I've just read where it's left Rincewind, settled down, and started a family, though.
Sophia Athene 1 year ago
Oh how I love you! Rincewind was my 1st fave character but then I fell in love with Granny Weatherwax and Greebo/Gribaux and I never want to choose.
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Parenting is demanding by nature, so it’s not always easy to distinguish between normal stress and burnout. Dr. Yen suggests looking out for signs like fatigue, irritability, changes in sleep, appetite, mood, or even physical aches and pains. What makes parental burnout stand out is the intensity of these symptoms and how much they interfere with daily life.
“It’s a state where you have been giving, and giving, and giving and giving—until you’re totally empty,” describes Kate Kripke, a clinical social worker and the founder of the Postpartum Wellness Center in Boulder, Colo.
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Eve Mraz 1 year ago
Yes, I feel bonita (please someone continue this for the love of all things)
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David Martin 1 year ago
Listen to me...I don't care how big, built, tough, manly, what-have-you you choose to be out in the world, driving the biggest truck or the loudest motorcycle to the bar and throwing back the most drinks. When your little girl says you're a pretty pretty princess, you put on that tiara, you paint your nails, you sip tea with Barbie and Mr Bear...and you be the best GD pretty pretty princess
Pamelot 1 year ago
Such a great Dad. I luv it that she has so many "hair hats". Shoe hobby should start soon. 💗
The Commentator 1 year ago
I agree. The path to being the best parent you can be includes this.
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KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
We waited until a friend's kid was old enough to give consent... game, and brows, ON
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Kayla Schmitz 1 year ago
My son looks just like his father and when people point it out I am always quick to respond "he's not the dad"
Dr. Yen also points out some specific red flags of parental burnout, such as feeling angry or resentful about caring for your children and starting to withdraw from them, either physically or emotionally. Some parents may even feel trapped or fantasize about leaving, she adds.
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#10
cerinamroth 1 year ago
Never, ever let a kid blow on your food or drink! The germs! The snot! The half-eaten chicken nuggets!
The Commentator 1 year ago
Only if they are at least 5 should you let them.
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#11
cerinamroth 1 year ago
Damn kid is mobile now - it was so much easier when it was a baby and dropped food everywhere for me!
Jenna Kay 1 year ago
When my son was very little, he went to an in-home daycare (Miss.Paula's). One day when I dropped him off, Paula ran off mid-sentence yelling "I've got to catch him before he gets to the dog food!" My son was already in the kitchen shoving handfuls of kibble in his mouth 🤦🏻♀️
Because parental burnout can be so damaging for parents, it’s crucial for them to take breaks. “Taking time out is particularly important for moms and dads,” says Dr. Stuart Lustig, a child psychiatrist and national medical executive for behavioral health at Evernorth. “Much of a parent’s day revolves around providing for someone else, and the tasks can be physically and emotionally draining. Breaks help parents reset, or to use an analogy, refill their cups.”
#12
Amber Hill 1 year ago
My Fraternal Twins: You're adopted! No, You're adopted! Listen here my sweet beautiful boys -- Neither one of your were adopted. What makes you think we could afford that in the first place? We can't even afford you now, much less pay for you.
#13
Lene 1 year ago
When Trump was shot in/on (?) The ear my 7yo was so excited for him: "now he can get a pretty ear ring!". (We are in Europe and she has no idea about politics yet)
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Mr. Ping Pong 1 year ago
I told my kid I swallowed monsters, and then put the stethoscope on my stomach. I was very hungry at that time. My kid's expression was amazing 🤩
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Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
Brutal, but she does have a point. My mother usually went for the "So you have nothing to do? We can easily change that" approach. Less brutal, but with a steep learning curve, unless your kids REALLY prefer cleaning/weeding/mowing the lawn/... to boredom. 😂
Catherine Spencer-Mills 1 year ago
Mine still never ever tell me they're bored. And the youngest just turned 47.
Gerhard “Obi-Wan” van Staden 1 year ago
A quick snappy comeback for you, some serious life time issues for the kid. Congratulations on showing your kid he isn't important enough to merit your interest.
As Jeff Temple, a psychologist and director of the Center for Violence Prevention at the University of Texas Medical Branch, explains, giving yourself a break is like putting on your own oxygen mask first before helping others.
“If you run out of oxygen, you’re of no use to your fellow passengers,” he says. “Same holds true for parenting. If you don’t take care of yourself, you’ll be a less effective parent and more prone to burnout and lashing out.”
#15
GenXandEarnedItAll 1 year ago
It would be nice to have kid-o-pause for a few minutes every 5 minutes. See what I did there? 🤭
#16
Mike F 1 year ago
There will be hell to pay when he finds out, also remember, he might be the one picking out your nursing home. 😂😂
char 1 year ago
is lettuce not just special eating leaves?? where's the deceit?
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Parents who take a moment to step back often find it helps them reconnect with who they are, as was the case for Jasmine Jaksic. She had been juggling work, raising a child during the pandemic, and maintaining her relationship with her husband. Finally, she decided to take a spontaneous trip to Amsterdam with a friend, leaving her husband in charge of their kid.
“Although it was a short trip, it gave me a glimpse of that laid-back, goofy self that got lost in the pandemic and parenting vortex,” she says. “I came back with a renewed interest in keeping that part of me alive. It was also a great opportunity for my son to bond with his father and do things their way.”
“My husband is now planning a trip of his own to visit his friends and family,” she adds. “After all, there is still hope for us to someday engage in a long and stimulating conversation that does not involve taking out the trash or doing laundry.”
#18
Milady Blue 1 year ago
I can well imagine Robert Englund laughing until he had tears ruining his makeup.
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My mum has twin girls (my sis and I.) when we were 11 she moved us in with her new boyfriend, who had 3 boys aged 10, 11, and 13 and much stricter rules than we’d ever had growing up. Eventually had 5 hungry, grumpy teenagers at the same time in one house including two very b****y teenage girls who were mad at having to follow new strict weird house rules they didn’t grow up with. It wasn’t pretty.
#19
The Commentator 1 year ago
Even as a guy, I have a pair of shorts that are just barely big enough to very tightly hold my phone. When it's in the pocket all the way, it stabs my hip when I walk or sit down. I am all too familiar.
Load More Replies... Manic Mama 1 year ago
When we went shopping for my 2nd daughter's formal (prom) dress, her only criteria was that it had to have pockets. I found it for her. #1 mama right here.
Phantom Phoenix 1 year ago
🎼Dontcha wish your girl-clothes had pockets like these? Dontcha? Dontcha?🎵
#20
Alan Gale 1 year ago
Is anyone ging to deny that any kid under about 8yo is a walking biohazard?
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
Older kids to! One week back at school and my kid was already sick.
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_-DungeonKeeper-_ 1 year ago
Babies are most literally always sick. Daycare is just "Oh okay, you gave us all the money you could use on more fun things? Here's some pokemon cards the kid traded your car keys for, random marker lines on its arms, unexplainable bruises that make it look like the kid is getting abused, and 15 diseases you have yet again no explanation for which have no cure"
That said, parents don’t have to go to the extent of organizing a trip to another country to prevent or manage burnout. It can be much simpler and more manageable.
“A mental health break is different for everyone,” says Lustig. “One person might need to physically leave the house and go for a walk outdoors. Another person may just need to go into a different room and meditate or listen to relaxing music.”
“There should be less of a focus on what, when and how long the activity is, and more focus on how you feel during or after the activity,” he continues. “Do you feel refreshed and rejuvenated? Happier and recharged? If yes, consider it a mental health break. If not, try something different next time. Everyone’s needs are different, so understanding what best helps you individually is key.”
#21
Happy Blue Panda 1 year ago
I finally went to a concert by myself last night. It was glorious, just listened to great music for 3 hours. No kid, no husband or dogs bothering me.
Tony Street 1 year ago
Q. When does life begin? A. When the last kid leaves home and the dog dies!
Sophia Athene 1 year ago (edited)
You too. The plural of thought is thoughts. No apostrophe is needed if there's more than one of the item. If the item is possessive, then you use the apostrophe, the thought's silver lining.
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Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
Isn‘t it exausting though? I swear my two kids are harder to take care of than doing any of the jobs I had so far. Keeping track of appointments, school stuff, feeding them…. It‘s SO much!
#22
Elizabeth Butler 1 year ago
Giving her a lifetime of ability to feed herself and others good food
#23
Teutonic Disaster 1 year ago
Even though I'm an only child, I can still feel and hear the overwhelmed-ness of the 11-year-old's question.
In practical terms, Temple advises parents to take at least one mental health break each day—“even if only for 30 minutes,” he says. The duration and frequency, he notes, will depend on factors like individual characteristics, the number of children, their temperament, available support systems, and other life stressors.
Temple also suggests parents should aim for “going on dates with your partner, without the kids at least twice a month.” If needed, he recommends “utilizing extended support networks or swapping babysitting duties with other parents.”
#24
Kangaroo 1 year ago
Hahaha I once babysat a girl who had a large collection of rubber bouncy balls. She was describing it to me one day - keep in mind I was like an immature 14 year old - and it was so hard to keep a straight face while this adorable blonde 6 year old told me, “I have the biggest balls in my class! I have fuzzy balls, I have sparkly balls, I even have teeny tiny balls! I have balls that can bounce to the moon!” 😂
Lene 1 year ago
I actually googled this once. I can't recall it exactly but there are different traditions. I think in Japan it's custom to make the snowman out of 3 snowballs and in Europe it is 2. There is surprisingly much of historical facts about snowmen, btw. I strongly recommend everyone to google it asap!
Abdullah Abd Rahman 1 year ago
There's one big ball for the body, a small one for the head and ... I'm not sure about the third ball.
Stephanie Barr 1 year ago
That's the magic of snowmen, they can have as many balls as you want.
Ur_Fav_Lazy_Panda🫶 1 year ago
Large ball for lower body, medium for upper part of body, and smaller for head
#25
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Daughter followed/s my lead. Get into the crisper, break off a hunk. Drives my wife i-n-s-a-n-e
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
She's taking care of the cheese situation, most likely.
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But on those days when finding even half an hour feels impossible, taking just a few minutes can still provide a much-needed reset. “Small breaks in one’s day can be helpful, especially for busy parents,” Lustig says.
“Five-minute meditations can help reset one’s day and act as a mental health break. A few minutes outside in the sunlight, drinking a cup of coffee or writing in a journal can work too. Setting a timer and concentrating on your breathing for a minute or two can help kick start creativity and focus.”
#27
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
My kids love it when I do that with their Gummistiefel and Matschhose and then play as if the whole outfit is alive and walking on it‘s own. Highlight is that show dance where you stretch one leg in the air and then the other one and so on
#28
PhaseWitFact 1 year ago
Stop cleaning up after them. Tell hubby if he wants to stay married then he will do his half. Raise the kids to clean up after themselves.
Pandemonium 1 year ago
I got divorced after the kids went off to college. My house is nice and clean - but my advice to you all is to embrace the chaos
#29
The Commentator 1 year ago
And me, even when I get good sleep. The circles... They haunt me.
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She looks like someone beat the c**p out of her, or her skin is pooling from coagulated blood 😂 love it
Milady Blue 1 year ago
I wonder how Weird Al could turn this into a parody using "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," and how hard Cyndi Lauper would be laughing.
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And don’t underestimate your children—they will likely understand your need for some ‘me time’ if you explain it to them and may even support you in their own way.
“Tell your children why a mental health break is important to you,” encourages Lustig. “If your children, especially adolescents or teenagers, see you taking time for yourself and understand the importance of mental health, they are likely to model this behavior as they grow older.”
Parental burnout is no joke, so be sure to take care of yourself—you deserve it.
#30
Strings 1 year ago
Cleaning out my parent's medicine cabinet, I found a bottle of mercurachrome from back in the 60s
Biytemii 1 year ago
Omg that was my grandpa's go to. Every little cut scrape anything when we were kids (me and my bunch of cousins) he would pull out the mercurachrome lol eoe that just brought some memories back. That and tiger balm for everything that wasn't a cut lol
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cerinamroth 1 year ago
Mine had an old, ridged olive oil bottle (from Boots!) used for helping with ear wax! God knows when it was from, but my mother said she got it from her mother, who swore by it.
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
some stuff just shouldn't have an expiration date on it--if the Vick's still takes your breath away when you sniff it, it's still good!
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David Jeffery 1 year ago
Less than three and they should not be allowed to publish at all but made to work in a daycare for a month
Thalia Lovering 1 year ago
I have a friend who has two kids. She regularly asks me and her other friends who don't have kids for advice. One time I asked why she doesn't ask her friends who have kids and she said that they always side with her and never say that she does something wrong as a parent, while sometimes I tell her that I think that she is wrong and one of her daughters is right. She explained that parents always justify parents, because they feel like a supporting system while she wants a fair system. She wants to know if she makes mistakes, not justification for them. After she told me this, I realised that this makes a lot of sense.
Load More Replies... Catherine Spencer-Mills 1 year ago
My new husband was going on about his new step-sons. How they misbehaved and back talked. So I arranged with a friend of a daycare owner to hire him. They put him on the 6-12 age group. He lasted a month and told me my sons were the best behaved kids in the world. Well, maybe he exaggerated a little.
#33
cerinamroth 1 year ago
I have told this tale before on BP but I will tell it again: One day, before Kindergarten, my daughter who was then aged 3 or 4, screwed her eyes up and stared at me before asking "Are you wearing any make-up today, Mummy?" and I said "Yes, darling, I am wearing a little bit" (I was knackered). And she shot back with "You need more". Ouch!
ILoveMySon 1 year ago
My son once told me in a concerned tone, "Mommy, you probably shouldn't leave the house without makeup" Thanks, Kid.
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Jeremy James 1 year ago
When my nephew was very young, he was watching my sister getting ready and asked, "Mama, why do you do makeup?" She said, "Because I'm going to work and I like to look good because it makes me feel good." He thought about it and said, "You should stay home today. You don't look so good."
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Gracie Mae 1 year ago
never felt so old as i did the first time a grandkid repeatedly poked me in the arm (in the flabby chicken wing part) and kept saying "ooh, squishy" and laughing her little butt off
SilverSkyCloud 1 year ago
hopefully it wasnt performed on stage at one of the school ceremonies
Stephanie Barr 1 year ago
It's nowhere near the ultimate level of parenting hell. That occurs in a children's hospital. Ultimate hells don't make you laugh later in life.
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#37
Bookworm 1 year ago
I think there's a lot of confusion between 'invalid' and 'reasonable.' You don't have to agree that wanting the juice back in the orange makes sense to say something like, "I realize you're upset. Remember, when you're upset, you can... (insert whatever you want the kid to do to deal with frustration)." Adults also get frustrated and upset when the world doesn't work the way they want it to! The point of not 'invalidating' a kid's feelings is that there's no wrong emotion to have, but there are right and wrong ways to express it. And they hopefully become an adult who, for example, vents to a friend about their ex's new partner instead of keying their car.
Joshua Seaman 1 year ago
THIS. You can fully validate their emotions and empathize with them that they feel upset, without needing to get into whether their feelings are logical or not. And usually with meltdowns like this, it has to do with feeling overwhelmed in general due to being tired or hungry, not the specific thing that set it off.
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ZiggyMcZigface 1 year ago
*summarisation. Summation is cumulative addition stuff and boy we do not need the kid doing that rn lol.
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Cindy Brick 1 year ago
She's right! Madness, betrayal and near-murder follow... the perfect soap opera.
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Kangaroo 1 year ago (edited)
As another twin, I second this. My twin and I are polar opposites. She wears short skirts, I wear tshirts, she’s cheer captain and I’m on the bleachers. (Jk I’m the girly one but I couldn’t resist)
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TuesdayDangerGirl 1 year ago
I don't understand why this is difficult for people to understand. I have 4 kids including a set of identical twins and someone once sent 3 Christmas presents. One for each of the boys and one for the twins. WTF Another twin mother on ebay yelled at me bc she liked the twin clothes I was selling but none of them were both the same color and style, either different colors or complementary styles and she ALWAYS DRESSES HER TWINS THE SAME EXACT WAY AND HOW CAN I BE SUCH A MONSTER?!?!
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
They are two totally separate people. Even though they look the same. Parents that dress them identically make me cringe
The Commentator 1 year ago
Like twins are supposed to! They are two separate, whole people! Why is society like this?
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David Jeffery 1 year ago
I don't understand how this isn't getting things done. That's a full weekend for me
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
Seriously. I envy that level of dedication and hard work.
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Alyssa Phillips 1 year ago
I start out strong! 30 minutes inside work, 30 minutes outside work, 15 minute break... About the 3rd rotation it's a 30, wait add 15 for lunch, so 45 minute break. But I can't stop in the middle of an episode so.....
SilverSkyCloud 1 year ago
i do that, i make a list of what needs doing and when it comes to doing it..........."404 - willpower not found"
Sandra Morison 1 year ago
So they are all done, now you have check the fridge have coffee and think about meal prep or shopping or stare out the window to check the weather. Phew then that's done too.....
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veryvenasaur 1 year ago
the effort this is taking not to laugh and get in trouble for looking at this in class will break me.
freakingbee (she/they) 1 year ago
the way i'm also trying not to laugh in class
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Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 1 year ago
Easy mistake. On a side note, I’d be dying laughing.
Betsie Rosenberger 1 year ago
When my oldest son was a toddler, he'd invite people that stopped by to sit down on our bi+ches(benches). Nothing like a couple comfy bi+ches to sit on while visiting with friends. 😂
Mary Bricklin 1 year ago
I would've died laughing. Hopefully in the back where no one but my coworkers could see me.
Grace Gibson 1 year ago
That's is so hard not to laugh at, I would have died right then and there.
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Vidas Zlioba 1 year ago
I would throw some sealant over them and keep them that way, forever.
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Sean Stimson 1 year ago
It's a trap! You follow the tracks into the closet, the door slams behind, and now a hamster owns your house. I've seen it a million times
Panda Kicki 1 year ago
Or you have a Nisse. In Sweden we have a small door for a traditional Nisse (like a sliightly evil santa claus that in older days was supposed to make sure people took good care of their live stock and slapped lazy farm workers) and we paint small footprints sometimes. Should have got a hamster instead..
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
When my stepdad's python went missing once, they put flour on the floor at some of the doorways. Snake had been gone about a week at that time. It was disturbed in the morning, so they knew it was still in the house. Took more than a week after that to actually find it. It had been staying behind the drawers of my sister's dressing table (she was only living there part time so hadn't disturbed it.
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The Commentator 1 year ago (edited)
Depends on the person. But yes, me too.
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KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Watched awkward situation unfold in train station last night when a toddler had to be explained to that not ALL floofs are allowed or want pets. We were both hurting. We just wanted to hug and squeeze that absolute floof. (Collar said "please do not pet").
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KT 1 year ago (edited)
My then 4 year old nephew once had a whole crowd of people looking for his imaginary chipmunk while his dad was coaching the hs basketball team. He's 50 this year, time to bring out the stories
Robin DJW 1 year ago
My imaginary friend was the Big Sad Antelope. Drove my parents nuts. Talked me into letting him go with my grandmother for her trip to Egypt. Apparently he made pals with a donkey, and never came back.
Howl's sleeping castle 1 year ago (edited)
Ok serious question, is this imaginary friend an American concept? Haven't heard of people from other continents having one. I am in my 40s and I haven't met a person irl who had an imaginary friend. I found about it only through American TV shows
Caroline Overill 1 year ago
This is a cunning ploy on behalf of the 4yo to get mummy and daddy to get her a real dig.
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Leona 1 year ago
UK safeguarding guidelines state to report something like this so we can see if patterns emerge, as it may be part of something bigger
Load More Replies... Panda Kicki 1 year ago
Mine always happily exclaims "Oh, I can finally eat today!" every time someone gives them something edible outside the house,,,
Cindy Brick 1 year ago
I can top this -- oldest daughter, then a senior, while we were at her grandma's funeral, decided to stay home to take finals. She then told teachers that we'd left her locked out of the house -- had no money for food, was sleeping in her car, etc.etc. And to top things off, she flunked every final.
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cerinamroth 1 year ago
You'd think the teen years were the sweet spot, but in actual fact, it's the worst of both worlds!
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I once accused my mom of having kids to get her dishes done. At the time, I didn't understand why she burst into laughter.
Montanavanna 1 year ago
When people would ask my mom if she had a dishwasher she would say she has 3 of them.
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Betsie Rosenberger 1 year ago
Uhuh, nope. When it pertains to kids, that is actually the question AND the answer. Trust me on this one.
Magenta Blu 1 year ago
Nah, just enjoy the ride. My kids are the only human beings that truly enjoyed being with me when they were toddlers
Rosecrucian Roeth 1 year ago
The thing about children is that they do not come with a user manual................and the ones on the market are pretty much useless!
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clairebear 1 year ago
My niece was a biter so I bit her back (laid my teeth very gently on her arm) and said every time you bite me I'm going to bite you, she was so shocked about how it felt, she never did it again.
TeenieMeanie 1 year ago
My husband did this with my roommates’s cat when we were dating. Cat just looked confused and never bit him again.
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Illustrious G 1 year ago
This is the main take-away I got from this story too!! Why???
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My 3yo has just moved from day care to kindergarten. She's having a blast in kindergarten, no doubt about that. But somehow the transition is also extremely difficult for her because she's now begun to be really harsh on her 5yo sister with biting, hitting, scratching her etc. 5yo is very polite and tries her best to do as we tell her so besides that 1 time when she bit back, I've also had to allow her to hit her sister back 1 time. 3yo seems to slowly be getting over that phase, luckily.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Not proud, but it was reflexive. Sitting in the chair, major pain on my tricep, flail my arm, daughter gets up, cries.... obviously. Never does that again
Malene Lilleris 1 year ago
The day my parents got us our Wii my Dad got too close as it was my turn at bowling. I hit him in the nuts when I swung my arm back, and he literally threw our 10 week old puppy out of his arms and into the air so he could clutch his balls. Reflexes, everybody has them and s**t sometimes happens (Puppy was fine + and my mom was already sterilized so they didn’t want anymore kids so my Dad was fine too)
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Pretty Pink Sky Photography 1 year ago
They kinda are - they mess with your head, take all your money and you sometimes lose the will to live
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Lynn Morello 1 year ago
I hate to say it, but we have phones and kids don't stop when they move out of home.
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Comedy Clumbers 1 year ago
"My dad can rip your Dad's arms off!" Also, That is one hellofa handsome Silverback.
Dawn Murphy 1 year ago
Never understood why they couldn't have adult chairs brought in from the faculity lounge for parents....it's like they wanted us to feel uncomfortable.... :)
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STress (I/me) 1 year ago
You have badly screwed up somewhere along a thorny path of nurturing...
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Mike Rodrick 1 year ago
She'll soon have her own hundreds of millions dollar yacht.
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The Commentator 1 year ago
Your allowance for today is not having to walk outside barefoot.
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cerinamroth 1 year ago
I can't think of anything except how adorable he is, old man pose or not!
Ria C. 1 year ago
I would normally agree but my nephew does this too. No one knows where it can from, he also walks around like that.
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Kangaroo 1 year ago
Yep. I’ve only ever babysat which is not the same as parenting at all, but realizing how difficult babysitting can be in the weirdest smallest ways made me realize how difficult parenting must be too, in ways people don’t even realize.
cerinamroth 1 year ago
But having a good babysitter occasionally makes our job as parents easier (we get a hard-earned break), so thank you for your service!!
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cerinamroth 1 year ago
Ah, that's so cute. Sometimes we forget how small they are and how much they need us when their personalities are so frickin big.
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cerinamroth 1 year ago
Exactly! It's hard not to take offence when your cooking, generally much appreciated by all, is turned down by someone who likes to drink his own bathwater.
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Kangaroo 1 year ago (edited)
I’ve actually always loved a good salad with a tasty dressing. I made a garlicky lemon mint tabbouleh last night with super fresh cherry tomatoes and it was amazing! (An old ex of mine used to make an amazing bean salad with some kind of orange juice dressing made from frozen concentrated orange juice and I’m still trying to figure out how to recreate that to this day)
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Tiffany Buchner 1 year ago
It's good for jump scares without the jumps, I'm definitely feeling the anxiety.
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cerinamroth 1 year ago
A family with boys makes me think of my favourite childhood book, The Great Piratical Rumbustification. My sister, who only has boys, confirms this. We have one of each with a bit of an age gap (4 years) and they cancel each other out mainly.
Sean Stimson 1 year ago
It's not just boys. When Ronald Reagan was shot my two brothers and two sisters dressed me, the youngest, in one of my dad's heavy coats and had me walk through the yard waving so they could take turns shooting me with a BB gun 😆
Historyharlot93 1 year ago
My son talked his little brother into doing a running jump down a staircase. He landed flat on his back but was fine. I don’t know how they survived into adulthood.
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Sue Denham 1 year ago
But when they finally learn there were only 48 they *will* wreak their revenge.
Frunkadunk 1 year ago
Mine would bug me for help finding the last 2. "Mom! Can we get a hint?? Mom! Momma! Mother! Mummy! MA!"
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Comedy Clumbers 1 year ago
Raising a kid who respects her own boundaries AND is assertive and truthful -- Good job!
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Howl's sleeping castle 1 year ago (edited)
I never yell at my cat. I speak sternly, never shout. Me and my husband are the only people she trusts in this world, if we start screaming at her, who will she go to. Yes, she is spoiled.
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M O'Connell 1 year ago
I once had a cat who would open the cabinet under the sink, knock the trash can out onto the floor, root through it for used q-tips, and then carry them to random corners of the house. it only took me a week to install a childproof latch.
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Anthony Sandle 1 year ago
When I was growing up we didn't have a TV (my mother didnt approve) so we would sit in front of the oven and watch the food cook.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 year ago
Glad it's illegal to mutilate dogs ears like that in the UK. That dog is meant to have lovely, soft, floppy ears.
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Frunkadunk 1 year ago
Mine would've clocked business as usual. Every time I sat down on the couch I'd have to get back up for something else my kids wanted or couldn't find... or someone locked someone in a closet... or outside. Idk, it's been a decade, but all I remember is chaos. Not couch.
freakingbee (she/they) 1 year ago
i have a heart condition so every time i stand up my heart rate goes up by a lot
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HappyBink 1 year ago
I think the cookie being the missing circular object
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Alyssa Phillips 1 year ago
From the snippet of cheek and eye, I am betting that smile is gorgeous.
Kael jones 1 year ago
They usually are not human until they are 18. I happen to be an exception.
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justagirl 1 year ago
DON'T let your kids get tiktok or have access to any kind of short video platform!
Kangaroo 1 year ago
I started using TikTok maybe a year ago and it has ruined my attention span. I can’t even watch 60-second long videos of people talking without wanting to speed it up. Trying to wean myself off of it and off my screen addiction.
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Alyssa Phillips 1 year ago
My 6 yo does that. But also with other people's family. For mother's day, she gave our neighbor a pic with neighbor, baby, 6yo, boy down the street, and me playing outside. Didn't include neighbor's husband. Savage.
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Kangaroo 1 year ago (edited)
Cute but what is the point of this? Some kind of signal? Edit: OH it just occurred to me they’re doing this as a cover to lie to the kids. So if the kids want to go to the park but parent doesn’t want to, this gives them an excuse not to go. And they do it for each other, being brother and sister.
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Kangaroo 1 year ago (edited)
I hated being woken up as a teenager. No explanation why. Nothing would fill me with more blind, hateful, pointless teenage rage than my mum popping her head into my room and telling me “good morning beautiful, it’s time to get up for school.” I have no idea what my problem was. It got to the point where I got up 15 minutes early on purpose every day just so I wouldn’t experience that rage. Being a teenager was so weird and annoying lol.
cerinamroth 1 year ago
My mum would say: "I'm going to work now. Don't forget to get up and go to school. I'll see you tonight." and then leave me complicated instructions for how to make the dinner so it was ready when she got back. I was barely even awake and had the memory of a goldfish anyway so she'd be mad at me as soon as she came in the door.
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cerinamroth 1 year ago
Kids process grief differently - it might come out later as a bad dream, or in his play. Or he might be a cyborg, as you suspect.
Miss Cellania 1 year ago
Same, except "now" was 25 years ago, and the movie was Bambi. I used to tell them, "May you have children just like you."
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Claire Ferguson 1 year ago
I could see my classroom from my bedroom window and was still late most days.
Bookworm 1 year ago
The little voice that says 'I only have to walk two blocks to work today, so I don't have to get up yet' is absolutely real
veryvenasaur 1 year ago
can confirm it is in fact real. It takes me under 5 minutes to get to school and I've been late a lot
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Panda Kicki 1 year ago
I can proudly say 5+ years as I went to several educations on kids development and care, both healthy, in hospital and NICU. I am less proud to say that apart from the Heimlich manouver for toddlers (had chinese take away and a peanut was hidden in the rice), none of that helped me handling parental role, just jumped in the deep end. We had a lot of practise at dolls, totally wasted time. Should have made us pit diapers on angry octopuses instead.
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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 year ago
I knew the 'no pockets for women' conspiracy was darker than it seemed.
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Papa 1 year ago
A few weeks ago my grandson, who will turn 7 in a couple of days, was methodically hitting rocks with a hammer. Each time one broke he would put one piece in his pocket and hand me the other one. I still don't know what I'm supposed to do with mine.
BarfyCat 1 year ago
When my son was 4 or 5 we visited a family that had a lemon tree in their yard. The kids spent several joyful hours smashing lemons with a hammer. It was a godawful mess, but they sure had fun! 😂
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Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
I found a shell in my bag I use for work. The last time we went to the ocean was 3 years ago...
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Mike F 1 year ago
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE! in their best Jimmy Swaggert voice.
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Kangaroo 1 year ago
Kids sometimes lose their child teeth to make way for adult teeth
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Final score:
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Grace Gibson 1 year ago
Sorry, your child is not cute, but thanks for trying to say that. There is a first fro everything, and he/she has not made it past the first.
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Gerhard “Obi-Wan” van Staden 1 year ago
My daughter drives me nuts sometimes, but having her was the best decision I ever made. She's the most wonderful part of my life. Being her dad is the closest I've ever come to filling that eternal hole that all humans seem to be born with.
Tostones 1 year ago
I get you Beth but try to remember that a lot of posters are actual, literal children pretending to be adults. I try to think of that even when I doubt it’s true!
Load More Replies... Gerhard “Obi-Wan” van Staden 1 year ago
My daughter drives me nuts sometimes, but having her was the best decision I ever made. She's the most wonderful part of my life. Being her dad is the closest I've ever come to filling that eternal hole that all humans seem to be born with.
Tostones 1 year ago
I get you Beth but try to remember that a lot of posters are actual, literal children pretending to be adults. I try to think of that even when I doubt it’s true!
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