50 Funny Posts And Memes Shared By Parents Online That Hit A Little Too Close To Home
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Parenting is definitely an adventure, one that is in fact filled with a mixture of joy, challenges, and loads of humorous moments, as depicted by the memes and posts shared in this very article.
For example... an image from a famous music video captures the exasperation and determination of a parent being repeatedly questioned by their children, with the iconic "TELL ME WHY" line serving as a rather comical representation of every parent's inner thoughts. Meanwhile, the other posts highlight the relatable struggles of parenthood and thoughts every parent, and more so moms go through almost daily. From the self-sacrifice of an introverted parent pushing themselves out of their comfort zone for their children, to the universal "we'll see" tactic, which every mom knows is a clever way of postponing or avoiding a commitment.
These memes in fact are bound to be relatable to any parent who shares similar experiences, and for those of you who have little ones, we just want to tell you that it's okay to find humor in the day-to-day challenges.
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I'm jealous... I never celebrated christmas as a child...
Bored Panda reached out to Crystal Haitsma, a Certified Professional Parenting and Life Coach with extensive experience in working with families and addressing parenting challenges, to glean insights from her expertise in parenting and emotional wellness, especially concerning parents of multiple children.
When queried about the typical struggles parents encounter while raising children (especially multiple), Haitsma told us, "All parents are going to face challenges, no matter how many kiddos you have. In my experience, working with over 100 families, most of the challenges remain the same, regardless of the number of children you have. Here are three common concerns I observe:
- How do we teach our children emotional regulation? In real life, this means getting our kids not to kick, scream, yell, and freak out every time they don’t get what they want. And yes, even older kids, teens, and adults can deal with dysregulation.
- How do we find ways to truly connect (more than just on a surface level) with our kids when SO much of our time is spent feeding them, cleaning messes, shuttling them to activities, managing arguments, and ensuring they do their homework?
- How do we truly enjoy parenting (and our kids) when things are hard? This is especially common in parents with kiddos who are neurodivergent or highly sensitive, whose needs may be significantly higher than neurotypical kids."
I hated doing things like this when I was a teacher as most would be lovely scenes like this and then some would break my heart. One kid drew a person and I asked who it was expecting it to be mum and they me. It made me wonder what was going on at home for them to consider me their safe place. Opened up a can of worms in the neglect this child faced (no obvious stuff before that, had clean clothes and food etc so parents had been sneaky in hiding it on the outside) but I got social services involved and the grandparents ended up formally adopting the child with no parental contact. Very glad I asked questions about the picture.
Addressing how parents can uphold balance and fairness while also catering to each child's unique needs, Crystal underscores that "All kiddos are SO different. Every child, every age, and every stage is different. It can seem tricky to parent such varying kids through all the stages they go through — but it doesn’t have to feel so hard:
- There are no set RULES for how you MUST parent. Just because you handle things with one kid in one way doesn’t mean you can’t change up how you do things with the next. Allow yourself to be flexible and to question parenting approaches from your own childhood or previous strategies that no longer feel aligned.
- Every parent has that “gut” instinct, or “intuition,” that can guide how to deal with unique challenges in the MOST helpful ways. If you learn how to build the muscle of intuition, it will become your greatest strength
- Learning is DEVELOPMENTAL… not just in academic subjects like math and reading, but in everything, including behavior. Holding space for each child’s individual growth is the #1 thing you can do to assist your parenting."
When we asked the parenting coach to articulate how parents can adeptly manage both emotional and practical aspects of raising siblings, Haitsma spoke to Bored Panda on the importance of emotional wellness over purely practical strategies. She emphasizes, "A lot of parenting advice focuses on practical things like setting up schedules, managing, and organizing things to be more productive, and providing mantras and phrases to use in tricky situations: the “how to”. This is MUCH less helpful than learning emotional wellness tools — understanding how to THINK and how to FEEL. Our thoughts create our feelings, and our feelings fuel our actions… THINK > FEEL > DO.
- Whether it’s sibling rivalry, helping your tweens have more love and confidence, dealing with teens skipping school, or getting your 7-year-old to stop melting down every time they don’t get their way… your OWN inner emotional work will help. In EVERY situation.
- The next time something challenging arises, try this: Write down the challenge at the top of the page, and write out ALL of the thoughts that come to mind. Then, sift through those thoughts and identify which ones are FACTS and which ones are STORY."
I like Baby and this is harsh.... what about the sister? I think they should be more concerned about Robbie the impregnator
Or they end up as a registered sex offender for streaking through a football field on their 18th birthday
Responding to the quandary of managing overwhelming emotions while raising siblings, Crystal puts forth a potent strategy: focusing on self-thoughts and feelings as the cornerstone of effective parenting. She affirms, "The most effective way to feel less overwhelmed, more in control of life, and to enjoy parenting more… is to work on your thoughts and feelings. True self-care stems from how you converse with yourself internally, and how you treat yourself. The more compassion and love you feel for yourself, the more it’ll flow out to your children - they’ll feel it too.
If I were speaking to myself 5 years ago, feeling burnt out and not enjoying my kids as much as I hoped (and feeling guilty for even thinking that)… I would say: find something to help YOU with your emotional wellness. Whether it's Yoga, meditation, Life Coaching, Therapy, or Thought Journaling… start somewhere. Even if it seems small."
lol. As a mum this one is equal parts funny and frustrating. My kids ask me random things at very inopportune time. Its like their brain goes "I want to learn how to make bread" and so their mouth goes "Mum.... can we make bread on the weekend?" Meanwhile, it's 7pm on Tuesday evening and I am trying wrangle a toddler who is naked and wet and streaking through the house screaming "I don't want the cowboy pajamas". 'We'll see' is honestly the most mental bandwidth I have at that point. Saturday morning child has forgotton about bread and quite frankly, so have I. Its now 5pm on Sunday afternoon, I'm making dinner and kid suddenly remembers bread. F**k. I dont have flour, Kid doesnt have two hours to let it rise because kid has to go to bed. Cue screams of "you never let me do anything". Sigh. Breath.
For those who seek additional insights, Crystal also offers her podcast, which delves into mindset and emotional tips for parents and can be accessed at. Additionally, parents can explore Haitsma's Mindset Journal, available in both PDF and physical format (at the bottom of the page, in PDF or physical format) as well as find their parenting personality and get tips tailored to them by taking the quiz right here.
😢 my nephew started first grade and lost his first tooth. I'm not ready for this
We do pizza night. I set out a selection of toppings, stretch out the dough, and the kids choose their own toppings-amount, placement, mix of cheeses etc from the selection. It's not uncommon for them to change their minds once theirs comes out of the oven. 'I don't want mushrooms on my pizza' even though they put the mushrooms on it themselves, saying "great, I love mushrooms!" but 20 minutes later, mushrooms are devil food and they wanted sweetcorn like their brothers pizza has. It still all gets eaten, just not by the person who created it sometimes.
That kid is going places. They might be supervillain places, but still
Welll….she knows because she didn’t teach her son and regrets it.
Toddlers are too strong for their age and size, and fast, and slippery most of the time.
Its exactly like that! Only, my first one is still in uni going for her phd, and my second one landed his first job already and making more money than me!
"...released into the wild"? Why were we not informed that this is an option?
Is it really that bad I'm school? Now I only get emails once a week from her daycare
And I bet she has little birds and mice doing the housework for them, too
Or climbed up and are too afraid to get down. And this mommy dino isn't very good at flying, despite all the feathers
Take their chargers and watch them slowly use their devices less as the battery dies
A long time ago, my mother said to me (a non-breeder,) don't worry, you'll get your friends back in about 20 years. She was pretty much right.
This is my dog. He sees me clean and vacuum the entire living room and then finds the biggest stuffy he has and makes a blizzard. Im like dude- you aren't helping!! It's not supposed to look like that lol
My youngest great grandson, 14 months, knows how to call his great granddad on the cell phone. He also knows how to say bye bye and hang up.
TBH, the only time I have cash these days is after I've sold something on Marketplace.
Nope I'll have my Oversized fleece Christmas PJs on... like every other day of the year. There's a drawer of them
Yeah....violin lessons, guitar lessons, football, track...apparently they all sound better in theory.
Kid is correct. And everyone knows that (based on a survey size of one).
Im the teenager, and I just leave it on the counter and blame my younger brother.
Ha, I'm even more advanced than that! I change I to my PJs as soon as I'm home!
Kids who remember every single word I say to my husband when he loses patience with the kids, even though they can't speak yet, and who repeat it exactly word for word three years later.
Well, how f*****g magical for you!!! Thank you, Cinderella... finders keepers
I wish I could be a chick again, things were still nice when in the nest...
If I bake cookies then so I can eat them all 😈. Ok, the chick might get one or two, but apart from that...
Yes, but also I dread the day I’ll no longer hear “mummy” 27 thousand times too 😭
My mum had it really easy with my brother and I, then my sister came along and was a lot harder. My mum said it was payback for her own wild years (I found out recently she never wanted girls because she was afraid of this). Her parents said when she was younger she was a lot like her too, and then 20 years later we find out she has ADHD like my sister, which explains a bit.
The questions can be tiring but they can also be fascinating. The questions my son asks often give me a lovely glimpse inside his wonderful little mind.
If you're lucky - depends on the number and age of kids. It's always the math...
Funnily I never remember any of the usual nightmares, like being somewhere naked, or in school facing an exam or whatever. Sometimes I dream about crashing the car though
I always think " Is it really worth the fight and what could happen at the worst?'
Sadly the second one is rather toxic. Even if you've known better comfort your child when it's hurting
It's been a few years now (like 20) but I once figured out that if I left every light in the house on 24/7 it would cost about $60 a year. And that was before LEDs. This calculation led me to worry a lot more about how long the showers were and less about what lights were on. Typical light fixture was 2 60 watt bulbs. Water heater is 4,500 watts. Dryer was 5,000, furnace something like 12,000 - can't remember, but lots. Don't sweat the lights.
Maybe don't? Kids these days often have too many hobbies/commitments which doesn't give them much down time, and if you are getting exhausted too why do it?
This is learned on the early side -- you can only juggle so many 'blood oaths'!
My mum always cut our hair and did a pretty good job. We still trim each other's hair. When I cut my dad's hair for the first time it was like this though!
Well, yeah, the fish ones go on the bottom because those are ones that the cat is allowed to play with and can't break. Obviously. All the delicate ones have to go higher up so they can balance. Also make sure not to hide the light-up spaceship because that one's really cool. (Yes my family celebrates Christmas. My dad is Christian.)
It's sweet though. Enjoy it cause one day they won't want you anywhere near them.
My little brother only eats burnt grilled cheese. Once my mom made the *perfect* grilled cheese… golden brown, crackling, crispy edges, gooey cheese just peeking out the sides… and that little f****r said “it’s not done enough. Put it back on.”
Don't blame my dad, his education was in a bad school in the 80's where there was only 1 way to teach things, even though he was in top set (this is what he tells me, I trust him)
I didn't let my kid on YouTube til she was 7. Thank God. I've heard enough about these people
In our house, I think this happened ONCE -- it wan't pretty but WAS remembered!
I would be killed for this. Like dead. Who is tf is getting away w this.
Save yourself - from 11 to 15 this is likely a non-starter. No reason to suffer!
Just threaten to unplug the modem...that works best. I think that gets more of a reaction than dumping gasoline and threatening to light a match does.
When my daughter was 5, she wanted a kiddie-mo-bile. One that you could really drive....ooooh, except, she insists it's one with a roof that goes up and down. Me: Where in the world would you ride it?? Daughter: I'll go to grandma's or nanny's anytime I want.....not wait on you!! Me: Mmmmmm....kkk. Well, I don't think Santa can bring things that big to small places like ours. [thinking in no event can we get one because she would absolutely try driving it down the road to see people] Daughter at 30: (after the story was brought up) Oh, yeah....I absolutely would have done it....I was already planning the routes I would take.
Is the app malfunctioning, or are 40% of these duplicates? Funny- but would rather see more rather than a bunch of repeats 3 or 4 times
Yeah, a bunch of them duplicated for me as well. I think it happens when they set up the posts, because when I'm submitting stuff to other lists, it'll lag, say something went wrong, but post the thing anyway.
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Does anyone else feel weird seeing the X logo to the top right of Twitter posts? To me it feels like there was a mix up in the space/time continuum and I landed in the wrong universe. One were dystopian billionaires take cute bird logos and turn them into Extraterrestrial monoliths that will conquer us all. Or something.
When my daughter was 5, she wanted a kiddie-mo-bile. One that you could really drive....ooooh, except, she insists it's one with a roof that goes up and down. Me: Where in the world would you ride it?? Daughter: I'll go to grandma's or nanny's anytime I want.....not wait on you!! Me: Mmmmmm....kkk. Well, I don't think Santa can bring things that big to small places like ours. [thinking in no event can we get one because she would absolutely try driving it down the road to see people] Daughter at 30: (after the story was brought up) Oh, yeah....I absolutely would have done it....I was already planning the routes I would take.
Is the app malfunctioning, or are 40% of these duplicates? Funny- but would rather see more rather than a bunch of repeats 3 or 4 times
Yeah, a bunch of them duplicated for me as well. I think it happens when they set up the posts, because when I'm submitting stuff to other lists, it'll lag, say something went wrong, but post the thing anyway.
Load More Replies... Does anyone else feel weird seeing the X logo to the top right of Twitter posts? To me it feels like there was a mix up in the space/time continuum and I landed in the wrong universe. One were dystopian billionaires take cute bird logos and turn them into Extraterrestrial monoliths that will conquer us all. Or something.
