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30 Of The Funniest Posts Shared By Parents Stuck With Their Kids
Being a parent is challenging in the best of times, but add a pandemic on top of that and your kids might drive you even crazier than usual. Bored Panda has collected some of the funniest things that parents are sharing about their everyday quarantine struggles raising their kids, so scroll down, upvote your favorites, and drop us a comment if you’re parents yourselves, dear Readers. When you’re done with this list, check out our earlier post about the funny pics that parents stuck in quarantine with their kids have shared.
Bored Panda reached out to Lenore Skenazy, president of the nonprofit organization Let Grow that is dedicated to fighting overprotection, promoting independence, and making kids “future-proof.” We spoke with Lenore to learn about how kids having more unstructured time and independence because of the quarantine is a positive thing. “Before the pandemic, a whole lot of kids were scheduled to the max: school, super-short recess, more school, extracurriculars, sports, homework, reading for the reading log (which is also homework!), sleep, repeat,” she told us.
“Zero unstructured time was making kids anxious. More than two-thirds of teens said anxiety and depression were ‘major problems among their peers,’ according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey, and by the way, this pressurized childhood was not just among the one percent. Across the economic spectrum, parents felt they were supposed to schedule, hover—even ‘helicopter’ their kids.” Scroll down for the rest of our in-depth interview with Lenore.
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#1
My Daughter Backed Into A Light Pole And Promptly Got Out Of The Vehicle And Fled The Scene. Her Very First Hit And Run
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#3
Honestly, I Can Relate
#4
My Wife Dressed My Son Up As Frida For A Project For His Class To Recreate Her Art. Today In His Zoom Meeting We Found Out That Meant A Drawing Or Painting
#5
Homeschooling
#6
My Son Found Some "Stickers" In The Bathroom
#7
These Are Troubling Times
#8
Lockdown Day 17. In Case Anyone Is Wondering How Us Parents Are Doing, This Is My 3-Year-Old Cleaning His Potty With My Toothbrush
#9
An Actual Text I Had To Send Today. I'm So Tired
#10
From 1st Day Working At Home. She Got Pink Slime In Her Hair
#11
He's Crying Because He Bit His Own Arm
#12
No Toilet Paper? No Problem
#13
Quarantine Day 37: The Kids Are Trying To Cook Each Other
#14
Let The Fun Begin
Roxy Eastland 6 years ago
As someone that has home educated for a decade and a half, can I assure you - the current situation is *not* home education.
#15
Do You Laugh Or Throw More Bread At Him?
#16
No Explanation Needed
Luisa Vasconcelos 6 years ago
When a photo speaks much much lauder and clearly then 1000 words.
#17
"Now I Know My Abc's, I’ll Write Them On Our SUV"
#18
My Son Stuck His Finger In My Eye And Scratched Off The Whole Top Layer Of My Cornea
#19
My 3-Year-Old Daughter Set Her Chalk Up This Way & Demands It's A Turtle. She Made Me Pet It Twice
#20
My 3,5-Year-Old Ran Inside To Go To The Bathroom, But Apparently Took A Detour For A Fistful Of Brownies. There's Literally A Handprint In The Middle Of The Pan
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
I hope the parent is really sure which came first; brownies or potty. Trust me. It matters.
#21
She Wanted A Bath
#22
Kid Decided To Play With The Vents In The House Today. What A Brilliant Idea To Leave Them Open
#24
3-Year-Old Threw A Toy Through The TV Screen This Morning. Now She Keeps Trying To Turn It On Saying "It's Broken". Yeah, No S**t Professor
Perfumista Perfumista 6 years ago
When we were little my brother put a sling shot through the TV. H also broke a window going after a fly with a telephone book.
#25
Quarantine Is Going Awesome
#26
Thank You, Children, Very Cool
#27
My Daughter Found Scissors And Cut Her Hair. Now She Looks Like Yolandi
Michał Jastrzębski 6 years ago
and all fingers are there. And both ears. And nose. And lips...
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Karen Johnston 6 years ago
Yeah, wouldn't be a normal kid if she doesn't try to cut her hair at least once. They never learn. She'll try it again.
Elsahthescienceguy 6 years ago
She is in a metal- ish South African band called dieantwoord.
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Barn Owl Hedwig 6 years ago
My mother cut her hair as a kid. so did her first brother. Her second brother didn't, but she and her first brother cut his hair.
Raychelle Page 6 years ago
Is your daughter a Demon? No offense and if she is please don't come haunt me. But her eyes are RED Just saying.
Elsahthescienceguy 6 years ago
Honestly I have always thought Yolandi’s hair is awesome. Dieantwoord is one of my favorite bands
Jessica Cole 6 years ago
My son does this about once every 6 months with his father's beard trimmer. I'll notice the small bald spots are late afternoon and give him the bad news: we must now shave it all off. Again. Been going on for about 2 years now :-/
Anna roberts 6 years ago
That has nothing to do with no school, kids her age do it all of the time
Kylie Stovall 6 years ago
not to be mean but that the scariest child i've seen next time annoy her till she never do it again
Alexandra Couette Turgeon 6 years ago
Yolandi or whatever her name is looks way worse. The toddlers hair cut is not bad
Elsahthescienceguy 6 years ago
Yolandi is beautiful. At least she can actually pull off the hair. The toddler can too. I bet that if the kid were not a kid you would probably judge her as well
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Donald Holder 6 years ago
Why are these kids able to get their hands on dangerous sharp objects. My three kids and myself and three brothers never had access. It was common sense that stuff like that was locked away.
Wilhelmina Mildew 6 years ago
Even toddler safety scissors can cut hair FFS
Load More Replies... Linda HS 6 years ago
How can kids find scissors/hair clippers?? Can you as a parent be more careful and not leave it somewhere where they can reach it?? It's not brain surgery...🤦♀️
Agnes Jekyll 6 years ago
I gave myself a haircut with children's safety scissors.
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Elsahthescienceguy 6 years ago
I’m am twelve and I am not a parent but even i understand how difficult parenting can be. Children are children and they don’t know. Parents try and kids just do stuff that the don’t realize could be dangerous. And kids get their hands on everything.
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#28
My Son Is At His Dad's For The Weekend And It Turns Out Today Is The Day He Gets A Haircut
#29
My 7-Year-Old Drew On The Walls And Furniture In His Bedroom And Tried To Pin In On His 3-Year-Old Sister. He Almost Got Away With It, But As A Good Artist Should, He Signed It With His Name
#30
Had To Replace And Shatter My Toilet To See What The Blockage Was. My 2-Year-Old Had Flushed Sully In There. Even He Looks Guilty
#31
My 4-Year-Old Son Reassembled My Keyboard After Cleaning
#32
The Box Was Left On The Kitchen Counter, Left The Room For Less Than a Minute And This Is How My 2-Year-Old Has Left Them
#34
It'll Be Fun They Said
#35
Was In The Process Of Trying To Remove "Slime" From One Kid's Hair When The Other Decided She Wanted To Join The Fun. Now They Both Have Monk Haircuts
#36
We Tried To Teach Her Soccer. She Tried To Climb The Net Instead
#37
This Is How All The Dinosaurs Died, And Also Why We Can't Have Milk
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 6 years ago
When my daughter was 18 months (I was a single working mom then, she's 22 now) I had to get ready for work. I sat her in front of the tv. While I was in the shower (like 5 minutes) she climbed over baby gate, got eggs out of fridge, climbed back over with eggs, and broke every egg in the carpet in front of the tv. after that I would tie her in her high chair in the bathroom when I had to take a shower.
#38
"Son, Did You Write On My Tablecloth?", "Mom, That Is Obviously Dad's Name. I Bet He Did It"
kasa alex 6 years ago
my little brother carved my name into our wooden table when we were kids. I got in trouble, because no one thought he was smart enough to carve my name so I'd get in trouble instead of him (he was really young) - it's still there almost 3 decades later! He's finally owned up to it, though (:
#39
Ready For His Kiss Audition
#40
I Think I Need To Give Up On The Quarantine Cooking
#41
My Son Doing His Schoolwork In My Gaming PC. This Quarantine Need To Stop ASAP. He Seems To Enjoy Doing His Work At Home, I Don't
#42
I Told My 11-Year-Old To Wash His Laundry. This Was Waiting When I Opened The Dryer
#43
Quarantine With A 3-Year-Old: Day 10
#44
I Think I'm Failing As A Teacher
#45
Before/After - My Son "Maybe Dropped Zelda Into The LEGO Box At Some Point?"
#46
Ran In Between My Legs To Watch Me Pee. I'm Glad I Hadn't Started
Unfortunate beauty👁 6 years ago
Well your the one who's supposed to teach him boundaries my god......
#47
3-Year-Old Trying To Burn The House Down
Luisa Vasconcelos 6 years ago
This could have gone soooo wrong. Buy protection urgently. It's like one of first things you buy when you baby proof the house.
#48
Today My Youngest Brother-In-Law Gave My 2-Year-Old Son An “Iron Mike” Face Tattoo
#49
My Son Is Two And Is Practicing Throwing
#50
Gloss Paint And New Flooring, Should Have Got The Snip
#51
Quarantine Stir Crazy With Tape And A Truck
#52
He Found The Permanent Marker
#53
Homeschooling Hurts
#54
Kids Demand My Full Attention 24/7
#55
Our 2-Year-Old Decided To Flood The Bathroom During The Night
#56
Homeschooling
Adam Guillemette 6 years ago
I actually, seriously need context to this question. "Draw lines to show the different shapes that make each figure" may be the vaguest instructions I've ever come across...
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Lea S. 6 years ago
All of these children look well-provided for and happy so I'm sure they didn't just 'discover' them. There's nothing on this whole list that indicates these are bad parents. Being a parent is a hard job and for those who are trying to work from home, home schooling and their normal chores - it just got a lot harder. This was meant to be funny and entertaining - no need to be an a*****e.
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Hans 6 years ago
Many people have a hard time comprehending how children think. Many of these are funny, for the show how clever your kids are. Some are not funny, but really the parents are to be blamed. And a few only show brats.
Hans 6 years ago
One thing to add: factor in that children suffer greatly from the shutdown, even if many do not show it directly. A few weeks feel like years to us, and the missing contact to peer and other important persons (grandparents, teachers) stresses them in a much greater fashion than adults are stressed who cannot socialise.
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Anggi Santika 6 years ago
Most of the post were done by 3 years old and below. It's normal kids behavior for those age, specially if they are stuck at home for long time. I don't see why people are bashing the parents for this. Try to take care toddlers and work at home at the same time. I don't understand the lack of discipline that some people said here... Do they expect parents to discipline kids below 3 years old that hard? Like spanking them or such?
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago (edited)
No Anggi, you teach them right behavior from very young age by talking, by good example (even infant observes) by playing games (there are board games for the 2 - 3 year olds) and by reading to them, even to infants. Simply by interacting with children. - And also women used to have four, six children, were stay-at-home moms, were homemakers (talking about work at home), they didn't have babysitters, nannies, cleaning ladies....and their children were well-behaved, were sent to school already disciplined - that's parents' jog, not responsibility of schools.
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Lynden Manning 6 years ago
Most of these are of children too young to go to school, so I'm not sure how they fall into the homeschooling category.
Lea S. 6 years ago
Preschool, kindergarten, daycare, nanny, day camp, kinder camp, call it what you want. Most people who work full time have some sort of childcare - lots of it has shut down and now they are trying to do it all at the same time from home.
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Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
Nothing wrong with not having children, it's actually responsible, not like people who find out that having one child is not their 'cup-of-tea' but keep having more and all of them are mess. Seriously, having children should be a privilege, not the right.
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Cristina S. 6 years ago
For people dragging on the parents... kids do weird stuff. It’s because their brains aren't fully developed yet. Even really good kids have their behavioral moments when they aren’t stuck in quarantine with their siblings & parents 24/7. And even the *best* parents have to go to the bathroom, take a shower, make dinner, you name it (or now work from home)—that’s exactly when children will do the wackiest thing they can think of. It’s just a fact of life.
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
Cristina, I think that all people who are "dragging on parents..." are talking from their own experiences, they know what they are talking about. The parents who shared their stories here, had time to follow social media and submit posts. Believe it or not, but sometimes 12 - 13 year - old kids are more responsible than their parents and they are taking care of their younger siblings. Sometimes the brains of parents are not still fully developed.
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ADHORTATOR 6 years ago
My children never did one of these things...no slime in the hair, no sharpie drawings on the walls of furniture... once my daughter cut off some of her hair, that's all....
Anggi Santika 6 years ago
Lucky. My daughter at around 3 years old, the worst thing she did was cutting her hair and opened jar of honey by herself. My son at the same age, did almost half of the thing described above. Same method of discipline. Just kids aren't the same.
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Abigail Gutiérrez 6 years ago
Most of these are results of a lot of things (boredom, the lockdown, anger, whatever) but they're mostly our fault as parents, for not supervising our children and explaining things to them. Like just right now as I was writing this, my 18 month old boy grabbed a knife, that I forgot whom knows where and I heard the blade as he picked it up and I rushed to him. I can't punish him if it's me who made the mistake of leaving the knife at his reach. Let's teach our children that we CAN accept our mistakes as well.
Kjorn 6 years ago
what i find hard right now it's the absence of soccer for my kids. it's so rewarding to Watch them compete, Watch them smile and celebrate when they score or when my older one make a stop (he's a goaltender)… it's so fun to Watch them take their place and grow as a person… this is the thing my girlfriend and i find hard these days.
Lauren Caswell 6 years ago
A fun indoor game I know of is balloon volleyball. Tape a line or decide on a line halfway through the room, then using just a normal balloon try to keep it in the air on your side and not let it land, try to get it to land on your opponents side (We added a no spiking rule lol)
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Whoopdeedoo 2 years ago
One time when my mom was upstairs my 3 year old sister asked us if she could watch on the couch. I couldn't exactly hear what she said but she had the iPad in her hand so I said yes. I went upstairs for a little bit and came back down to find an absolute PILE of lemon scented sanitizer in the middle of a couch cushion. If you haven't guessed already, she asked is she could WASH the couch, not watch on it. She still loves sanitizer a bit more than the average kindergartener lol
Sharon Hahn 6 years ago
The kid and the vent with the cat - I left our living room for two minutes and my 3 year old took the thermostat apart to see why the red line moved. It only takes a minute or two for things to happen. So glad the cat is safe!
Joshua Brenneman 6 years ago
Will never ever have kids. Gross stupid disgusting obnoxious ignorant monsters
Amy Mettlen 6 years ago
To all the grumpy people, kids will be kids. No matter how you train them, somethings will only be taught by experience. Nobody is perfect.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
Yep. To all the morons who told me I was "missing" something because I don't have kids....Nya Nya Ne Poo Poo!
Amy Anderson 6 years ago
And now you all know why teachers go on strike for higher wages and hazard pay! 😊
Patrick Brochu 6 years ago
Kids are a royal pain in the f*****g a*s!! It grates on my nerves when I hear a kid having a f*****g meltdown in either Walmart or a grocery store because they're not allowed to get what they want.
Ginny Weasley 6 years ago
I swear young children are different species, with no coherent thoughts in their tiny heads
Lyone Fein 6 years ago
It was a toy oven. Go back and look at the picture again.
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Yeah, you heard 6 years ago
Almost all of these are non-typical kid actions. Dont let these put you off having kids, any more than we should take the actions of a few criminal men to show that all men are criminals. Most of these are the parents fault. You're supposed to watch your kids and look after them!
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
Most of them are staged, made up for these posts.
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Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago
this shows, yet again, that people can reproduce, but parenting is clearly a skill you have to work at. Now these morons raise miscreants and post it online. You think GenY and GenZ are a pita, just wait.
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
The sad thing is that they have no problem to tell the world that they don't have what it takes to raise a child, just the opposite, they must show off.
Load More Replies... Lea S. 6 years ago
All of these children look well-provided for and happy so I'm sure they didn't just 'discover' them. There's nothing on this whole list that indicates these are bad parents. Being a parent is a hard job and for those who are trying to work from home, home schooling and their normal chores - it just got a lot harder. This was meant to be funny and entertaining - no need to be an a*****e.
Load More Replies... Hans 6 years ago
Many people have a hard time comprehending how children think. Many of these are funny, for the show how clever your kids are. Some are not funny, but really the parents are to be blamed. And a few only show brats.
Hans 6 years ago
One thing to add: factor in that children suffer greatly from the shutdown, even if many do not show it directly. A few weeks feel like years to us, and the missing contact to peer and other important persons (grandparents, teachers) stresses them in a much greater fashion than adults are stressed who cannot socialise.
Load More Replies... Anggi Santika 6 years ago
Most of the post were done by 3 years old and below. It's normal kids behavior for those age, specially if they are stuck at home for long time. I don't see why people are bashing the parents for this. Try to take care toddlers and work at home at the same time. I don't understand the lack of discipline that some people said here... Do they expect parents to discipline kids below 3 years old that hard? Like spanking them or such?
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago (edited)
No Anggi, you teach them right behavior from very young age by talking, by good example (even infant observes) by playing games (there are board games for the 2 - 3 year olds) and by reading to them, even to infants. Simply by interacting with children. - And also women used to have four, six children, were stay-at-home moms, were homemakers (talking about work at home), they didn't have babysitters, nannies, cleaning ladies....and their children were well-behaved, were sent to school already disciplined - that's parents' jog, not responsibility of schools.
Load More Replies... Lynden Manning 6 years ago
Most of these are of children too young to go to school, so I'm not sure how they fall into the homeschooling category.
Lea S. 6 years ago
Preschool, kindergarten, daycare, nanny, day camp, kinder camp, call it what you want. Most people who work full time have some sort of childcare - lots of it has shut down and now they are trying to do it all at the same time from home.
Load More Replies... Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
Nothing wrong with not having children, it's actually responsible, not like people who find out that having one child is not their 'cup-of-tea' but keep having more and all of them are mess. Seriously, having children should be a privilege, not the right.
Load More Replies... Cristina S. 6 years ago
For people dragging on the parents... kids do weird stuff. It’s because their brains aren't fully developed yet. Even really good kids have their behavioral moments when they aren’t stuck in quarantine with their siblings & parents 24/7. And even the *best* parents have to go to the bathroom, take a shower, make dinner, you name it (or now work from home)—that’s exactly when children will do the wackiest thing they can think of. It’s just a fact of life.
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
Cristina, I think that all people who are "dragging on parents..." are talking from their own experiences, they know what they are talking about. The parents who shared their stories here, had time to follow social media and submit posts. Believe it or not, but sometimes 12 - 13 year - old kids are more responsible than their parents and they are taking care of their younger siblings. Sometimes the brains of parents are not still fully developed.
Load More Replies... ADHORTATOR 6 years ago
My children never did one of these things...no slime in the hair, no sharpie drawings on the walls of furniture... once my daughter cut off some of her hair, that's all....
Anggi Santika 6 years ago
Lucky. My daughter at around 3 years old, the worst thing she did was cutting her hair and opened jar of honey by herself. My son at the same age, did almost half of the thing described above. Same method of discipline. Just kids aren't the same.
Load More Replies... Abigail Gutiérrez 6 years ago
Most of these are results of a lot of things (boredom, the lockdown, anger, whatever) but they're mostly our fault as parents, for not supervising our children and explaining things to them. Like just right now as I was writing this, my 18 month old boy grabbed a knife, that I forgot whom knows where and I heard the blade as he picked it up and I rushed to him. I can't punish him if it's me who made the mistake of leaving the knife at his reach. Let's teach our children that we CAN accept our mistakes as well.
Kjorn 6 years ago
what i find hard right now it's the absence of soccer for my kids. it's so rewarding to Watch them compete, Watch them smile and celebrate when they score or when my older one make a stop (he's a goaltender)… it's so fun to Watch them take their place and grow as a person… this is the thing my girlfriend and i find hard these days.
Lauren Caswell 6 years ago
A fun indoor game I know of is balloon volleyball. Tape a line or decide on a line halfway through the room, then using just a normal balloon try to keep it in the air on your side and not let it land, try to get it to land on your opponents side (We added a no spiking rule lol)
Load More Replies... Whoopdeedoo 2 years ago
One time when my mom was upstairs my 3 year old sister asked us if she could watch on the couch. I couldn't exactly hear what she said but she had the iPad in her hand so I said yes. I went upstairs for a little bit and came back down to find an absolute PILE of lemon scented sanitizer in the middle of a couch cushion. If you haven't guessed already, she asked is she could WASH the couch, not watch on it. She still loves sanitizer a bit more than the average kindergartener lol
Sharon Hahn 6 years ago
The kid and the vent with the cat - I left our living room for two minutes and my 3 year old took the thermostat apart to see why the red line moved. It only takes a minute or two for things to happen. So glad the cat is safe!
Joshua Brenneman 6 years ago
Will never ever have kids. Gross stupid disgusting obnoxious ignorant monsters
Amy Mettlen 6 years ago
To all the grumpy people, kids will be kids. No matter how you train them, somethings will only be taught by experience. Nobody is perfect.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
Yep. To all the morons who told me I was "missing" something because I don't have kids....Nya Nya Ne Poo Poo!
Amy Anderson 6 years ago
And now you all know why teachers go on strike for higher wages and hazard pay! 😊
Patrick Brochu 6 years ago
Kids are a royal pain in the f*****g a*s!! It grates on my nerves when I hear a kid having a f*****g meltdown in either Walmart or a grocery store because they're not allowed to get what they want.
Ginny Weasley 6 years ago
I swear young children are different species, with no coherent thoughts in their tiny heads
Lyone Fein 6 years ago
It was a toy oven. Go back and look at the picture again.
Load More Replies... Yeah, you heard 6 years ago
Almost all of these are non-typical kid actions. Dont let these put you off having kids, any more than we should take the actions of a few criminal men to show that all men are criminals. Most of these are the parents fault. You're supposed to watch your kids and look after them!
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
Most of them are staged, made up for these posts.
Load More Replies... Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago
this shows, yet again, that people can reproduce, but parenting is clearly a skill you have to work at. Now these morons raise miscreants and post it online. You think GenY and GenZ are a pita, just wait.
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
The sad thing is that they have no problem to tell the world that they don't have what it takes to raise a child, just the opposite, they must show off.
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