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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
#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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What do you think ?
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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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.
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