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This Dad Is Sharing Memes To Show What Parenting Is All About And Here Are 40 Of The Funniest Ones
There are as many parenting tactics as there are parents. No wonder this is a somewhat controversial subject that can instantly ignite an argument between opinionated moms and dads that believe in different schools of raising their kids.
But the self-described “3 x Soccer Dad” Chris Cate has realized that humor is the best and possibly the only good way to talk about the joys and challenges of being a parent. On his Instagram account “Parent Normal,” dad Cate shares a daily dose of hilariously relatable memes and jokes he finds online with his audience of 159K.
The result is a funny compilation of miscellaneous posts that sum up the chaos of raising our little daredevils posted by people on the internet who know what they’re saying, and selected by dad Cate, who knows we're all gonna appreciate them!
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Parenting has become a daunting task for most parents in the current times. The reason why parenting has become quite challenging is due to the fact that our lifestyle is rapidly changing with newer requirements and demands being instilled into our lives. The time we live in is also to blame, since the worldwide pandemic and political turmoil in the world are changing the ways we live, work, and raise kids beyond recognition.
But since parents always want what’s best for their children, it’s hard for them to realize the world may not be as welcoming and easily navigated as it was for them. Today, parents are worried sick about their children’s prospects in an unstable world teeming with threats near and far—whole categories of jobs disappearing, global financial upheaval; terrorist attacks; refugees in misery; the environment under assault from poisons and rising temperatures.
Brilliant Mom Hack # 23,397
Genius! Fears allayed and household chores instilled in one fell swoop!
Mind Your Business
yeah guys! chill the f**k out! if we want kids we will have them when we're ready!
Like b***h, I am 40 years old. I don’t have kids of my own, they are all fostered. Never gonna have kids. In this economy, we bringing more problems into an even bigger problem. They are gonna grow up watching the world die. I ain’t doing that to more and more people. I’m just gonna give other people a second chance in life
You're a hero; just needed to tell you that.
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I don't want kids. I don't hate kids. I do NOT want to be a mother. That sh!t is NOT for everyone and I am not selfish for this decision that I made about 20 years ago. Fight me.
I admire women who know what they want, and don't apologize for it. I support that s**t! 🙂
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My MIL would always ask “any neewwws!?” every single time we got together. One year we were hosting a Mother’s Day brunch, she was first to arrive and asked immediately. I said no and told her that if we did have news then she would have just ruined any announcement we may have planned. She finally shut up about it and never asked again.
I genuinely don't think I've ever asked when another person is planning to have kids, or tell them time is running out or any of that c**p. I don't really understand why people do. I mean this with all the love in the world but why should I care either way? If you want kids, cool, if you don't, cool, if you want them and are struggling I have the utmost sympathy and respect for your situation and therefore wouldn't put you in a position you would feel pained. If someone wants to share their plans for kids with me I'll happily discuss them with you, but that's a you bring it up type conversation. Having 4 kids I get the exact opposite - if I were to have another you can bet your a*s I'd be getting the "what, you're fifth??" With even more horror than with my 4th. Not happening though, not a chance in hell - my childbearing days are very much behind me and I'm very happy about it
"yeah my husband and I think it's time to have a baby?" "Oh....oh are you sure that's what you want? What if you change your mind?"
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When my mom was sick with cancer, someone said to her in a store "Omg, you're so skinny, must be nice!" My mom politely said, "Well, not really, but thanks?"
Ppl. Can be sooo stupid. You do not look “good” skinny when fighting cancer. You look sick. Clearly unwell. That woman was lucky she didn’t get a full swing slap. I hope your Mom is doing ok🌻
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I heard those comments right up til I was 42.. then had my first and only child. Now I hear. "OMG...you had a child at 42!" Can't win.
I tell people "I can't have children". The fact that I can't have them is because I voluntarily got my tubes removed is irrelevant <3
My husband and I met in 2008. After six months of being together, we knew we were going to get married and just sort of...stopped any form of birth control. We were very much if it happens if happens. We'll either get married before or after. Maybe never. In 2010 my grandma got really sick, and I wanted her to see at least one of her grandkids get married before she died. We married in 2011 (she died on our first anniversary) and the questions started at the reception. Our answer always was it'll happen if it happens. Oh, but you'll be amazing parents. And? In the seven years we actively tried, I got pregnant one time and had a miscarriage. Then the--when are you going to start trying again. How many are you going to have? Have you tried eating---? Have you tried X sex position? When I had our daughter at 43, people started asking when are you plan on having the next one? Well, my husband had a vasectomy when our daughter was six weeks old. Are you going to adopt? Won't she be lonely? You can never win.
I can't have children due to seizures, cysts on the ovaries and because I don't jump into relationships all the time. I've been a step-mother twice does that count. Both of those relationships each has two kids each and I helped raise my cousins. I had my first baby sitting job when I was 4 years old, while my mom and her friend were sun tanning. I've been around kids my whole life, helping taking care of them, helping with potty training, feeding, being there with homework and other things like a mother does that count. Let me ask you something do you have to go through having the fetus grow and then go through birth? Do you have to go through possible losing a child, having issues not being able to have children and getting sh*t on? Do you have to get shamed for having a child when your older when you want to? Honestly, what's the point the self entitlement that's happening more nowadays its almost not worth having one if there going to learn that sh*t. I can go on and on but I'm not
Don't you know everyone wants kids? Took me years to get the hysterectomy I medically needed because "what if I want kids in the future? What if my future husband wants kids?". It is totally worth making me endure debilitating pain, I guess, on the off chance that maybe in the future I could have a kid.
Or when people ask “so when are you due?” And I have to say “I’m not pregnant, just obese but thanks for asking!”
My aunt was married at 19, but it took until her late 30s to have her second child. 4 miscarriages in total, 2 before her son and 2 before her daughter.
WHY DO PEOPLE DO THAT? It's so offensive says the person who is NOT easily offended.
Tell me you're quad-vaxxed without telling me you're quad-vaxxed "I hAd SevEn MiSsssss
I have had similar. Mostly I just mumble 'cant' but there have been times the tone of the questioner is very accusing and prints me to give real answer . I did want kids, but 6 miscarriages and 2 eptopic pregnancies stopped that. Accuser usually gets angry that I upset them, and I go back to mumbling 'cant'
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Madeline Levine, Ph.D. a psychologist, educator and co-founder of Challenge Success, a project of the Stanford Graduate School of Education, spoke with various parents from all walks of life: public, private, liberal, conservative, rural, urban, and most everything in between. “For more than a decade I’ve been crisscrossing the United States talking about rising rates of anxiety and depression in our kids, and more recently, about parenting challenges in our rapidly changing and uncertain environment.”
Relax
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What Levine found genuinely surprised her and it is the uniformity of concerns, regardless of which community she is in. “Parents want to know what to worry about and what they can safely take off their plates. They want to know how to prepare their kids to be successful in a future that seems so unpredictable. How to deal with the endless alarming news about children and teenagers,” she commented. “Most of all, they want to know how to protect their kids and ensure some stability for them in a world that seems anything but,” Levine added.
This Is A Secret Worth Keeping
We All Need To Be Taking Notes
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What’s interesting is that the effect of uncertainty and fear is visible not only in parents, but also in children’s changing behavior. Levine recounted that ten years ago, her young patients were in a fury about the parental yoke: ‘It’s my life! Tell my mom and dad to back off. I’ll figure it out myself!’ This is long gone in our times.
This Makes Me Wish I Had A Charger For Myself
The Truth Hurts
“One of the most disturbing developments in recent years has been the fading of youthful rebellion among the teenagers I see. It’s been replaced with resignation and a jaded demeanor I’d expect from folks many years older who had to work at jobs they despised in order to support a family or pay a mortgage,” Levine wrote.
This Is A Seriously Good Pro Tip
I tried that with my son many years ago, it didn't cost me a cent grrrrrrr
The Sad Part Is Our Kids Will Leave Out The Part About How Parents Kept Them Entertained
This Is How Parents Get Exercise
“‘You don’t understand,’ these teens will say, shaking their heads. ‘There is no way out of the next three years. I’m just going to suck it up. I have no choice.’ The belief that you can’t act on your own behalf is a significant contributor to depression at any age,” Levine argues. No wonder humor has become so widespread on the internet. Today memes are no longer the thing of youth, parents are also looking for jokes to lift up their spirits and find comfort in laughter.
Raise Your Hand If Today Has "Been A Day" For You
You Know You’re Going To Tell Somebody This Joke
Oh my god I’m writing that down. I ain’t a dad, but this is the best joke I have ever heard
Not So Hard To Imagine
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Haha
So Sweet
It’s The Lesser Of Two Evils
Wouldn't This Be Nice?!
It's A Dad Thing
Desperate Times Call For Funny Measures
Yep. This Checks All The Boxes
Who Needs A Mother’s Day Gift Idea?
His Is Elite Level Parenting
Why Do They Do This To Me?!
They do it deliberately so you spend more time looking in the hope you impulse buy
This Maybe 1000% True
There’s Nothing Like Father/Son Bonding Over A “Cool” Dad Joke
We All Need To Support Each Other
Saturdays Aren't What They Used To Be
You've Been Warned
Like how am I supposed to discipline my 12yo who is head and shoulders taller than me?
This Isn't Too Much To Ask, Is It?
I have formally asked if I can please just have 5 minutes to sit on my patio in peace and quite when I get home from work a million times - can't even manage that. :-)
Magical Is One Word For It
Why Do I Buy So Many Groceries I Don't Need?
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Always amazed why there isn't a TripAdvisor like App for parenting, with a 0 stars option and a do not try this. Might be a world full of happier people, living their own lives instead of raising the demon spawn that you created ....
But they always have more than 1?? I don’t understand. I stopped at one. We had no idea how hard it was going to be.
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Load More Replies... Always amazed why there isn't a TripAdvisor like App for parenting, with a 0 stars option and a do not try this. Might be a world full of happier people, living their own lives instead of raising the demon spawn that you created ....
But they always have more than 1?? I don’t understand. I stopped at one. We had no idea how hard it was going to be.
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