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Parenting is hard work. Luckily, experienced moms and dads are tweeting how they handle their everyday struggles to let the beginners know what it's like raising kids. Or at least amuse them while they're drowning in diapers. From taking your little one to the public toilet to making them put on pants, these hilariously funny parent tweets compiled by Bored Panda should definitely resonate with sleep-deprived parents of little kids who just want to catch a break. And if you don't have a kid, they might give you an understanding of what you'd be getting yourself into if you choose to become one.
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In his book, The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting, Laurence Steinberg, PhD, provides a few guidelines based on 75 years of studies. Most parents do a pretty good job of raising kids, the psychologist said, but truly effective parenting means not just relying on natural instincts but on knowing what works and why as well.
For starters, children should never be hit -- not even a slap on a toddler's bottom, he told WebMD. "If your young child is headed into danger, into traffic, you can grab him and hold him, but you should under no circumstances hit him."
Steinberg's 10 principles aren't just for parents. They hold true for anyone who deal with children -- coach, teacher, babysitter, he says.
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"What you do makes a difference," Steinberg said. "Your kids are watching you. Don't just react on the spur of the moment. Ask yourself, 'What do I want to accomplish, and is this likely to produce that result?'"
The hard part is that being an involved parent doesn't only take time, it also means rethinking and rearranging your priorities. "It frequently means sacrificing what you want to do for what your child needs to do. Be there mentally as well as physically."
However, being involved isn't doing a child's homework -- or reading it over or correcting it. "Homework is a tool for teachers to know whether the child is learning or not," Steinberg explained. "If you do the homework, you're not letting the teacher know what the child is learning."
What moms and dads need to remember is that parenting is a marathon, not a sprint. Adults work on their relationships with other adults, including friendships, marriage, and dating, and the same should apply for their relationship with their kids.
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Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
Why can't we comment on overly downvoted people???????? I demand freedom of speech.
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Chris Watson 6 years ago
Look! If kids can believe in the Easter Bunny, the boogie man.. etc - they can believe Disney is locked. Great idea mom. Ignore the other comments.
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David Martin 6 years ago
I was once at the airport waiting for the plane when I hear the 4-6 year old across from me say "Why can't we get on the plane yet? I'm bored". The mother didn't even bat an eye before saying "Well maybe if you ever went to bed on time, the airplane wouldn't have to be late." Those things are not even remotely related, but I applaud your parenting, Stranger Woman
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Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
Being a single and childless doesn't seem so bad knowing this........experiences.
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Chyppa Homer 6 years ago
And if you find them actually doing nothing, you take their temperature :D
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Dianna Siever 6 years ago
I hope this was a stall inside another bathroom, but in my heart I know the door opened directly into Target's entry way.
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David Martin 6 years ago
My all time favorite was using a restroom in Disneyland, and from the next stall I hear "No, no, no, don't touch that with your penis!"
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ARC ANIMAL RESCUE 6 years ago
I gave my neighbors children a box with a good $100+ of lego assembly kits. Later I found out she just threw the whole thing away UNOPENED because she didnt like the parts ending up on her perfect floor. (sigh). Despite this parenting, she still have pretty good kids. I wish she had just give it to Goodwill or another family or even exchanged it at the store, instead of TRASHING IT. Such is the anti-Lego contingent.
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Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
I'm saving my children out of this horrible torture by not having them. Church is boooring!
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Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
Hahaha! Pass the baby around. Her priorities are set as high as mine.
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Sonya Jersey 6 years ago
lol same goes with the sound of your pet throwing up. instant wake up
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Roxy Eastland 6 years ago
In our house the proper way was called 'the banana way'. The toddler is now 16 and I can guarantee she doesn't put her socks on 'the banana way' because it took too long to no benefit.
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Jennifer Crompton 6 years ago
Exactly. My 2 favorite moments of the day are when my kids get on the school bus and when they get off.
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Jennifer Hunter 6 years ago
Amazing feeling! Until your 3yo figures out how to unlock it using her thumbnail and barges in anyway. 😫😫
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Foxxy’s #1 fan 6 years ago
I have an acquaintance that has 10 kids and I see her regularly but I have NEVER seen her with more than 2 kids in tow.
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Carol Emory 6 years ago
I love the Child Protective Services group that took a couple with learning disabilities to court to remove their parental rights from their new baby (they already had a 4 year old.) The CPS workers brought up the subject of nutrition stating that the couple failed to feed their older child a health diet of boiled chicken and, instead, they were feeding the boy chicken nuggets. Nothing is more glaringly obvious that someone is not a parent when they live with the crazy idea that any toddler is willing to eat boiled chicken without an hour of begging, bargaining and bribing. In the end...they still win because you give them the chicken nuggets just to make sure they eat SOMETHING!
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Cindy Snow 6 years ago
" we are going back to sleep before the early morning monster finds us. He bites off the toes of anyone awake before 8 am! "
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Foxxy’s #1 fan 6 years ago
I have a rule, 1 drink bottle a term and that’s it. They have a spare one at home to take on car rides or camp trips but for school they get no more. They have access to drinking fountains so they won’t dehydrate but I am sick of buying drink bottles all the time.
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Foxxy’s #1 fan 6 years ago
I gather it didn’t work otherwise you would be rich by selling your secrets.
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Erika Jones 6 years ago
Remember people used to say if you swallowed your gum it would be in your body for 7 years? LOL
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Isabel Care 6 years ago
Why don't people attach the shoes to the trousers with safety pins and string on these occasions. Wouldn't be as dangerous as attaching my gloves to each other with elastic threaded through the sleeves of my jacket (I filled them with conkers and used them like a bolas)
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Jennifer Crompton 6 years ago
My toddler got so mad he said he was going to call the police on me. Then asked me to help him call the police
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Foxxy’s #1 fan 6 years ago
I don’t understand all the fuss about candy corn. I have tried it a few times and it is absolutely revolting.
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Aunt Messy 6 years ago
Yep. Suck it up, wiener-boy. We're off to Prague....alone.
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Spikey Bunny 6 years ago
My 24 month old son locked me in the patio/converted to office when I was 9 months pregnant... Had to squeeze my preggopotamus self through a small window & down onto the deck just to get back into the house to him in a hurry... & delivered his healthy sister just 2 days later. Uuuuugggg! It was a rough couple years, but we still laugh about that moment 23 years later! XD
chi-wei shen 6 years ago
My wife told me being a mom of small children consisted of making food no one wants and counting to three.
Clinton Yew 6 years ago
I can't take it anymore, my stomach is hurting from all the laughter...
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
Yep. Suck it up, wiener-boy. We're off to Prague....alone.
Load More Replies... Spikey Bunny 6 years ago
My 24 month old son locked me in the patio/converted to office when I was 9 months pregnant... Had to squeeze my preggopotamus self through a small window & down onto the deck just to get back into the house to him in a hurry... & delivered his healthy sister just 2 days later. Uuuuugggg! It was a rough couple years, but we still laugh about that moment 23 years later! XD
chi-wei shen 6 years ago
My wife told me being a mom of small children consisted of making food no one wants and counting to three.
Clinton Yew 6 years ago
I can't take it anymore, my stomach is hurting from all the laughter...
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