40 Jokes And Memes That Hilariously Sum Up Being A Parent From The “Parent Normal” IG Page (New Pics)
You have faceless Instagram accounts recycling parenting memes, trying to capitalize on the latest buzzwords and then you have 'Parent Normal.'
It's run by writer Chris Cate who is a "3x dad" himself, so you know the content he shares is coming from someone with real-life experience and an understanding of what raising kids actually feels like. Which is probably the reason why 157,000 people are already following his carefully-curated feed.
The best part is that you don't even have to be a mother or father yourself to get these jokes. Thanks to all the pop-culture references, they're universal. So continue scrolling to check out the latest memes Chris has shared and for his older gems, open up our first publication on him.
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This Is Going To Be A Fun Christmas
My mom did this with cheese wrappers in our stockings last year.
I am... excuse me, I need time to collect myself. Okay, I am so upset that I didn't think of this back when I was married to a serial empty-boxer.
Class, i love it, ders gonna b loads of empty milk cartons and butter tubs 4 my husband under d tree
No one (else) in my house EVER empties anything - you can here two cornflakes rustling or a couple drops of milk cascading if you give it a good shake.
It Happens To All Of Us
The 80s Were A Different Time
Right? Kiddo, you’re sixteen and you couldn’t manage coming on time to a huge concert everybody work very hard on. No total stranger prince for you, my girl.
Load More Replies...She was 16 and Johnny Castle was mid to late twenties. Sheesh!!!
Baby??? She had red flags, left, right and center...but we didn't know what they meant, at that time! It was the age that naive and stupid was considered 'cute'. I like to think we are much more savvy now...🤔😯👍
I don't think I wanna watch it and still want to just by looking at the title.
HERE HERE! When you push people "away", don't be surprised when that's where they go.
Load More Replies...Yep
It's like with that c**k waking up screaming. We don't know why but we understand.
I have just been censored by BP for calling a male chicken by its name. LOL. I'll try rooster next time, okay.
Load More Replies...When i visit my brother, I wait by his two year old son’s bed in the morning to be there when he needs help waking up and getting down. Its the warmest part of my day :)
And when he gets older hes going to have these memories of someone creeping at his bed when he was little....😅. I kid.. that is sweet.
Load More Replies...Well i much prefer that to the ever popular "daddy! Come wipe me!!" 😖
me when i finally get in touch with my emotions and realize it's all chaos up there
I used to have two alarm clocks when I was in school. 1 was set to ring 15 minutes before I had to get up. Sometimes before the 2nd one went off my mom would come in and turn on the overhead light and tell me to get up or I'd be late. I just wanted time to wake up and the switch to the light was across the room!! Oh the good old day's!!
Sweet Slimy Revenge!
Also works with trumpets, drums, singing/crying dolls or anything made to be noisy AF.
I buy slime for birthday presents for kids who are mean to my son (we get everyone in his class a present). But now when we get slime I wonder. Hmm?
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm sorry I couldn't. " When we get slime I wonder. Hmmm?" Lol
Load More Replies...No question on how well this tactic will work for the future of gift-giving to the wee ones.
Slime is the worst! It is impossible to remove from fabrics. I would literally rather my kids bring dirt in from outside and play with that.
Respect
I think when done well, more an effort to teach restraint and control
Load More Replies...I was very tempted to downvote, but instead I'll use this as an educational PSA. There is an orange warning on these buckets stating: Warning! Children can fall into bucket and drown. Keep children away from bucket even with a small amount of liquid. This parent should not be advertising her negligence and endangerment.
Yes and they have no damn fear sometimes. Give me heart attacks all through there toddler years. It like there little crazy suicidal nuts. That tell you what no one will tell you at times. The truth.
Load More Replies...I feel bad for the pretty tiles floor, but the kid is epic! This kid is living!
Toddlers mental process: it is a bucket, it has some liquid, let's see if I fit in.
Jeremy Clarkson (from Top Gear, BBC version) once said that driving a Lexus feels like sitting in a bucket of wallpaper paste. I wonder how wallpaper paste compares to paint?
Brutal!
Maybe if you are a b***h which was exactly what he called.
Load More Replies...Oh but make sure he gets the stripy ones, they’re much more absorbent, but I think they keep them in the back, so he’ll probably need to ask for them.
Until he sends you into the auto store to buy blinker fluid to get you back. Pranks like this are what keeps things alive in a relationship.
Lmao did you see the blinker fluid vid where the girl found it ?
Load More Replies...Do I get any points for immediately thinking "but that's not a thing" when I read the beginning of the second paragraph?!? See I WAS paying attention Honey!!!
I hope you also sent the kids with him. You deserve the peace and quiet, and he deserves the Target Meltdowns.
So Rewarding
I once accused my mom of having kids to get her dishes done. I remember being quite offended when she laughed at me.
I told my mom she only had kids to clean for her... Completely ignored the fact that we made all the messes.
Load More Replies...Ha! I remember when I was the remote control too. 🙄
Load More Replies...This is my kids when I tell them to do any chores. They think I'm trying to get out of mine. Which is true to a degree. But i have a list of all the chores that need done in a day and I just ask each of them to pick one item off that list for their chores, in addition to cleaning their room and homework
Only had this same kinda thing this morn, 1st day bk in school after mid term and i told my daughter 2 grab her school bag, her reply, ive to do everything in this house 🙈
When we were helping my 16 year old to get her driver's license (and provide her a car and insurance), she accused us of wanting her to drive "just so we don't have to drive her everywhere any more." That's how selfish we were.
Terrible people. Just awful. You should be ashamed. /s
Load More Replies...I Wish This Wasn't True
So true. Friends younger than me seem like...adults. Then here's me, financially secure, well-slept and not grey.🤣
38 is actually the ideal time to have kids. You have yourself figured out and got your act together by then. At 38 you still have a fresh bod and youthful energy. (Dont argue, you have no idea how ancient i am) yet you've gained a wealth of wisdom. And youve mellowed! You can roll easy with a little spilt milk, (and you're already captured by the inescapable grasp of gravity. the damage wont be so noticable.)
If You Know, You Know
On the day my fourth kid entered kindergarten, I came back home, put music on and *danced*!
I danced when the first went to kindergarten! (She was the wild child *and* had infant twin sisters).
Load More Replies...Aw, those are some sweet kids. I’m not much of a child person, but just look at them.
Me, waiting on the school bus on first day of school, with Child #1. Give me more hugs! I'm going to miss you! More hugs! Child #2. Yes, mommy will miss you. You have a good day. Give me another hug. Child#3 Yes, you'll be fine. Yes, I love you, too. Now get on the bus. Go on! Child #4 HURRY UP! GET ON THE BUS! GO! GO!
Life Ain't Easy For Anybody
It's tough to be a parent who has to check the diaper!!! When you go to stick your finger between the back and diaper and you wind up with poo all over your finger!! There's also you are eating choc. cake or fudge and you go change a dirty diaper and wash your hands! A couple hours later and you look down at your hands and under your fingernails have a brown something and you ask yourself is it from that piece of fudge you ate or.......
My dad once didn't know if my sister had chocolate or poo on her hands he had to sniff it. Funny story of our childhood part 103. Btw she was eating it.....which made him think it was chocolate. It was 😅chocolate.
Load More Replies...Toddler? This just happened at Walmart with a 30 something couple. And he wasn’t even all THAT drunk!
The Scary Truth!
I always thought of energy as: We all have the same amount. It's just that when we're kids, we're smaller so the energy doesn't have as far to travel in our bodies. When we start to grow, the energy has to travel "further" therefore, we're not quite as bounce aroundy.
Load More Replies...Wait until they bring you breakfast... The real surprise will be waiting in your kitchen!
There was a post recently about weighted vests for high-energy dogs. I wonder if that works on toddlers?
Yes yes. I just wanna sleep a little longer cocaine unicorns just a little longer......😭
How Did We Survive?
I still get paralyzed with awe when I remember I have all my fingers, toes, eyes, etc.
w...what do you mean all of your eyes. HOW MANY EYES DO YOU HAVE
Load More Replies...I was a child of the 50's. 5 kids in the back seat. Seatbelts weren't available . Windows cracked. Air conditioning wasn't available. Going 60 down route 30. Interstates weren't built. Parent throws a lit cigarette butt out of their window only to have it fly into the backseat and land on your sister. Parent: How badly is she burned?
I remember when my dad taught me to swim by just throwing me in the lake. The hardest part was getting out of the burlap bag. 😅
Haha parents of the 90s too. I know a thing or two cause my dad did that thing too.
Now Who Needs To Relax?
Gather round youngins! Pay heed a lesson. Grands always get the last laugh. I guarantee those kids were wound up from horror movies and barfing mountain dew and redvines when mommy retrieved them. Might each have a new musical instrument or electronic toy too. You know we cant control ourselves with the little ones. We spoil. (WE taught YOU. Remember that 😉).
Load More Replies...Strangely enough when parents become grand parents they can actually relax in these conditions and are really cool!! The things for which I got smacks are endearing to my parents when done by my siblings’ kids.
I'm So Tired, But I Can't Sleep. Why?!
I stopped using my bedroom for anything other than sleep. No TV, no computer, no phone other than seeing the alarm. Really conditioned me to "this room is for sleeping" and helped a lot
meh... there's something else, really fun, that's possible in the bedroom which does not interfere with your ability to catch sleep. On the contary, in fact.
Load More Replies...I must go to bed as soon as I'm tired or I'll miss the 'sleep train' and will have to wait 1h30 for the next one. Always.
Every night I find myself drifting sleepily in my recliner, so I dragged my tired self off to bed, where I get a second wind. Noooooooo...
I have the best armchair I've ever owned. I can fall asleep in it and not wake up with a neck ache. Why, oh why, doesn't that sleep count?
Are You Listening?
And if it wasn't your kid? Shout out to teachers in kindergarten.
Or when watching a movie with your child and they say 'mom, did you see that!? They yadda yadda yadda..' yes my sweet honeychild...I am sitting right here beside you watching the same movie.
Still better than watching a Pixar or otherwise moving movie, you're crying like you're a melting ice sculpture, and your child (6) turns to you and says: "does that make you feel sad?" No, I just got something in my eyes. Tears. I've got tears in my eyes and the child is just icily sitting there like that guy from Up didn't just lose the love of his life. I'll check if she's a robot next chance I get.
Load More Replies...OMG flashback! Husband & big bro. Would wait till sis was 1 sentence from the end & interrupt her… on purpose, cause it made me nutz! Dinner with the family was an exercise in torture
that's me and i'm not even a kid anymore ;-; bear with me im tryin im trying but i'm 🎶 practically braindead ~ i'm practically brain dead ~ ohhh, ohhh, WOOO 🎵 what have i come to
And me when saying it or writing it on paper. Online is effing easy.
I Would Have Such Mixed Feelings On This Smell
On the topic of syrup, my brother somehow climbed on a counter and got a bottle of syrup out of the cabinet, then drank the whole thing He does not like syrup anymore
Couldn't figure out why my car smelled like I had a dead body in it until I found my son's half eaten happy meal under the armrest.
Ain't That The Truth!
Kids are hard sellers. Relentless, ruthless and they don't take no for an answer. 3 hrs in...you feel drained....and they know it.
Way back when, people paid with checks. When i was wee and my mom was distracted filling out the amount and adding her signiture, i'd put all the things she said i couldnt have on the conveyor belt. Worked every time. Until the beatings began.
And working in customer service prepares you for both: "I'm sorry, sir, I understand that you'd like a chocolate teddy bear, but unfortunately, this is a jewellery store, and we don't have that here. I understand your frustration. You might want to step into the grocery store on your way home and at least get some regular chocolate. Here, take a free brochure of our services to keep yourself occupied until then." - no, never happened, but it might have.
I started asking my kids if they wanted me to rob a bank... it gets the point across and usually a small laugh
This Is A Scary Thought
My son now calls me old...puh! Then I think back to when I was his age....yep, I'm old.
Kid: What Markers?
Post Malone looks like he passed out at a frat party and the ENTIRE CAMPUS write on him.
Ha! I'm 70 and saw Post Malone before I heard his music. To my great surprise, I love his music. I would like to wash that sh*t off his face though.
Hey dad, can I draw on the car? Me looking into the back seat..... um.... meh, I was never gonna sell this anyways.
Kids: no she or he did it, I didn't do it 🤷. I put that because they aways shrug the shoulders.
Some Questions Are Best Not Asked
Or if you're on your period and you sneeze, cough, laugh, etc
Load More Replies...My 5 year old asked me where we met for the first time? She said she couldn't remember. 😂
Should've told him the truth. Teach boys when they're young so that they grow into compassionate men. Knowing about women's physiology is a great starting point based on some of the outrageously ignorant comments by men online.
I can sneeze, cough, anything but jump on a trampoline. Not sure why it happens but it certainly is weird!
Me too! Jumping Jacks...really, any jumping of any kind has the same effect.
Load More Replies...Not just for ladies who had babies FYI. But it's okay with us non mother's for you to use all tools in the arsenal. You are a warrior Mama
I would like to point out this is normal but doesn’t need to be lived with. There are exercises for the pelvic floor to increase strength so sneeze pee doesn’t happen. Also, I’m a mother of 6 and while these make me giggle (a lot) they’re also super depressing. I love my kids and I’m so happy I’m their mother. I didn’t have kids for my own personal giggles. You give up on certain things and it’s important knowing that before going in to parenting or you’ll end up like these people or worse - you’ll have an instagram getting ‘famous’ off cute toddler pics. No one needs that garbage.
And I thought "these people" were just having a "sense of humor"...
Load More Replies...I'd Rather Be Wrongly Called Pregnant
I had my kid young, the first 14 years of her life we were asked if we were sisters, great for me, she wasn't impressed. It mostly happened when I got asked for ID when buying tobacco and alcohol.
A cashier assumed my mom and I were sisters. I thought it was bc I looked young, and I'm also worried we both look old.
Load More Replies...Had my youngest at 41, already had white hair. Took my 12 year old with me to the first ante natal, and the nurse assumed she was the mother to be - very red faced she yelled loudly "but I'm a virgin".
Stfu and mind your own business.. Me bloated, random lady ,,are you pregnant?"😑
I was 39 when we had our 1 & only child. Ppl Always took us for grandparents. My son was a senior & someone made that comment, son Cracked up yet again in front of his friends. I turned to him said, what's so funny? You'll be changing our diapers in a few years...
We waited until out 30's to have a child. The first time my kid went to a party at the local skating rink, numerous parent assumed my wife and I were the grandparents. I secretly hoped their pizzas were accidentally made with pineapple and anchovies.
I am pregnant with my 3rd child (5th pregnancy tho :( ) and people keep telling me that the 15 year gap between my oldest, and the 11 year gap between my middle child, will be hard on us and the baby. I was like, chill, I am very happy! Also, people do not believe my age, so I am crossing my fingers.
My mother would gush whenever someone "thought" we were sisters. Silly, vane fool! There were 30 years between us! Personally, I considered it an insult.
Who Wants To Play?
Oh my, I'm rather deaf and have been for more than 30 years - nerve damage so hearing aids don't work. Babysitting the grandchildren and 7 year old is yelling around 10pm. Go up, ask what's the matter - she yells something which to me sounded really garbled and I couldn't understand. I ask her nicely to repeat it more slowly and quietly as I couldn't understand. More garble and why can't you understand me at the end. I'm deaf, I reply, surely you know this? Another headfit "You're lying, you're not deaf" Turns out that the only deaf children she knows all had cochlear implants, so you're not deaf unless you have one, ...
I've actually found a good way to cope with that with my twins (22 months): I express that I understand they're frustrated because I don't understand what they are trying to say, give them a hug, and I usually get in a few more tries before they'd escalate. Works in customer service, too, minus the hug.
All Kids Are Different!
The problem is never the parents or the nationality. It's the person themselves. I think it's f****d up that people think that just because one person did something, everyone else in that group gets the blame. No! It's the person's fault, not the group's!
I once read an article on 2 types of kids - one were angels at home but awful at school, but the majority were devils at home and sweet little things at school....
My mom would first verify that the email was sent I the right address
Grew up in a small town with generational families. There was no escape from the shenanigans of a previous member since many of the teachers had taught the parents, uncles, and aunts.
Horrible
Have you ever had a cat? They are worse than Johnny trying to open the door
Load More Replies...It's not until you wedge a bath towel under the locked door that are you really alone.
Yeah, you get no privacy when they're little. But also, you get no privacy when you have 2 small dogs and a cat, and an old house where many of the doors don't latch shut. I haven't had a completely private poop in 18 years.
If you can't outsmart your cat or dog when it comes to a door...I'm not sure what to tell you
Load More Replies...I work from home. Yesterday, I had to telephone for work until 6pm - way longer than usual - and my husband picked up the children. I've never felt more guilty than when I heard the twins (almost 2) banging on the door, crying "Mamaaa!" and my husband going "Mama has to work a little longer. Come, let's read a book..." *crying continues for 1 1/2 hours* I don't need a job, right?
And here my parents forgot my brother on top of the car, in car seat, some lady chased them out of the parking lot lol
It's not. It's not like you went away for years and then they found you and then y'all just get into life-threatening situations and they eventually know you're their parent and then eventually accept you as their parent. Too specific?
This Doesn't Bode Well For My Future
That's not true. It's very easy to love those little potatoes, and to teach them all your little mannerisms that you didn't even know you had. Have you ever had a mini babyfaced version of you go "Oops!" when they drop something, and you realise you say that all the time? Or have you had mini-you watch you break into tears, and walk over all serious, offer you a pacifier and hug your knee? Yes, parenting is hard, but if you cherish those moments, it's a lot easier.
The giving-birth-to-child thing is what I'm scared of, but the fact that it's gonna be worse later is not worth the pain.
Tag Your Spouse If This Is True!
Needed my husband to take photos of me in different outfits. I'm either headless or I look like an upright corpse.
My bf seems to not understand the fact that you can zoom in and out when taking phots with a smartphone. Even when I tell him to zoom in. He's so funking awful at taking pics with a smartphone. Dammit, H!!!! (He has a more professional actual camera and he does amazing pics with that!)
Men don't notice the diffrence, blonde, black or auburn hair, I asure you. If you want a nice picture of yourself?? Ask a female friend.
Don't Ask About Kid 3
nah just strap a pillow to 'em and leave some cereal within their reach... they'll be fine
Load More Replies...I had to ask a mom to cover up when I was teaching pre-school. Oddly enough other mom's came and said Hey can you please ask her to cover up when she is nursing. A very uncomfortable conversation had to happen. I learned I do not like to be in charge.
I showed this to my wife and coffee shot out of her nose as she laughed. I've seen way too much of my sister in law who is on her 3rd child and still nurses the first one
Pacifiers: 1st kid drops - boil on stove for an hour; 2nd kid drops rinse under warm water; 3rd kid drops - suck it, spit and stick it back in. Never got to 4th - but woh.
With my first I was very careful with sitting in the best positions while breastfeeding and I would ask at all public places what their policies were regarding breastfeeding. Second child... I didn't care about breastfeeding in public, really. If there was a place to sit I would breastfeed there if baby was hungry. No matter what. Also, I didn't care too much about how correctly I was sitting while breastfeeding and sometimes I'd do it standing up/walking around. Now, with my third child it's been a crazy and fun ride. Lol. We do whatever positions we want to and I have been breastfeeding her quite a few times while walking. Also, had her with me to some meetings and I'd just pretty much say "oi, hope it's fine that I breastfeed!" While pulling out the boob. Lol. I'm sure it's been shocking to some ppl but nobody ever said anything. Am now very close to the end of breastfeeding my third kid. And I have done a fine job with all three kids! *proud mom* 😁
I always took care to feed my first "out of sight". Then my second was born. He was tiny and had trouble nursing. He had to be fed every hour, I stopped giving a sh*t soon after
Load More Replies...Maybe the nursing mother feels more comfortable that way.
Load More Replies...As An Introvert, This Hits Home
This one is so true. I'm an introvert who does enjoy people and crowds in moderation but nothing prepared me for the level of social anxiety around playdate culture and birthday party planning/attendance. My kid is the biggest extrovert too so he's happy chatting with everyone, which is such a wonderful gift but made for a lot of a a awkward conversations with parents when he was inviting all the random kids from the park to our house lol.
Nothing like being an introvert and suddenly having to take your TWINS out in public! No fading into the wallpaper when random strangers are constantly coming up to you and asking, "Isthems twins? I thought so!" and then telling you about every pair of twins they've ever known. (I live in the South) haha
I get that, too. "are they twins?" no, I found one behind the barn! Really?
Load More Replies...Yes they will- when they become parents. My daughter calls me regularly to apologize for things she did or said when she was a kid. I did the same thing to my mom too, once I had my own kids.
Because you can't possibly appreciate it or understand to apologize as adults with no kids.
Load More Replies...Nobody
Give them a goodnight kiss and then they wipe their mouth on your sleeve/arm
My daughter always did this right after being tucked in.. "mom I'm thirsty!" " Mom I'm hungry" then you give them something to drink and 2 hours later they're up using the bathroom over and over again okay
Please Don't Ask Why I'm Yelling
Happens with me all the time. I try to explain to the kids that if you don't want me to yell, listen within the first 10 times I ask you to do something.
I've started saying "I've asked you seven times in a nice voice to.....and this is the 8th time and after this I'm going to start yelling." It's 75% effective.
You knew you'd been told to do something at least 3X when my mother smacked you upside your head. Yelling was for special occasions.
After the first time, when I notice 6yo didn't pay attention, I ask her what she's supposed to do now. If she knows, she'll repeat it and start doing it. If she doesn't know, I'll repeat the first step of the task and she hears it and starts the process. Doesn't work all the time, but giving her the role of saying what she's supposed to be doing helps, I'm not just screaming at a wall anymore.
Uh, no! I never repeated a request, neither did my parents. Complying to their parents could save their life one day. The way that kids learn to deal with conflict and rules at a young age plays a big role in how they handle change, losses and stress as adults.
I always tell them' I'm about to yell in a minute if you can't listen. That way they cant say I didn't warn them before I scare them. Lol. By yelling...
🤯🤯🤯 after asking about 10 times i reply in another voice, evil demon voice my child calls it 🙈 i dont think kids even listen to the 1st 10 NOs 😥
Can't Let Your Imagination Run Too Wild!
My daughter used to play Sims and told me one day she put all of her Sim kids in cages. I said what?? She showed me....they were cribs.
Load More Replies...This may get down voted but...here we go...If you know that your child can climb out of their crib then put the top on it or get her a toddler bed. She could fall and break her arm. My son fell off my bed and broke his arm. As for the "leash" people use for their kids I am fine with. I had a little girl in my class who would all of a sudden bolt toward the street. The playground didn't have fencing around it. Other things also happened and she had to leave my class. So if your kid runs and gets hit by a car and she says She always run's and I couldn't get to her fast enough. Folks would say why didn't you get the animal backpack "leashes" if you know your child runs off. When my son fell it was a day that I hadn't eaten all day. I was cooking dinner and of course went to the hospital. He was getting an x-ray and I said I have to lay down or I'm going to faint. I'm on the floor and telling her don't worry about me. I don't want him to fall. So safety over broken arm?? Yeah do safety!!
Actually it’s a dog crate. You want to crate train your kid. Hey, it worked for the dog! :)
Who Is The Boss Here?!
This is my son. Not that I want to stop him reading but there is a point where he has to sleep
As a rule, I don't read to our twins any more after I said I won't in the evenings. We can still snuggle in the big armchair, but if they want to read another book, either wait till morning, or take the book and read it in bed. If it's the cozy time they want, they get it. If they prefer the book, I often find them asleep next to it 2min later. They're 22 months old.
Load More Replies...Soooo, if I'm understanding this correctly, some parents actually read to their children at bedtime. Huh. My parents must've missed the memo.
We Can All Use A Safe Place
How 'bout leashing them to hooks in the hallway so that the other kids can get an education.
Life Isn’t Fair. Kids: Hold My Root Beer
My brother NEVER cut it exactly in half and always took more. I’m still bitter about that because it was MY chocolate bar!!!
The one kid cuts and the other chooses worked fairly well when I was a kid, all things considered.
Load More Replies...1. Give them the best of both world's. Example they both want two donuts and there is only one of each. Cut them in half then you get half and you get to have both donut's! 2. Whom ever cut's something in half or pours the drink to share the other one get's to choose first! Cuts down lot's of fighting!!
I’d always split it and take the smaller piece so my brother wouldn’t make a fuss and stress out my mom more…
That's awesome of you... At my house it was like the hunger games for the biggest piece.
Load More Replies...Pro tip: Have one kid cut it in half, and the other gets to choose which half he/she wants.
Truth!
My ex taught my daughter the "mom, mama, mom, mommy, mom, mama....." "WHAT?!" "...HI" Skit Stewie does to Lou's while she sleeps in the show 'Family Guy'. My daughter was 2. She still does to me and she is 11.🙄
Had a neighbor with 4 young screaming kids and a da#n talking bird...The friggin bird would yell In a screeching voice over and over MOM, MAA, and MINE all day while the kids were in school. As soon as the kids were home the bird got quiet and the kids were screeming.. the same as the bird....
Mom, mommy...it's a word that makes me zone out more than a few times a day.
You Have No Idea
What confuses me is why there are a bunch on teens reading parenting memes(13 yr old myself)
Practice? Preparation? A view into the enemy's side?
Load More Replies...It's when they get their first taste of independence. Whereby their body can do what they want it to do. Like the time I caught my son eating a Cornetto at 9am. He "needed it"
Yeah, my twins were never really trying to open cupboards until a week ago: I had to put a child lock on the freezer because my 22-month-old figured out how to open it and wanted to get ice cream. Hopefully, my husband will learn to open it, too, soon. /j
Load More Replies...I have a 14 year old daughter and a 12 year old daughter........ PLEASE SEND HELP!!!!!!!😳😳😳
Whenever I see someone with a fussy kid in a store, I say "wait until they ask for the car keys."
the joys of the teenager in their room for 13 hours of the day. and you ask them whats wrong and why they have been staying in their room for the whole day, they get mad at you.....
Omg YES! I feel she hates me and I'm ab inconvenience 2 her. Even tho I'm whizzing her around, making her meals, cleaning her clothes. She will come back 2 me I'm sure.
Load More Replies...Wouldn't That Be Nice
aren't all those nature documentaries like that? always the cutest thing has to die
It's because they have adapted to be cute so that we humans step on for the adorables
Load More Replies...really? She is 12? I am 13 no way is she twelve and thinks that the polar bear is gonna help the pup!
According to my mom I was the most depressing 12 year-old she knew. She was a child therapist that commonly met with 12 year-olds.
Look at it this way: with you, any trauma would be influenced by her actions and she'd have you around even outside office hours. None of the other 12-year-olds were solely her responsibility. I suffer under the challenges I find with our twins more than I ever did with my nieces, and I objectively know my twins are comparatively angelical. Or she might just have been an a*hole to say things like that to you, I don't know her!
Load More Replies...How a 12 year old when i was twelve I always new death would happen that’s why I avoided this. I would think a 3-7 year old would say this
Welcome To Parenthood!
well, she didn't say specifically that the toddlers need to come over too, so.....
Load More Replies...I wish this was true. We all have kids of similar ages on my street but the moms are all cliquey and mean
I know the feeling. I've got 1 1/2 mother-friends, and one of them only started talking to me because my twins started hugging her while she accompanied her son's (same group as twins in daycare) first week in day care. The other I meet regularly, so far never on purpose, but we always talk.
Load More Replies...Your Dad Lol
still less of a burn than "your dad trying to lose that belly lol"
Or "Who's that, and what has he done to your real, couch potato dad?"
Load More Replies...Motherhood Is A Workout
Just give the kids to your husband goddammit, he gotta do something too
The way you said that cracked me up, like hard. You're completely right of course, but the way you said it...*chef's kiss*. 😂
Load More Replies...Life's A Beach
I don’t like sand, it’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
There's nothing like a family vacation, and we should all be very thankful of that.
So Very Tired
After grocery shopping, which came after working a full day, my mother pulled out bread, cold cuts, and condiments for a make your own supper night.
It's Best Not To Apply Common Sense To Monster-Related Activity
i remember a parenting mistake... we lived next door to a graveyard and our kids we're worried there would be ghosts in our attic, i replied 'why would they be up there? they could be anywhere in the house'... sorry kids
I believe in ghosts and trained my daughter well. At age 4 I would hear "You leave me alone, or I will get my Mom and she will *make* you leave! Never had to do a clearing lol
Load More Replies...I can absolutely understand when children can't fall asleep with the lights off. I've had a phase of very disturbing dreams a few years ago that made me panic when I woke up in the dark. I actually hid under the duvet and tried to shake awake my now husband because I was crying out of fear there might be something in the shadows. It's better now, but I'll always leave a nightlight if the children ask for it.
I learned the hard way that toddlers don't appreciate the truth. The kid I babysat for recited the "now I lay me down to sleep" prayer, then asked what it meant. I told him. I was never asked back to babysit bc I evidently traumatized the kid.
These All Check Out
I'm voting for that last option. It's an excellent stress reliever, and it's more efficient than the other options.
When you have reached the last step, you can feel the depths of insanity creeping in from all sides
A few a weeks ago I watched my 3 year old niece throw herself on the ground and sob like she was dying because someone had moved a piece of playground equipment to a different spot. Being a toddler must be brutal! :)
Can I Add ‘How To Find Shoes’ And ‘How To Go To Sleep In 30 Minutes Or Less?’
While I do agree that much of what children learn in school is far from practical, it should be obvious that these things, just like the basic social skills, should be taught at home. Also, you don't want to open the portal to one hell of a discussion about what's the "right way" to load a dishwasher... My husband and I have been living with each other for 4 years, and we still tetris very differently... Imagine the political division between "crammers" and "stackers"!
Truth. Life Isn't Always Pickles And Peaches!
Don't tell your daughter, but I'm stealing that line. Can't wait to see the expression on some adult's face when I say it.
Complete Shocker, Right?
Today, one of my twins (22 months old) understandably didn't want to get up in the morning. I was able to convince her to let me change her diaper by letting her take her pillow up on the changing table. Then I wanted to put her back in bed for a minute and she started crying because she didn't want to go to bed.
Just Trying To Survive!
Who Needs A Weekend From Weekends?
My wife glared at me for listening to Benny hill theme while watching 4 year old soccer
She glared at you just for that? My mom would have laughed her a*s off.
Load More Replies...That's A Fair Description!
Some Things Will Never Change
Group home where I volunteered. Residents could ask for certain meals in advance, nothing extravagant. Young woman wants hot dogs and spaghetti. No other resident wants this meal. She throws a sh!t fit, flailing around until we say okay. Day of her special lunch, she doesn't show, and we're all stuck eating this rubbish.
Maybe he didn't want to "hurt" his creation... toddler brains are pretty "out there" 😂
Or maybe he was full from "cooking", happens to me sometimes...
Load More Replies...Some Lessons Don't Take Much Teaching
my brother yelled at my sister for having a sticker that has many 69's in the shape of the word nice and told her it was inappropriate and she needed to get rid of it. I told him she had no clue why it was bad and he said "well she should've! Also why did she get it at a pride fest?" Like bro pride is all about that kind of thing smh.
Every. Damn. Time!
Didn't used to be a problem. Now my belly gets in the way and I can't get that off-side hand into the pocket any more.
I Can't Count!
I don't understand. Just pick up the trey and put one cup cake out of sight and serve the cupcakes. They can't count. Or hold the trey higher and bring it down enough so you can grab a cupcake. But why do you say there was 5 cupcakes and only 4 of you? Then you say there is 3 kids under 4. That would be 5 people including your wife, you and 3 toddlers. What am I missing??
Perspective Is So Important
Well, when you use scientific reasoning, I'ma just gonna have me another slice.
Why Hasn't This Happened Yet?
my child has a cold so today i am cooking up some nyquil(?) chicken nuggies
Master Negotiator
Some battles require a sneak attack that rocks the opponent so hard that they capitulate.
A Blessing And A Curse
Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! I read your comment right before bed and now it will torment my dreams!
Load More Replies...Novice! An experienced parent would've had supplies set up within arm's reach BEFORE rocking the baby.
Math Hits Different When You're A Parent
Never understood why parents didn't mark them with inside stickers or marks on the sole.
My Brain Can't Stop Spinning At Night
I stay up until four or five am. I get up around one pm. If I have to go somewhere I get up and do whatever and come home and doze off. I crave being alone. Since Covid...My husband works from home. One kid moved out and the oldest and the youngest are still here. I can honestly say I'm going insane. Two will leave and the third one comes home. I really miss my six hour alone time. We live in a nine hundred square foot apartment.
I honestly feel your pain and frustration. Alone time is so precious. I hope y'all can work out some type of schedule that allows for quiet time.
Load More Replies...Yeah, Too Bad
This is one of those good lies. Candy is bad for kids. Check. Parents need stress relieving intervals throughout the day. Check.
I thought my twins (being under 2 years old) wouldn't like my 75% dark bitter chocolate anyway, so I let them try some. They loved it. They also love grapefruit, spicy sweet potato fry, and some other things I'd thought they'd never eat twice... Yippee for a balanced diet, but adieu eating anything I don't want to share in front of them...
It's The Song That Never Ends
My wife is the answer. She loves to cook but thinks every task needs a new utensil. No honey, we don't need a different wooden spoonnow that you are mixing the sauce into the food. And we really don't need a 4th to plate it up
You can't mix sauces, have food in jars etc... serving utensils are bigger.
Load More Replies...Kids Can't Resist Trying To Roll Down The Windows
One of my twins was terrified in the car wash, the other unimpressed. Their big half-sister loves it. Utter joy is very relative...
The first time I ever went through a car wash, I was about 2 and my mom was about eight months pregnant, and my mom looked in the rear view mirror to see me in my car seat looking as if I was being splashed. She said “It’s ok, it can’t get you” and I replied “I’m fine, it’s just a little warm”. That’s when she realized she had left the window down. Had to scoop rainbow suds out of her car, laughing and crying as she pulled me out.
Good Luck With That!
My best friend had a very difficult pregnancy so some paranoia also kept her awake after her son was born. Fortunately, I was able to visit her about 3 times a week and during each visit she took a nap while I watched the baby. They weren't planned naps, she was just so exhausted she fell asleep and I wouldn't dare wake her; that girl needed those naps and they were anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours. I didn't mind either because I had the little one to spend time with
You're a good friend. I'm sure she appreciated that.
Load More Replies...And Lunch Needs To Be Over By 10am
Do you mean people with babies or the ones they're meeting? Cause I've found that punctual people will stay punctual with children (+/- 5min) because they plan ahead with a buffer, while people who are late regularly will be even later if they have an excuse like a boyfriend or children whom they can blame.
Load More Replies...Good Times!
those people are probably just jealous! lol i have kids but realize it's not for everyone... now go out and enjoy your life you childless wonder, with all your free time and disposable income! ah crud now i'm jealous ;)
Load More Replies...Being A Parent Isn’t One Job. It’s A Million Jobs
Be Cooler. Good Advice
It's Science
Every time I see a comedian reenact my father's move of swatting us in the back from the front seat, I wonder... is this taught in a special class just for parents?
and sod's law dictates that the trip will last five hours for every five minutes
So Bizarre
No Rest For The Weary
There's Nowhere Toothpaste Hasn't Been Flung In Our Bathroom
*puts toothpaste-filled fire extinguisher back* no idea what you’re talking about!!
It's tough to feel sorry for someone whose kids have their own bathroom...
Party Time!
I still don't understand why people keep useless pillows around. How much time in your life is being lost to moving useless pillows around? If your answer is not "zero", then you're doing it wrong.
I've got some "useless" pillows that come in very handy when some part of my body hurts and needs unusual support. Or, so as not to sound like a 100-year-old grandma, when I want to sit in bed and play on my Switch when I'm sick.
Load More Replies...My record as a guest is 12 pillows I had to move to find a sleeping surface. And each evening of my stay, although I did not move them from the chair where I had neatly stacked them, they wound up in the way again. The silent soft pillow war. (Poke him with the soft cushions) (The comfy chair. Not the comfy chair)
That's Odd. Or Is It Even?
Great! Just when I thought I'd get to watch the game, we're perusing Online Etymology to answer this question.
Guilty
I don't get this husbands don't help c**p. What are these guys doing? It is a partnership. My wife and I just get what needs to be done done and communicate with each other things the other may not be aware need to be done.
Well, the communication is key, of course. But we, for example, have been experiencing a growing discrepancy between the chores my husband realises need to be done, and the chores that are needed to keep things running smoothly. Like: he'll do the dishes, take care of the children, vacuum - visible stuff like that. But he doesn't realise a myriad of tiny pre-steps before we can do anything: planning the meals for the week, making dentists appointments, cancelling the children's daycare meals for our holiday, sorting their clothes and getting new ones before they run out of clothes in their sizes... It's a lot. We're trying to work it out with to-do-lists, a digital family planner and lots of talking, but it's hard because things are obvious to me that aren't to him. And he DOES want to pull his weight, but it's like he's taking the house keys from your left hand while not seeing the 3 bags of groceries in your right. And I'm sure we're good partners, just not perfect.
Load More Replies...I'm the one that does all the laundry and dishes. My wife got mad once because after I fold the clothes I put them in a nice stack on whoever bed. She asked why can't I put her clothes away when I do mine. I looked her dead in the eye and said if or 5 year old can do it so can you I wash dry and fold. After that the clothes are the owners responsibility
I would do it like you, however, I've been mad at my husband for stacking the laundry somewhere before - because we have A CAT AND TWIN TODDLERS and they throw things over or make them dirty again. Either the door has to be closed until the owner can sort the things away, or it's less bother to do it immediately. And I'm the one who usually does the laundry and puts it in everyone's wardrobes.
Load More Replies...Who Has Time For Any Of This?
Early 80s baby, raised by an amazing and hardworking single mum. But geez there was NO time for being a precious princess. One night about 5y/o, I was playing in a laundry basket- it broke and sliced my elbow. I cried out in pain.. NOPE! No games tonight! It's bed time- stop with the stories!! Some time later mum followed the trail of blood up the stairs to my room, then got me out of bed to get it stitched. I got me a late night "I'm really sorry" ice cream that night! SCORE lol. Poor mum..
By the mid-80's bike helmets were popular and seatbelts were mandated, proof that parents were starting to get the message about health and safety. I was a grown-a*s adult by the 1980's. Do you REALLY want to compare sh!tty parenting techniques?
How Often Do I Need To Keep Buying New Pajamas?
my brother once asked one of my dads friends while he was hanging out "what size of clothes do you wear? A 26T?" Then proceeded to fall over laughing
Infant, months and toddler. You will see M for months old and T for toddler.. Though by the time they are 5 in my opinion they are no longer a toddler.
Load More Replies...Anybody Else Grow Up On These? (I'm Trying To Forget)
This Tweet Has A Punchline At The End, But It Also Has A Lot Of Truth. Kids Often Have Really Boring Interests And Repeat The Same Boring Facts About Them. But As Much As I Want To Say “Who Cares,” My Kids Need Me To Listen To Them Talk About The Things They Love, Even If It’s Something I Find Mind Numbing Like Pokémon
Aww that sux. The kid has to find someone other than family to share something special. When they are older don't be surprised to be the last know the important things.
This Will Be An Interesting Teacher Conference
Why You Lying?
Tag The Friend Who Knows This Is True!
I Forgot It's Polite To Pretend
Kids Are Such Hard Workers. Just Ask Them
Whose Genes Does This Sound Like In Your House?
I've Seen Worse Packing Jobs
i remember the first time i packed for myself and the same thing happened just swap the kaleidoscopes for my candy and wallet with maybe $20
We Cuss Because We Care?
Moms Are Superheroes!
Both my parents worked and my sister and I turned out fine, since BOTH PARENTS WORKED TOGETHER. I feel like this meme page is for moms whose spouses don’t do s**t.
Seriously. And The Price Keeps Going Up
Anybody Else The Same Way?
If he puts them away it is, de facto, the correct way. Same with the dishes.
Always
Stop Whining
Sitting Is An Underrated Hobby
Who Is Ready To Party?
I Can't Watch!
That's It. Those Are The Choices
Or... my girls call Dance nights "2 dinner nights". Mad race to get home, change, have a bowl or 2 of something hot and filling, out the door by 445pm. Return home around 8 for "second dinner" which can't be the same as "first dinner". Sigh.
Ruthless
i love that you chose amber herdt (said like amber hurt because she hurts everyone she meets) Due to the whole hotel poo in bed fiasco
* buys all the Pandas their own candy bar that they don't have to share with anyone*
* buys all the Pandas their own candy bar that they don't have to share with anyone*
