Moms and dads are superheroes. That doesn’t mean they’re incapable of burning a grilled cheese, crying or accidentally letting their kids go to school wearing their clothes inside out. That just means that no matter how challenging it is to balance everything, they somehow do. And what’s even more incredible is that many of them manage to maintain a great sense of humor along the way too.
If you’re a parent who feels guilty about not waking up at the crack of dawn every day to prepare pancakes, bacon and eggs for your little ones, first of all, don’t. And second of all, you’re not alone! We’re back with a new edition of the most hilarious parenting tweets of the month down below. So enjoy scrolling through while you hide in the bathroom from your toddler, and keep reading to find a conversation with CJ Kelsey, aka That Mom Tho!
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Thank God I am not the only person on earth that thinks this exact thought EVERYTIME!
Ah yes - I remember when my toddler daughter made a discovery worthy of sharing with everyone else in the ladies room at Target. “Mommy - you have hair on your front bottom”, she said in her precious loud and sharp voice. I did enjoy the giggles from the ladies in other stalls.
No one has ever said being a parent is easy. Essentially all of your free time (and disposable income) is now dedicated to taking care of your little ones, and there’s no compensation or appreciation involved. Being a mom or dad never stops being challenging, no matter how much people want to tell you “it gets better after the terrible twos!” It’s messy and exciting and exhausting and rewarding. It’s all worth it to have a mini-me who loves you more than anything in the world and who you get to watch grow into an amazing person that you’re proud of.
But one essential trait parents need to ensure they can get through the day without ripping out their hair or dying from embarrassment is a great sense of humor. You can’t sweat the small stuff, and you have to be able to admit that you’re never going to be perfect. (Anyone who says they are is lying!) And it’s much better to laugh through the pain and exhaustion than to try to keep it all together. A great parent is just someone who’s doing their best.
To learn more about what it’s like to be a fabulous parent who’s open online about the joys and struggles of having kids, we reached out to CJ Kelsey, also known as That Mom Tho on Twitter and Instagram. CJ is a mom of two who works in the healthcare industry and has been able to grow a following online through sharing her hilarious experiences. She was also kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda about the importance of being able to laugh as a parent.
“A sense of humor definitely helps because parenting can be hilarious!” CJ shared. “Children are naturally honest and curious– these two traits combined lead to a great deal of funny situations.”
We were also curious about how CJ got started sharing hilarious parenting stories and experiences online. “I started my Twitter account as a place to make jokes anonymously and never expected it to lead to anything,” the mom shared. Today, however, she has over 47k followers on Twitter, nearly 18k on Instagram, and 13k followers on Facebook!
And as far as what she loves most about her online presence, CJ says, “My favorite response to anything I write is when someone tells me they thought they were alone in their experience and happy to read I am going through the same thing.”
Real life application kicks planning ahead's aŝš, every time.
As a dad, I know my place in the family. I'm below anything furry, such as hamsters and guinea pigs, but roughly equal to the fish.
CJ also shared some wise words for all the parents out there who might be worried about trying to be perfect. “I wanted to be the perfect parent when expecting my first and quickly discovered there’s no such thing,” she told Bored Panda. “My advice is to be kinder to yourself. Understand that it is a constant learning experience and that children mostly just want to know they are loved.”
My sister likes to joke that her kids (she does not want any) would be call Leo and Tara, but their legal names would be Liopleurodon and Pterodactyl.
That's so funny. I still bring up when my water broke and my husband kept running up and down the hallway looking for his watch. Asking me if I've seen his watch. As I say on the toilet.
“Being a mom has changed my perspective on life and the world for the better,” CJ shared. “My curiosity for the future lies in how I will parent a daughter who appears to be developing the same attitude I had. I would gladly accept a handbook for the teenage years!”
Ooooh see, the harmonica police said it's illegal for me to drive with such beautifully distracting music playing....
We all know there’s no such thing as a perfect anything, let alone a perfect parent. But that doesn’t stop countless mommy bloggers and family vloggers from trying to portray their lives as effortless and flawless. 6 out of 10 parents say they feel pressure from social media to be perfect moms and dads, and 40% of moms admit they compare themselves to the curated lives of parents they see online.
We teach our children how harmful social media is and that comparison is the thief of joy, but why is it so hard to practice what we preach? Part of the reason we love sharing these “parenting tweets of the month” articles (aside from the fact that they’re hilarious) is because we want to remind you panda parents that you’re not alone! Doing your best is enough.
When it comes to some of the “mistakes” every parent makes, Steven John at Insider says there are 30 extremely common ones that no mom or dad will be able to avoid. (And that’s okay!) These include letting our kids fall or get hurt, packing our children’s schedules too full, giving our little ones too many choices to make, forgetting important items when going to school or soccer practice, praising them too much, and trying to talk above them. “Kids catch onto more than you think, despite the diction enabled by your sagacity, and can end up hearing things little ears shouldn't,” John writes.
No matter how many “mistakes” we make with our little ones, we shouldn’t beat ourselves up. As long as they know that they’re safe, loved, taken care of and able to express themselves, you’re doing an amazing job. And if you need to vent or share some hilarious stories online, feel free to hop onto Twitter. You’ll quickly realize that you’re not alone, and you’re a great parent. Plus, we’d love to have a laugh at your experiences and feature them in next month’s edition of this list!
Its funny how the more kids you have you realize your oldest might be a little bit psycho and it might be your fault.
I zone out a lot so this is me on a daily basis. My mom will tell me what chores I have to do, and then I’ll agree and have to come back thirty minutes later and ask her what she told me
If you’re an exhausted parent who can’t wait for your children to be back in school full time in a few weeks, you don’t need to feel bad about that. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and you’ll finally be able to keep your kitchen clean for more than three hours when your kids aren’t eating three meals a day plus snacks in there. Keep upvoting the tweets that hit home for you or make you chuckle, and let us know in the comments if you’ve recently had any hilarious parenting experiences. Then, if you’re interested in checking out Bored Panda’s last parenting tweets of the month post, you can find it right here!
Sometimes in the mornings my 3 years old tells me how is he talking with my dad- his granda. My dad died 14 years ago...
You know, I always thought I would only have one child. I had my daughter and thought she's perfect, I'm done. One day, when she was about three, she said something about her brother. I said but you don't have a brother. And she said: "I used to play with him all day before I came here and met you and daddy and I really miss him". About two years later, I had a little boy.
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Two years ago we took our then 6yo son to Utrecht for the first time to meet my dad, aunts/uncles & cousins. I speak punctuated Dutch randomly at home and before the trip he learned some basic conversation via the Mango & Duolingo apps. He immediately walked up to the fireplace in the family home and in perfect dialect told my dad that’s where he ran into the rock & got a gash in his head and that’s why he was called “Bot Bot” as a child. My dad has a prominent scar on his forehead from running into this fireplace when he was 3. I’d not remembered the story & had never discussed it with my kid. It was a little eerie that he seems to know all about this event & was able to talk about it so fluently.
My niece regularly spoke to and mentioned my late Uncle as a toddler. I don't even think she would be old enough to remember him since she was 2 or 3 when he passed. Apparently he visited her quite often. Oddly, I could swear I have seen him and his late wife in Walmart (her absolute FAVOURITE place) a few times as well.
My Daughter used to babble happily and use lots of wild hand gestures to the ceiling corner of our living room (always the same spot) and I like to think it was my poppy or grandma
It’s so interesting to hear these stories. Lucky guess? Reencarnación? (can’t remember how to spell it in English sorry)…Makes you wonder what really happens when we die O_o
There was a TV show called "The Ghost Inside My Child" where they would talk about what kids did or said that they would no way know. It's on YouTube and Amazon, was actually pretty good/creepy.
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My daughter used to wake up and telling me about the woman she is seeing watching us sleep while standing in the hallway ....
BELIVE IT!!! Reincarnation is REAL!!!! My grandson, at age 2.5, said to his dad (my son) "I remember when I was big and you were little!"
I think it is true,not reincarnation but thatt our spirits are collective in the universe and they are there before we are born and go back after we die.As kids are so knew to this world they are more likely to remember when they were in that collective world and more open to seeing spirits from it.Some people might call that world heaven.Im mean seriously can anyone look at the stars in the night sky and how big the universe is and not think there is so much more out there we dont know about or understand.
That is so sweet! I actually love it when little kids talk about potential past lives and that sort. Because it seems that your family now has always been family. Your kid may have been a great-grandparent and mom may have been dad's aunt. But the family is family through centuries. Makes me feel that my family is more connected and "a team" than what the physical eye can see.
Could be confusing for some. Does it cause pain or relieve it? You know what...surprise me.
Depending on the health of her grandparents and/or great-grandparents, I can see why a 5 year old might think that.
Or Tetris. Then do karate kicks on the front porch to reinforce dominance.
One time I went to a state level competition and we had to cram the whole team into one Airbnb. Bonus:there was only 1 spoon and we all brought cereal to have for breakfast :)
Maybe the parents didn't know about the secret bridge?
I also regret turning down cupcakes collapsing under the weight of mounded fudge frosting, hot dogs, fast-melting melting ice cream (Such a waste!) and the birthday cake itself, plus homemade caramel coconut pecan squares.
I don’t understand this.. Do people not like buns or something?
Next up: 10 minutes about not writing on the couch with a marker.
My daughter wanted a bearded dragon and I said absolutely not you don't know the first thing about bearded dragon care. So the next day this 12-year-old whips up a 15-slide presentation on Bearded Dragons and their care and why she would be an excellent BD owner. We now have a BD she named "Fluffy."
How do you teach a toddler to make hot coffee? I have a business idea...
Why I'm not on any kind of social media whatsoever (this doesn't count)
Not if they don't have a tablet too young :) My kids are 2yo, 4 yo and 6yo at the moment, they start playing with toys/lego/trains in their room when they wake up. Sometimes we wake up 1-2 hours after them.
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And the day comes when you are holding them for the last time, you put them down, and never pick them them up again. I don't remember when that day was for me and my kids, and it bothers me when I think about it.
My daughter is 15, and tall. I could pick her up, but it'd do us both harm. I dropped her off at a friend's house the other day and she texted me afterwards to say sorry she hadn't hugged me goodbye. The picking up isn't the important thing, the feeling behind it is. Many actions can convey that, even a shared giggle over a mutual joke.
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Every time I read one of these parent-tweet lists I pat myself on the back for choosing a childfree life
I'm glad you are happy, I feel the same being single reading married posts, after 20 years of marriage. But the best thing in my life is my daughter, she's hilarious and incredibly well-behaved. Everyone is different. Not all kids are monsters, Glad you've found a happy situation though.
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I work part-time in a café. The little girl of one couple had tried hashbrowns, which she apparently liked. As I walked past their table, she asked her mom if she could have some more of "those French fry noodles. " As they were leaving, a Chick-fil-A van drove past. She yelled, "Look! There's the chicken nugget Amazon truck!" These are now the names I will be using to reference each item.
And the day comes when you are holding them for the last time, you put them down, and never pick them them up again. I don't remember when that day was for me and my kids, and it bothers me when I think about it.
My daughter is 15, and tall. I could pick her up, but it'd do us both harm. I dropped her off at a friend's house the other day and she texted me afterwards to say sorry she hadn't hugged me goodbye. The picking up isn't the important thing, the feeling behind it is. Many actions can convey that, even a shared giggle over a mutual joke.
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I'm glad you are happy, I feel the same being single reading married posts, after 20 years of marriage. But the best thing in my life is my daughter, she's hilarious and incredibly well-behaved. Everyone is different. Not all kids are monsters, Glad you've found a happy situation though.
Load More Replies... I work part-time in a café. The little girl of one couple had tried hashbrowns, which she apparently liked. As I walked past their table, she asked her mom if she could have some more of "those French fry noodles. " As they were leaving, a Chick-fil-A van drove past. She yelled, "Look! There's the chicken nugget Amazon truck!" These are now the names I will be using to reference each item.
