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Parenthood is basically a life-long course in crisis management. You learn to deal with stormy tantrums and find the answers for every if and but. And no, they don't give a BA or MA just 'cause you’re good at it.
But it all pays off! You see, kids are full of things we no longer have as grown-ups. It’s brutal honesty and out-of-the-box ideas that turn them into little crazy geniuses. Luckily, these moms and dads have documented the zippy life of raising a kid and shared it on Twitter. Bored Panda has collected the best parenting tweets of April for some much-needed entertainment, which, I can’t say, was spoiling us in this last month. Psst! An extra batch with 30 parenting tweets from March is waiting here.
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The lockdown has put virtually every parent with a kid under stress. Juggling work, homeschooling the kids, and the domestic life can be seriously draining. Bored Panda contacted parenting expert Dr. Laura Markham from Aha Parenting to find out how to maintain sanity during these days. She suggests “paring back your expectations and focusing on the most important things like helping your family stay healthy, supporting your child, and replenishing yourself.”
But it’s not only grown-ups who’re under stress. “Kids feel stressed because their whole world has suddenly changed and because parents are stressed,” explained Laura. It turns out, many children are having a hard time sleeping and they’re disappointed by missing out on all the things they took for granted, from playgrounds to seeing their friends.
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I'm having to relearn everything that we never use in daily life. Like scalene triangles. I assured my son he only needed to retain that info for a minute because it will never be used again. Until he has kids and they need to learn it.
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Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
You fold all your clothes? Interesting concept... Mine is in a constantly rotating pile on/off the coach.
But Laura is positive that lockdown parenting can work. She suggests learning mindfulness to manage anxiety, helping children with conflict resolution skills, and spending one-on-one time daily with each child to strengthen the bond. “You didn't choose this particular marathon. But you're learning something about your own strength and how to support yourself to be your best.”
Most importantly, the parenting expert assures us that “you can come out of this crisis stronger and more emotionally fit.” Your children will look back at this time and say "It was the coronavirus pandemic, but our family had so much fun together; we got closer!" And that’s when you'll realize the lesson nobody asked for was the one we might have needed
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Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
I share your pain. Sometimes sentences have 20 starts and 0 to 1 endings...
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Homeschooling is a nightmare, I can't wait til the kids can back to school. Hopefully in 2 weeks time.
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Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
Kids in a nutshell XD my son insisted his shirt had "back buttons" and was indeed the right way round, then casually changed his shirt not long thereafter for one "he liked better" (and this one had front buttons!)
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
I sometimes say to my daughter "since your already up, can you please turn the light on, or get me a drink etc" lol.
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Amber Medina 5 years ago
I did this to my dad when he was sleeping. He went to the store and wondered why everyone was looking at him so strangely. I was 4
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GenXandEarnedItAll 5 years ago
its the opposite EVERY day for me. Any time my butt hits the terlet seat there is something very pertinent (cheese stick opened) that needs to be taken care of RIGHT NOW!
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Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
Appreciate that sweet beauty of when he's asleep, I do! Also I get my parents to read him a bedtime story on video chat on Fridays, I get 30 mins or so of him chatting away to them
Many parents find that embracing humor and shared experiences can ease the daily challenges of raising children.
For a deeper dive into how social media communities foster connection and provide support, check out this resource on parenting perspectives that highlights the power of relatable content among modern moms and dads.
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Flisey 5 years ago
I didn't think I could home school, ever and then my oldest had way too many troubles with school so I sucked it up and started homeschooling. Then my second oldest fell sick and there was no help for her so I started homeschooling her. AND then my third had issues with school so I now homeschool him. Three kids home all day, every day, never thought I could do it until I did ^_^
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Roadkill TheBrave 5 years ago
If he's that stubborn write an actual contract in words he gets. I had to do that with on of my nephew's. He tried to barter and I'd break out the contract. When he got older he tried to get stubborn at my place one night and I pulled the contract out, showing it to him. He couldn't believe I kept it. I couldn't believe he thought I'd throw that away. We're in re-negotiations at this moment in time.
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I don't know what I would do if they didn't have fortnite. That's my break time. I'm like go play a video game.
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Demi Zwaan 5 years ago
Wow. They love to make math waaaaay more difficult than it is, don't they?
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Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
Yes! Mine took 3 hours to write a 4 sentence journal entry about gravity.
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von Funnyname 5 years ago
it's funny when you say it about your kids... we all know it's our SOs that are sticking the landing with that performance though
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Hanneke Legerstee 5 years ago
Mum, can we go to Mc Donalds? Nope it's closed! I will be sad when this is all over...
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
I have warned my kids that if they ever complain they are bored then I will give them something to do (cleaning).
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
The way maths calculations are done these days boggles my mind. So much different to when I was at school.
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Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
This. My children have now learned the F word and have started asking why I don’t get off my screen when I tell them they need to take a break from any screen.
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Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
Mine draws elaborate trap machines with safety exits only he can operate, in case he falls into his own horrific creation....let's keep these two apart.
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Amber Medina 5 years ago
My friend's daughter, when she was 7, ten years ago, asked if we had color TV in our olden days. We were 25.
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Elizabeth Wilkins 5 years ago
my boy turned 10 Monday. He wanted to look at Motorcycles and said "in 6 years I can drive so I'm just seeing whats out there".......
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Elizabeth Wilkins 5 years ago
I offered my boy ice-cream cones for breakfast monday..... dairy, fruit, grain.
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Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
We used to play a game called the eiderdown monster (an eiderdown is a blanket). Dad would be under it roaring etc, and me and my sister would scream and run around it trying to escape and to get it at the same time. Then one day my sister kicked the eiderdown monster, it went "oh s**t" and promptly died, never to return (apparently my sis hit him right in the wrong place XD)
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Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
Or get out of the car. Because you know they have to gather all the tiny toys they brought, find their shoes, put on said shoes, put down their toys because they need a free hand to hold on to something to hop out, pick out the toys again, drop at least one on the way to the front door....
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TheaterNerd 5 years ago
i thought the cheesecake factory made only cheesecake and candles? Im 13 idk anything ig
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Tania Woods 5 years ago
Add egg, sugar, splash of milk and then fry. Eggy bread. (Sultanas, cinnamon optional)
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Henry Cheves 5 years ago
I know someone who has a kid with three loose teeth, and they can only eat mush or they scream all day about toothaches, but when they eat mush they hate the taste of mush, and I feel sorry for the parents.
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kathryn stretton 5 years ago
Just a shout out to appreciate the mods on bored panda. Saw a few, not many, comments deleted. I presume they were not nice and/or inappropriate. I have never ever seen a very bad comment on here. Mods must act like greased lightning! Thanks. Much appreciated mods.
jon doglegs 5 years ago (edited)
Or people delete their own comments. It happens. Reasons may vary.
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Rebecah Ozuna 5 years ago
After seeing all this....... i'm very glad that Covid wasn't around my childhood. My parents would've kill me as child support's laws came a bit too late for me.
kathryn stretton 5 years ago
Just a shout out to appreciate the mods on bored panda. Saw a few, not many, comments deleted. I presume they were not nice and/or inappropriate. I have never ever seen a very bad comment on here. Mods must act like greased lightning! Thanks. Much appreciated mods.
jon doglegs 5 years ago (edited)
Or people delete their own comments. It happens. Reasons may vary.
Load More Replies... Rebecah Ozuna 5 years ago
After seeing all this....... i'm very glad that Covid wasn't around my childhood. My parents would've kill me as child support's laws came a bit too late for me.
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