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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.

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You fold all your clothes? Interesting concept... Mine is in a constantly rotating pile on/off the coach.

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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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Homeschooling is a nightmare, I can't wait til the kids can back to school. Hopefully in 2 weeks time.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine habitually calls himself Garfield and demands lasagna at least every two weeks (+leftovers for the freezer)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But take away the video games my mom made us go outside everyday.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For a second I forgot crowbars were a thing and I was like...? A bar for hitting crows, a bar for crows to stand on, or a bar where crows go to drink?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This has become my house, at a point now where food is food, no matter what time of day it is. We had cake for breakfast this morning 🤷

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Questionable parenting aside, who goes hiking in Reebok Classic Hi-tops? Ah, the 90s...

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The are called "princess". I worked in the shoe department at Sears in the '90's. Some people would only wear them.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

playing hot potato with a baby. that is messed up but oddly satisfying.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would rather toss the kid over, than try to jump with the kid throwing off your center of balance.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It REALLY happened!! Baby is now 25 years old. https://www.patagonia.com/stories/where-she-landed/story-72148.html

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Some women may hate patriarchy, but love the alimony. Yay, pay for the sin of getting laid!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow. They love to make math waaaaay more difficult than it is, don't they?

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Yes! Mine took 3 hours to write a 4 sentence journal entry about gravity.

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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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Mum, can we go to Mc Donalds? Nope it's closed! I will be sad when this is all over...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I told my kid I have a black thumb, and then he told my partner I have a "death hand..."

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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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The way maths calculations are done these days boggles my mind. So much different to when I was at school.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I offered my boy ice-cream cones for breakfast monday..... dairy, fruit, grain.

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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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i thought the cheesecake factory made only cheesecake and candles? Im 13 idk anything ig

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Add egg, sugar, splash of milk and then fry. Eggy bread. (Sultanas, cinnamon optional)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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