It’s that wonderful time of the month when Bored Panda presents the very best, the funniest, and most out-there parenting posts shared on Twitter. Put your giggle-hats on, grab a big pack of popcorn, and get comfy—you’re about to have a heck of a time that will make waiting for the weekend much, much easier. And if you’re a parent, some of these situations might sound a bit too relatable.
Remember to upvote your fave parenting tweets from November as you scroll down. And, if you’re parents yourselves, dear Pandas, we would absolutely love to hear the funniest things that have happened in your household recently. You can find more of our hilarious posts about parenting right here: October, September, August, July, May, April, March, February, and January.
Bored Panda talked about parenting, staying positive in the face of dastardly challenges and everyday adversity, and how trying to be a ‘perfect’ parent can actually do more harm than good with parenting expert and author of ‘The Work/Parent Switch,’ Anita Cleare.
“Trying to be a perfect parent is bad for children and bad for parents because it sets everybody up to fail. Research shows that ‘good enough’ parenting is best for children,” Cleare told Bored Panda. Read on for the full interview!
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The founder and director of the Positive Parenting Project, Cleare, told us what exactly ‘Good enough’ parenting means and how it directly relates to increasing kids’ independence.
It’s all about “getting it right most of the time but also failing your children in ways they can handle—so that they gradually increase their independence.” Cleare said, “Great parents make mistakes but they try to learn from them (and not to repeat them too often!).”
I keep mine on door knobs around the house. I buy a pack of idk 30 or so every few months. When they all disappear I start over.
When I was trying to teach my son to share I made the mistake of saying “sharing is caring”. Now he says it to me all the time like if I have a choccy and he asks for some, I will say no but then he will come back with “sharing is caring” lol.
Juggling work and family life can be exhausting, especially for new parents who are running ragged trying to get everything done without any breaks. And sometimes, it can feel like the walls are closing in on you and nothing can go right.
Cleare stressed that it’s vital for parents to look after themselves. Especially in moments like those.
“Putting yourself last is not good for you or for your kids. Even when you are really busy, try to find regular 5-20 minute breaks in your day when you can relax, practice some mindfulness, or do something joyful,” she told Bored Panda.
Cleare pointed out that parents can maintain a positive mindset by ending each and every day by being grateful. She suggested that they identify and think about 3 things that they’re glad to have in their lives. “Looking for the positives really does increase positivity.”
And having more positivity in life can make you more likely to tweet about the hilarious (and sometimes messy) things that happen in your family life, like the parents in this post.
It only gets easier once they reach adult hood and move out of home.
My parents tried enticing me to use the potty by putting some maltesers in and sitting my bear on top. They were telling me that my teddy had used the potty and showed me the contents when I exclaimed excitedly “CHOCOLATE” whilst grabbing the maltesers and eating them.
I cannot understand why parents give treats to encourage potty training. We didn't and the kids picked up on the idea anyway and were completely potty trained day and night at two and a half, 4 months sooner than my neighbour's kid who triumphantly bought his first poo in a pot to my front door, accompanied by his mum.
Kids can have constipation. Worth checking with their doc (if/when safe). One of mine had difficulties. Apparently the kid described has a control issue. Not bowel, but parental. It’s tough to figure out whether they’re struggling or crafty. This one is crafty. Side story (not poop related): I put one of mine in “time out” - she insisted that she do her “time” in a broom closet - when her time was up (not long), she’d taken her full body fleece footed jammies off and put them back on - inside out. I couldn’t be mad. I don’t think she ever did time out after that. The whole point being - can’t have fun or play. Welp, she had fun and played. No toys, food, tv or videos required. I was so impressed with her imaginative spirit. Nearing 30 nothing has changed. Love.
Mine did the same, but her bribe was watching a video of Cinderella...still have that movie memorized and she's 27 now...
Our doughter (2) loves pooping, whereever. My elder son made us some quite delicious meetballs. She watched her dish in excitent and said: "kakka" (poop!).
Are you really all that sure your parents were telling you the truth when they said they were Maltesers?
my parents did something like that too.... except it was with money, I WAS RICH BACK THEN
Clever thinking, when your house gets robbed, no thief will ever think of looking in your kids room for valuables.
One year my little sis was obsessed with getting a pregnet cat that could have babies. My parents looked everywere to find it thinking that she made it up but it was there on amazon. When she opned it up on christmas she was very exited and screaming and yelling.
I have accidently mixed my dogs name and my sons name together to create a new name.
Pony with a golden saddle, and Hermes bag, a rose gold ipad, a nail stamper, and a glitter puppy?
This sounds like a terrible education, unless you are studying bushes
Note: this post originally had 81 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
I still cant believe that I cant watch a movie since Ill get so distracted but these are so funny that I can read through all 81 of them. When will 2020 be over???
Soon I hope- sometimes I forget it’s 2020 and think it’s almost the end of 2050- CUZ THATS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
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I'm childfree too, but that's no reason to be smug.
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I still cant believe that I cant watch a movie since Ill get so distracted but these are so funny that I can read through all 81 of them. When will 2020 be over???
Soon I hope- sometimes I forget it’s 2020 and think it’s almost the end of 2050- CUZ THATS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
Load More Replies... I'm childfree too, but that's no reason to be smug.
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