Being a parent is one of the biggest and most fun challenges you’ll ever encounter in your lives, dear Pandas. From brimming with pride as your child says their first words one moment to cleaning up spaghetti and meatball stains off the ceiling, being responsible for another human being is as exciting as it is exhausting. And even though everyone’s family is unique, a lot of parents can still relate to each other because the struggles are similar.
That’s where the ‘Parental Humor Memes’ Facebook Group comes in. It’s a community of over 630k members that celebrates the funniest and toughest parts of being a parent. If you have kids of your own or you know someone who does, then these are bound to make you nod and laugh.
Scroll down for some memes that you’ll want to send to all of your parent friends, and for Bored Panda’s interview about being a parent with relationship expert and dad of two, Dan Bacon, the founder of The Modern Man.
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Wow, I know a lot of husbands that need this little placard 🪧 😍
Load More Replies...Thank God (and I do) that I don't have that problem. My mil is an angel who raised a man.
LOL Yesss. If only I was old enough to know all the red flags were red flags I would have left him with his mama.
Either boomer meme("i hate my wife") or helping a spouse through past abuse.
In this house it's my mom. She seems to think she is better than we are at raising our kids. But I am an only child and my bf and I have 3 kids. Also, I am still not in a super great and peaceful place regarding the upbringing I had. So what my mom did will not be handed on to my kids. And she insists so damn hard on giving all this "good" advice. So annoying.
Can I push the little up arrow once for every time I thought this but didn't say it?
That's unnecessarily aggressive. I mean, I personally would appreciate it if people who have children stopped painting all people sans children with the same brush. I don't have children and I don't comment on those who do because its none of my business, I have zero experience and beyond zero interest.
Load More Replies...Founded in January 2021, the ‘Parental Humor Memes’ group has amassed over half-a-million members in just over a year. That makes one thing crystal clear: people are loving the jokes. And there’s no humor without being able to relate to it. We laugh at what’s familiar, after all.
With hundreds of new members joining every single week, the team running the group from behind the scenes insists on everybody following the rules. They’re pretty straightforward and it’s something that you’d expect to see in any major social media group.
My daughter started licking supermarket shelves during a f-ing pandemic.... 🤢
Mine was putting his face on the check writing counter at check out. Legit though he was going to kill us.
Load More Replies...I called my mom after my first was born and yelled at her "You never told me it was 24/7! You never told me I wouldn't be able to sh*t or shower or dress or sleep or . . . " She had the nerve to laugh and say "I thought you knew."
Your had the nerve to pretend you didn't know
Load More Replies...This raises a serious issue, though... there's a LOT of romanticism around maternity, most people only talks about the good side of being parents because complaining about it is frown upon, like if you seriously complain about it, you're a bad parent or you don't love your children... and so, a lot of people go into parenthood with a completely twisted and unreal idea of what being parents truly is... I think, luckily, that trend is changing, today people is more honest about it, and that's causing an increase in childfree people... and that's a good thing!!!
This is by far the best thing I've read on here today. Excellent points, Gabriel!
Load More Replies...Omg at least you don't have to tell your 6yo daughter to stop motorboating you in the middle of the store.
Although impressive in a way I had to tell mine to stop licking her armpits!! 🤦♀️
He prob just read the word without knowing what it meant.
Load More Replies...I hope a six year old doesn't know about that!!!!!! I didn't learn about it till like 12!
Even at 12 I wasn't thinking of sex in that way. I didn't know you could be bad at it until maybe 17 or 18. It's not something a kid wants to think about too much.
Load More Replies...I'd wonder how my 6 year old knows what sex is to the degree that you can be good or bad at it.🤨
Probably thought it was like their test results.
Load More Replies...Tap tap... daddyyyyyyy? How do I draw eyes? Daaaaaddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Look at my drawiiiiiiiiing.... Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddyyyyyyyyyyyyy, Tim took my blue craaaaayooooooon!! *end of the nap*
I came here to say the exact same thing. That trick would last 2 minutes 😆
Load More Replies...Sorry, but that will keep them occupied for about five minutes. Then they'll be peeling back his eyelids to make him pay attention to him again.
I have some tattoos, and made my niece paint some more with felt-tip pens. I was soooooo relaxing, afterwards I had an excuse for a more relxing shower to clean the "canvas" Try it, but choose non toxic pens.
Mine aren't old enough for this yet. The oldest will want to come snuggle with me(which is fine, but she won't sit still) and the youngest will get bored and wander off.
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What’s more, members are asked to post one meme at a time and remain courteous to everyone at all times. There’s no tolerance for bullying. There’s no space for hate speech. It’s as simple as that.
My son reckons he is gonna live with us forever. I will let him believe that.....for now lol.
Sorry, I’ve never understood this thing people have about not being able to wait till their kids are out of the house. I don’t get it. Our eldest son is out, great, he loves living in his apartment. Our other two are still at home, 25 and 19. They can stay as long as they want to, happy to have them here
Yes! I don't get it either, but I bet they will want their kids to come back once they grow old and have no one to help them around. Maybe it's some cultural thing.
Load More Replies...My 4yo old is a big home bird and is glued to his Mum, and I fear he will live in our house until he inherits.
I have a daughter 24 and a son 11. A few years ago I was at a birthday party with my son and I was talking to another mom there. She asked me if I had any other kids and I said yes a daughter (she was 21 at the time)She asked “ well where’s your daughter” and I said “ I don’t know she is 21 and lives with her boyfriend and who knows what they are up to today” the other mom was like “That’s right! They move out!!” She got so happy! She started laughing and saying “he’s going to move out one day “ she might have even clapped a little 😂 it’s like she had never thought about it before !
I’ve moved back in with my mom but now the roles are reversed. I cover about 90% of the household expenses. I prepare and clean up after most meals and I do the majority of the chores and housework. After all my mom has done for me it is the least I can do for her now that she can’t live alone anymore.
My 8yo tried this and I told him he could live next door. He agreed that would be OK. My 9yo shouts from the bathroom, where she's pooping with the door open "I'm gonna live under your bed"
My little sister still lives with our mom at the age of 28 and I feel so bad for my mom. Like, my sister is clean enough, quite enough, et cetera but stinks the whole house up like weed and won't get a job. Like, I would NEVER have sparked up weed in my mom's house so casually, and the couple times I did it was a special event like I was throwing a party or some s**t, then to not even pay bills on top of it... Yikes
You can't hear them and you have a split second to thonk to yourself and all you can say is damn, wtf man
Yup, every time. I can't even close doors anymore because I have 1 dog that goes into destruction mode the minute there's a door between us.
My kids not anymore but my flaming cats are always afraid I may have food in there they aren’t getting - they can even open the door lol
Load More Replies...I have no children, one cat, one bird. If I dare close the bathroom door, I can expect a Siamese howling fit and paws thumping the door, claws out. I cannot imagine having this many needy ones clustered around the door.
My siamese actually puts his claw under the loo door. It is quite threatening when accompanied by a diameter strength yowl.
Load More Replies..."We will starve without your attention, please notice us" - everyone in that picture
"Where's mom" "probably in the bathroom"... "Mooooooooom" (nowhere near bathroom) "where's mom?" "... no"
Load More Replies...Is that tot holding a recorder? C'mon, husband, you're supposed to be on her team. Disarm the kid if you don't want your wife hiding all day.
Pretty sure that's a pacifier on a lanyard hooked to their onesie.
Load More Replies...My 5 younger siblings do this to my mum whichever room she is in, including the bathroom. Separation anxiety I swear
At least there's too little space between the door and the floor for tiny hands or paws!
And I turn around and sit in my chair to not add that I need something also
People have less kids now than in the past, but people also have way more indoor pets, which is almost the same as having a child. "Wow, 5 kids, can you imagine!" says the lady with 3 cats, 2 dogs, and a hamster.
Relationship expert Dan, who is a father of two, told Bored Panda about how to tell if you are ready to have kids, what parenting entails, and why it is important to love patiently.
“Billions of people have had kids when they weren’t ready and managed to figure it out. It’s not easy and does add a lot of work to your daily life when you are young, but it can be done,” he said that it is a challenge, yes, but one that many people can meet head-on.
My Dad said the last time he and Mom had any fun was in 1958. I was born that year... wait? WHAT??
At the first child, you wash, dry and iron the clothes. For the second you wash and dry. Then you just dry them.
An old joke: With the first kid, you see them eating dirt, panic and think about rushing them to the hospital to have their stomach pumped. With the second, you make them spit the dirt out and try to clean their mouth. With the third you watch them eating dirt and wonder whether they'll still need you to make dinner.
Load More Replies...One is hard enough! I can’t even imagine 2🤦🏻♀️
Load More Replies...After 3 boys in a row I learned... to buy all jocks & sox white and the same size … to attach the hand towel to the towel rack, to attach a string to the comb and give each boy a clothing color code. The oldest loved auburn/brown patterns, middle boy loved all greens, the baby loved any blue. It made folding laundry easier.
Omg yes!!!! I raised 5 in one house (only 2 were mine). It really is like trying to control raptors.
And then a long awkward silence broken only by, "Wanna stop for coffee?" Which constitutes an apology.
Load More Replies...It's the perfect opportunity to take some deep breaths, apologize to each other in front of the kids and teach them that real, healthy relationships include disagreements, but also reconciliation and love. Resilience is built, not by successfully avoiding all problems, but by making mistakes and then recovering from them.
I've stopped asking my 4yo if he needs a wee before we leave, as he always says no (sometimes, whilst holding his crotch). I now march him to the toilet.
Always a good idea, even for adults. Just GO before you leave! (Especially important in my household, since my husband is diabetic.)
Load More Replies...And it's always over something soooo stupid. DH and I almost never argue (we can't be bothered, LOL) but I remember one time in the above situation when we fell out over, I kid you not, a dry piece of old liquorice.
Its the stress and pressure. But it is always the dumbest thing, isn't it? Like I never knew I was so passionate about which color socks my kid is wearing until we are ten minutes late, hubby's been MIA the last 15 minutes in the bathroom while I've been scrambling to get us ready, and now he's emerged to help and he's chosen the "wrong" ones. 🤦♀️
Load More Replies...BOTH? My ex NEVER lifted a finger trying to get the kids out the door. Then he'd be angry if we were running late! Did I mention he's my ex? 😊
Now WHY would you let such a marvelous prince of a fellow slip away? (heavy sarcasm) Seriously, glad you unloaded him. You can and should do better.
Load More Replies...Omg this is the truest thing in the entire world. 3 teens in the backseat being just as awkward makes it even better! 🙄
My hubby and I are like this every time we head off to go camping, half the car ride is us not talking.
Camping would have that effect on me. Very much not an outdoorsy kind of girl.
Load More Replies...“When you have a family unit that loves each other, you truly feel like you belong somewhere. Some people already have that feeling because they were born into a great family, but many people don’t come from a close, loving family,” he told Bored Panda that creating your family means that you have a firm support structure.
Such a beautiful portrayal of what a parent does, but I'm getting Trypophobic vibes here
I'm just waiting for wasps and s**t to come flying out. *Shudders*
Load More Replies...This makes me not want to have kids. Anyone here wanna get married and NOT spawn more demons?
Now, if you fill in all of the holes in the parent and have the kid just barely standing up and holding together, you'd have an accurate representation of my mom and my grandmother.
Yes. Thank you! Fully agree 👍 They are such blessings in return.
Load More Replies...This does not seem like a well balanced representation. If you're ending up like dad just so your kid will succeed you're doing something very unhealthy and ultimately just as damaging to your kid as it is to you. Take care of yourself so you can take care of others. And set a good example.
This depends entirely on how you interpret the piece; you can see it either glass half empty or half full. Either you focus on the holes in the father and see it as the absence of something, or you focus on the child and see it as representing how a child is made via pieces of you-- what you teach, the love you express, how you show them how the world is viewed, etc. You can see this both as a negative or positive representation depending on what you see as more important and whether you view the holes as something taken or something given.
Load More Replies...This can also be very negative: how much a child can take out of you. If you aren't ready to be this holed up, don't have a child.
Join in on building the fort.. so you all have a nice thing... and forts are cool
A blanket fort? Hell no just order pizza and sendvthe kids to bed before it arrives
I know this is a joke but my father was actually like this: when I got my driver's license my parents had an extra car, and my dad said "No: I didn't have a car when I was your age." I said "I'm not sure what the lesson is here." And he said "That if I didn't get a car when I was a teenager, then you definitely do not deserve one."
"I didn't get nice things like this so imma ruin yours" is not exactly healthy thinking
That's not what they are conveying here. The kids break all the parents' nice things.
Load More Replies...Before I had kids, I used to hate it when parents would say, "Just wait til you have kids." I now understand.
I still don't understand half the things my mom moaned about, and mine's grown. Pretty sure my mom resents my existence LOL.
Load More Replies...And I just want to be as good an engineer as I was when I was little and building forts where no one could enter. A fort that keeps people away would do so much good, now. A mobile one, maybe. Got to think about it.
When you figure it out please sell them because people like me would love it! The pandemic was awful, but I really enjoyed the social distancing. Lol
Load More Replies...Spoke to my soul! Funny how we want what we can't have, youth in adulting n adulting in youth
“When you have your own family, you find a place where you are loved, needed and belong. You also have an opportunity to create a loving, close family that stays together and has each other’s back for life,” Dan said.
One of ours sat in the Debenhams cafe (a more refined department store, for those not British) at two years old, after knocking over his orange juice, exclaiming "oh, for f.u.c.k.'s sake" loudly and repeatedly.
I dropped a pizza out of the oven once, stood there looking at it, and my 3-year old says, "Say s**t Mom."
Kid understood that some situations just demand it.
Load More Replies...Once I was in a DIY store with my 2 y.o. son. He dropped a huge screw he was holding and cursed very loudly and clearly. Then he looked up on all the men in the aisle with his angelic blue eyes and added: "We don't say that!"
This is hilarious! He said it, but he knew he wasnt supposed to. He basically reprimanded himself. 😂
Load More Replies...My 3 year old son watched his dad work on the car too many times and told my grandpa his car is a "f**king piece of s*it".
One of mine was yelled "bastard" out the letterbox when the amazon man went next door instead of ours, he was waiting for a Minecraft plush toy.
When my first had started talking, we were in the car going out somewhere and there were cyclists ahead of us. “Bloody cyclists” complains our precious little darling. Then we realised she spent too much time in her Granny’s car.
When he was 3 and we were waiting at a red light, he bursts out "f**king H*ll, why wont the light change". Half of me was totally agreeing with him , the other half was horrified.
In the store told my 3 year old NO CANDY he looks up at me and in the sweetest voice said "AWW F**k Mommy".
OK, here I'm definitely the one at fault. Trying to watch my language in a German speaking country, I do try hard not to curse in German. Which leads to incidents like my son at 4 yelling "What the F*CK!" clearly and accent free in public since he's 4. And we've been called to kindergarden, because in those English lessons once a week (this time with "alphabet" as topic) my twins lodly started singing that famous Gayle song A B C D E F U... Complete refrain without errors and accent free. Currently the favorite song of my oldest. Teacher told us my kids did sing error and accent free in English, BUT...
Oh God, how do they sleep in some of those positions scare me. Like Kama sutra has nothing on kids in their sleep.
Kids and cats. Are they liquid? There needs to be a study
Load More Replies...OMFG, yes! After she stays awake long enough to give me several hugs and kisses and tells me, "I love you, " over and over, saying it quieter and quieter each consecutive time until she's whispering almost inaudibly. 😆 Then, once she falls asleep, she seems to somehow grow the extra tentacles... 🤔
One of mine like to spread eagle cross ways everytime, I slept on the little strip where the bed is sew together.
The best is when you are in hotel and have to share the bed and they are now 10 years old and huge and still sleep like a drunk octopus.
how DARE you imply my room is a pig sty! I cleaned it three months ago! 3! threeeeee!
Load More Replies...A walk in the child's room is like going to IKEA: you just go to look around, but you have a couple of glasses, towels and a tray coming out with you.
Bahaha I just made my son nervous and told him I found a pic of him in his room on the internet. Then I showed him this. He wasn't amused.
I told my teenage son his room smells like onions and gym socks. A week later we were at the zoo, and entered a small mammal exhibit. My son exclaimed that the place stank. I said, dude it smells like your room. The zookeeper chuckled, and she said "we call it gym socks and onions". I couldn't stop laughing. She looked at me like I was nuts. In fairness, i am nuts
the irony for me is that a majority of the mess in my room is because my mom uses my room as her personal storage unit
Dear Dan, having your own children does NOT mean that you will get a loving, happy family where you will belong for life. There, BP, I left my opinion in the comments.
“That is an exciting, rewarding opportunity that you simply can’t access unless you have children. That said, I wouldn’t recommend having kids just for the sake of it, or to hopefully make a relationship happier,” the relationship expert warned that having kids is a big step. You have to want to have children for the right reasons.
That's how grandpartens roll - they didn't like yelling either and now can just have fun with the kids
This Nana loves building with Lego and k'nex and filling their sticker books. I also have "Nana's super secret candy stash" that they can chose a piece from. I rarely have to even correct them, so I guess I did something right with my daughter. She's a great parent
Load More Replies...if you raise your kids right you can spoil your grandkids, if you spoil your kids you gotta raise your grandkids
Or emotionally scar your kids for life but whatever their kids get the royal treatment so it's fine right /s
Load More Replies...Well yeah, it's a parent's job to discipline and teach right from wrong. Grandparents are free from the shackles of responsibility. That's the beauty of being the fun aunt/uncle too.
I would LOVE to be a fun uncle! Granted, plenty of those already exist here on BP! I have no clue of your age, Monday, but I can say with like, what 57% certainty, you are either my age, or are already a fun aunt/uncle!
Load More Replies...R. Lee Ermey had actually been a Marine drill instructor, so yeah, good move to cast the guy who'd done the job.
Load More Replies...100%. I was like "Who are you and what did you do with that grouchy bastard that raised me?"
Nope. I can tell you one thing, if my father ever acted towards my kids how he raised me, he would no longer be around my kids.
My Dad had that stare and if it came along with the word Sport. It'd make you shiver. My momma had one too, she'd raise her right eyebrow and if she also bit her tongue, same shiver. We were good kids. My parents could be terrifying.
The chuckle I get from this! Oh the chuckles! My mom would give us the evil eye and I’d literally freeze! I give my son the same look and he looks back at me with outright defiance. 🤦🏽♀️
I'm a mom and stepmom. You bet your butt if I gave that look, my teenage stepsons stop and go "what did I I do wrong?" My 6yo daughter just tries to stare back, then she does what I wanted and goes " you win for now"
Think that's the "Mom-Look". Equally intimidating but probably more frightening with regard to consequences.
Load More Replies...And we thought my wife had selective hearing. She was just going deaf.
“The ‘bundle of joy’ they talk about in advertising campaigns is mostly just a ploy to inspire more people to have children, so they have more customers for their products,” Dan said. “In reality, a baby is more like a ‘bundle of work’ for the first couple of years because it cries a lot, which isn’t fun to listen to and it is also completely dependent on you for everything 24/7.”
"Wife, pregnant, refused the photoshoot, so husband did it because he had already paid"
And quite the story to share (and embarrass said child) in the future. Say, about 14 years after the photo shoot.
Load More Replies...Kid tells teacher that dad is having a baby because his belly is big. Boy or girl. Elephant. Elephant?!? How do you know?!? Cause it's nose is hanging out
Sometimes I feel like that.... Until I remember who my mom is. Then I'm just glad I made it out alive.
OH me TOO...she was the mistress of gaslighting her entire life
Load More Replies...In WW1 the boys dying in No Man's Land, were heard calling for their mums
I lost my mom 11 years ago and I still miss her every single day. Luckily my mother-in-law is amazing and she's always there for me any time I need her.
that's so great, that you have your MIL.
Load More Replies...Yup, I'm in my 30s and I still call my mum when I need her. I needed her 2-3 weeks ago so she took me out to cheer me up and get me out of the house.
I'm 52 and when I'm really down or really ill, the first person I want is my Mum. Mums, if they're great mums, are priceless.
Load More Replies...I'm 47 and still want my mum. Sadly passed 12 years back. Still miss her every day
I feel you. It's been 6 years and sometimes I want to phone call her to tell or ask something and the following second I realize. We are never old enough to get through such a loss.
Load More Replies...I'm so, so lucky in the mom department. My heart goes out to all of you who have or had neglectful or abusive moms. May you find peace.
sometimes i wonder if i have a problem because i just dont feel this connection with anyone
I don't have that connection with my parents, for a lot of valid reasons. When people talk about how much they love their mom or dad, I simply can't understand what that feels like. It's like trying to describe color to a blind person. But, I learned to feel very deep connections with other people. After lots of therapy. Maybe that could help you too?
Load More Replies...My favorite is when my kid is yelling at ME because I won't buy them something (because they were rude), and I'm just calmly paying for my groceries and walking out, and a mom stops her car to tell me what a great job I'm doing. I feel like crying.
We acted right when we were in public. My momma would tear you up right then and there. That was way back when a parent could though. By today's standards she would have been put under the jail.
Oh blow mud. Back in your day you could beat your kids and nobody gave a damn. This isn't something to be proud of. My kids have always "acted right" in public. Because when they were young and misbehaved, I pointed out to them that they're pissing off everyone around us. They learned quickly that their actions affect the people around them. Empathy, not whatever apathy you're shilling toward parents today.
Load More Replies...For me it was calm speaking, although to do so my jaw was locked.. I constantly yelled, so if I stopped they got scared 😈
Load More Replies...My shouty Italian mother never had a problem with shouting in public, nor giving a clip round the earhole.
I have 4 Kids. They're in their 40s now. They have Kids of their own...I don't regret being on the strict side as a Dad. They All completed school. All have Good Jobs. Big Hearts. Good Brains. All Work Hard and Take Pride in Doing a Good Job...Lots of Love and I'm a Proud Dad
I can't bear those who shout at kids in public...the ones who swear at them are even worse! Children need parents to take the time to explain why their behaviour is unacceptable. If that doesn't work then a firm voice whilst looking into their eyes. If that doesn't work, ignore the behaviour and carry on with whatever you're doing but stay calm. Our children learn from us, it's our job to teach them the rights and wrongs. Don't lose your head in public.
exactly, the whole "i got yelled at and i turned out fine" is useless, my mom used that excuse so many times its funny with the fact that shes addicted to weed, and cigarettes (other drugs maybe too) and i was in foster care because she couldn't get her s**t together, and then when she was a teen was so rebellious going out drinking and getting arrested for public intoxication and disturbing the peace
Load More Replies...If you are single and see a parent yelling at their child, your first response is "what the hell is wrong with that parent, that poor kid". If you are married with children, your first response is, "I wonder what that little s**t did to deserve that"...tell me I'm wrong parent.
No it reads 'that parent has lost control and needs to take a few deep breaths' They are ways of telling your kids of in public. This ain't it.
Load More Replies...Patience, in Dan’s opinion, is the key to being a good parent. “If you can love patiently and if you also have a great relationship dynamic with your woman, then you will build a loving, family unit that will then reward you with a lifetime of happy moments and precious memories,” he said.
Lmao this is the one I relate to. Kid has aged me 2 decades. He's only 8.
Omg, I laughed way too much at this. The face you always get after you walk in is priceless. Bet my parents thought the same when I was a kid.
My parents always got so mad at us when we did this on basement tidying night. We were cleaning. We just hated it so we made fun for ourselves while doing it. It was going to be done before bed no matter what
Load More Replies...i was told i was found in a trash can and was mistaken for a massive rat
My son would be thrilled to learn this about himself
Load More Replies...I’m adopted, and let me tell you, sometimes it’s SUCH a comforting thing to know you’re not genetically related to your family.
Lol! I'm also adopted and I agree. Works the other way too, when you find out your adopted family is WAY better than your biological one.
Load More Replies...I told my kids that they are from a baby shop and I can take them back at any time for a replacement if they go wrong. They laughted and said there are no baby shops. Until I drove to a baby shop that had 4 feet high logo on the front. Oh, I wish I could hear once again the silence that followed.
Told my son that he was raised by wolves until he was rescued by the gypsies who sold him to me
My grandmother used to tell me that no one would ever kidnap me and if they did they would pay her to take me back and there wasn't enough money in the world for her to do that. Yeah,she was a terribly abusive person.
I'd joke that birth certs are like receipts and if they don't behave I'll take them to the hospital and demand a refund. There's all these jokes about issues with leaking, making an annoying noise, sleep mode won't work etc.
My mom lied to me when she said I was planned. She told me later that I wasn't and I have no idea why she would lie in the first place lol
“You can still enjoy life without having children, but you just won’t get to experience what it is like to have your own family who truly loves you, needs you, and wants you in their life,” Dan noted that becoming a parent opens up an entirely new dimension to one’s life. However, this isn't to say that someone's quality is life is 'worse' if they end up not having kids. People's definitions of who their family members are can be very different.
parent, changing subject : do you like me t-shirt? 3yo: yes. parent: I di- 3yo: it would look better on me, it looks too small on you cuz ya n-know- you're too fat. parent: I DIDN"T ASK.
Yeah you're right. I'm going to go buy some ice cream. You're not getting any though. Don't want you to not fit your shirt anymore. :B
Mine doesn't so much scream as howl and screech like she's being tortured in the pit of despair. She makes the same sound with one stroke of the brush that one might if someone touched a hot poker to the inside of their thigh.
Load More Replies...I hated getting my hair brushed as well as a kid an today I know this happened because my mother used the wrong brush. I had long, thick hair as a child that would need more care and a special brush. My mum didn't care and it hurt as hell. So mums, if your child has long hair, please try another brush. That could make things a bit easier.
And LEARN how to brush long hair. Start at ends... Work way up.
Load More Replies...Trying to bend a toddler to conform to their car seat and get them buckled while they are angry and crying.
To all the ones who's kids scream: It's because you're doing it wrong. Using the wrong kind of brush. Going to fast. Doing it too hard. You need to do it SLOWLY and in SECTIONS using an appropriately sized and styled brush. Just because it works in YOUR hair most likely means it will NOT work in theirs.
No, I'm doing it right. My daughter is just drama.
Load More Replies...I feel this, with a daughter with long, thick hair. It was a struggle, especially that time she had lice... But cutting it short was not a option in her opinion for years. Only last year she suddenly decided she wanted to have short hair, now she's old enough to care for it herself...
Or when they start screaming at the top of there lungs it hurts when you are barely brisking there hair so you ignore it the then water works and then the softie comes in and you start to baby them and co over them
Øien was my great grandmother's last name(kind of, If I understand Norwegian last names correctly!).
Load More Replies...I'm an older millennial but I learned how to be a teen from Xer's. So my teen years were just spent saying "Nah, f**k it". Never really grew out of that mindset, really. Makes it pretty hard to relate to younger millennials. I wanna see more of that Gen X apathy out of you guys.
The first thing you have to do is....oh well, whatever, nevermind.
Load More Replies...I'm raising a teenager and at the same time, going through menopause. I feel like my wild, near homicidal mood swings make me more sympathetic to my teen's. That's what I tell myself as I'm frantically fanning my face and taking deep breaths. 😂
Oh dear god...3 daughters, now in their 20s (thank God) but getting them there was AHHHH!
So, dear Pandas, which of these memes did you like the most? Which ones did you find to be the most relatable? What do you personally are the biggest challenges that parents have to face? Share your thoughts and feel free to vent about how difficult (but rewarding!) parenting is in the comments.
I do this but with leftover soup water when I'm doing the dishes. Gotta keep it entertaining.
Load More Replies...Not gnna lie, pretending to be a witch as a child and making sink/bath potions was so satisfying!!
I used to do that, except with school lunch. In the U.S., that stuff is inedible.
haha facts thats why i try to pack something edible
Load More Replies...Five tubes of expensive all natural toothpaste went straight down the toilet . . .
Load More Replies...7 bottles of:shampoo, bubble bath, body wash, and crayola color tabs, no longer exist. Bathtub, could be art...
The older two of my three granddaughters - 7 and 6 at the time - found out shampoo makes a LOT of bubbles in the tub when they poured into the running water. My DIL used to wonder why they went through so much shampoo.
With both blue and pink in the mix? How confusing. 😝
Load More Replies...Unless it’s a wedding, funeral, or picture day, I just let it roll. It’s not worth the fight. Go sport your “comfy” clothes buddy. He’ll be into girls soon enough and it’ll matter. 😳😆
Unless he's into boys. Which is when it still won't matter. LOL
Load More Replies...On the left is Richard Madden and Taron Egerton on the right.
Load More Replies...Before kids, I would judge parents for letting them watch TV on their phones at a restaurant. Now, with kids, I ask for the WiFi password before I order drinks.
I'm still judging you if you're letting your little goblin watch Spongebob at full volume without headphones in the restaurant
Load More Replies...I don't judge ones that have kids that are loud or misbehaving when they make honest attempts at controlling them. On the other hand, the ones that ignore their children and let them run around and disturb other guests and act like little social terrorists using the restaurant as a playground... you bet I judge you, you are f*****g terrible human beings. If you couldn't teach your children a modicum of decency in public, and gave up on ever succeeding, you don't deserve to be in public with the rest of us. You deserve to be stuck in your home with the little terrors that you raised, and you have no right to inflict your failure upon the rest of us.
We're all the best parents ever, until we actually become parents that is.😂😂
My husband: Our kids will never be like that. Me: I think you're going to be disappointed...
I dunno man. I've taken care of my niece and nephew. I've watched my friends kids and took them out for the day... It was never very hard to take a shrieking howling child out of the restaurant or other public space. Till they calmed down. Just kinda grab them and... Lead them outside and away from the other people who paid to be there. Too.
I still judge parents who allow their children to get out of their seats to run free in a restaurant. I also judge parents that don't pick up the mess their little one made all over the floor; it doesn't take but a few seconds to clean up instead of treating your server like she's your personal housekeeper.
We take a few cars, crayons, a mini colouring book and notepad out with us and we spend time interacting with him. When food arrives he gets to watch something on the phone whilst he eats, he's eats his food and we get parent time. Not difficult.
I did the same when my son was younger. And when we were with a larger group and it took more time, we went outside between courses and played tag for 5 minutes. The same while traveling: reading stories, playing little games or making puzzles during flights or in the train.
Load More Replies...My kids behave just fine in public. Maybe you just suck at parenting.
Like yeah, maybe I'm not in control but I'm not THAT bad 😁
Load More Replies...LOL My daughter spit in my hand. Nothing was in her mouth. She was just making it look like she was chewing on something.
The Last time I came to my son and said 'Spit that out' he spat 4 rocks in my hand...
Load More Replies...I did this with my first child at my mum's house many years ago, it turned out the thing she had in her mouth was a large chunk of broken glass from a milk bottle that my mother had broken and not cleaned up properly. 😨
Daughter, 1.5 years old, wandering around chewing something. Me asking her "what are you eating?" She opens her mouth to show me. It's the bacon I gave her 40 minutes ago.... She's still chewing it cause there's still flavor in there. A couple mins later she spits it into my hand, because apparently it NO LONGER holds any flavor.....🤷♂️ 🤣
Bedtime is the worst for me. My son will find that time to ask me all the questions he's been pondering that day.
Bwaahaahaa. Teaching, too! "Yes, I see the picture you made of your house.. Please put the lid back on the red marker." "What am I doing? I'm trying to find 'Going on a Bear Hunt' on YouTube right now. Please go wait on the rug." "You have super cool new light up shoes. I like them! And I need you to wash your hands so we can go to lunch." At least I get to send them home....parents can't always escape!
Okay hear me out… I want one of these for myself so I don’t have to get out of bed when I wake up thirsty at 3am because I’ve been snoring open-mouthed and my tongue is all dry… XD
Hey...knock it all you want, people. There are animal products that can double as kid products; water bottles...leashes...catnip...
We all have Contigo travel mugs for night drinks. They don't spill or break, and you can drink from them lying down. Perfect.
Same here. I have water by my bed so I get that my kid also wants to drink at night.
Load More Replies...That would be good for hangovers, for real I like that a lot, my wife on the other hand probably won't be so keen.
This thing makes it harder to get a lot of water, unlike a bottle where they can just down the whole thing. And then wet the bed...
Load More Replies...This is just brilliant. This would allow me to drink a bottle of water at the painfully slow pace that I do (days - always have a bottle of water on the nightstand). And my water wouldn't get tainted like it does when I forget to put the cap on. Yes, I'm exactly like the little girl in Signs.
You're a f*****g genius!! Put some cartoon characters on it and sell them on Amazon!
I have one like this, and one that gets upset at me being angry when I'm just a bit distracted and not watching my tone. The tone shift between the the two takes real skill.
I have 3 my oldest 13 he is all sarcastic tones and that’s how I respond we laugh and move on. Youngest 10 blunt always be blunt she gets it. Now the 11 year old is emotional and gets his feelings hurt constantly. It’s a whirlwind of trying to speak to the right kid in the right tone!!! Lol
Load More Replies...Husband: I don't like it when you yell. Me: Neither do I but NOBODY LISTENS UNTIL I LOSE MY S**T!
Sometimes you have to yell to get through all the other stuff that's overwhelming/overstimulating the kid in order to calm them down. I.E when my son is overstimulated I'll yell his name once or twice to get him to focus on me instead of everything else that's overstimulating him, then I can talk him out of it
Or you could try to get on his level and have him focus on you
Load More Replies...Yeah I told my Dad "They obviously WANT me to yell or they'd listen!" And he laughed and laughed and laughed and . . .
We figured out that our middle daughter would only settle down once we got to the stage of crazy-ape-bonkers. I think it’s because she then knew that we were too wound up go to sleep before her.
My kid, whining about it:. Again ?? This happens every day.. me: yes. Yes it does.
My 5 year old asked "Daddy, why do i have to go to bed every night? It's not fair!" No honey, you GET to go to bed every night. Enjoy that whole it lasts
Load More Replies...I remember when I was a little kid (like 7ish), I was CONVINCED that if I could cling hard enough to the legs of the piano, no one would be able to make me let go, and I would be allowed to stay up past bedtime. My dad would promptly just use one arm to tug me free, pick me up, and haul me off to bed XD
Ya...NO. My 4 Kids knew never to push that button. All 4 moved in as teenagers when I bought a house...There were only a couple hiccups in 13 years. We were involved in Sports together and I coached 25 years. I was always involved in their lives and it made a difference in how I was respected always
Yes it's just like me telling you to wash the dishes.. I didn't ask you to wash the dishes I told you to wash the dishes!!
That's always when mine tell me that they finally want to eat their dinner they have been refusing to eat for they last 2 hours.
Not mine. I say bed time they say "Okay! Night dad, love you!" and that's the end of it.
Later. Kid: I'm tiiiirreeeeed D: Parent: It's okay. You'll find time to sleep eventually. I always manage.
Let me know when your done, as I go about my business.
Load More Replies...Agreed. When I play games with my 4yo, I let him win...but not all the time. He needs to learn that sometimes you lose.
Load More Replies...Gotta teach them young. Sometimes when victory is in your hand, life will rip that s.h.i.t. away with the quickness.
It was my mom who had the tantrum when I handed her the switch hands card.
Wow haha ...Yup just keep smilin' that big ole smile there little fella...Reality bout to pay you a visit lol...BAMM
I love when my friends can pull this off with me. It's always pretty funny! It's like "oh, there's where all the plus 4s went, you sneaky devil!"
I'm a very sarcastic person but I have to be careful of the type of sarcasm I use on my kids because My daughter has ASD and sometimes has issues reading sarcasm and my son still doesn't understand sarcasm.
I have the same situation. I'm incredibly sarcastic, but my stepson has Asperger's and doesn't understand sarcasm. I honestly didn't realize just how sarcastic I was until I had to start watching what I say around him. He also has trouble reading facial cues, but it's made me better at communicating my feelings. I can have the maddest look on my face and he genuinely can't tell that I'm angry about something so I have to explain "I'm upset because..." I've been married to his dad for 8 years now and it has not been easy (especially the teenage years), but it's definitely been worth it. He's a great kid and I love him just as much as the kids I gave birth to.
Load More Replies...I got a call from school because my kid told the teacher he couldn't pick up because he lost his hands in a canoe accident. Please learn from my mistakes. Do better.
I used to think sarcasm was an inherited trait.... then I adopted a child.
My oldest has been taught well in the ways of the Sass. He's still no match for me, but he gets some good ones in. My response is always the same.....he gets a high five and a "Lol, Nice! That was a good one! I've taught you well"
I always threaten to take my son's tablet away, bit it gives me an hour of peace in the morning. It's simply not worth it.
But if you would ACTUALLY take it away once or twice, then you wouldn't have to do it anymore
Load More Replies...Only give punishments that you are going to stick to and follow through to the bitter end, otherwise they will sense weakness and you are doomed.
My 4-year old granddaughter decided to lay down in the walkway in a tourist area & scream because she didn't want to go home. Our dog went over & licked her & she sprang up. The dog is now my accomplice.
Punishing my brother with spanks and cleaning wasn't doing anything at a point, so my mother started to take the game power boxes away. Left the systems. Just took the cords. He learned real fast to listen a bit more
My kids were fighting over what to watch on youtube... so I deleted the app from my phone. Now, nearly two weeks later, they still want to watch aaaaaall these s**t-videos on youtube but they don't throw that huge tantrums about it anymore. Perhaps in a year's time they will have forgotten about youtube on mommy's phone. Perhaps they'll soon learn that dad and granddad still have youtube and they can stream it on the tv. I don't care much, really. I just don't want to have two small kids fighting over my phone about s**tty videos I don't want them to watch. Lol
My husband always tells the kids that their timeout is a punishment for us too. They don't care. 😂
Lol it's your own fault for being a shitty parent and letting them have it in the first place.
I watch my grandsons a lot. I take them to the park, playground, outback and play games with them. Yes, when we're not, they're on the phone's. She looked at me the other day, and says; you need to take their phones! They're on them way to much! I looked at her, and said; that's literally my sanity when they're on them! Not happening! Ps, they both have ADHD, they literally, run through the house, wrestle until they both get hurt, make me pause my show 30 times (it takes me two hours to watch a 40 minute show, and you think you're going to take their phones? Go back to your room.
My kids didn't have a screen untill they were 12. My youngest is 13, he still has a flip-phone. I won't the internet ruin my child. If he wanna ruin himself when he's 18+ years, that's his own decision.
Yep. They need their favourite toys, their new magazine, and that pebble they once found on the way to school.
I'm still that kid and always nervous cause now my " judgemental mum" is every airline i travel with!!
Load More Replies...Seriously! We go to my mother-in-law's house every Sunday to spend the day with her. It never fails that my daughter has multiple bags with books, extra clothes, toys, etc. I tried leaving some stuff at my mother-in-law's house thinking my daughter wouldn't need to bring anything, but then she just wants to bring more stuff anyways. She packs like we're staying a few days instead of the afternoon and evening. Lol.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it doesn't improve once they reach legal adulthood, LMAO
Load More Replies...Oh my god people.. I'm gonna pee myself laughing at all this tonight..just stop lol
My rule is no toys out of the house and no toys into the house ! My kids can’t take their toys anywhere and other kids can’t bring their toys in ! They always get lost !
I was only called mumma a very few times but I nipped that in the bud pretty quick. Not sure why but I can't stand being called mumma. Going through the bruh stage with my daughter at the moment.
I’m pretty sure the evolutionary step past “bruh” is “MO-ther”, with eye-rolling emphasis on the first syllable XD
Load More Replies...Wait til they call you by your first name...kid did it to me ONCE, was like WTF you just call me??
I told my son the only time it is acceptable to call me by my first name is if we get separated in a large crowd. A bunch of people will respond to "mom"; fewer to a specific name.
Load More Replies...I'm halfway through teenage years, but mark my words I'll never be using the word bruh out loud
My daughter does this ALL THE DAMN TIME bruh have you seen my dance shoes like wtf?! 😂
Eh, I call my mom "mommy" around my siblings and in private, "mother" in public and without siblings.
Kids are germ factories. Do not, under any circumstances, let them drink from your water.
its like they regugitate everything in their stomachs every time they drink
Oh, wash back! The first time we took our first out for the day and she was old enough to drink out of the shared water bottle. We had no other water for us. That was . . . interesting.
I chugged down the water from my nightstand water bottle and ended up with a used bandaid in my mouth🤮
Easy, don't give the kid a drink from your bottle, course you'll have to find another water bottle fast.
Same goes for boys. "We can't afford it" translates to my son as "We can afford it in five minutes time".
Or a time bomb with attitude and a 4 course meal in there mouth ready to steal your water and put it in
My 1 and 1/2 y.o. doesn't know about the existence of money so when shopping she's like a little cleptomaniac...😂❤️
Lol - mine - besti can we go to Satrbucks , can we go here and there and every where.. And when she was like 4 and we would run a few erronds she would cry unless we went 4 more places before we went home lol didnt matter where she just liked to go places and spend money lol 😂
Being friends with me works like this too, except I don't ask you to buy me things
As a Verizon employee, seeing new parents with 20,000+ photos during a transfer has become commonplace
Mine is but it's pictures my son has taken while he plays pokemon go.
My record is using only 3 for poop. And...it wasn't solid😎💅
I just love how much Kevin Hart can say without ever saying a word 🤣🤣🤣🤣
If it was that bad I used the showerhead to clean them up! Unnecessary to waste a lot of wipes if you have had a diaper blowout!
Definitely that way in my house, but I'm not the one that has gotten pink eye, twice. I just think wipes are cheap enough to justify my "overuse".
My husband couldn't even change a stinky diaper without almost throwing up lol
Yup, can't even begin to count the amount of times I had to tell my kids that I'm not a jungle gym.
Fun fact, when they were younger, I told my nieces and nephew that I was not in fact a jungle gym. After that, whenever they came over they would address me as "jungle gym" and scream "yay" as they ran towards me.
Load More Replies...My 2.5 year-old can say "Mummy is a climbing frame" in English AND French (she's bilingual and has translated my complaint "I am not a climbing frame" for her own use!)
I actually loved this part of being a parent. When I taught my son how to walk on my back, it was glorious. He had fun doing the Snoopy dance on my back, and I got a nice massage.
I've been climbed on, divebombed and crashed into so many times, I'm surprised I don't have more bruises.
My goodness, the times when you're kneeling on the floor and as you go to get up your children decide to stand on your calves.
you only think it's decent for the first 100 or so renditions.
Load More Replies...NOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOO! NOW IT'S STUCK IN MY HEAD! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
Load More Replies...IF I FIND YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU A HUG! AAH, SCARY, HUGS! /s
Load More Replies...I seriously must be the only person on earth who hasn't heard this or baby shark and I've never seen frozen....lucky or strange? 🤔
Daughter adds to this by saying if you take the cl out of class you're basically saying the A word. Fml.
We dont talk about bruno no no no! We dont talk about bruno..but it was my wedding day (it was our wedding day)
We were getting married and there wasn't a cloud in the sky! (No clouds allowed in the sky)
Load More Replies...WDTAB and Let it Go get annoying, but they're overplayed for a reason: They're great songs written by great composers sung by great actors. If people enjoy it, let it play!
Not a dad. But nerf guns are my favorite toy.. I tried to make my own dart launchers with knex and legos. Made a cross bow that is cheaper and better than all my other nerf products.
Load More Replies...My sons and I bond through rough play. My wife bonds with them by attending to the grazes they got from said rough play.
My dad made rubber band guns. He and my brother spent hours attacking each other. Being a pain baby, I wouldn't go outside while the rubber band war was going on.
Omfg I need this so bad!!! And I'm a mom! Not gonna lie I love shooting my kid and cat with a nerf gun safety 1st tho
Lol they have it coming. This is how you deal with tiny terrorists!
Why is that? They could be content, watching TV, colouring. The moment you're on the phone "MOM! MOM! MOOOOOOM! WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? I'M HUNGRY."
Kids can ignore you all day but the minute you pick up the phone they need you like they've never needed anybody before.
Y E S I wil l NO DO NOT PICK That UP, get b ac k to u L a t er. Hang up phone and everyone freezes in place with the look I give them.
As a student, yes. My classmates are all 3 monkeys in trenchcoats and i get pretty annoyed. With this idea they get what they deserve
yeah, that's kind of a wild form of helicopter parenting. >_>
Load More Replies...As soon as they're asleep, whatever horrible things they did just melt away because they look like angels.
Mine doesn’t give a s**t about being the fun mom but she works really hard to make experiences and at her job works very hard and and I love her, but she can be scary AF
your kid is insane! always get a cake shaped like a spider or roach so they don’t eat it
Until next time. That kids got you wrapped around his little finger. Sucker lol.
Yeah, I've had that reaction from my kid when I've denied him goodies. I'm so used to it now, I don't give it any thought.
100% accurate. My first son was an angel. Always listened, didn't get in any trouble, picked up after himself, and willingly donated his old toys to kids who were less fortunate. 14 years later I met my husband and we had 2 more kids who are now 4 and 5. I love my children, but they're like a tasmanian devil and a tornado rolled into a cute little body.
This is what my mom said about me and my brother I was firstborn lol
My second was much easier, my first was the difficult one. Also breaking stereotype- my son is the more difficult child.
Silence from the other room is the scariest thing when you have a toddler.
WARNING gross factor. I will never EVER forget the day my daughter vomited chewed up chunks of hotdogs all over the couch. The small was revolting. I had to take the couch cushions outside and spray them with a hose. Fill up the bath with water and laundry detergent. Put the whole cushions in there and soaked over night. Repeated that process except with just water to rinse the cushions. Rung them out as best as I could and laid them on top of our hills hoist to dry.
Had a similar experience with my son but he had been drinking strawberry milk with his hot dog. It was horrid! This happened when he was about 3 and he is now 20 and will still not eat hot dogs to this day!
Load More Replies...Yeah I can remember one time my little brother was sick so I put my favorite dolly right next to his crib so he'd feel happy mom told me it wasn't a good idea I didn't listen and he puked all over her I can't forget that day. You're missed favorite dolly R.I.P
Saw a brat vomit after eating a giant bag of marshmallows. That was definitely a highlight of my life. Now I'm talking legitimate sociopath kind of brat. He struggled to vomit the contents of his stomach. It was definitely a few seconds longer than necessary which surely felt like an eternity to him. It looked like a giant snake. He'd pigged out on the entire bag he was instructed to share with his brother. Serves him right. Karmic justice.
This is why I say "sugar plums and candy canes" :) Because I almost did swear and that's what came out
Bought a 9 kilograms machine. Had a 5 kg before. Saved my life and mental health.
Sigh...I kinda miss the fake lashes and fresh blow out days. No room for that while raising a one year old
I've done the school run in pj's more times than I care to admit with zero shame.
I never did that $#!+. I've always been the girl who checks the mailbox at 5pm in my bright purple fuzzy PJ bottoms, a random t-shirt, *maybe* Crocs if I need to protect my feet, and serious bedhead/Alfalfa hair in 3 different directions. I am 110% WYSIWYG.
The 'why' and the arguing. "I don't have to wear a seat belt because if we get in a accident I'll grab onto the door handle really quick and I'm really strong". Godsdammit put on your seat belt or I am mailing you to preschool in a frakking box.
Load More Replies...Yeah you think it's all over terrible twos are gone but guess what they've got the biggest mouth now they'll back talk you and bite and spit and tell all your secrets to a total stranger! So fun
You either get terrific 2s and terrible 3s that lead to fearsome 4s... or you get 2 years of terribles and fabulous 4s... if you get 3 years then... I say return the kid it's broken
When I was young coming out of the pool, my mother made a normal size Hotdog and cut it in small pieces... Oh happy days!
Kinda like those radio contests: "for every time you say it in ten seconds, you get a cookie."
Not parents everywhere. Besides when my daughter was a baby and for only a month, co sleeping was not for us.
Yeah, my son kicked too much for either of us to be okay sharing a bed. Plus he's aleays been one of those people that sleeps a lot better when he's just left alone.
Load More Replies...If the husband is like me, at the first non-ring, he'll pack up and get back home empty handed!
Lol. In case anyone honestly questions this it's technically 3% milkfat.
Load More Replies...Lol, when my husband goes grocery shopping with a list I prepared for him, we always jokingly bet how many times he's going to call me (usually 2 or 3) 😁
So my husband isn't the only one who can't follow a simple shopping list without ringing home?
Simple? This list is just about impossible lol
Load More Replies...I use to have a friend that would yell at her kids while talking to me on the phone. Me: I'll let you go. The last time she told me to hang on a minute she never came back to the phone.
amateur! i don’t have kids but you need to hide them at the bottom
Amateurs. You never, and I mean NEVER just scrunch it and chuck it in the bin. Tear it into smaller pieces, mix it in the the rubbish, tie the bag and then put it in the big bin the night before bin collection day. Or after you have collected a stash, have a small bonfire whilst they are at school lol.
LOL I'm just like "Do you still want this? It's very good but we can't keep everything."
Get a paper shredder, they're pretty cheap now. Shred it and then toss it. They can't recognize it that well as confetti pieces lol
Yes and despite vowing never to be like your parents you end up saying this to your own.
They learn pretty quickly that you aren't gonna follow through on it though 😂
Load More Replies...Parents told me this. I say there isnt a reason to cry and just use your words. Also if it's a head injury crying makes blood rush to the head and worsens the injury. My kid rarely cries because she knows there isn't any good reason to cry... this way when she does cry I know something is horribly wrong. Like an almost broken arm; my MIL ignored her crying and said she was fine but was swollen 2x the size of her wrist. Nice hairline fracture.
"Look I was abused and turned out fine so it's perfectly acceptable for me to turn around and take a belt to my kid because I don't like his attitude and I'm only going to spank him". Please, get some therapy.
Load More Replies...I quite like it. My signature thing is dresses with sneakers. I didn't even realize that was my thing until someone pointed it out to me. Sneakers are comfy as heck and dresses are like long shirts. Y'know what that means 😏 NO PANTS! 🥳
Load More Replies...Do you guys don't own a bucket? Like for cleaning?! My mom always gives me the cleaning bucket for puking. It's made of metal so the splashing sound echoes soooo beautifully! (Yeah, I know. I'm disgusting...)
Solution- dollar store bucket. I've kept one as a puke bucket for most of my life.
Because then you'll have two bowls that will inevitably be used for both puke and popcorn. At that point it ceases to be efficiency and becomes a redundancy.
Started to use Tupperware type boxes in the car because they have a LID! Revolutionised car journeys not having to hold an open bowl of barf while my husband looks for a lay-by.
This was me last week. Every. Damn. Day. In my kids defense she did break her elbow...but still!!!
Yeah, my son's in the school's special needs program. He often gets in trouble for bullying his fellow students. I don't know where or how I screwed up, but here I am. The teacher has mastered telephone intros- it's either "This is not a good phone call" or "Nothing bad, just wanted to let you know XYZ.". Me & my anxiety appreciate the thoughtfulness.
I don’t answer and hope that they ring their dad. Please don’t tell him.
Um bored panda, vagina is medically correct term for a common body part in at least 50% of the human population. It really, sincerely, truly is not a dirty word.
yep, that's exactly what he wrote: it isn't a dirty word. And I quite agree with the writer that it isn't a great choice of name for a hamster.
Load More Replies...I love how there's no issue with va-jay-jay or other nonsense words made up to hide the sexual nature of the human body but you can't say the clinical term. Seriously, it's a vagina.
Going to a restaurant with a friend and our very small children. Both my friend and I were very keen that our little ones had healthy food and drink (while we could still control it!). We're asked if we'd like drinks first and my daughter says confidently "yes please, I'll have a diet Coke". I'm about to say 'no she won't, she doesn't have aspartame' when my friend's daughter chimed in "and I'll have a white wine".
Me in this situation: fine, I'll eat it. *starts to grab food* My little sister: (either "ok fine whatever" or "WAIT")
At least its outside, I once opened a butter tub out the fridge to find loads of ladybirds inside, not horrid I agree but still....
Would the gentleman from the photo on the right please make an appointment with his primary care doctor, as soon as possible...
I've actually started putting most of the kids stuff together for the past 2 years. I'm getting good on the Allen keys lol, jk. I have used other tools too.
I think I've put all of the Kids things together - wokring on a swing at the moment. Dads done nothing... (Oh, he drilled a hole in the ceiling, because I wasn't strong enough to get enough pressure build up).
Load More Replies...When my kids were toddlers they were like that. Every single time. I'd pretend I was warming it up and then they were fine. I have no clue why but it worked lol
Load More Replies...This is me with my cats lol. But children are much more creative with their destruction 😂
I loved my SIL's pearls of wisdom: Pets are better than kids. If your pets have offspring, you can SELL THEM. 🤣
Load More Replies...ummmm why are ppl downvoting ur comment do they not appreciate how they were born and how your child was born!?!
Load More Replies...Yeah, I got this one over my kid- 11lb 4 and screamed "they will be buying me a present every birthday they have!" Whilst in labour.
Holy moly... You definitely deserve those presents. My biggest was 8lb 14oz. I can't even imagine 11lb. You're a trooper!
Load More Replies...Hmm, papercut or childbirth? Is there another option?
I was 6 lbs 6 ounces, but my twin was 6 lbs 7 so my mum basically had a 12 lb baby split into two pieces. Good thing the twin got stuck and the performed a C-section - she was supposed to be born first but I was on top so I’m now the older twin 😎
I asked my teenagers what a Yeet Machine is whilst hey were having supper. Five minutes later I've had to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre on my son and my daughter is wiping spilled milk off the floor. I never knew I was so hilarious.
For anyone who hasn't learned yet, "yeet" is to throw.
Load More Replies...I used to do all of these. I still do them, just to myself. Yet I can never remember where the charger is...
thats my partner in a nutshell, do I blame him or his mother? They both seem to refuse to take ownership. Now it feels like its my fault somehow, but I only met him 7 years ago. What about the years prior??
Yeah my mom would be like if he/she wakes up don't get up stay completely still and ignore them they'll fall back asleep.
When we both discovered WhatsApp for the first time, my mom I were stunned at how fast you could answer. I made a little mess in the kitchen while she was on her eay to work. Starting with: "Mom, something happened..." I wrote a large amount when she wrote: "What happened???!!!" So I sent what I had written so far and wrote further because the story was long. After a minute or so she hat read my message and was very worried. So I sent was I had written in the meantime... It got FIVE messages to explain a thing I planned explainig in one long thing...
"My 7 year old is sooooo lucky I have a sense of humor! Mom of the year award go to me!!!"
I have all boys and they all have very long eyelashes but even when I've dressed them head to toe in blue or obvious "boy clothes" I've been asked either "boy or girl?" "What's her name?" Or "how old is she?"
Hey babies’ gender isn’t always obvious and these days a lot of people are ditching the idea that only boys wear blue and only girls wear pink! I’ve asked “boy or girl” before just because I want to say “he/she is so cute” and ask them questions about him/her and not offend the mother, didn’t realize that was annoying! 😅 I mean I guess we could all use “they’re so cute” instead, that definitely does the job too. Or “it’s so cute” but I don’t think moms would like that haha, I wish English was one of those languages with neutral pronouns so we could eliminate the whole gender pronoun problem!
Load More Replies...children can be boy or girl or in between (whatever they choose) and boys can wear ponytails
I even pierced her ears and she liked frou-frou dresses, but people would tell me what a lovely boy I had. She didn't have enough hair to cut until she was FOUR.
Lol I grew up with obsessively clean parents (and grandparents) and I am devastatingly messy. I have no idea where I learned it from.
I will always remember the day my kid asked for a "banana" instead of a "manana".
It's "pepper-ONLY" pizza, not "pepperoni". We still call it that to this day in my house. Heh.
Apparently one of my first words was “raymim bread” (raisin bread). I still ask my mum for raymim bread :)
My brother considered the possibility of adopting in the future. Until I had my kids and he realised how messy and loud they were. He doesn't cope well with loud noises or getting dirty.
As far as I know my brother isn't in jail...he did do a criminology degree though...
Almost every kid I know/knew including me and me and loads of others have never been to jail.
I did this and I've worked at a prison for almost 30 years, does that count?
Load More Replies..."You can still enjoy life without having children, but you just won’t get to experience what it is like to have your own family who truly loves you, needs you, and wants you in their life” Yeah, ok. But there are different definitions of "family", and other experiences I can make by NOT having kids.
Yep! However, you are wrong that childless people don't experience having many people in their lives who love you, need you and want you in my life. You are correct that there are different types of family. In my life a few of them are family, but most are not. But we just don't experience that from children. We have full lives though. I'm not childless by choice but it's my path. It doesn't mean our lives aren't fulfilling.
Load More Replies...I'm not a parent but I admire what you all go through! Parenthood takes balls!
My question is why did adoption still destroy my body? Is a solid diet of fruit snacks, gogurt, and Oreos found on the floor not as healthy as I thought?
Most of these is me dealing with my brother but kudos to you parents who have to deal with all this drama and sleepless nights while trying to raise kids right
Why can I empathise even tho I'm not a parent?!? I'm 15 lol. I think it's because of having 2 younger cousins who are both boys lmao
So no hate, I just hope someone that is thinking about having kids sees this. I have a daughter and a son. They're good, respectful kids and I'm very glad we had them. They're adults now and even though we've all had to work on things, we're a team. It is possible.
As a dad I agree with all and I suspect most feel rubber the same, I wouldn't trade one minute of it, that is now that their grow n out the house and off my payroll.)
No children here at 37, can I get a "hell yeah!" My dogs and cats keep me bust enough and feeding and vet care is enough. They also let me, sleep, take naps, eat ice cream tubs without crying at me for some, take a hot bath, oh and they absolutely love me to death. I'll be just fine without hell spawn thank you.
"You can still enjoy life without having children, but you just won’t get to experience what it is like to have your own family who truly loves you, needs you, and wants you in their life” Yeah, ok. But there are different definitions of "family", and other experiences I can make by NOT having kids.
Yep! However, you are wrong that childless people don't experience having many people in their lives who love you, need you and want you in my life. You are correct that there are different types of family. In my life a few of them are family, but most are not. But we just don't experience that from children. We have full lives though. I'm not childless by choice but it's my path. It doesn't mean our lives aren't fulfilling.
Load More Replies...I'm not a parent but I admire what you all go through! Parenthood takes balls!
My question is why did adoption still destroy my body? Is a solid diet of fruit snacks, gogurt, and Oreos found on the floor not as healthy as I thought?
Most of these is me dealing with my brother but kudos to you parents who have to deal with all this drama and sleepless nights while trying to raise kids right
Why can I empathise even tho I'm not a parent?!? I'm 15 lol. I think it's because of having 2 younger cousins who are both boys lmao
So no hate, I just hope someone that is thinking about having kids sees this. I have a daughter and a son. They're good, respectful kids and I'm very glad we had them. They're adults now and even though we've all had to work on things, we're a team. It is possible.
As a dad I agree with all and I suspect most feel rubber the same, I wouldn't trade one minute of it, that is now that their grow n out the house and off my payroll.)
No children here at 37, can I get a "hell yeah!" My dogs and cats keep me bust enough and feeding and vet care is enough. They also let me, sleep, take naps, eat ice cream tubs without crying at me for some, take a hot bath, oh and they absolutely love me to death. I'll be just fine without hell spawn thank you.
