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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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.
The administrators running the page ask that members post only relevant memes. If it has nothing to do with parenting, the post won’t get approved. Sure, the meme might be great, but it might belong in another awesome group’s feed.
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.
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.
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.
At the first child, you wash, dry and iron the clothes. For the second you wash and dry. Then you just dry them.
“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
Before I had kids, I used to hate it when parents would say, "Just wait til you have kids." I now understand.
“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.
“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.
“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"
Sometimes I feel like that.... Until I remember who my mom is. Then I'm just glad I made it out alive.
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.
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.
i was told i was found in a trash can and was mistaken for a massive rat
“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.
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.
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...You don't bring small children to restaurants. It's selfish, rude and totally inappropriate. If you wanna go out for dinner, you get a fakking babysitter. I'm a father of 2 boys. I would NEVER subject others to their mayhem in a restaurant. Anywhere in a public place is fine, they don't HAVE to sit on that particular park bench... But if theyre in a restaurant waiting for their order, they can't really leave, you're the one who's intruding. Have some fakking respect.. The world doesn't revolve around you and your children just because YOUR world does.
My oldest was told he had to eat the broccoli, he normally likes it but was wanting to only eat chicken. He proceeds to shove the largest floret into his mouth. Attempts to swallow it and throws up on the table... Like... There's nothing to do there. Good or bad parent, you can't predict that the first time they do it...
Just do like what my parents did with my brother. Put them in the car, stay outside while they have their tantrum from you telling them to be quiet in the restaurant, and check once everything calms down. Sometimes it's just overstimulation, and that screaming and such just needs release. If you don't wanna seem cruel, do a race! That also brings better bonding too.
I don't judge the parents at all. I look at the child and the way it's acting and think "you ungrateful little s**t".
My kids learned early to behave in public because, no matter where we were or what we were doing, if they threw a tantrum, we left. I was not about to subject innocent people to that. I can literally count on one hand the public meltdowns my two had. So I do judge.
LOL My daughter spit in my hand. Nothing was in her mouth. She was just making it look like she was chewing on something.
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
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.
My kid, whining about it:. Again ?? This happens every day.. me: yes. Yes it does.
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 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.
Yep. They need their favourite toys, their new magazine, and that pebble they once found on the way to school.
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.
Yup, can't even begin to count the amount of times I had to tell my kids that I'm not a jungle gym.
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."
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
Until next time. That kids got you wrapped around his little finger. Sucker lol.
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.
Sigh...I kinda miss the fake lashes and fresh blow out days. No room for that while raising a one year old
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.
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
Yes and despite vowing never to be like your parents you end up saying this to your own.
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...)
This was me last week. Every. Damn. Day. In my kids defense she did break her elbow...but still!!!
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".
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.
This is me with my cats lol. But children are much more creative with their destruction 😂
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.
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.
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 will always remember the day my kid asked for a "banana" instead of a "manana".
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...
"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.
Why would you read through this entire thread if you don't agree with the premise of it? Parents blowing off steam through sharing memes is actually a pretty healthy way of dealing with the struggles of parenting. Dark humor as a coping mechanism. It's the people pretending everything is perfect with their families that I'm more afraid for.
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.
Why would you read through this entire thread if you don't agree with the premise of it? Parents blowing off steam through sharing memes is actually a pretty healthy way of dealing with the struggles of parenting. Dark humor as a coping mechanism. It's the people pretending everything is perfect with their families that I'm more afraid for.
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