There can never be too many parenting tips for any types of parents, fresh or seasoned because you're raising a damn human being after all. And with a task requiring so much responsibility, no advice is better learned than through a process of tedious trial and error. While everybody tries to convince you that being a parent is one of life's most beautiful and rewarding journeys and nothing can replicate the joy of creating and nurturing a new life and watching it blossom, the bitter truth is that dealing with crazy kids on a daily basis is not all sunshine and rainbows.
There are guaranteed to be occasions when your little angel's halo slips, to reveal the spawn of Satan within. This list of parenting memes and funny fails while trying to raise a decent human being, compiled by Bored Panda, will have parents nodding their heads with a wry sympathy, as the moments in these funny photos sum up what kind of epic fails often come with being a parent. Scroll down below to check the funny kids and distraught parents out for yourself, and don't forget to vote for your faves!
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"I Went To The Bathroom And Forgot To Shut The Door"
Momming Ain't Easy
"Mom, He's Too Hot And He Needs A Fan." Imagine Waking Up To This
I Heard This Kid Yelling For His Dad At Lowe’s, I Went Looking For Him And...
Bring A Toddler To A Wedding They Said, It Will Be Cute They Said
My Friend Got Tired Of His Kids Losing The Remotes
Sometimes You Get A Playpen To Keep The Kid Out
Don't Let Your Child Use Your Laptop
Daughter’s First Camping Trip. This Is How She Wakes Me Up At 6:15 In The Morning
Kept Track Of How Many Times My 3-Year-Old Asked Me “Why?” In One Day
Actual Photo Of Me Waiting For My Daughter To Finish Her Homework
Toddler Gets Ahold Of Lipstick
Son To My Wife: "Mommy , Let's Play Army Guys. You Can Be This Guy Because He's Vacuuming."
My Cousins Had A Paint Party At Their Daycare And Now They Look Like A Cartoon Character When A Bomb Explodes
I Fed My Kid Real Food For The First Time
Have A Baby They Said... It Will Be Fun They Said.... (Decibel Meter For Reference)
Holy c**p that's loud! 85dB is the noise level when the ear hairs cell gets damaged, making you slightly deafer. At the moment, that baby is as loud as a nightclub! XD
Motherf**ing 3-Year-Olds
I Am A Lawyer, My Son Told Me He Had To Tell Me Something, But First Wanted Me To Sign This
Baking & Prepping For Her 1-Year-Old's Birthday Party
We Got These Bathroom Doors Because We Thought They Were Trendy. That Was Before We Had A Toddler
But then literally anyone can see you on the loo. And you can see all your guests on the loo. Bit weird no?
My Wife Cutting My Daughter's Skirt Out Of A Scooter Axle On Mother's Day
My 4-Year-Old Found Permanent Markers And Is So Proud That He Is Now Darth Maul
One Picture Has Never Encapsulated My Life As A Parent More
“Mum, I’m Going To Boil An Egg To Have On Toast” Me Yelling Back From The Bathroom “Just Give Me A Sec & I’ll Show “Boom”
Walked In The Bathroom To Find Our Precious Child "Washing" A Book He Found
The Joys Of Parenting
Girls' Room Wasn't Getting Warm So I Took Apart Their Vent, I Now Have A Great Way To Illustrate What It's Like To Have Four Children
The One And Only Time I Forgot To Put Up The Baby Gate Before I Showered
I Gave My 2-Year-Old A Slice Of Cheese To Eat While She Was Watching Some Paw Patrol. Then I Checked On Her A Minute Later
I'm just going to save this cheese for later by putting it on the wall right there!
My Daughter Found The Diaper Cream
My Husband Left The Nesquick Out
My Baby Ordered 94 Dollars Worth Of Pizza Off An App Called Slice That Doesn’t Ask For Payment Info Verification When Placing An Order
My Nephew Woke Up From His Nap With A Sippy Cup Nobody Had Seen For 3 Weeks
Why Is She Upset? Because She Can’t Have The Corn Oil That She Is Convinced Is Apple Juice
30 Pairs Of My Kid's Socks. Not A Single Pair. I Don't Even Remember Us Buying So Many Socks
I like to buy all the same socks so u only need two socks to have a match.
Shopping Is Hard
Ok I have a serious question and I don't want to sound snotty. Why do parents let their children do this? If I hung onto a cart while my mom was trying to shop she would have picked my butt up hauled me either to the car or the nearest bathroom and swatted my butt... also...I never would have done this because my parents would have never allowed it. I'm confused as to how this happens?
I Got One Child To Nap, The Other One Is Stubborn
Thug Life
im more shocked by the fact that a 2 years old was in a situation where he could use a shredder, without supervision....
I'm shocked they would have that much cash in the house.
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I think this is more the fault of irresponsible parents, than the child. Why was the money within the reach of a 2-year-old? Why was the kid able to use a shredder without supervision?
In Germany you could send the shredded money to the Federal Bank and they give you new bills...
Kathleen Richwell, yes I have, there are many 2 year olds who are capable of riding one of these 'balance bikes', just like the little ride on push cars. And as I said in my original comment, especially if the parents are 6 feet tall, thus having a child who is exceptionally tall/large for their age. I actually do know a family like that - all the kids are big "for their age", it's called genetics.
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Another reason not to keep much cash in the house. (If you really needed one.)
Seriously Seamus? A better place to save money is in a savings account where it will earn interest rather than as cash in a house where it can get stolen, lost, or damaged.
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Welp, there goes the allowance for a while. A good, looooooonnnng while.
It's a good thing you can send those back the the treasury for new bills... I forget what the division is called, but they take money like this, and give you back real cash... well, as long as they can tell what it used to be...
Another classic is that a child drops the wallet of their parent to the toilet, bath or washing machine. If there is any paper money it is probably ruined.
Paper money is way more resilient than that, I have washed a few and all that happened was that they got clean. Technically speaking they use cotton fibers instead of wood pulp so they are closer to fabrics than "normal" paper, and more recently they started to use plastic.
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I feel as though these parents were being extremely irresponsible, who keeps THAT much cash in an area a 2 year old can get it? 2 year olds aren't that tall so they must have put it on like a coffee table if the kid could reach it. Not to mention them putting a shredder near the child! That is so stupid! What if he/she stuck there fingers down there!
Season tickets - that means a pair of ticket for every game.
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If that was my kid you would never it ever again and id be up on charges by law enforcement
they can still bring the shredded notes to the Federal reserve and they will check for the serial numbers on the notes, and give them the amount they lost.
There is a place that can take the shredded cash and give you back the amount that was shredded.
Seriously, I'm with johan malherbe below, unsupervised? And most of them are really noisy? Wonder if they just threw the money away or sent it in to be replaced?
They might be able to get it replaced for free by: https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Damaged-Currency-Replaced
Sell his bike, the helmet and the glasses....no wait! Just get him new glasses. Obviously at 2 years old (big looking 2yo btw), he didn't understand he was looking at cash. Bad baby! Back to school for you! Oh wait, not govermentally eligible or obligated to even start yet. Soooooo yeah, I'm going with "parents are totally at fault here". What is wrong with people!!! Why are stupid humans even ALLOWED to breed???!!!
I'm sure you can tape them back together and go to a bank for replacements.
My daughter had just received a fifty dollar bill for her birthday from her husband's grandma, and her one-year-old son snatched it up and fed it through my office shredder. My husband for some unknown reason had just taught our grandson how to use it.
There is a place at the us treasury that you can actually send that and They put it back together and give you your money back
You can send that pile to the US Bureau of Printing and Engraving and get it replaced.
$ 1060 is a small price? For me, that's a month's pay.
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You wanna kill him...but you can't kill him...but you wanna kill him...
I had a friend that worked as an exotic dancer. She made a lot of money and put most of it aside in her dresser drawer. She woke up one morning to her toilet flushing constantly. Turned out her 2 year old found the money and was merrily flushing it down the toilet.
They are lucky he just shredded cash... If je had just got a tiny finger into that machine, medical bills would have been hogjer than 1060 dols
I Swear I Don't Know Where He Learned This
Well..you don't eat the core of an apple or the cob of the corn do you?
Take Your Child To Work Day Summed Up In One Photo
Today I Learned That If You Let Your Child Pour Their Own Syrup They Will Invent “Pancake Soup”
The Moment When You Realized Your Toddler Spent 30 Minutes Trying To Unlock Your iPad
How My Kids See My Car
Badass Little Cousin
When You’ve Got Glass Shower Doors And A Toddler That Won’t Stay Out
This Apple My Son Was "Done With"
Naps With A 4-Year-Old
She Was Being So Quiet, We Thought She Fell Asleep. Nope, Just Silently Applying Butt Paste To Her Face
When You Find Your Pants In The Toilet After Asking Your Toddler To Help You With Laundry
This Is What Happens When You Put A 7-Year-Old In Charge Of Dishwasher Duty
And that's when you call them over and show them what happened and explain how to load the dishwasher properly. Like you should have done before giving the duty.
Most photos here show hilarious parenting fails. If I would have pulled a fraction of the c**p kids in these photos pulled, my mother would f*****g murder me.
Haha same mate, my mother did not take kindly to stuff being needlessly destroyed, first my mum would of whooped my a*s, then my auntie, then my gran (strong Italian woman don't play).
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I'll probably get flamed for this, but I hate kids and I don't want to be around the little walking petri dishes.
I'm with you, Kiki. I dislike kids, and stay away from them. It's no different than folks who dislike cats or dogs.
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So pleased I went down the route of not having children, but good luck to the rest of you who do lol
Ahh so happy to be... Childfree! Lalalala! Now I'm off to Palm Springs with my disposable income for massages and new boots
Be careful of who hears you saying that, there's probably like 500 people wanting to cheerfully throw those boots at you, then make you babysit while they go to Palm Springs! (Dont take that wrong,Im trying to be funny not insulting)
Load More Replies... Yeah me and the wife decided a long time ago to not have children, this only amplifies the fact we made the right decision, we are just fine with our rescue animals, metal gigs, weed consumption and disposable income.
Right? If you don't like kids, you shouldn't have any. Life is GREAT being childfree. Too many frustrated parents are jealous of our lifestyle, because we get enough sleep, can own nice things, and are happy with our decisions.
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All I have to say is...Nah nah ne poo poo! Have fun with that. Just got back from a week in Paris to a clean, sparkling house, happy cats, and serenity. I LOVE not having kids. Not only is my life full of fun, I have the money to take vacations.
I'm with you, Aunt Messy. My husband and I each bought our dream cars this year. Our home will be paid off next year, and we're both under 50. Next year we'll install a pool, and possibly travel, if we can agree on a destination lol.
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My mom said I loved water so much that when she would take me out of the bath/shower, I would scream bloody murder. Someone called the cops on her.. When I say I don't want kids, they're awful little things, people always retort with "oh yeah? well YOU were a kid too". I just think of me and my poor mother in that situation and let them know I too was a disgustung brat
Yeah, people's logic is weird, right? Just because one used to be a kid himself/herself doesn't mean he/she should like them or be tolerant of them. And that fixed phrase "You were a kid too(a.k.a "you were the same")" is pathetic. Like, how do they know what you were like? I used to be a very quiet kid for instance, so shamers are completely disarmed.
Load More Replies... I want kids, but definitely not biological. Adoption would be great, of course as a gen Zer it would take a while to save up enough money to raise a child. I sometimes daydream of raising my kid in a LGBT-friendly environment, with money saving ideas and s**t. Then I see this 😂
You can adopt an older kid, although they often have disabilities or behavioral problems so you have to be able to handle that.
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So glad this isn't the 1970s. I was an under-10 kid in the 70s, but I would've gotten a full-fledged "getting switches picked off the nearest bush" whipping for sneak-ordering toys from a catalog. And that one-bite apple would've been somehow saved for later and I'd have to finish it.
"Let's get married! It's gonna be great.", she said. "Let's have kids! It's gonna be fun!", he said. *nine months later * "Baby is adorable!", they both said. *two years later* "Whaaaaaaaa! Who ever said having kids is the best thing that could happen? "
Recently, my friend's 3-year old learned how to use the remote to press the "Are you still watching: Yes" button. One night, he stayed up for 6 hours since midnight watching an entire season of BeatBugs
I have another comment to make after reading the other comments. Parenting is a full time job,not every one wants to take on that responsibility, and thats ok. Hell, I didnt much care for little ones til i had my own, but something about holding that tiny, warm bundle for the first time that changes your view about EVERYTHING, until you experience that you cant understand. However, parents are people too, we have to bath, eat, sleep, answer the door, the phone, use the bathroom, cook, clean, or just turn around too slowly and toddlers move at an unbelievable lightening speed.....s**t happens, no matter how attentive you are. You wont believe what they can do just in the length of time it takes to tie your shoes or zip your jeans!!
Some of these things are also "husband's attempt at not doing a good job." If they do a crappy enough job, you won't ask them to do it again . . .
I am a parent and know someone in my social circle who doesn't want to have children. Whenever she saw me struggle with my 3yo, I know for sure that she felt grateful in her heart that she made the decision. But never once she said something so cocky like she's very happy and satisfied to see parent suffer. She chose to stay quiet or say something to cheer me up. Besides, if someone describe parents as annoying people and kids are sucks, who doesn't get defend? There's happiness and lesson I've learn to be a better me by having one. Something that "these" people will call b******t. I know. This is something that maybe difficult to understand by nonparent so therefore better to be shared to other parents only. Don't get me wrong, I am not campaigning about people should have children because that is the right thing to do. Despite of my defend, I also support those who choose not to have children because they aware that they will have huge amount of distress and potentially will abuse
Or neglect the children if they have one. Let's just give each other empathy no matter what we choose.
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Reminds me of Michael McIntyre's comedy sketch "People With No Kids Don't Know". It's one of the funniest things I've watched.
That's a huge big fat nope to having children. Thanks but no thanks!
These are plenty of reasons why im glad i never got the twinge of wanting kids. I enjoy eating everything i want, being able to sleep as long as i like and do anything i like. The high pitch baby screams trigger me to no end
I don't have any kids. Yeeee Haawwwww. Don't tell me all the joys of kidding. But you can tell me about the hysterics, pounding fists on the floor in stores, their ability to say "Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom..... The wonderful little word they love the best "NO" Oh, I've only touched the tip of the iceberg. And for all those who think I will be sad and lonely in my elder years....ask your retired friends how many of them have grown children back living with them, or have moved away to Sweden and come home every second Christmas> The mind boggles. No thanks.
Some of the commenters obviously don't have kids, and have really never been around any! Maybe y'all should volunteer to babysit a few times, then you'd understand that no matter how closely you watch them, the little demons WILL manage to get away from you, and get into everything they shouldn't. And at the end of the day, you'll melt when they come give you a kiss & hug, and tell you they love you!
After seeing these, I am so glad my daughter is so well behaved... I never had to deal with that kind of s**t, ever. So don't go thinking that all kids are like this. It's not true. PS So many frustrated non-parents here, Jesus...
Nonparents aren't frustrated. You're projecting your own regrets onto other people. Either that, or you're incapable of understanding those who made choices different from your own .
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Most photos here show hilarious parenting fails. If I would have pulled a fraction of the c**p kids in these photos pulled, my mother would f*****g murder me.
Haha same mate, my mother did not take kindly to stuff being needlessly destroyed, first my mum would of whooped my a*s, then my auntie, then my gran (strong Italian woman don't play).
Load More Replies... I'll probably get flamed for this, but I hate kids and I don't want to be around the little walking petri dishes.
I'm with you, Kiki. I dislike kids, and stay away from them. It's no different than folks who dislike cats or dogs.
Load More Replies... So pleased I went down the route of not having children, but good luck to the rest of you who do lol
Ahh so happy to be... Childfree! Lalalala! Now I'm off to Palm Springs with my disposable income for massages and new boots
Be careful of who hears you saying that, there's probably like 500 people wanting to cheerfully throw those boots at you, then make you babysit while they go to Palm Springs! (Dont take that wrong,Im trying to be funny not insulting)
Load More Replies... Yeah me and the wife decided a long time ago to not have children, this only amplifies the fact we made the right decision, we are just fine with our rescue animals, metal gigs, weed consumption and disposable income.
Right? If you don't like kids, you shouldn't have any. Life is GREAT being childfree. Too many frustrated parents are jealous of our lifestyle, because we get enough sleep, can own nice things, and are happy with our decisions.
Load More Replies... All I have to say is...Nah nah ne poo poo! Have fun with that. Just got back from a week in Paris to a clean, sparkling house, happy cats, and serenity. I LOVE not having kids. Not only is my life full of fun, I have the money to take vacations.
I'm with you, Aunt Messy. My husband and I each bought our dream cars this year. Our home will be paid off next year, and we're both under 50. Next year we'll install a pool, and possibly travel, if we can agree on a destination lol.
Load More Replies... My mom said I loved water so much that when she would take me out of the bath/shower, I would scream bloody murder. Someone called the cops on her.. When I say I don't want kids, they're awful little things, people always retort with "oh yeah? well YOU were a kid too". I just think of me and my poor mother in that situation and let them know I too was a disgustung brat
Yeah, people's logic is weird, right? Just because one used to be a kid himself/herself doesn't mean he/she should like them or be tolerant of them. And that fixed phrase "You were a kid too(a.k.a "you were the same")" is pathetic. Like, how do they know what you were like? I used to be a very quiet kid for instance, so shamers are completely disarmed.
Load More Replies... I want kids, but definitely not biological. Adoption would be great, of course as a gen Zer it would take a while to save up enough money to raise a child. I sometimes daydream of raising my kid in a LGBT-friendly environment, with money saving ideas and s**t. Then I see this 😂
You can adopt an older kid, although they often have disabilities or behavioral problems so you have to be able to handle that.
Load More Replies... So glad this isn't the 1970s. I was an under-10 kid in the 70s, but I would've gotten a full-fledged "getting switches picked off the nearest bush" whipping for sneak-ordering toys from a catalog. And that one-bite apple would've been somehow saved for later and I'd have to finish it.
"Let's get married! It's gonna be great.", she said. "Let's have kids! It's gonna be fun!", he said. *nine months later * "Baby is adorable!", they both said. *two years later* "Whaaaaaaaa! Who ever said having kids is the best thing that could happen? "
Recently, my friend's 3-year old learned how to use the remote to press the "Are you still watching: Yes" button. One night, he stayed up for 6 hours since midnight watching an entire season of BeatBugs
I have another comment to make after reading the other comments. Parenting is a full time job,not every one wants to take on that responsibility, and thats ok. Hell, I didnt much care for little ones til i had my own, but something about holding that tiny, warm bundle for the first time that changes your view about EVERYTHING, until you experience that you cant understand. However, parents are people too, we have to bath, eat, sleep, answer the door, the phone, use the bathroom, cook, clean, or just turn around too slowly and toddlers move at an unbelievable lightening speed.....s**t happens, no matter how attentive you are. You wont believe what they can do just in the length of time it takes to tie your shoes or zip your jeans!!
Some of these things are also "husband's attempt at not doing a good job." If they do a crappy enough job, you won't ask them to do it again . . .
I am a parent and know someone in my social circle who doesn't want to have children. Whenever she saw me struggle with my 3yo, I know for sure that she felt grateful in her heart that she made the decision. But never once she said something so cocky like she's very happy and satisfied to see parent suffer. She chose to stay quiet or say something to cheer me up. Besides, if someone describe parents as annoying people and kids are sucks, who doesn't get defend? There's happiness and lesson I've learn to be a better me by having one. Something that "these" people will call b******t. I know. This is something that maybe difficult to understand by nonparent so therefore better to be shared to other parents only. Don't get me wrong, I am not campaigning about people should have children because that is the right thing to do. Despite of my defend, I also support those who choose not to have children because they aware that they will have huge amount of distress and potentially will abuse
Or neglect the children if they have one. Let's just give each other empathy no matter what we choose.
Load More Replies... Reminds me of Michael McIntyre's comedy sketch "People With No Kids Don't Know". It's one of the funniest things I've watched.
That's a huge big fat nope to having children. Thanks but no thanks!
These are plenty of reasons why im glad i never got the twinge of wanting kids. I enjoy eating everything i want, being able to sleep as long as i like and do anything i like. The high pitch baby screams trigger me to no end
I don't have any kids. Yeeee Haawwwww. Don't tell me all the joys of kidding. But you can tell me about the hysterics, pounding fists on the floor in stores, their ability to say "Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom.....Mom?....Mom?.....Mom..... The wonderful little word they love the best "NO" Oh, I've only touched the tip of the iceberg. And for all those who think I will be sad and lonely in my elder years....ask your retired friends how many of them have grown children back living with them, or have moved away to Sweden and come home every second Christmas> The mind boggles. No thanks.
Some of the commenters obviously don't have kids, and have really never been around any! Maybe y'all should volunteer to babysit a few times, then you'd understand that no matter how closely you watch them, the little demons WILL manage to get away from you, and get into everything they shouldn't. And at the end of the day, you'll melt when they come give you a kiss & hug, and tell you they love you!
After seeing these, I am so glad my daughter is so well behaved... I never had to deal with that kind of s**t, ever. So don't go thinking that all kids are like this. It's not true. PS So many frustrated non-parents here, Jesus...
Nonparents aren't frustrated. You're projecting your own regrets onto other people. Either that, or you're incapable of understanding those who made choices different from your own .
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