Raising kids is hard. You rarely find time for practically anything, especially socializing. Your kids consume virtually all of your time. You spend your nights making sure they get enough sleep, and all your days are spent preparing their meals, and driving them around town, and signing school forms, and folding clothes, and cleaning up after them, and... And it's one of the most interesting and rewarding journeys you can embark upon in your life.
So what do you do when you get those five seconds of peace and quiet? You let everyone know about the joys and struggles you've faced with your little kids. And what better place is there to shout out to the world than Twitter?
Bored Panda has compiled the best tweets on parenting from February 2020, and you don't even have to be a mom or a dad to find them funny. The raw, unfiltered, funny stories and chaotic reality of raising children is something we all can appreciate.
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I personally think homework should be banned. Kids already go to school approx 6 hours a day, there is more to life than just education. Their is family time, sports or other after school activities, chores etc and then of course time for them to actually be a child, have fun and hang with friends etc.
6? My youngest gets on bus at 7. School starts around 7:45. Gets home after 3. So about 7 hours plus a lunch that I think k is 25 minutes. Gets out at 2:45. And at least an hour of homework every night Monday through Thursday. He's in fourth grade.
Load More Replies...adult: you're so lazy just do the homework me: hi yes you are not understanding
We here at Bored Panda have a soft spot for funny tweets about parenting. When you're done scrolling through this month's gems, fire up our earlier lists on 121 Hilarious Parenting Tweets That Every Parent Can Relate To, 152 Hilarious Tweets From Exasperated Parents Trying To Feed Their Kids At Mealtime, and, of course, 45 Times Parents Hilariously Expressed Their Struggles On Twitter.
Looking at these tweets, you might notice that different parents have different parenting skills when it comes to raising their kids. That's perfectly fine. However, it gets more complicated when you and your partner don't see eye-to-eye on some of these approaches.
That kid sounds like she may be menopausal. - Signed by someone with hot flashes
Psychotherapist Marni Feuerman said that ideally, couples should discuss their parenting strategies before they decide to have children together. However, if you haven't, it's not too late to have these talks afterward, too. And that's the key to it all. Talking.
"Share your parenting philosophies with each other. Talk about how you were parented and what you would do the same as, or differently than, your own parents," Feuerman wrote for VeryWell Family. "Ask your partner about topics like what reasonable discipline looks like, what sounds like an appropriate childhood bedtime, and whether children should get an allowance."
Hahaha, my brother desperately wanted a pet (well we all did) but mum always said no. So he started catching flies, pulling their wings off so they couldn’t fly away and kept them as pets until they died. When my mum found out she felt so bad so we ended up getting 2 dogs.
Check pockets carefully. Washed frog can really mess up a load. Mom of 3 sons.
this is the best one cuase its happened to me. "No daddy, YOUR toothbrush fell." *stares at tooth brush*
Better than You: What are you doing? 5- year-old: Playing with my sibling. You: You don't have a sibling......
The psychotherapist also said that you're setting yourself up for failure if your house rules are vague. Phrases like, "Be good or you'll be in trouble," often lead to miscommunication, misunderstandings and ultimately, fighting.
"You and your partner should agree on specific rules and write them down," Feuerman added. "Show the rules to your kids and ask if they have any questions. Be open to their ideas and suggestions, and make changes if they are appropriate. It is easier to enforce rules that everyone can agree on."
How do you make them? Oooh never mind, I will Google the receipt,because I actually like burned ones better, but was never able to do it.
Load More Replies...Surprisingly there is a recipe for ice cubes you have to first boil the water then freeze it to make clear ice cubes if you don't they will come out well unclear.
I understand.I'm the only person in my house who knows how to change an empty roll of toilet paper . I have a PhD in changing toilet paper😁
Every time I cook them someone keeps taking them out the oven before I get to take them out
After everything is in place, it is critical to stick together as a team and be consistent. Your family needs to work as one. However, if you disagree on something, don't express it in front of the kids. "Do not interfere when you disagree with a parenting decision. Your kids will quickly take note of where the disharmony lies, and they will use this to their advantage. Don't let this happen."
Every parent makes mistakes. Be flexible, allow yourself and your partner second chances, and simply support each other.
I'm allergic to onion and for some reason people do not take it seriously so I have really honed this skill.
Load More Replies...Just 3 feet? I can detect if an onion has ever been within 10 feet of my food.
My nephew refused to eat lasagna I think because "my dad hides vegetables in that at our house!!" We told him he should know it's safe because his grandpa was eating it, and he knows grandpa doesn't eat veggies!!
I put chopped spinach in the cheese layer. I heard a male friend wail, "There's spinach in this--and I *like* it!"
Load More Replies...same exact skill with onions and green peppers, THEY ARE EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG i need to use this tactic! I'm blind without my glasses too! Everyone is just fuzzy, but always up to something....
We used to ask my mom why she looked mad & she would deny being mad. Now I'm old & half blind & get asked the same thing.
Load More Replies...Age 10, I came home and my mom asked, "How was your day?" We then had this exchange: Me: "Why?! Did Mrs Trichler call; you?" Mom: "No." Me: "Did Mr. Ott call you? That wasn't my fault!" Mom: "No." Me: "Was it Mrs. Stone? She was being mean to Camerone, and I didn't like that." Mom: "No." Me: "Who called you then?!!" Mom. "Nobody. All I said was, how was your day."
i feel thats how my mom is when i was little i thought she could see what I did wrong right when she saw me
Phew! I thought there was something wrong with me that would traumatise my daughter for life.
Yeah, teaching young ones is a lot like that too (I teach five-year-olds.. Amazing the way their little brains work. Sometimes frustrating when you want them to focus on something, but it's never boring.
glad my chaps are grown now. It amazed me how we had to phrase request with what we actually wanted them to do.
Wow, I can’t believe 7-Year-Old orchestrated the entire pandemic just to stay at home with her dad during school! Incredible!
One time my six yo told his whole class he wouldn't be coming to school the next day because he was going to Disneyland. He made the whole class jealous. That was a lie. He had a dentist appointment.
I tried this with my mom and after I got to one year, she said, "I don't know, I might be dead".
Clever kid of 2, who knows all about minutes, hours, weeks and months...
When I was really little, my mom said to my dad that she's going out to get some C-A-N-D-Y. I immediately piped up: "I want CANDY!!!"
I suspect that there's a lot of B closely followed by a lot of A. That's a lot of screaming and crying.
I used to teach two-year-olds. I remember one of my little guys almost losing it because he told me "Yes, I don"t any snack." So I asked him if wanted juice with his snack and he got mad. I told him to go play then if he didn't want any snack, and he cried. We finally figured it out, but my head hurt by the time we got there.
Oh so real! Or if the wrong person helps open their snacks 🙄 if mom doesn't do it if they can't all hell breaks loose 😂
Just the crinkle of the packet and one toddler is instantly next to my leg. The synapses in my brain don't even work that fast
Load More Replies...My usual answer is "if you want them eat them, but I'm not playing your game." Put them on the table, walk away.
Load More Replies...Every element above Hydrogen has probably been made by a star. So yes, you toot part of a star.
Like this kid in church once... Pastor: We are but dust.... Kid: EW we're butt dust?!
I mean, technically. The exact size of the piece wasn’t specified.
I love his offsprings, they are so smart and very sassy. All four of them <3
That's like asking how many beers did you have? "Oh just one" and there's a 40oz bottle empty in the trash 😂
I think stores could make a TON of money by putting in child care areas! As long as it is clean and safe, I would pay to use it! There is no doupt in my mind the fee would be much less than the c**p I buy while shopping in a hurry or distracted with kid in tow.
I woke up the other morning to my son climbing in the bed behind me and rubbing my hair. Yesterday morning I woke up to my son screaming MUM, MUM, MUM my tooth has fallen out.
Or if you're lucky like me; your eye mask being lifted, eye lid pried open and getting a solid poke to your eye.
I woke up to my toddle sitting on my face with her butt trying to wiggle in between the blanket and me to use me as her bed.
My kids both had dentist appts recently and my 5 yo does a better job brushing his teeth than my 14 yo.
I brushed my teeth better when I was 5 then when I was 14. Dentist never seemed to notice much though...
Load More Replies...My kids favorite activity because the brush creme taste like strawberry. Better then any food that exists in the world apparently.
Hmm... I don't like those much. If a toothpaste tastes sweet, there is something wrong with it, in my opinion.
Load More Replies...My daughter only loves to brush her teeth so she can eat the toothpaste 😂
So, my nieces came to stay w/ me over Feb. break.... one of them did not brush teeth
That might have been the hardest thing I've ever done. Screenshot...d0f7b0.png
And Tuesday. And Wednesday. And Thursday. Just Friday to Saturday and Sunday, then straight back to Friday.
Load More Replies...hey, you can find anything in a purse. In Belgium there was a commercial once where a guy started searching in his girlfriend's purse and got lost... and found another guy who was also lost...
Oh I need to find this commercial on YouTube XD
Load More Replies...There is a respected hierarchy; the older one always gets the trash.
Load More Replies...Oh this is me, lol. I never wanna get in the shower, but once I actually convince myself to, heaven knows I ain't leaving.
Lol that’s me. I listen to music in the shower and I just relax and think in the shower. About various thing
When I was a kid, I would take a shower and intentionally use all the hot water to p**s my parents off.
My dad still has random rocks on his desk bc when I was a kid I told him to never lose them because they were "special rocks" and he still won't throw them outside
I'm sure my father still has that curiously twisted branch of grape vine that I found. But it's nice even by adult standards; it somewhat resembles a bird of prey. I sketched it in art class.
Load More Replies...And you friend has to panic and try to catch it in her hands, at least one time.
Load More Replies...My kids: "Put me in an envelope, put a stamp on it, and drop me in the letterbox!"
Some guy did send himself in the mail once , let them have a try :p
Load More Replies...I just threaten to stick a stamp on their bum and drop them in at the post office.
Yeah I have to ask my daughter every morning whether she would like Elsa braids or Anna braids too!
Hey! Now that's not very fair. The only thing we wreck is our parents' beautiful faces. :)
Load More Replies...If you change the order of the sentences, it will give it a twist plot punch...
I am always saying “And this is why we can’t have nice things”. Bloody kids, gotta love em.
So true! I am the oldest of five, all of us born in six years (one sister, three brothers). It was a very um, energetic household, and all of the gifts my Mom got at her bridal shower were pretty much broken when we were still little. Poor Mom.
Everything I treasure, books, jewels, documents, etc., is placed under the ceiling.
Sorry to be a jerk, especially if English is not your first language, but . . . everything in a room is under the ceiling. I'm really trying to figure out what you're saying. : )
Load More Replies...I don't have kids which is why I don't want any in my house. They touch everything with God knows what on their hands and then I have to wash everything they touched when they leave. BTW, I am not OCD. I wouldn't feel that way if their parents taught them how to act in other people's homes! Oops, didn't mean to vent on a funny post!
And I have 3 family size boxes of your recently least favorite food in the cupboard.....
Or when they tell you they don't like the books anymore that 6 days ago they insisted that getting the FULL series was the most important thing in the world. (And of course I bought them all because I can't say no to books)
I had a friend with a kid who only ate one brand and flavour of corn chips and one brand of bread with peanut butter on it. It was very difficult, due to texture issues.
7 y/o: Monday through to Friday. Mum, mum, I love cheese. Please, please, please... Following Monday. OMGawd not cheese again, I hate that stuff, can't you eva give me somfin else?
My 2 y.o kid is still in this beautiful small window that I can tell him to go check if I'm in the kitchen while speaking with him in the living room.
I need to try this with my 2 and almost 3 year old nephews. XD
Load More Replies...James either has a bunch of kids that are constantly savvy and on point, or he's making it up. Judging by the speed and consistency of his posts, I'm afraid it's the latter..
Four daughters, lots of tweet material in four daughters.
Load More Replies...I remember asking my dad why mommy always said my projects looked great & dad said "mhmm."
Did that. Always tried to see if I could hit my head on the ceiling. Got tall enough to actually injure my neck ramming my head into the ceiling. Didn't stop, just tried to finesse it to just barely touch.
Yup... and it's annoying as all heck. When I was in late elementary/ early middle school I could never understand the boys' need to assert dominance by touching the top of the door frame. Like, you know it doesn't mean you're really better than anyone else, right???
They're just preparing to be tall. My teenager now touches these things without jumping. He's grown a foot in the past 18 months and shows no signs of slowing down. I make him fetch top-shelf items for me.
Load More Replies...I totally used this to get my toddler to eat veggies. I'd cut it up and leave it on the chopping board, then tell him to watch it because there's a mouse around stealing our veggies. Then I'd turn around to do something else. When I turned back, sure enough they would be gone. I'd ask him 'Did the naughty mouse eat the veggies?' Big, beaming, stuffed cheek grin and enthusiastic nodding ensued... By dinner time he'd have had all the veggies he needed and I only had to put the 'good stuff' on his plate.
Load More Replies...I hope whoever invented the recorder is in hell, eternally listening to children learning to play the recorder.
Beginner recorder is awful, but after a few decades of practice, it can sound like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZCpdY6qIzA
My least favorite school memory is learning to play the recorder. Ugh!
Honestly, anything played on recorder sounds like that. It doesn't matter how good you are at music, it doesn't matter if you're a professional musician, music played on recorder sounds like this.
Check out Michala Petri on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZCpdY6qIzA
Load More Replies...My kid make a huge confusion between tomorrow and yesterday. Always
I would step away from the sink. "By all means..you wash the dishes...and when you're done...I'll get you applesauce. Otherwise..you'll have to wait."
Narrator: And that is how little Billy talked himself out of a bowl of applesauce.....
If he knows a big word like applesauce, he sure knows the word NO. Use it.
They don't need true reply. They just need you to reply.
And the third in the series: OOOOUUUUUCCCCHHHH! Pick up your damned Legos!
Load More Replies...I'm the only one who ever smells it. At least once a day in asking what the smell was and no one else ever smells it. I'm not crazy, they are.
My mom's go to was food. Then the follow up question from me "What kind?" My mom "The edible kind."
Load More Replies...My son would ask "What's for dessert?' My husband would look straight at him and say "Broccoli!" After being grossed out, he was totally ok with a small bowl of cereal and milk.
That stuff tastes nasty. I don’t know the layouts of all stores but I thought the nicotine gum would be found in a totally different section than normal gum. That’s what I have seen anyway.
And kid probably saw it elsewhere in store too.
Load More Replies...at least yours is 'wearing' pants... mine are more like exhibitionists (ages 6 to 11)
I used to start pulling them down in the living room & down the hallway so by the time I got to the bathroom I was ready.
It's not cool to tell people they look tired. It always makes me self conscious. Unless you don't mind. Maybe it's just me overthinking everything as per usual...
Or it is a co worker that cares about you and is sympathetic?
Load More Replies...I'd say that's pretty accurate. Movie I wanted not available? Weekend ruined!
Tell her what, coz the eggs we generally eat are not chickens because they haven’t been fertilised.
This is where you shut off the TV, close out fb or whatever is open on your phone and put in your pocket, and go outside and play with your dang child!
If only the shower could wash all the fat away. I can only dream lol.
Hey, I used to do that to! Blue, green, and red were saved for last and put in a pattern and eaten one by one
Load More Replies...My 5 year old will put her snacks that have multiple pieces in a line and it has to be just right before she will eat them 1 bite off each one then repeat on each one until they are all gone. Lol
I always say we had one child too many. Which one is the "too many" varies from day to day.
Yep on a good, very rare weeknight I may get about 6 hours of sleep but 98% of the time i get 4 hours of sleep on weeknights if I'm lucky. I get most of my sleep on the weekends.
Here's hoping that continues to be the worst thing that ever happens to her. <3
People who stay out of fast food places generally don't have this problem.
lol at first i thought it said sing the piggy song and then relized....
Lol, this is something I could see my brother doing. Younger sibling problems.
We call those "as yous" as in grab that stuff as "you go" up the stairs, Im apparently the only one in the house who sees them.
Oh lol, my dad is really tone-deaf so whenever we sing it's painful (but adorable at the same time; love you, dad)
I've experienced all of these and more... And I wouldn't change it for the world!
Agree. Having kids was the most stressful but best adventure I've ever had.
Load More Replies...Little girl and her mom next door were afraid of snails. My brother, around 5 at the time, thought "I should go ring their doorbell and throw a handful of snails in their house". I wish I could get away with that now
I was a fairly nice kid and always been afraid (since a kid) that if I ever had kids they wouldn't be as nice (still don't have any). I hated getting things dirty or sticky, especially my face, loved veggies, never thrown tantrums and behaved. However, clumsy, woke up at 6 on the weekends, no shower or long showers type and often would bring insects to the house (once I accidentally let loose 25 caterpillars... my sister have phobia of moths, so that was not a good combo, mom didn't like finding some in her bathroom either)
Thought the same, but actually I think if you want a kid you're ready to commit to all of this :)
Load More Replies...My son would not tuch his shoes or pants if they got wet And dirty on the playground. Yet He would lay down on the floor And LICK the dirty footprints his shoes left...
I was in the park eating my lunch when this child came by, sat down and proceeded to reach over and grab half of my sandwich. He then started to eat it while saying, you’re a good cook. You gonna eat the rest of it, don’t hog it all.
I've experienced all of these and more... And I wouldn't change it for the world!
Agree. Having kids was the most stressful but best adventure I've ever had.
Load More Replies...Little girl and her mom next door were afraid of snails. My brother, around 5 at the time, thought "I should go ring their doorbell and throw a handful of snails in their house". I wish I could get away with that now
I was a fairly nice kid and always been afraid (since a kid) that if I ever had kids they wouldn't be as nice (still don't have any). I hated getting things dirty or sticky, especially my face, loved veggies, never thrown tantrums and behaved. However, clumsy, woke up at 6 on the weekends, no shower or long showers type and often would bring insects to the house (once I accidentally let loose 25 caterpillars... my sister have phobia of moths, so that was not a good combo, mom didn't like finding some in her bathroom either)
Thought the same, but actually I think if you want a kid you're ready to commit to all of this :)
Load More Replies...My son would not tuch his shoes or pants if they got wet And dirty on the playground. Yet He would lay down on the floor And LICK the dirty footprints his shoes left...
I was in the park eating my lunch when this child came by, sat down and proceeded to reach over and grab half of my sandwich. He then started to eat it while saying, you’re a good cook. You gonna eat the rest of it, don’t hog it all.
