It’s Time For The Best Parenting Tweets Of The Month, And Here Are The Best Ones This October (40 Pics)
Happy spooktacular month! If you are a parent, this time may be especially busy for you. From creating a smashing DIY Halloween costume for your little daredevil to some of you still homeschooling your kids, working from home, and trying not to worry too much about the future in these uncertain times.
So for those of you who need a little pick-me-up, we have a monthly treat—this hilariously relatable compilation with parenting tweets baked straight out of the oven. From kids’ shenanigans to parents sharing their daily wisdom in painfully funny one-liners, October’s list has it all.
Get yourself a pumpkin spice latte, scroll down, upvote your favorite posts, and let us know how your parenting game has been going this month in the comments!
If you've fallen behind on the series, fire up our earlier collections: September, August, and July.
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My grandson love to cook with me. I think he may be a Baker when he grows up. That's his favorite thing to do. Or maybe it's just the cookies...who knows?
Heartwarming! This awesome time together has so many benefits for both parent and child, and a bonus - - kids who grow up knowing how to cook!
My family used a strainer after I cried for a straight hour because I got eggshell in the batter (I dropped a whole egg in and it cracked).
Here's the thing... If you cook with them when they're young, they won't be 30yo and dropping eggshells in the batter. Instead, they'll amaze you with their creativity and palate. Cooking is a skill everyone should learn.
I love how kids can connect with each other on so many different levels. This is awesome.
Its nice NOT to see a 'this is why dont want kids' or 'i hate kids' post from bored panda. Having children isn't everyones cuppa but its a deeply special and priceless privilege only those who are part of a loving family can understand. It is one of the greatest blessings in life. Period.
From our monthly parenting tweets series, we all have realized how being a mom or a dad is not for everyone. It requires a sheer amount of patience, dedication, and thinking ‘outside the box’ which, unsurprisingly, makes being a parent among the hardest jobs out there.
The only harder thing than being a parent is being a single parent, tackling all the challenges of raising your kid on your own. So to find out more about the hardships of being a single parent, we spoke with Natalie Maximets, a certified life transformation coach at “Online Divorce,” which is a professional divorce document preparation service with 20 years of market history.
Parents say things like this and then when people say parenting seems miserable and nightmarish, they protest.
Yeah, I think they just want a monopoly on opinions about parenting.
Load More Replies...The American teenaged female has to be the absolute worst creature on the planet. I had 3 of them & will swear to this. (The boys were a breeze in comparison).
I think Freddy understood this guy has enough misery in his life already and that he shouldn't bother him
Load More Replies...My sis-in-law was traveling from TX to Phoenix with my children, transporting them back from a visit with their grandparents. They stopped for lunch in Wilcox, AZ. Somewhere close to Benson, AZ, my daughter announced her aunt had left her imaginary friend, Barney, at Burger King and she wanted her to turn around and go back for him. Of course, sis-in-law didn’t. By the time they arrived, sis-in-law was exasperated, because she had just spent the last 200 miles (about 3 hours) in the car with a nonstop crying 4 year old. And suddenly, just like that, there was no more Barney. If you asked my daughter about him, she’d reply, “Barney’s not here, because Aunt Amy left him at Burger King.” We’d all like to believe, Barney’s enjoying his new life, flipping burgers at Burger King.
Aw, kid has something she needs to process. If this is how she wants to talk about loss, okay. I understand it's not unusual for kids to "lose" their imaginary friends and be really sad about it.
Give her some cookies to lure the dog out of it's hiding place. Problem solved.
When my now 47 yr old nephew was little, he had an imaginary pet chipmunk. His teacher father was also a basketball coach. One game day my nephew lost his pet and everyone in the stands were helping him look. His father was not amused. I still think its hysterical.
Or worse still, never step on the imaginary pet. The accusations can last for years.
Load More Replies...It's entirely possible she's ready to give up her imaginary best friend; I did at about that age.
I would have said " just get in the car,I'll explain later,!" And rescued the kid Lol
I’ve done similar, I’ve also walked them to school and carried their packed lunch for them, then taken the lunch back home with me. I’ve done it a few times, poor tired mummy.
And there stands the Principal mumbling "I wonder how long it took to train Mom to do this?" My kids were once they forgot said item and endured the consequence, they are trained!
My son forgot his lunch & I knew he didn't have any money on him. As I was driving to his school I realized I hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so I ate - his lunch. Yeah, he got free McDonald's delivery that day.
“Being a single parent is equally difficult for both a mother and father,” Natalie said and added that most of these difficulties appear during puberty. “Do you think it is easy for a father to talk to his daughter about the first menstrual period or go together to choose the first bra? At the very least, it will be awkward for both.”
However, single dads face quite a lot of other challenges in addition to the ones mentioned above. “Many single fathers do not want to be overly strict with their children. Instead, they try to be soft, caring, and reasonable so that children do not feel neglected. In the same way, single fathers often try to make up for the absence of a mother in the family.” Natalie explained that this often leads to the fathers overindulging their children or giving up discipline altogether
Doesn't want to take kids for umpteenth time to park or zoo.
Load More Replies...My daughter locked me out of the house once while I was putting the washing up. Went to the window "open the door darling...". Up until I saw her face I thought it was an accident but she seemed way too pleased with herself. I had to break into my own house!
Same! I ended up finding an unlocked window and had to go through it. The window was little and over the sink. Still don’t know how I fit in there lol
Load More Replies...When I was little, I wondered why my mom said we had to have a housekey at ALL times ---- even if we just walked outside for two minutes. Turned out when she was young, her kid brother locked her out.... And boy, did she never forget it!
I once witness a kid locking the door to the loo (outdoor, public beach) from the outside and then wandering off. I had to rescue the mom... (The kid did say something about where they were going, and were returning to family, so no worries there.)
My 3-year-old daughter locked me out when I went out to the curb to put her sister into the kindergarten carpool car. When I got back to the front door, she gleefully informed me, "Mommy, I've locked you IN!" Then she tried, but couldn't unlock the door. I had to call the fire department to get back inside.
Shape shifters, unauthorized clones could be out there. Your daughter will do great in the future
Moreover, as confusing as it sounds, single fathers are often very protective of their children when solving personal problems. Natalie explained that such behavior happens because “they want to protect their child from everything that can upset or negatively affect them, like a mother hen. New friends or a date? It will be difficult for a potential partner/friend to gain the trust of a single father.”
Make your coffee, go sit in your car and phone their cell to wake your kid, space for self preservation in the morning is in the manual
Time to buy the teen an alarm clock and enact a reward/punishment system for getting up on time.
As a teen who hated waking up for school, I can guarantee that this wouldn't work. Some people just aren't morning people.
Load More Replies...My mom hated waking me up in the morning, but mostly because I slept so deeply I didn't hear the alarm, her yelling for me, nothing. It took her shaking me awake and the part she hated was if I was having a nightmare and shrieking in terror in her face when I finally woke
I don't get this being scared of your teenager. I mean they don't pay rent or bills. We have three teenagers and trust me.... we don't put up with it!
lol, I'm a teen boy, waking me up in the morning is as difficult as climbing Mount Everest naked
asian parents don't have that problem. you don't have a 'room' you have a sleeping area.
I’ll take that job every time. Sick of kids having control because of their shitty behavior. IF I had to wake my son up he knew he was wrong, personal responsibility. He’s a pilot in the Air Force now.
I get these messages from banks usually when i draw 20 Euros! The fit apps is weird that they don't ask me "are you dead"?
I'm surprised one hasn't asked me "Aren't you dead YET?!"
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Work-life balance is also something that single parents often have trouble with. “It is difficult to provide for their children and be with them all the time (except, of course, if you work remotely). A single father sometimes has to sacrifice something, and children do not always understand this. From here, there may be misunderstandings and alienation between parent and child,” the life transformation coach concluded.
Been there. Done that. It's really hard to lose at Candyland as it really is a game of chance. I started cheating with the preschooler and drawing multiple cards.
My dad refused to lose at anything. Even Candyland. We had one game suspended b/c it was my bedtime, and somehow by morning, my mom had accidentally-on-purpose tossed it in the incinerator. Which we didn't have. Hmm.
Load More Replies...Monopoly. It's like having a root canal. And my kids loved it. And yes, I deliberately lost.
Sneaking a peek at their uno cards so you can call out the color they have. Let it end!
Me, the boardgame Sorry, 3 grandchildren. After a painful hour, "Okay! Nanny's just gonna roll for each of us and GET THIS HELL OVERWITH!" My 2 daughters sitting on the couch, "I told you this would happen!"
When our first was born we spontaneously acquired the wisdom to know never to buy toys that made an annoying or over loud noise.
My godson recently discovered the youtube glitter bomb package dude. I have warned the parents not to open whatever he gets them for Christmas.
Load More Replies...Did you also find it in your underwear from some reason? No? Just me?
I'm pretty sure they were like that when you bought them at the store. =)
Pretend to bring in a forensics specialist. In front of them. Take "casts" and tell them everyone's bite is unique. See who squeals.
We thought my younger sister was doing this every night for months! Turns out the hamster we thought was escaped/dead was doing it.
Obviously past life regression. Food taster for royalty. You're very fortunate.
Apples go brown literally a few minutes after you take a bite from one. So this bloke I’d fos
The bite on the right has made it look like the apple has its own mouth. I think that one bit the others.
I had a big stuffed doll that I made in my booth at the craft fair. A dad with a little girl about 3 or 4 years old was browsing. The little girl had a plastic toy cell phone. She put it up to her ear and said "Hello. Just a second." Then she handed it to the doll and said "It's for you." The dad was speechless for a minute, then he said "This means I have to buy it for her, don't I?" It was a hoot to see him walking around the fair with the toddler's hand in one hand and a 3 foot tall rag doll in the other.
Speaking of phones if anyone wants a good April fools prank turn on Switch Control on someone's iPhone. And turn on Precise for the gliding cursor.
Better check to see what kiddo posted to all your social media accounts while you're at it.
S**t, that movie gave ME nightmares and I was mid 30 when I saw it!!!!!!
"As above so below" did that with my one godson. I'm still in the parents' doghouse about that, but they said "Let him watch anything he wants." .....
Load More Replies...Yeeeaa so when my oldest (19) was about 13 I took her to see Sausage Party. In my defense, It looked adorable. I mean ... talking food!! And the trailer with the baby carrots "they're eating CHILDREN" I laughed so hard I choked..... Spoiler alert: that was the only CUTE part in it. But I paid a crap ton to go (single mom) so we sure did stay. *face palm. So I win Mr. Andrew O.
i mean......did you not watch the rest of the preview? Or know who wrote it? Its also called Sausage Party......the R rating coulda been a nice indicator though
Load More Replies...LMAO, I felt the same way when I allowed my niece and nephew to watch Annabelle the Creation, 15yr and 9yr respectively. I cannot believe I let them trick me..
Oh my gosh I read the plot summary of it and it's probably the most terrifying movie I've heard of. Especially when you look at the UK ending! What re you Brits so set on a scary ending too??
If this is the flick I'm thinking of, it was laughably over the top, the kind wherein the blood is too red and gushy, with overly dramatic dialogue/action, and continuity problems.
Load More Replies...When i was younger i always had the same nightmare every few weeks. Every time i would wake up a bit later then the previous time, and in the end the dream would just be over. When i was like 14 a friend of mine explained a scary movie she just saw with her sister, it was a bit of an older movie so nothing that just came out. She started talking about what happened in the movie and i could finish it because it was exactly like how my nightmare went when i was i kid. I asked my dad if he ever saw the movie my friend told about and he said yes but it was a long time ago (8years or something). Apparently i was in the room with him when he was watching the movie and had years of the same nightmare because of it.
I watched Evil Dead, Dead Alive, Chucky back to back when I was around 13-14 and home alone. Was brave while watching it but later I was scared to death.
Were you home alone the days after too?! Did this in at 7 yrs w/ Coraline ( I know Coraline isnt scary but at 7 it did give me nightmares)
Load More Replies...I was 9 when I mom allowed me to watch Event Horizon, after I begged her to. I've always loved scary movies. I'd caught that one on tv one night and when mom realized what I was watching she said it would scare me, but I insisted it wouldn't. Cue lifetime fear of the dark.
You can't just watch the first one, you gotta watch the 2nd right after!
Been there and it is startling! My other favorite is the scampering around the bed but all you can see is the very top of their head.
Mine did that to me once and saw my look of terror and started crying. Good times.
Load More Replies...My kids are now scared to wake me because I wake up with a startled scream, which makes them jump.
My wife and I nicknamed our daughter "The Ghost" because she would just appear out of nowhere.
Hahahaha! My granddaughter was about 18 months old & had figured out how to climb out of her porta-a-crib. I woke up to her sweet little face 4 inches from mine, informing me she had "waked up" at 5:45am on a Sunday.
Idk why but I would wake up my mom in the middle of the night to tell her I had to go to the bathroom 🤦♀️
My mom said when I was little one night I woke her up in the middle of the night by crawling up the bed moaning with my hair in my face and to this day she thinks I was posessed.
Well, there seems to be a jem called Urban Dictionary..I think they'd appreciate your addition!
I Described the first blow out my little girl ever had as a Poonami or a Poosplosion, for ever known as those for her and my second child also.
My sister and I painted our dad's toenails fire engine red once when he was sleeping. No nail polish remover in the house, so he just let it go. Until, at work he hurt his foot and had to go to the shop nurse!
My youngest granddaughter, who's 16 now, used to do that to me all the time. I really miss that!
Kids are awesome.... really.... at least that's what we tell ourselves!
LOL, this one cracked me up. I kept a "Things they said" journal for years. Like from age 4 to even now I'll put stuff in it and they're (twins) 15. Every few months they'll go, "Dad, can you read the journal?" It has some great classics in it and we read it and laugh till we're crying.
That is an excellent idea to cherish memories.
Load More Replies...I mean they are very useful. Can't watch baby shark doo doo doodoo doo... without eyeballs.
My mom (may she have eternal life in heaven) Use to say "Jesus thank you for our hands, for holding our little one's with." and then I'd say "Thank You Jesus for my beautiful eyes to see you with". Reading the above random Tweet just triggered my memory to such beautiful and sweet innocent times. 🙏
Well no - she's doing it wrong. You don't use the board. You just put it all in a plastic bag and eat it from there so no one can judge what you're snacking on.
Load More Replies...Not all judgments are negative. This lady rocks, and that's my judgment.
I had to save my friends from the rubber band bracelet mafia
Load More Replies...What if i don't have kids and wear different shoes in my feet cause mornings?
Then you are almost prepared for motherhood.
Load More Replies...Ligit went to the park to have my daughters birthday, and when we all got out of the car i realized i forgot my toddlers shoes....
I took my kids to school barefoot the other day. I couldn't find one of my shoes. At least they were dressed correctly.
No, actually it's because they match! (Child wears two unmatched shoes, so don't judge...)
Hahahaha! I had about 20 pairs of Converse High Tops in high school (as part of my "uniform" of Levi 501s and a tee shirt). I rarely wore a matching pair.
My daughter wanted to do more for the environment so I explained that screaming was the largest emitter of CO2 known to man. Best parenting hack I’ve had so far
When I babysit I give them 5 min, for drama, then they have to take it to their room, with the door shut (lights on) so they can wail and lament as long as they want, but without an audience, it lasts way less and less long! in fact, within like to, possibly 3 times they know the drill and are happily playing as the parents leave. Bye Mom, have fun, see ya later!
Wait, they get an hour? Mine scream all day. Usually followed by my screaming at them and then we're all in tears. Am I doing something wrong Karen?
no because you say a baby is aged in months until their 2nd birthday
Why cant people just say a year and one month? Its not that hard. Also i hated it when i used to ask my pregnant mom how much longer until the baby was born and she said "12 weeks" @-@ Do you really want me to do the math?
Is it really that hard to do the math? All resources and doctor notes for babies list as months, it's easier for everyone to use months. Also verbally, saying "my kid is 13 months" is much easier then saying "my kid is one year and one month old". Also yes, pregnancy is measured in weeks, because each one matters (medically).
Load More Replies...If someone refers to their kids age in months, I am instantly not interested in the rest of the story. Im not here for the math.
Say you don't have a kid without saying you don't have a kid smh . People don't chose to say months its a medical thing that doctors use . You say months up until they are 2 years old . I feel sad for you if you don't want to do the math when people use months. I honestly didn't understand it myself until i had a kid .
Its mostly people who don't have kids that get irritated by this. And i understand that it can seem strange. But its a huge difference between a 13 month old and a 23 month old and both are "1yr". Up to 2yrs you usually go by months.
guess what she will one day catch herself doing to her own kids.... :-)
My mother still calls me on my birthday and sings the Happy Birthday song and then ends with "not until 9:30 tonight".... I am 45
Way to ensure your kid never listens to your voicemails. Hopefully none will be important.
It's called You're an A-hole and she probably resents the hell out of you for not listening to her or respecting her.
Friend from had a daughter getting married. Hates the Winnie the Pooh song. Hates bagpipes. Asked me to have my piper friend learn the song and play it at her reception.
And you'll know when she's having a bad day when she calls to ask for ya to sing it once more. I would say to my sons "have a yippy , skippy major league day" ,before they'd leave for school. One day he stood and told me " I'm not leaving til you say it" it took a minute to realize what he wanted. I thought he was getting to old for such things, I guess not.
I mean, last time they where thinking the same thing, it didn't end up too well.
Hi! In the future you might want to use the pronoun they because it's both gender neutral and you can be more inclusive. For example, they are pretty
Load More Replies...I like this kid’s morbid personality, but I’m also a bit concerned 😟 😆
So true. If you don't know when you're gonna die, you might already be on the other side of middle age.
Nope that's how they learn. Or learn to love it. Not bullying. He didn't force him it was the kid's idea.
Load More Replies...I don't know why we got to censor the words. Like we've never seen them and never heard them before. Let's censor the word "F**k" but talk and show other morally wrong things all day long.
I agree. But why not use normal english instead? I didn’t understand the captions.
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Load More Replies...Aw, he is a handsome little fellow. I would have given him a big hug, and a high five for being brave. A response as simple as that could have turned the situation right around, comforting the little boy while making him see a positive outcome, he learned greatly from this. Saying he should be proud of himself would probably make him stop fretting and stand a little taller and be happy with himself.
Yes I'm sure he got that too. Tough love actually includes love
Load More Replies...This is awful. Why would you do this to your kid? You are supposed to love and nuture, not humiliate and advertise/make fun of their sadness.
I honestly thought that was the post - that he was disappointed because he's still too short to ride.
Load More Replies...What am I missing here? I don’t understand why he’s upset. Was he not allowed to go on the ride?
To me it seems like he was allowed to go on that ride and got scared on the ride.
Load More Replies...My grandson had a major meltdown because I gave him gummy bears. He wanted gummy worms. Literally the same thing just in a different shape. Learned my lesson real quick!
They are not at all the same thing lol. The worms are way gooier the bears are chewier gummy worms are gross don't waste the bears on a little kid
Load More Replies...Life lessons, sometimes you don’t get what you want just because you want it!! Nothing wrong with that lesson, it’s called growing up!!
I did this as a toddler too. Freaked out about wanting to go to Wisconsin when I was already in Wisconsin. Turned out I thought the word Wisconsin meant pool because that's what we always did when we went to Wisconsin, but my parents were pretty confused until they figured that out.
Hey hey hey there are some pretty good thing about California too you know
Load More Replies...4 year-old calls cemeteries "Rock gardens." We have a farm. I call our garage the "House Barn."
To be fair, he didn't say "go to sleep," he said "go to bed." She can stay awake forever as long as she does it in bed.
Kathryn, I laughed harder at your comment than any of the original posts. Thank you :D
Load More Replies...That’s funny because my 6 year old granddaughter will get all condescending & tell Siri what to do so fast & often that confusion ensues & we’ll have to tell her to “back off Siri now, she’s about to have a meltdown because of your abuse. Show the poor girl some love & kindness.” Of course I talk to my car GPS that way, her name is Lucy, but that’s different….that bitch gets an attitude in her voice I swear & I won’t have that from some A.I. tw@t who has one damn job to do.
In reality they wait until it isn't cute anymore and suddenly the kid gets grounded for saying things that it has been allowed to say for 12 years.
Load More Replies...Guysssssss, most 2 year olds aren't vicious. This is an adult projecting to make it funny. A 2 year old is just making an observation. "You told me that big kids use the potty, I use the potty, I am a big kid. That kid does not use the potty, therefore by extrapolation they are a baby" (paraphrasing, obvs)
I agree. When we go for walks my two-year-old refers to any kid in a stroller as a baby, she lacks the vocabulary and the mental capacity to differentiate between infants and toddlers.
Load More Replies...And yet that will motivate some other toddler. My son told his cousin (who's 10 weeks older) that he wore 'big boy' underwear and not diapers like him. I was actually proud for him too.
You need to nip that isht in the bud, average dad, or you'll have an unlikeable bully to contend with.
That sounds alarmingly like what mh narcissistic mother would *teach* her kid/grandkid to think/say so she could feel superior through the kid. The toddler likely didn't come up with the line herself imo, she might just be repeating what the adults said while potty training her.
Don't know about this one. Teaching your kid that flattery will get you what you want isn't right. All too often flattery won't get you anywhere. ( Like the lady who said to the cop that she understood that pretty women never get tickets. Handing her the ticket the cop replied: "That's true, ma'am.")
It's a joke. It's just a clever punchline. Apparently you know what a joke is, just not when someone else tells one.
Load More Replies...How dare that child not understand the proper way to address monarchs.
Load More Replies...Can grown-ups have a designated cookie tummy too? And can it have a faster metabolism than our usual tummy?
My daughter was a thumb-sucker. Mostly her right one, but one day I caught her sucking on her left thumb. I asked her why she switched and she said her left thumb was her "diet" thumb. She was like 5. I guess she had already seen too many Diet Coke commercials.
When I was little I had a regular food tummy and a dessert tummy. How could I be hungry for dessert when I was too full to finish my dinner? Very easy, mommy, one teeny stomach for "real/healthy" food, and one ginormous stomach for "chocolate and desserts" lolol
The packages you can choose for school pictures start at a few wallet pictures and the next available step is immediately everything in every size ánd some extra product you don't want. You can have your child's face printed on a lamp shade if you like... It has taken on some bizarre form. When all you want is the digital one to just print it out yourself.
Load More Replies...I'm always asking myself, "Where were supposed to be going?"
Load More Replies...When I was a kid I went everywhere with a book. Even when it was a short trip. I guess if it was now it would be my Kindle.
Just dont start with that tablet/smartphone s**t on kids until they are at least 10 or 12... then they are able to enjoy rides by looking OUTSIDE. 12h ride to italy over the alps... no problem..lots of fantastic views. Play the "who sees x fisrt"..etc... fkc that tablet babysitting.
I remember as a kid asking if I could bring 3 action figures in the car after being told I could bring 'a toy' on a 2 hour drive to visit relatives.
I bake my own bread, and the end pieces are worthy of a fight over in this house :D
Load More Replies...Way to go Dad! I can tell you, that's a sacrifice I'm not willing to make. I just hate the end pieces.
My sister and I got along (by that I mean actually talking to each other, not yelling, not getting into a physical fight) for a total of about 6 months in the almost 50 years we've been alive. Luckily it's the complete opposite with my brother.
My 12 year-old son and 6 year-old daughter fight ALL OF THE TIME! He'll be a great protector for her when boys start coming around when she gets much older, right
"You are the only two people who both of you can count on being in your life forever so just make it easy on yourselves and learn to get along!”
You were able to find band-aids? Usually all I find are the papers in the box left over from when their favorite stuffed animal had a tummy ache.
When I was a preschooler, I had several speech impediments. I called dumptrucks "dumb f***s." My grandmother was horrified.
This reminds me of my nephew. The very first time I met him he was 4, and he promptly told me he had been to 'fuckfest' 😳. He meant TruckFest 😂
Load More Replies...that's ok my son used to say "Fire f**k" I still love it. One of my fondest memories.
One of friend's MIL has a cuckoo clock obsession. When they went visit her one day after her child started to talk she said, "Mama! Wook at all de c***s!"
My son called digger truck - replace the first D with an N and replace trucks with f***s. we would walk in front of a construction site every day on the way to daycare and he would yell that out.
You let your child scream racial obscenities at people every day?
Load More Replies...To Lauren and Demi, on more serious note, check bruxism. I did that but not in my sleep and thought it was just me being me, but apparently it's a thing
I feel I just stepped into a time machine and accidentally got on a party line.
Load More Replies...I'm married without kids and still grind my teeth. Actually, I did so from the moment I had teeth, so yeah. Sleepovers where never a success, because apparently it makes a lot of very uncomfortable noises.
We get it, dude. You're a disaffected teenager who is not the target audience. Point made.
Load More Replies...Must be locked then, or it wouldn’t be closed, and you’d be holding court from “the throne” with kids and animals all present and accounted for.
Nine year old has an easy for school, I didn’t do one until I was 12!
And then expecting your child to be honest with and not lie to you. Instead of saying "no" we prefer to lie to our children. What does that teach them? 1. Lying is fine (yes, they can tell when you lie to them most of the time, which can lead to trust issues) 2. There is never a "no" for me in this world = entitlement. Now I am not judging parents who do this, I totally understand that desperate situations sometimes lead to unwise decisions and how hard it may be to say "no" to those cute people. But it is necessary for them. And for you.
To be honest, without kids it's not always clean either. /me side eyes cats
I just tested and I can type like 72 words a minute.
Depending on my mood, it ranges anywhere from 5 words a minute to 60 words a minute
And I'm the freak who has 2 - one for craft projects and one for actual ironing...
I guess some adults still have to learn something about the importance of personal boundaries. Yes, these include our children as well, even the tiny ones who are older than one.
That segues into a teenagers' series about getting up before 3 in the afternoon at weekends . . .
Ha! My dad would always pack the car, and then my mum would wait til he left to repack so the back would close and she could see out the rearview.
Ha. My family trips always wound up with mom listing and playing car Tetris. Dad never packed til the last minute
And if you don't have kids, your spouse will talk to you whenever you are wearing headphones.
This is me when my four year old randomly says “mum I love you.” What do you want?
Put it in a travel mug with a vacuum seal. It’ll be portable, stay warm longer, and won’t spill if “nobody” knocks it over.
So your kid has the same habit that a lot of my coworkers had. And the boss was wondering where all the 400 coffee mugs for his 40 people staff went.
You mean, is $48 a good deal on a pumpkin—-or a couple pumpkins?—-your kid already destroyed?
You'd better be able to turn it into a carriage after Halloween is over.
Husband snores so loud and intensely that windows rattle. I’m a light sleeper. Match made in Heaven, right? (/s) If hubs is keeping me awake, I start out tapping him on the arm to get him to roll over. Once I start pretending to roll over and whack him also pretending I swung my arm out as I rolled, I’m done. That’s why I set up the spare bedroom as my escape room, so I can salvage what’s left of the night and at least get a few hours sleep. It’s on the opposite side of the house. With all doors closed, it’s quiet, though with a tolerable dash of vibration as he inhales and exhales…
Load More Replies...By that age, we were chaperoning the littler kids—-also dressed up the first year or two, then we got “too cool” to dress up. Looking back on it, I’m kind of sad we got too cool…
I still love dressing up, but nobody wants to give candy to a punked out sophomore in HS.
Load More Replies...Maybe not your night, but I can make an educated guess how you woke up.
Our education was based on the "It won't kill them so let them try it." principle. That's how I learned that a peanut butter, gravy, cucumber, ham sandwich doesn't taste as good as I thought it would.
Did you get to (have to) eat it anyway? It sounds interesting ...
Load More Replies...I broke my kids of this habit by telling them it was “butt water.” That’s right! You’re drinking water that your butt has been sitting in.
you do a pillow wall, so your baby will not fell down from the bed :-)
Load More Replies...Wow, thanks a lot. Good to know older kids aren't appreciated.
We're only appreciated when it comes to chores. We do the work, so our younger siblings are free to get attention.
Load More Replies...And spend the next 3 weeks hearing the annoying sound they made up! No thank you
This was a great posting. So glad to know I'm not the only one with a chaotic life. Parenting is never boring, that's for sure. A new adventure everyday. But I love it!!!!!!
Surprised not to see stepped on Lego make the list somewhere - you have not felt pain till you have stepped on a Lego block, barefoot at 3am
Yes…or, little bitty beads that you think you’ve swept all up during the day, but you discover, barefoot, in the wee hours of the morning, and they stick to the bottom of your feet, while you’re trying not to wet your jammies and you say bad words. Really bad words.
Load More Replies...Look forward to November? Nah. Look forward to Parenting Tweets. Literally every month.
I can laugh now, but I once said to someone "He is my favorite dad!" and my father roared, "I'm you ronly father!" and that's how those darned daydreams get discovered. *sigh*
My dauthers say the same thing to me. I tell them they are my favorite E and T (their names). Its an internal joke
Load More Replies...Because a toxic, spiteful, insulting, hateful scrooge like you could do better?
Load More Replies...This was a great posting. So glad to know I'm not the only one with a chaotic life. Parenting is never boring, that's for sure. A new adventure everyday. But I love it!!!!!!
Surprised not to see stepped on Lego make the list somewhere - you have not felt pain till you have stepped on a Lego block, barefoot at 3am
Yes…or, little bitty beads that you think you’ve swept all up during the day, but you discover, barefoot, in the wee hours of the morning, and they stick to the bottom of your feet, while you’re trying not to wet your jammies and you say bad words. Really bad words.
Load More Replies...Look forward to November? Nah. Look forward to Parenting Tweets. Literally every month.
I can laugh now, but I once said to someone "He is my favorite dad!" and my father roared, "I'm you ronly father!" and that's how those darned daydreams get discovered. *sigh*
My dauthers say the same thing to me. I tell them they are my favorite E and T (their names). Its an internal joke
Load More Replies...Because a toxic, spiteful, insulting, hateful scrooge like you could do better?
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