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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.

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.

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“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

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shape shifters, unauthorized clones could be out there. Your daughter will do great in the future

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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.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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"?

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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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol i dont know how or why they always like that language

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Susan Bishop
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I made the mistake of giving my toddler my phone exactly once... He changed the language to Russian. They don't even use the same alphabet, but I somehow turned it back to English.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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J.A. Rogers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Better check to see what kiddo posted to all your social media accounts while you're at it.

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Paul Brown
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yea, I let my 3yo grandson play with my phone and now I have 52 pictures of his feet.

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Harri Ellis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a friend whose granddaughter, age 3, took her phone, then called 9-1-1 to get the code to use it. Police came and explained to her that wanting to use the phone was not an emergency. She said it was....her grandmother was mortified.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly want to become a parent just for this. The hand pics would probably break up the piles and piles of Ragnarok pics and silly TikToks, honestly. Or maybe just a 'fun aunty' who lets the kids get away with actual murder.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This just reminded me of a story lol. So my brother was like 3, and he stole the home phone without our parents noticing. All of a sudden I hear my mom screaming into the phone trying to explain that it was a wrong number. My mom slumps down on the couch and says "the boy just called an old Korean lady. She didn't speak english." And, of course, my 4 year old self just starts howling with laughter. It was a rough night.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine liked pictures of her hair at that age. I had so many blurry pictures of her forehead and hair.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Google translate will help you turn it back to English. Save the best picture, you will treasure it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a series of like hundred photos of my sons' nostrils from when I let them use our camera and sometimes you need to look at the date of the photo to distinguish whose nose from two of them

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

S**t, that movie gave ME nightmares and I was mid 30 when I saw it!!!!!!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, there seems to be a jem called Urban Dictionary..I think they'd appreciate your addition!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What if i don't have kids and wear different shoes in my feet cause mornings?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm okay with this up to a point -- there's nearly as much difference between 13 and 24 months as the same in years. Tell me he's 61 months and I'll fight you.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Keep doing that for another 20 years, she will find it endearing one day

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one feels more like bullying and less like funny parenting moments.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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