50 Hilarious Tweets From Parents That Sum Up What It’s Like Having To Raise Siblings
It's undeniable that raising and caring for multiple children is a challenging task for parents. This responsibility often involves not only meeting each child's individual needs but also maintaining a sense of balance and fairness within the family dynamic. Parents have to ensure that they are strict enough about the values and lessons they want to impart while also providing emotional support, managing everyday tasks like meal preparation, and helping with homework. All this must be done while juggling their own personal and professional responsibilities.
In fact, many parents feel overwhelmed at times, and social media platforms like Twitter have become a place for them to vent and make jokes about the challenges they face when raising siblings. The humorous and relatable nature of these posts has turned the topic into something of a running meme. If you're a parent in a similar situation, you may find comfort in seeing some of the best takes that the "parenting siblings community" has shared on the bird app recently.
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Yeah I laughed for like 3 whole minutes over this lol
Load More Replies...But they're snoring at that same time on a Monday morning when you need to get up and do stuff
I'm the youngest. I would best them up. Or anyone try to pick on my youngest,older brother.He was a sickly child. YES,I beat one guy up ; for being such a asshat to my brother. I had to beat him up twice, before his parents told him to Not be an asshat.... lol, still funny after all these years.
Or, in my case, the sibling I drop kicked out of my room when she jumped out of my closet after I'd showered. Her head hit the bookshelf in the hall, and I had a moment of pure panic and started trying to help her up. Then she started laughing like an evil little shithead, so I slammed the door and got dressed. We still laugh about it, 20+ years later.
That scenario should be a requirement of every medical student everywhere.
Yup, I don't want to move and they usually hear me better
Well, yeah. You yell for one, tell them to get the other one, then get mad that they used your own method? Yta to all parents who do this.
I know this for a fact, because both me and my sisters communicate this way, and this way only.
Me: T, go get your brother up for breakfast T, standing two inches from his brothers face: WAKE UP! FOOD!
One common theme in parent-child communities is the frequent rivalry and competition between siblings. Parents on Twitter often share funny and unexpected experiences to resolve conflicts and promote family harmony. While these stories are entertaining, they emphasize the importance of teaching children to understand their own unique qualities and to support each other even when they are competing. Share strategies to defuse tense situations and help kids understand the value of teamwork and compromise.
"Would you hold still? I promise this won't hurt! *quietly to self* much." Me: 😳
Relax, it could just be a magic trick. You know, like when they saw someone in half?
My mom posted on social media: "Joy of Christmas: Sibling's Edition--overheard from one room over: 'Hold still or I'll tape your feet to the floor!'" because I was making my brother a costume. ALL OF THESE ARE SO RELATABLE
Yes. My son certainly is. We have had a lot of conversations about the “spirit” of the rule. But I finally had someone top my stories. Their son wanted to go get candy from their sister who was on the other side of the street. Mom said “No. Don’t go running across the street.” Boy immediately takes off skipping across the street. Gets hit by a car but is fine.
Load More Replies...I used to tell my youngest to not jump on the couch. Much like this post, she heard "don't jump on THAT couch."
Both of us, teenagers, annoying mom. Mom gets frazzled, says, "would you two just sit down for a second?" We both walked to the stairs, sat, said "one one thousand!" in perfect unison, and jumped back up. Mom never did recover her train of thought.
This reminds me when I told one kid not to growl at her sister because she's not a bear. She responded that she IS a tiger.
Another prevalent topic within this community is the creative ways in which parents divide their time and attention between multiple children. Parents on Twitter joke about the scheduling gymnastics required to ensure each child has a fair share of their time, whether it's attending extracurricular activities, organizing playdates, or helping with school projects. This playful banter helps to remind parents that they are not alone in their struggles and encourages them to continue seeking inventive solutions to the challenges of raising siblings.
if i have kids im naming them timmy jimmy and bob or pretty much any 2 rhyming names and uno random name
Hi. I'm Larry. This is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl.
Load More Replies...My other brother was named after one grampa, i was named a feminine version of the other grampa. My younger brother was named after the ob/gyn that delivered him.
There was a Stephen in the Bible....he did not have a good ending to his life.
Stephen was the first martyr for Christ. You can read about him in the book of Acts.
The "parenting siblings community" also frequently shares stories about the more light-hearted aspects of raising multiple children, such as their kids' amusing antics, unique hobbies, and unexpected interests. These posts often serve as a reminder that despite the challenges of parenting, there are countless moments of joy to be found in raising siblings. These shared experiences can help parents maintain a sense of humor and perspective even when they are feeling overwhelmed by their responsibilities.
If the parent is already in a bad mood, this is our only escape
Load More Replies...And then snickering behind mom while staring at the sibling being yelled at 😂
Let's not forget how obnoxiously smug they are when listening as well.
HAHA my daughter enjoys it so much so that she will actively participate with smiling nods to he older brother and tiny quaint giggles of delight.
As an only child I got both barrels and had to blame "the ghost". Sure was fun....said no one ever.
My sons first school trip when he was about 8, his sister who is a little than a year older slept in his bed because she missed him. They have a lot of love for each other but my god they also fight like cat and dog, son is now 15, daughter 16. They are still the same
Honestly, that's when you pull executive privilege and eat it yourself.
Load More Replies...To be honest, I would have prevented the argument by simply eating it myself. :)
What I do is if one sibling cuts it, the other chooses the side they want!
Oops, I read your comment after posting the same. It works!
Load More Replies...Lol this reminds me of the times my sister and I shared drinks. Get two clear glasses or cups, lay them side by side, pour the drink into both cups, make sure they’re even by checking the water line 😂😂😂
We did that too. Something I also did was not make sure their even, but close. Then shove both cups in front of my sister and whichever she picks, she picks 🤷🏽♀️
Load More Replies...Omg, this reminded me of my babysitting PTSD I was looking after these kids (more specifically 3 kids), and I was eating my cookie that I made. And they literally all walked in on me about to enjoy it. Needless to say, I didn't end up getting to even taste that cookie. Like istg
Get yourself one of them nifty little pill cutters for just such m&m splitting occasions.
Simple solution providing they are old enough, one cuts and the other chooses.
Told one of my sons to tell the other an apology. They looked me dead in the eye and said, "But you said an apology should be real and we have to mean it." The lord was testing me that day.
Only problem is I'm pretty sure girls do that too (speak from experience, it wasn't a waffle, it was a pancake).
Load More Replies...I know that this statement is 100% accurate. My husband and I have 5 boys and 2 girls.
I wouldn't think so, although it depends on how fast it was going, and how thin/strong the fan blades were.
Load More Replies...As long as he's going to clean it up, cool, it's a learning experience.
one of my brothers said something similar and he got thrown out a window lol.
Heard from the back of the car: “DAAAD, she’s looking through MY window….”
He crossed the line!! (The invisible line in the car on summer trips)
Load More Replies...Or putting their finger one inch away from their sibling and saying "but I'm not touching him."
Playing roblox and you walk through the room- YOU JUST MADE ME DIE
Sibling 1: Moooooooom they’re touching me! Sibling 2: I’m not touching them!!
i had a 5th grade student who would leave his seat and stack other students for "looking at him."
Stack? Is that slang for something? It's not an expression I've heard in my neck of the woods.
Load More Replies...I'm the 4th. It goes from baby book to half a baby book to 20 photos to one unlabeled photo stuck in first-born's baby book.
Ikr. My first kid had a baby book, the second and third, none at all. Which I regret now as they’re only kids once.
Because the first child is the best, obvs (first child speaking here)
I have 2 baby books. My brother has 0. :) I think mom was just tired at that point.
my oldest brother got one almost completely filled out, i got one but not anything in it, and my youngest brother didn’t get one
sent that math teacher to hell don't worry
Load More Replies...I hate my mother to this day for that. No pictures of me when I was a kid.
Until half of the info for me is crossed out and replaced with my sister
After my gall bladder was removed, the surgeon came to check on me and said, “You’re probably anxious to be home. I think you’ll be ready to be discharged tomorrow.” I responded, “I have three kids at home. Here I have people at my beck and call, I’m served food I don’t have to prepare, and I can stay in bed and watch TV all day. Soooo… didn’t I just hear you say that I won’t be well enough to go home for a week?”
When my autistic son was a baby, be barely slept. Didn't sleep a full night til he was about 10. So anyway, I was on the verge of purposefully catching a disease just to have peace.
If I didn't love I'm America & know I can't afford a half million dollars for a few days peace I might consider it as well
I had two kinder students… first one runs up and says, “Ashton threw a stick at me.” Ashton [not real name] was hot on his heels, “Nu uh! It wasn’t a stick. It was a rock!” 🤦🏻♀️
My children would have said "I didn't hit her, the TRUCK hit her but after I threw it."
wait... was it a toy truck or was your 4yo daughter driving a real truck? hmmm
I'd be very nervous when she's old enough to get behind the wheel of a real truck LOL
My sister is my best friend in the world and I am currently nursing a kick injury from her. She's twenty-four and I am twenty-six.
Parent, holding an object that they give zero fücks about: "Now it's MINE!"
Load More Replies...So basically, multiple kids are like multiple corgis? Screen-Sho...dd1093.png
My dad was an only child to an over baring father and an ultra religious mother. He freaked every time my sister and I even raised our voices to each other.
My parents act like us insulting each other is an issue like my dad didn't set a shed on fire with his sister in it
JUST TO CONFIRM IT WAS AN ACCIDENT AND HE SAVED HER
Load More Replies...My mom's siblings were constantly at each other's throats and still hate her. As a result, my brother and I are barely allowed to goof off anywhere she could ever see or hear
For me it's actually the opposite. My mom hates when any of us argue and when we were younger she would try and stop every fight or squabble. My grandma would just ignore it.
She might refer to her as 'my sister' or the mum removed the name for privacy purposes, just like instead of inserting the five year olds name she just wrote '5YO:'
Load More Replies...I once during track nearly cried Bc I knew my 4 yo sister is at home playing video games and eating fruit while me and my brother are running an 800 and getting cramps
Then the other one gets to push the button for the floor. God help you if you have 3 or a random adult passenger pushes the floor number first.
My 30 yr old daughter stuck her foot out to trip her 26 yr old brother getting on the escalator. My 13 yr old daughter, (laughing hysterically) asked if I saw what her sister just did. . . 30 yr old from top of escalator, "Remember snitches get stitches!" Hope they never outgrow the special love they share. *big sigh*
Load More Replies...Rushed to press the elevator button before my sister could and cut my hand. The irony
My brother and I used to race to see who'd push the button first at the college my parents visited
Me and my brother used to fight over the elevator door button.
I remember telling my little brother if he wanted to learn to plat my hair, he had to pay me $10 for 30 minute lessons, and every day it would increase by $30 dollars. That was when I had just learnt about the benefits of money
I’m over 40 but would gladly pay this ten times this amount to get rid of my sister. Just in case all of your parents were comforted by the fact that your kids will get along when they’re older.
All. The. Damn. Time. Then they trip over and smash their face and then go WAAAAAAAA
When I was a young boy my father took me into the city to see a marching band—
He said son when, you grow up, will you be, the saviour of the broken, the beaten and the damned
Load More Replies...Idk I’d probably go with they ate all their vegetables and took naps everyday and went to bed on time.
*In Eddie Guerrero style* I lie, I cheat, I steal... And because of that I'm the eldest!!! XD
Once in a public restroom in Disneyland, I heard a father shift from calmly talking his child through the bathroom procedure to screaming "No! No! Don't touch that with your penis!"...parenting books don't prepare you for those moments
The thought of hearing that in a public bathroom is hilarious 😂
Load More Replies...I once heard a child say, "I like peeing!" Then he let go and lost control of his penis and pee sprayed all over the mother, the walls of the stall, and the people passing the stall
I was a nanny for several years with the same family. My car battery died, so I called my best friend for help. She sent her 6'98" tall "baby" brother. The four year old was home, and very shy, so I told her that Sheila's baby brother was coming to fix my car. When Mart arrived, my four year old charge looked up and up and up. "THAT'S a BABY?"
That's how my 90 years old uncle introduces my 88 year old father to others.
I do sometimes refer to my 47 yo 6'2" body builder brother as my little brother. But I know he refers to me as his big sister sometimes too.
I do this too. My brother’s 2 years younger than me, and he’s 15. I still call him my “little brother” because I’m so used to it.
She. All of James's kids are girls. Edit: not trying to be mean. Just an FYI.
Load More Replies...I have a younger sister (who is bat sh*t crazy & I went no contact about 25 years ago) who CONSTANTLY stole stuff from my room when we were kids. Yeah, Theresa - you deserved every single one of the slugs you got.
"Well, now you should be able to guess what's going to happen if you hot her again."
Ahh yes. I have twin now teenage boys but I remember playing the "Who can be the quietest " game on road trips. They'd end up looking at each other and get the giggles and then we all laugh. I miss those days.
Load More Replies...Anywhere, especially in public. But hey, you do you.
Load More Replies...3 boys 1 cake - two boys confer seemingly endlessly about where the two cuts should be. Third boy gets 1st choice. The pieces will be microscopically exact. And I was always the winner because I stuck with mom during the making/icing, and got to lick the spoon.
As the oldest sibling and the cutter, i always make sure to leave some on the knife and sneakily eat it; mostly just out of spite to my siblings
Load More Replies...When it came to stuff like cake a good idea is to let one of them cut the slices then the other ones gets to choose the slice they want. The degree of precision in those slices would make a Nasa engineer proud.
And this is how I teach math to first graders. They struggle with word problems until you put their siblings in the problem with they have more. So how many more?
Me too!!! Works perfectly. I also use them to explain why 6x2 isn't the same as 2x6, although the answer is the same. The first gives you 6 happy siblings, the last equals 2 nauseous siblings and 4 hungry ones. This also works with pinguïns btw. Nobody wants nauseous pinguïns.....
Load More Replies...I still (jokingly) argue with my sister over who's getting the bigger/better item at the grocery store when we go shopping together. We're in our 40's, lol.
I have a feeling my parents only wanted me cause they liked my sister and wanted a copy. Unfortunately they really didn't luck out there at all
It's not that, it's that the first kid (me) is so chill and easygoing, they figure, hey, we're pros, let's have another! And then the second kid upends absolutely everything. Dunno why anyone goes for a third; my sister cured my parents of wanting any more.
Yeah, same. I was the easygoing, sunny kid (girl) and my younger brother was nothing short of a wrecking ball.
Load More Replies...During covid, all my siblings would say "6 feet apart!" Anytime one of my siblings walked past
I would just be like "I'm just going easy on you a-lot because I don't want you learning how to become a master by watching me play."
And kids think they won't need maths in the real world 😂
I’m 57 and yesterday I had to cut pie in half for me and my husband, I weighed it to see which peice was bigger and gave him the bigger bit.
Don’t get why people are downvoting you. That’s a really detailed and thoughtful thing to do. I gave you one upvote, best I can do.
Load More Replies...When my son was 3 and my daughter was 18 months old… I responded to her crying. I couldn’t see anything out of order, so I asked him, “Why is your sister crying?” He said, “She accidentally bit herself on the back of the neck.” I lifted up her hair to see teeth prints on the back of her neck. It was his first bonafide lie.
I'm 59. My sister is 56. She is still mad at me that I changed her 25 year old son's first diaper. I always thought she was adopted.
Load More Replies...Haha I’m 15 my brother is 5 he’s CONVINCED he’s older and I’m like “yes yes don’t mind the 10 year age difference and the fact that I’m 2 feet taller”
I have one brother who still attempts to lord it over me... his being older and therefore, ostensibly, wiser. Case in point: talking about a spiritual matter in the car one day, I related my experience with it and he said, I s**t you not, that I could not have had that experience because 'we' are not there yet. Forgive me for saying so, but we are not the same, and yes, my experience can actually be different and (gasp!) more advanced than yours, brother dear...
I have 3 sisters in their 40s .. but we are. 100% there in the bad times
Outgrow it? lol. Me, age 41. Sister, age 47. It never ends. XD
My brother and I didn't hug until I was 35, he was 41, and dad just died. Here's a virtual sibling hug. 🤗
Load More Replies...My brother hates hugs. Ironically, yesterday I found a note that he gave me for my birthday two years ago for 5 free hugs. I’d only used 2, so I used one yesterday. He hugged me while looking at his phone behind my back. Considering that he otherwise refuses to hug me, I call that a win.
My sister had an imaginary friend, growing up, called Prince charming, and she would get mad if anyone sat where he was sitting, even though no one else could see him.
My youngest daughter had an imaginary litter of blue puppies that followed her everywhere. I remember one time in the grocery store, she got upset because a lady for almost stepping on one of her imaginary puppies' tails. The lady actually knelt down and apologized to my daughter AND the puppy. 😂 It was adorable.
Load More Replies...One time in elementary school there was a guy who worked in national parks and was showing off a bird to us. (An owl or something sitting on his shoulder.) And at the end of it, he gave us all “invisible birds”. For a short while I actually believed I had an invisible bird and I’d just imagine where it was and that it was following me. Now I realize what an ingenious thing it was.
As the oldest sibling, I would tell my sibling that their "too young" and that these certain buttons were way to hard to press. It didn't work
When me and my siblings were at a hotel waiting for our grandparents to meet us there my parents let us play in the elevator by going up and down the floors, single best day of my life
No matter how much I hide, all of my favorite snacks somehow keep disappearing.
if u have a hairbrush with where the bristles are attached to a squishy part then you can take it off to reveal a secret compartment. i hide candy and money in there
Load More Replies...I've done this before and I only have two other siblings. You have to hide the good stuff no matter what!
My eldest steals all my snacks no matter where I hide them. I feel so sneaky when I find a new place to hide them, despite the fact that they are mine and I paid for them... She's 17
Yep. Between my little sister and my mom (youngest of three), dad and I evolved into packrats.
Load More Replies...He's smart, precautions are necessary for the youngest. Remember, you pick your battles.
My youngest sister used to eat cake & brownie mix, dry, from the box. I offered to actually make her a cake or some brownies. She was like, Nah - I like it this way. (Literally found her in the closet eating brownie mix) Weird little kid.
I'm 63 and my two kids are long grown and gone from home. I still have to hide treats from my husband! Worst part of that is, finding a really good hiding place, and him seeing me retrieving something. Then I have to find a new place lol
My dog wouldn't eat my peas. Which I figured said a lot about how edible the peas were. Like, he literally pushed JUST THE PEAS out of his bowl.
Load More Replies...3: he eats fast and asked me to help him Brother: bound and gagged
And here is a retort to that retort, "And, ....are you? Are you going to climb mount Everest? Ha! I bet you can't. Oh, really, can you? Ok, go now. I'm watching. And if you don't, or can't, you are worse than me, in the respect of you lying. Go on then!"
My son (only child) just climbed Mt. Everest! I knew I was right to stop at one!
My sisters older son in his infinite wisdom decided to school my 4 boys on sex. My youngest was 4 and the oldest 10. That day they kept looking at me funny and finally it came to a head when one of the middle boys started crying. Thus was at breakfast getting ready for school. I finally get the story and they cried uncontrollable, all at once. They were mortified what their mom and dad did to have children.. Then they started to compare their Grandparents and.anyone else they could think of. My MIL have 6 and they cried even harder. It was a very bad day!
I'm sure there are at least a few people who've climbed Everest out of spite.
Or brother complaining loudly because Mom won’t stop singing. (Love her to death, love it when she sings, but all of us know that she’s a terrible singer. She does it for fun tho, while listening to music in the car or something and singing along.)
I have to admit I have said that before... Or started the quiet competition of who can be quiet for the longest…
That's something I'd do if I didn't get angry 1st I can't stand sound sometimes. Especially voices if upset
My biggest fear about bunk beds was my sister throwing up on me. 😳
Load More Replies...That's free PPV for you right there. Just don't get caught by an errant uppercut or shove... XP
Play a video game. Those Skyrim npc wont kill themselves, most of them.
They call their friends. At least, that's what my siblingless friend did.
Tell them it actually needs both of them to push it in order to make it work.
that would probably devolve into “BUT YOU PUSHED IT LONGER THAN ME!!!”
Load More Replies...They exist, but the second button is pretty high up (and intended for people on horses).
Haha I’m the middle child and I’m a lot better at drawing than the oldest and yet my parents only care about her drawings
No they said can I eat this bc they want to eat it instead of their sibling eating it
Load More Replies...I about the get backfired for this... But since when are you getting a kid for your kid ? Like you decide to bring a new life into your family and if you are not doing this because you have more love to share and want to give another child the best life possible.. that seems wrong to me ! I know they probably have other reasons for having another kid, but damn, if I were to have heard my mother said that, I would've never been able to forget it while growing up..
Yeah. Kinda agree. Some people become parents because they think that the socially correct thing to do even though they don't have enough emotional intelligence and patience to be a parent. I'm hoping that this was just a sarcastic attention seeking post that is in poor taste. Either way it paints the parent in a very selfish light. Not a good look.
Load More Replies...Brother: *smacks, punches, and bites repeatedly* Me: *shoves him lightly* Brother: *DADDY SHE’S HURTING ME SO MUCH TELL HER TO STOPPPP*
My brother met a kid named Chainsaw he was named by his brother.
If up to my oldest kids, their two younger sisters would have been named Dinosaur Tiger Ball and Banana, respectively.
The first kid goes to get brother and stays because there's a video game tournament in progress and gets to play the winner while you sit in the car waiting.
I appreciate the humor, but that’s an abusive thing to ask in reality. Please don’t!
Look, mom, just because you think you were justified in pushing your sister out a window does not mean it's open season on your eldest. Is something I wish I hadn't actually said.
The inverse is “look how good she is with her little brother, she’s gonna be such a good mommy one day”, which you hear plenty. :p
Load More Replies...12 year old son who had been raised as an only child now has two step-sisters. While decorating the house for Halloween he decides to entertain them by putting on a puppet show with some of the decorations, several stuffed toys in the shape of Hollywood movie monsters-Dracula, Wolfman, Mummy, Frankenstein etc. Bride of Frankenstein begins nagging him.: "You're worthless. All you do is hang out with that scientist and hunchback guy all day. My mother told me not to marry a guy with bolts in his neck." The girls cracked up and so did I. Funniest puppet show ever.
Me and my sister rarely fight lol we actually get along and she’s my favorite person (no we haven’t grown up. I’m 13 and she’s 9)
Does anyone has an older sibling who treat you like a servant?
I prefer "manservant", and yes she tries :) Edit: Sue Lynn Chan had written "treat like a _maid_?" when I replied, prior to her edit, obviously. So I apologize for the inadvertently now inane reply.
Load More Replies...My "baby" brother is 32, 6'4", and something like 230 pounds. He broke my mom's brand-new couch one Christmas by body-slamming one of my sisters on it. My mom was like, "What did you do to your little brother to make him do it?" My sister was like, "I breathed funny on him." Then my brother farted on her. We were all in our 20s and 30s and my brother had two kids. It doesn't change as we get older. A year or two later UNO and Sorry! got banned from gatherings.
12 year old son who had been raised as an only child now has two step-sisters. While decorating the house for Halloween he decides to entertain them by putting on a puppet show with some of the decorations, several stuffed toys in the shape of Hollywood movie monsters-Dracula, Wolfman, Mummy, Frankenstein etc. Bride of Frankenstein begins nagging him.: "You're worthless. All you do is hang out with that scientist and hunchback guy all day. My mother told me not to marry a guy with bolts in his neck." The girls cracked up and so did I. Funniest puppet show ever.
Me and my sister rarely fight lol we actually get along and she’s my favorite person (no we haven’t grown up. I’m 13 and she’s 9)
Does anyone has an older sibling who treat you like a servant?
I prefer "manservant", and yes she tries :) Edit: Sue Lynn Chan had written "treat like a _maid_?" when I replied, prior to her edit, obviously. So I apologize for the inadvertently now inane reply.
Load More Replies...My "baby" brother is 32, 6'4", and something like 230 pounds. He broke my mom's brand-new couch one Christmas by body-slamming one of my sisters on it. My mom was like, "What did you do to your little brother to make him do it?" My sister was like, "I breathed funny on him." Then my brother farted on her. We were all in our 20s and 30s and my brother had two kids. It doesn't change as we get older. A year or two later UNO and Sorry! got banned from gatherings.
