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There are as many parenting tactics as there are parents. No wonder this is a somewhat controversial subject that can instantly ignite an argument between opinionated moms and dads that believe in different schools of raising their kids.

But the self-described “3 x Soccer Dad” Chris Cate has realized that humor is the best and possibly the only good way to talk about the joys and challenges of being a parent. On his Instagram account “Parent Normal,” dad Cate shares a daily dose of hilariously relatable memes and jokes he finds online with his audience of 159K.

The result is a funny compilation of miscellaneous posts that sum up the chaos of raising our little daredevils posted by people on the internet who know what they’re saying, and selected by dad Cate, who knows we're all gonna appreciate them!

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Enjoy These Moments

Enjoy These Moments

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Your Welcome

Your Welcome

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Parenting has become a daunting task for most parents in the current times. The reason why parenting has become quite challenging is due to the fact that our lifestyle is rapidly changing with newer requirements and demands being instilled into our lives. The time we live in is also to blame, since the worldwide pandemic and political turmoil in the world are changing the ways we live, work, and raise kids beyond recognition.

But since parents always want what’s best for their children, it’s hard for them to realize the world may not be as welcoming and easily navigated as it was for them. Today, parents are worried sick about their children’s prospects in an unstable world teeming with threats near and far—whole categories of jobs disappearing, global financial upheaval; terrorist attacks; refugees in misery; the environment under assault from poisons and rising temperatures.

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This Kid Is My Hero

This Kid Is My Hero

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Brilliant Mom Hack # 23,397

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Mind Your Business

Mind Your Business

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

yeah guys! chill the f**k out! if we want kids we will have them when we're ready!

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

Like b***h, I am 40 years old. I don’t have kids of my own, they are all fostered. Never gonna have kids. In this economy, we bringing more problems into an even bigger problem. They are gonna grow up watching the world die. I ain’t doing that to more and more people. I’m just gonna give other people a second chance in life

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

I don't want kids. I don't hate kids. I do NOT want to be a mother. That sh!t is NOT for everyone and I am not selfish for this decision that I made about 20 years ago. Fight me.

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

I admire women who know what they want, and don't apologize for it. I support that s**t! 🙂

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

My MIL would always ask “any neewwws!?” every single time we got together. One year we were hosting a Mother’s Day brunch, she was first to arrive and asked immediately. I said no and told her that if we did have news then she would have just ruined any announcement we may have planned. She finally shut up about it and never asked again.

Got Myself 4 Pandas
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I genuinely don't think I've ever asked when another person is planning to have kids, or tell them time is running out or any of that c**p. I don't really understand why people do. I mean this with all the love in the world but why should I care either way? If you want kids, cool, if you don't, cool, if you want them and are struggling I have the utmost sympathy and respect for your situation and therefore wouldn't put you in a position you would feel pained. If someone wants to share their plans for kids with me I'll happily discuss them with you, but that's a you bring it up type conversation. Having 4 kids I get the exact opposite - if I were to have another you can bet your a*s I'd be getting the "what, you're fifth??" With even more horror than with my 4th. Not happening though, not a chance in hell - my childbearing days are very much behind me and I'm very happy about it

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

I started asking 'why' when people say they are expecting or want kids.

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

"yeah my husband and I think it's time to have a baby?" "Oh....oh are you sure that's what you want? What if you change your mind?"

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

When my mom was sick with cancer, someone said to her in a store "Omg, you're so skinny, must be nice!" My mom politely said, "Well, not really, but thanks?"

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

Ppl. Can be sooo stupid. You do not look “good” skinny when fighting cancer. You look sick. Clearly unwell. That woman was lucky she didn’t get a full swing slap. I hope your Mom is doing ok🌻

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

I heard those comments right up til I was 42.. then had my first and only child. Now I hear. "OMG...you had a child at 42!" Can't win.

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

if you want kids good for you, if you don't want kids good for you

Tracy Wallick
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tell people "I can't have children". The fact that I can't have them is because I voluntarily got my tubes removed is irrelevant <3

Abby
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband and I met in 2008. After six months of being together, we knew we were going to get married and just sort of...stopped any form of birth control. We were very much if it happens if happens. We'll either get married before or after. Maybe never. In 2010 my grandma got really sick, and I wanted her to see at least one of her grandkids get married before she died. We married in 2011 (she died on our first anniversary) and the questions started at the reception. Our answer always was it'll happen if it happens. Oh, but you'll be amazing parents. And? In the seven years we actively tried, I got pregnant one time and had a miscarriage. Then the--when are you going to start trying again. How many are you going to have? Have you tried eating---? Have you tried X sex position? When I had our daughter at 43, people started asking when are you plan on having the next one? Well, my husband had a vasectomy when our daughter was six weeks old. Are you going to adopt? Won't she be lonely? You can never win.

Amanda Morton
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't have children due to seizures, cysts on the ovaries and because I don't jump into relationships all the time. I've been a step-mother twice does that count. Both of those relationships each has two kids each and I helped raise my cousins. I had my first baby sitting job when I was 4 years old, while my mom and her friend were sun tanning. I've been around kids my whole life, helping taking care of them, helping with potty training, feeding, being there with homework and other things like a mother does that count. Let me ask you something do you have to go through having the fetus grow and then go through birth? Do you have to go through possible losing a child, having issues not being able to have children and getting sh*t on? Do you have to get shamed for having a child when your older when you want to? Honestly, what's the point the self entitlement that's happening more nowadays its almost not worth having one if there going to learn that sh*t. I can go on and on but I'm not

PADNA
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah... i got that one asked by a kid in a fking pool. WTF your manners kid?? Probably same place your parents parenting is as they let their child swim alone while they had a part y at the shore (kid was attaching themselves onto strangers, yes literally)

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

Don't you know everyone wants kids? Took me years to get the hysterectomy I medically needed because "what if I want kids in the future? What if my future husband wants kids?". It is totally worth making me endure debilitating pain, I guess, on the off chance that maybe in the future I could have a kid.

Deb Wall-Lucreziano
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2 years ago

Or when people ask “so when are you due?” And I have to say “I’m not pregnant, just obese but thanks for asking!”

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

No kidding! Sheesh! Not everyone’s goal in life is to reproduce

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

My aunt was married at 19, but it took until her late 30s to have her second child. 4 miscarriages in total, 2 before her son and 2 before her daughter.

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

WHY DO PEOPLE DO THAT? It's so offensive says the person who is NOT easily offended.

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

No, no, I’ve had kids… they’re just all dead!

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

Tell me you're quad-vaxxed without telling me you're quad-vaxxed "I hAd SevEn MiSsssss

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

Smokers and other drug users also try to pressure you into doing something you don't want to

JinjoBread
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2 years ago

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A conversation that most certainly did not, and will not, happen.

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

I have had similar. Mostly I just mumble 'cant' but there have been times the tone of the questioner is very accusing and prints me to give real answer . I did want kids, but 6 miscarriages and 2 eptopic pregnancies stopped that. Accuser usually gets angry that I upset them, and I go back to mumbling 'cant'

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Madeline Levine, Ph.D. a psychologist, educator and co-founder of Challenge Success, a project of the Stanford Graduate School of Education, spoke with various parents from all walks of life: public, private, liberal, conservative, rural, urban, and most everything in between. “For more than a decade I’ve been crisscrossing the United States talking about rising rates of anxiety and depression in our kids, and more recently, about parenting challenges in our rapidly changing and uncertain environment.”

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Relax

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Something For Moms To Remember At The Pool And Beach This Summer

Something For Moms To Remember At The Pool And Beach This Summer

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This Is A Scary Good Prank

This Is A Scary Good Prank

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What Levine found genuinely surprised her and it is the uniformity of concerns, regardless of which community she is in. “Parents want to know what to worry about and what they can safely take off their plates. They want to know how to prepare their kids to be successful in a future that seems so unpredictable. How to deal with the endless alarming news about children and teenagers,” she commented. “Most of all, they want to know how to protect their kids and ensure some stability for them in a world that seems anything but,” Levine added.

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This Is A Secret Worth Keeping

This Is A Secret Worth Keeping

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We All Need To Be Taking Notes

We All Need To Be Taking Notes

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Always

Always

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What’s interesting is that the effect of uncertainty and fear is visible not only in parents, but also in children’s changing behavior. Levine recounted that ten years ago, her young patients were in a fury about the parental yoke: ‘It’s my life! Tell my mom and dad to back off. I’ll figure it out myself!’ This is long gone in our times.

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This Makes Me Wish I Had A Charger For Myself

This Makes Me Wish I Had A Charger For Myself

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The Truth Hurts

The Truth Hurts

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“One of the most disturbing developments in recent years has been the fading of youthful rebellion among the teenagers I see. It’s been replaced with resignation and a jaded demeanor I’d expect from folks many years older who had to work at jobs they despised in order to support a family or pay a mortgage,” Levine wrote.

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This Is A Seriously Good Pro Tip

This Is A Seriously Good Pro Tip

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The Sad Part Is Our Kids Will Leave Out The Part About How Parents Kept Them Entertained

The Sad Part Is Our Kids Will Leave Out The Part About How Parents Kept Them Entertained

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This Is How Parents Get Exercise

This Is How Parents Get Exercise

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“‘You don’t understand,’ these teens will say, shaking their heads. ‘There is no way out of the next three years. I’m just going to suck it up. I have no choice.’ The belief that you can’t act on your own behalf is a significant contributor to depression at any age,” Levine argues. No wonder humor has become so widespread on the internet. Today memes are no longer the thing of youth, parents are also looking for jokes to lift up their spirits and find comfort in laughter.

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Raise Your Hand If Today Has "Been A Day" For You

Raise Your Hand If Today Has "Been A Day" For You

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You Know You’re Going To Tell Somebody This Joke

You Know You’re Going To Tell Somebody This Joke

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Not So Hard To Imagine

Not So Hard To Imagine

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Haha

Haha

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So Sweet

So Sweet

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It’s The Lesser Of Two Evils

It’s The Lesser Of Two Evils

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Wouldn't This Be Nice?!

Wouldn't This Be Nice?!

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It's A Dad Thing

It's A Dad Thing

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Desperate Times Call For Funny Measures

Desperate Times Call For Funny Measures

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Yep. This Checks All The Boxes

Yep. This Checks All The Boxes

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Who Needs A Mother’s Day Gift Idea?

Who Needs A Mother’s Day Gift Idea?

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His Is Elite Level Parenting

His Is Elite Level Parenting

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Why Do They Do This To Me?!

Why Do They Do This To Me?!

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This Maybe 1000% True

This Maybe 1000% True

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There’s Nothing Like Father/Son Bonding Over A “Cool” Dad Joke

There’s Nothing Like Father/Son Bonding Over A “Cool” Dad Joke

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We All Need To Support Each Other

We All Need To Support Each Other

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Saturdays Aren't What They Used To Be

Saturdays Aren't What They Used To Be

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You've Been Warned

You've Been Warned

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This Isn't Too Much To Ask, Is It?

This Isn't Too Much To Ask, Is It?

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Magical Is One Word For It

Magical Is One Word For It

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Why Do I Buy So Many Groceries I Don't Need?

Why Do I Buy So Many Groceries I Don't Need?

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What A Good Life Kids Have And They Don't Even Know It

What A Good Life Kids Have And They Don't Even Know It

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Do You Snore Or Is It Your Spouse?

Do You Snore Or Is It Your Spouse?

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Is This Too Much To Ask?

Is This Too Much To Ask?

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Clever Kid

Clever Kid

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This Could Save Marriages

This Could Save Marriages

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I'm Trying This, For Sure

I'm Trying This, For Sure

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This Is Perfect On So Many Levels

This Is Perfect On So Many Levels

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Everything Due

Everything Due

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Is There Anything A Mom Can't Do?

Is There Anything A Mom Can't Do?

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Is This What You Want? What You Really Really Want?

Is This What You Want? What You Really Really Want?

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It’s One Of The Unwritten Rules Of Parenthood

It’s One Of The Unwritten Rules Of Parenthood

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Who Agrees?

Who Agrees?

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At Least He Knows He’s Wrong. Sometimes That’s All A Parent Can Ask For

At Least He Knows He’s Wrong. Sometimes That’s All A Parent Can Ask For

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We Have So Many Rocks. You?

We Have So Many Rocks. You?

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This Is The Worst At A Community Pool

This Is The Worst At A Community Pool

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Brilliant!⠀

 Brilliant!⠀

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Brilliant!

Brilliant!

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Take Wins Where You Can Get Them!

Take Wins Where You Can Get Them!

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Reason #183,734 That Parenting Is Impossible To Get Perfect

Reason #183,734 That Parenting Is Impossible To Get Perfect

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Truth

Truth

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Truth

Truth

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Does That Make Sense?

Does That Make Sense?

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There Should Be Lots Of Candy In This Photo Too. But A Kid Probably Stole It And Ate It Already

There Should Be Lots Of Candy In This Photo Too. But A Kid Probably Stole It And Ate It Already

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This Gives Me A Sinking Feeling

This Gives Me A Sinking Feeling

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Never Say Relax

Never Say Relax

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Seriously!

Seriously!

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Ometimes You Need To Take A Step Back To Move Forward

Ometimes You Need To Take A Step Back To Move Forward

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Happy Mother’s Day!!

Happy Mother’s Day!!

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Life Is Hard

 Life Is Hard

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Kids Don't Ever Sleep Longer In The Morning. They Just Get More Grumpy If They Stay Up Late

Kids Don't Ever Sleep Longer In The Morning. They Just Get More Grumpy If They Stay Up Late

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Where Do I Sign Up?

Where Do I Sign Up?

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How Are Your Kids Handling The Start Of Homeschool?

How Are Your Kids Handling The Start Of Homeschool?

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One Of The Many Ways Perspectives Change With Parenthood

One Of The Many Ways Perspectives Change With Parenthood

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Those Were The Best Days!

Those Were The Best Days!

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I’m So Sorry

I’m So Sorry

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Yes! So Frustrating

Yes! So Frustrating

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Always

Always

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So Illegal

So Illegal

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Disciplining Kids In Public Is An Art

Disciplining Kids In Public Is An Art

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How Quickly A Mood Can Change

How Quickly A Mood Can Change

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The Circle Of Life

The Circle Of Life

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It's A Good Rule

It's A Good Rule

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How Would You Know??

How Would You Know??

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Don’t Worry, I Got This One

Don’t Worry, I Got This One

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Moms Are Magical

Moms Are Magical

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It's The Original Dad Joke

It's The Original Dad Joke

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Sometimes Going To Sleep Takes More Than A Little Reading

Sometimes Going To Sleep Takes More Than A Little Reading

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If You're Gonna Go, You Might As Well Enjoy It

If You're Gonna Go, You Might As Well Enjoy It

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So Funny. Birthday Parties Just Haven't Been The Same This Year

So Funny. Birthday Parties Just Haven't Been The Same This Year

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So Much Anxiety!

So Much Anxiety!

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So Unfortunate

So Unfortunate

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Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

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Ain't That The Truth!

Ain't That The Truth!

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I Envy The Ignorant

I Envy The Ignorant

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This Is The Ultimate Dad Joke Photo

This Is The Ultimate Dad Joke Photo

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Who Feels This Every Day?

Who Feels This Every Day?

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Someday. But Not Any Day Soon

Someday. But Not Any Day Soon

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Ugh

Ugh

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Can't Be Too Careful

Can't Be Too Careful

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Good Luck With That

Good Luck With That

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