50 Of The Funniest And Most Relatable Parenting Tweets Of The Month (February Edition)
There are many things that can make being a parent easier, including plenty of patience, lots of love, and a great sense of humor. So if you’re a mom or dad out there who knows the daily struggle of getting your little ones to eat breakfast or make it through the day without a meltdown, know that you’re not alone.
In fact, there are plenty of other parents out there who have been sharing their hilarious mishaps and adventures online, so below, you’ll find some of the best parenting tweets of the month. Enjoy scrolling through them, if you can manage to read any without having to change a diaper or clean up spilled milk, and be sure to upvote all of the tales you find amusing or painfully relatable.
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Becoming a parent is one of the most exciting things that can happen to a person. Whether you created half of your little one or you came to be their parent through adoption or surrogacy, you’re now responsible for raising a whole entire human. They could be the next president, a doctor, an NBA star (if they’re tall enough...), a journalist, a scientist, or any number of other wonderful things. But it’s up to you to love them, feed them, guide them and teach them about the world. Parents, you have one of the most challenging and overwhelming jobs on the planet, but as I’m sure many of you would attest, it can also be one of the most rewarding.
But along with all of the beautiful “first word” moments and heartwarming things your children do, there are countless dirty diapers and occasions of peeing the bed, spilling grape juice on your favorite rug, accidentally shattering a window with a baseball and getting in trouble for attending a party with alcohol… So it’s vital that parents approach life with a sense of humor. And what better way to share your parenting mishaps and misadventures with the world than to tweet them in solidarity with all of your fellow moms and dads of the world?
Especially when you’re a parent of young children, it can feel extremely isolating to be alone with your little ones and your thoughts every day. So by sharing your parenting experiences online, others can be reminded that they’re not alone in this journey of raising children. You can rest assured knowing that you’re never the first one to make any of the “mistakes” you find yourself making along the way, and in fact, they might be much more common than you even realized. Plus, with the pressure to be a “perfect parent” that many moms and dads feel from social media influencers, it’s always nice to be reminded that the perfect parent does not exist.
Liz Krieger wrote an article for Today’s Parent in 2021 discussing how she loves her children but she doesn’t like parenting, and many moms and dads related to her struggles. She explained that she was first hesitant to open up about the fact that parenting is not always sunshine and rainbows, for fear of judgment from fellow parents, but as it turned out, she wasn’t alone. “Over the past few years, in more and more conversations with other moms at drop-off and pickup, in Facebook groups and chat rooms, this spiky truth—that parenting is something that many women struggle to enjoy, or at least find themselves loathing a decent percentage of the time—has been seeping out,” Krieger writes.
Krieger goes on to note that there has been a rise in the “honest mom” genre online in recent years, but along with the moms sharing hilarious and less glamorous moments of parenting, she wanted to be open about the most painful, anger-inducing and frustrating moments too. “The truth is, parenting is mostly hard and thankless,” one suburban mom of two young girls who works full-time from home told Today's Parent. “The sheer, repetitive monotony of it all is a big part of it for me: packing lunches, unpacking backpacks, washing out containers, monitoring school work. I just don’t like it.”
Krieger goes on to explain that parenting comes along with many challenges aside from simply raising and taking care of children. There’s the increased household tasks and child-care responsibilities, the youth-sports industry that parents are expected to support their children’s participation in, and the pressure online to “do it all” as parents.
“All the nitty-gritty jobs of parenting (the grilling of cheese, the sopping up of fluids) can sort of suck,” Krieger writes. “And while I know it’s part of the deal and it has to get done, it’s not really where I shine and not an obvious part of the long game. What’s important to me and what I value most is the relationship part: the bond between me and my daughters. I suck at making lunches (or any meals), but I’m great at talking to them for hours, teaching them stuff about words, books and puns and making it clear that I am there for them, no matter what.”
I had the most lazy baby ever, I spent so much time in hospital having her movements checked because I never felt them. She's 23 now and still lazy!
Make sure you repay that favour with a drum kit that fire's slim and gilter when you beat it
And thankfully for all parents, their kids do grow up. There will come a time, around the age of 18, where they will need their parents less and less. Sure, they might still call you when they get a flat tire at 1am or when they aren’t sure how they’re going to pay their rent that month. But they won’t be relying on mom and dad all the time, and then parents can focus on what they do best and what’s most important to them: nurturing their relationships with their children. But in the moments where it feels like parenting is just too much to handle, it’s important to find ways to relax or take a break.
“No one would expect an ER nurse to work seven days a week, all year long,” Alyson Schafer, family counselor and parenting expert, told Today’s Parent. “You shouldn’t feel guilty for taking time, and to be good in the moments when you’re on duty, you need periods of recovery. It may just be saying to your partner, ‘I am going to go to the coffee shop and read my novel while you do tuck-ins’—whatever it takes for you to recover.”
So... you kinda can do this. I've done it. It works well. It goes like this. "If you don't quiet down I'm going to ask that guy... *points at largest most scary looking staff member* ... to come look at you." Then I start raising my hand to get his attention. Magically they go quiet.
I love this trick! Most of our local supermarket workers are great at helping us parents when we're having a rough day by telling the kids that if children have too much energy they have to stack shelves 🤣
Load More Replies...Least it wasn't your twin younger siblings at a Chinese restaurant asking, loud asf why do the Chinese people have funny eyes. Wanted to dig a hole. They were 2 that was a fun conversation trying to explain racism and why it's horrible.
Try not to be too embarrassed when someone who knows almost literally nothing asks you a question about an observation they made.
Load More Replies...My family: in a restaurant Me: hAhAhAhAhA My family: you sound like spongebob
Mac and cheese, crayons and a coloring placemat before I even introduce myself? I got you. Edit: "Hi, my name is Chaos and I also feel much better with mac and cheese and coloring. What can I get you to drink?"
Me: excuse me waiter, but these kids are too loud! Oh wait, they're mine. Damn
As much as our children may not realize, parents are just people too. We all make mistakes, and we all have days that are harder than others. But one thing that can help parents cope is trying to focus on the positives. “It's easy to think of diaper changing as a chore, but I like to give it a positive spin and think of it as a chance to bond with your little one,” one New York mom told Parents.com. “I love singing silly songs and tickling my daughter's tummy when I'm changing her diaper. You don't get too many opportunities to share eye contact and get in close during the day, especially with a whirling toddler, so if you can distract them, and make it a happy time, then diaper changing is your chance.”
And at the end of the day, most parents wouldn’t trade their job for anything in the world. “I always was looking for the purpose in my life, and when I had my children I found it,” another mom told Parents.com. “That doesn't mean I don't make my share of mistakes. Every day I add money to one of my three children's 'money for therapy for all the things I did to screw you up' account. But I am a better person for knowing my children and I am very honored to be their mother. And I wouldn't trade my best day before kids for my worst day with kids!"
If you’re a mom or dad reading this list, I just want you to know that I acknowledge your hard work. I’ve taught children, babysat a bunch, and worked as an au pair for a year, and taking care of kids is certainly a job. I’m sure it feels different when they’re actually yours, but man, you all deserve to be paid. Keep upvoting the parenting tweets that you find particularly relatable or hilarious, and then feel free to share any of your own funny parenting tales in the comments below. And if you’re interested in checking out last month’s best parenting tweets, you can find Bored Panda’s article featuring those right here!
Going straight for the important questions, that's what matters in life
why... is he implying that they are from an ancient time, the long-long ago?
pfft- no. honestly, this is so ridiculous. you think that because your kid got a big star, it means she's gonna be a doctor? haha, no. she's going to be a highly sucessfull lawyer.
Somehow, after reading this, I want to play Enter Sandman to the kid XP
My teenaged son’s girlfriend messaged me and asked that I buy her something so her parents don’t find out. After some panic, a negative test, and a stern reminder of the benefits of protection, life goes on.
I'm glad she can trust you, and also yea wrap it up folks :)
Load More Replies...I never thought I would ever have to tell my 5 daughter we do not pee in cup holders.
Went to check on my 3 1/2 yr old son because the house was suddenly VERY quiet...which of course made me VERY nervous! I saw him coming out of my bedroom really fast so without saying anything I went right into my bedroom. I looked everywhere but could not figure out what he had been doing. Until I turned around to leave the room and just happened to look at the inside of our white bedroom door. The whole entire door was covered in giant swirls and circles and done in every crayon color of the rainbow. I went and got my son...brought him to the room and showed him the door. I kept calm, pointed at the wonderful new artwork on the door, and asked him who did that....??? He looked at me with a complete straight face and just said DADA. I said Dada did this? And he shrugged his shoulders, said YUP...and left the room. Boy did I give it to Dada when he got home that night!!! Right in front of our son!
After reading all of these, I've concluded that I'm probably better off with a cat.
We were all sitting around the table eating a roast dinner. The twins were at opposite ends of the table for health and safety reasons. I was sat on one side and their dad and younger sibling on the other. Without saying a word the twins look at each other pick up a pea each and insert them in their nostrils. Not even identical twins. Twins are freaky scary. One of the many twin disasters I had to face!
Load More Replies...My teenaged son’s girlfriend messaged me and asked that I buy her something so her parents don’t find out. After some panic, a negative test, and a stern reminder of the benefits of protection, life goes on.
I'm glad she can trust you, and also yea wrap it up folks :)
Load More Replies...I never thought I would ever have to tell my 5 daughter we do not pee in cup holders.
Went to check on my 3 1/2 yr old son because the house was suddenly VERY quiet...which of course made me VERY nervous! I saw him coming out of my bedroom really fast so without saying anything I went right into my bedroom. I looked everywhere but could not figure out what he had been doing. Until I turned around to leave the room and just happened to look at the inside of our white bedroom door. The whole entire door was covered in giant swirls and circles and done in every crayon color of the rainbow. I went and got my son...brought him to the room and showed him the door. I kept calm, pointed at the wonderful new artwork on the door, and asked him who did that....??? He looked at me with a complete straight face and just said DADA. I said Dada did this? And he shrugged his shoulders, said YUP...and left the room. Boy did I give it to Dada when he got home that night!!! Right in front of our son!
After reading all of these, I've concluded that I'm probably better off with a cat.
We were all sitting around the table eating a roast dinner. The twins were at opposite ends of the table for health and safety reasons. I was sat on one side and their dad and younger sibling on the other. Without saying a word the twins look at each other pick up a pea each and insert them in their nostrils. Not even identical twins. Twins are freaky scary. One of the many twin disasters I had to face!
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