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Crayon murals on walls, mud soup, and constant screaming at the decibel levels of aircraft, children pack a lot of activity into such a small package. As a result, parents are hard-pressed to keep them alive while safeguarding their possessions and their own sanity. So it’s quite understandable why they might want to vent a bit online. 

Netizens and parents all over the world share their hilarious stories, experience, and advice on raising kids through Twitter. We’ve gathered some of the best examples out there, so get comfortable as you scroll through, be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your own parenting stories below. 

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

I did the math, if she ate it everyday for 9 months(average time needed to birth a baby), and the average McDonald's meal cost $8 USD it would cost about. . . $2,184. (sorry, I'm just extra bored today. smh.)

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

Sometimes that actually does the trick. Start wailing as loud as them, with those long, sighing gasps in between. A crying choir can turn into a laughing choir and/or stun them out of their self-dug pit of sadness. (It is important to give the 3yo a chance to explain why he was crying though, which will help them learn to talk about it, next time. Crying is okay as a way to release the first gulf of emotion, but talking can help you work through it, where crying would only drain you further.)

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As chaotic as kids are, it can be equally funny (or disconcerting) when you realize that many do not exactly understand the implications of their actions. For example, younger children do not really understand the concept of betrayal, and by extension, loyalty, although the situations where one would ask a four-year-old for loyalty are few and far between. 

This also applies to imagination, as younger children can struggle to understand that something is imaginary or hypothetical. They can, however, easily attribute emotions and values to fully inanimate objects. So a plate that falls and smashes, causing a loud, scary noise can be called “bad” by a child that didn’t enjoy the experience. 

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As they grow older, they start to realize that there are things a little bit further beyond their own understanding and perspective. Before it, they truly think they can get away with anything just by saying it wasn’t them. Logically, if they say it, other people can not have any other information, hence, they have gotten away from it. Most kids grow out of this period, called the preoperational stage, by the age of seven. 

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

My husband got his hands on an old switchboard. Best (most quiet) three months we ever had, as long as we ignored the 'click-clack' sounds! (Helped to put it away and then take it out again a few months later as well.)

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While partially, this is a result of a brain developing and the actually high cognitive load needed to imagine things, it also has an interesting side effect, as it helps children develop a very stretched and primitive logic. Kids think that if they tell themselves something enough times, it can become true. By extension, they believe, this also works on adults. Does this work? No. But it's a good foundation for developing other complex ideas. 

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

This is where he'll learn the fine art of lying about not bingeing the entire season of a show they're supposed to be watching with their partner...

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Positive reinforcement, many teachers and adults know, is a good tool as well, but it can, at times, happen accidentally. Take a birthday party for example, which most kids tend to enjoy at some level. They might start to mix the positive emotions with the event and as a result, actually believe that one grows older only after a party. At the very least, kids will attach a very ritualistic significance to birthday parties. 

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

We live rural. My son knows where his food comes from. When he sees a scared chicken he tells them don't worry we aren't going to eat you yet.

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

Chore charts sadly don't work. They make everything a -chore- and have the participants overlook other tasks that are not specifically on the chart for that specific day

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

My kids had giftcards for a bookstore and they both bought the same picture book because "we don't want to share and it's OUR gift!".

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Once the imagination starts to grow, with it comes a deep, almost ceaseless curiosity. Many parents will recognize the experience of an ocean of questions, about why a year is 365 days, what is birth and inevitably, why do we die. And that’s just birthdays, after all. This curiosity is good but often exhausting, but it serves as a comical way for parents to assess just how much or how little about the real world they know. 

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At the end of the day, a child's imagination should be encouraged and developed, as at some point they will start to seek out answers themselves, a vital step on the road to adulthood. At the same time, a child's imagination can often exceed an adult's, but this is a double-edged foam sword. On the one hand, childlike joy, on the other, they will create the sorts of messes professionals will gawk at in wonder. If you want to see our other collections of parenting tweets, click here and here

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

No 2 year old would choose to sleep by themselves. In the African savanna little kids sleeping by themselves out of sight of grown-ups got eaten.

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

I dread having to go through homework one day with the chick. I literally forgot about everything I learned at school

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

I solved this with a game. It's called the sneaky game and we talk like 1940s mobsters and use our fingers as fake mustaches. Then we do mildly naughty things. People just think I'm a weird parent but it works.

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

Still better than most of the healthcare here. At least he spent time with you

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

My son loves doing this after rolling in mud puddles and having wrestling matches with our long haired dog

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

Yesterday I wondered why it takes so long to keave the house, then I realised I have to think ahead for three people

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