Parents Voice Their Parenting Struggles On Twitter and If This Isn't An Ad for Contraception, We Don't Know What Is
Parenting is hard. Reading about other people's parenting struggles can make it a little better if you're in the same boat.
Parenting has a way of humbling people fast, especially once kids start saying the quiet part out loud. One minute you think you have a handle on things, the next you are trying to explain where babies come from to a four-year-old who is asking very direct questions.
That is the kind of chaos behind this roundup of parents sharing their funniest, most exhausting, and most painfully relatable moments. From unexpected kid logic to the daily grind of keeping up, these posts capture the kind of parenting struggles that sound ridiculous until you are living them.
And once you get through a few of these, it is hard not to laugh, wince, and feel a little better about your own day. Read on.
1. Totally trying this.
threetimedaddy2. Dang... bad time to learn something new.
mommajessiec3. Crazy. What kind of crazy person would do this!
stayathomies
4. THIS. IS. EVERYTHING!
Lhlodder
Parents always know the chaos is coming, but kids still manage to make it surprising.
5. Just set her loose; she'll know where I'm at!
Dadpression
6. Today is NOT that day!
momtransparent1
7. ... This is a CLASSIC #KidMove
stayathomies
8. Dang... for real, though? Hate that.
Oohlala_____
9. Oh, is that so?
mom_ontherocks
10. Yeah. I'll believe that when I see it.
XplodingUnicorn
11. "NOT UNDER THIS ROOF!"
daddydoubts
12. Check under the couch. ALWAYS check under the couch. Failing that, go through the trash.
KimmyMonte
13. RIP.
HomeWithPeanut
14. You'll hate it, honey. Have a banana.
VisionBored1
15. ... and counting!
HomeWithPeanut
16. Shhhh!
DadandBuried
17. See ya!
RodLacroix
18. Well, I'll be damned. That's so sweet of you to volunteer to cook every night, sweetie.
XplodingUnicorn
Some of these comments hit a little too close to home.
This is the same kind of tension as the parent dealing with their sister’s constant criticism.
19. Thank you, but also, please leave.
SnarkyMommy78
20. ... As someone who is turning 30 this year (and struggling), this would kill me.
UnfilteredMama
21. Ask your dad.
RodLacroix
22. Thank you for understanding.
MumInBits
23. The vomiting part is so F'ing real!
dadmann_walking
24. That is EXACTLY parenting!
SnarkyMommy78
25. So fun.
dishs_up
26. FATAL ERROR!
threetimedaddy
27. Reason? What's that!
HenpeckedHal
28. INVENT THIS
_troyjohnson
29. That's called parenting.
MomOf2Happas
30. This haunts me.
copymama
31. Sometimes you have to take one for the team.
HomeWithPeanut
32. Errrrrryday.
SladeWentworth
33. That's right. Drivers :|
daddydoubts
34. Who's down to babysit???
HomeWithPeanut
35. They never need to read.
VisionBored1
36. .... I cannot.
sarcasticmommy4
37. Good luck with the DIY.
copymama
38. SO PRECIOUS
MacgyveringM22
39. Not going to happen, sweetie.
TweatingForTwo
40. I don't wanna spoil my dinner.
WalkingOutside
41. "You're the parent. Just ignore them. It's fine."
momsense_ensues
By this point, the thread is basically a support group with better punchlines.
42. WHO DID THIS!?!
pro_worrier_
43. Stuff of nightmares.
HomeWithPeanut
44. So many, sweetie. So many recitals.
simoncholland
45. Me too!
XplodingUnicorn
May your next parenting moment be slightly less chaotic.
Want another parenting fight, read about the mom who adopted a pet without asking her kids first.
