40 Hilarious Tweets About Raising Children From Exhausted Parents Trying Their Best

We are grateful to parents who go online to decompress after a long day of work and caring for their children. The chaos of raising kids may be stressful for them, but it brings so much amusement to us spectators.

From unsuccessfully trying to stop their children from wading into a random park puddle to bedtime battles, these posts offer snippets into the roller coaster ride that is raising children. There is never a dull day when children are involved.

They swing from manipulating their parents to get what they want to throwing historic tantrums that would put the Greek gods to shame. These tweets, or posts in the post-Dorsey era of Twitter, capture the universal truths of parenthood.

They resonate with exhausted parents across the globe who find solace in the shared laughter amidst the chaos that is their home. Whether it's the absurdity of toddler logic or the unexpected wisdom gleaned from children's observations, funny parenting tweets offer an exasperated kind of amusement.

Parents gather under these tweets to trade stories about their kids that are more absurd than the last. It would be difficult for them to believe if their parents didn't applaud how painfully real these experiences are.

If your children are old enough to understand that they can't just barge into the bathroom to tell you about the fairy they think is magically packing their lunches, then you have enough alone time to read these 40 tweets. If not, we'll wait for you to share your hilarious parenting experiences.

1. The material may be different, but the experience is the same.

@notmythirdrodeo

2. Might as well retire and pass the baton after that S-tier insult.

@kristabellerina

3. 100% efficacy.

@dadmann_walking

4. This floor is most definitely not lava.

@HenpeckedHal

5. A revolutionary place to keep all kitchen utensils!

@sarcasticmommy4

6. Better ask what was in the bone-in birthday cake muffin.

@mahnamematt

7. Make that two — shorter wait times.

@difficultpatty

8. Forgot the part where they cry because you wouldn't let them get hurt.

@maryfairybobrry

9. Too bad the kid isn't fascinated by rats. It would have been an easier conversation.

@ChristieCurry25

10. Keeping the napkin in pristine condition is the goal. Duh.

@itssherifield

11. ...and some chicken fingers.

@KatieDeal99

12. At the very least, surely.

@RodLacroix

13. Don't giggle when she asks about your day, either!

@daddygofish

14. "Rain check. Pee Wee league this weekend."

@sixfootcandy

15. "You have to do all the voices, too!"

@TheMomHack

16. New definition of parental lock.

@dadmann_walking

17. You have to pretend you don't know about it.

@dadmann_walking

18. Even then, the food still isn't enough.

@sarcasticmommy4

19. If they stopped complaining about it, they wouldn't be so dehydrated.

@HenpeckedHal

20. They aim for the squishy organs, too.

@mommeh_dearest

21. Life is difficult when you're three.

@JohnSmillie42

22. Kids can't win. If they play on their iPads, their parents complain. If they don't, they become the subject of tweets.

@HenpeckedHal

23. What is this phenomenon?

@reallifemommy3

24. Play Jaws when they ask for a beach day.

@RodLacroix

25. A parenting book, but it's just photos of the mess a determined toddler makes all by themselves every few minutes.

@daddygofish

26. All the random bruises from your kids using you as a jungle gym.

@SatiricalMommy

27. Before the sweet, independent stage is this phase.

@HenpeckedHal

28. It's urgent business!

@itssherifield

29. No words can be as commanding.

@mom_tho

30. Close the parenting book. Your job is done.

@itssherifield

31. If you don't reheat it, you're also doing it wrong.

@BunAndLeggings

32. They would do better next time just to prove you wrong.

@sarcasticmommy4

33. A long-forgotten dream.

@HenpeckedHal

34. Neat party trick. Never do it again.

@maryfairybobrry

35. What, like it's hard?

@mxmclain

36. Duck, just to be safe.

@sarcasticmommy4

37. A lot has happened in that year.

@pro_worier_

38. Modems do like long, circuitous walks.

@IHideFromMyKids

39. You cannot be trusted with all that treasure!

@HenpeckedHal

40. What does it feel like to raise the next Albert Einstein?

@NJSimmondsbooks

It's incredible how interesting children and young people can be. The patience of a saint is required to raise them, but they are never boring.

These realistic parenting tweets are entertaining as always. These growing humans and their still-developing personalities are a ray of sunshine in what can be a bleak online landscape.