The days are long, and even though the years are short, that promise can feel a bit far off sometimes.
In the interim, finding ways to laugh with our fellow child-rearers is the way to add a little levity back to those endless twenty-four hour stretches.
So please, let these 15 hilarious parents remind you that we’re all in this together.
15. It’s like the whole world is out to get you.
Why are recorders still a thing??
I keep thinking life has hit rock bottom and then my kid's 8:15am remote school lesson is to practice and perfect Hot Cross Buns on the recorder
— maura quint (@behindyourback) September 17, 2020
14. That’s what we’re all thinking in every meeting.
Most of us manage to not scream it, though.
Zoom preschool is both hilarious and depressing. My 4 year old keeps unmuting himself and yelling 'I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME! IS THIS MEETING OVER YET?'
— Lexie Diao (@meowdiao) September 2, 2020
13. And pretending you have no idea what’s wrong.
Talk about panic.
Nothing brings a family together like switching off the WiFi.
— Knockout Kiwi (@KnockoutKiwi) September 5, 2020
12. Get your creativity working, people.
It’s good for the mind.
no one warned me parenting would include being held hostage until I find an acceptable answer to what unicorns eat
— That Mom Tho (@mom_tho) September 3, 2020
11. You know she was just being cheeky.
Or you need to rethink her education.
Just told my daughter when Patti and Gladys started releasing music and she replied wit “music was a thing back then?” I’m bout to throw her out
— Lawrence Burney (@TrueLaurels) September 14, 2020
10. You must look interested the entire time.
Otherwise she might start over.
If any of you have 3 hours to kill our youngest has a great story about how she picked her favorite color.
— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) September 16, 2020
9. A harsh lesson in the ways of the world.
He’ll figure it out some day.
I told my son we couldn’t afford something and he asked why I didn’t have more money, and I wanted to be like, “You, dude. You are entirely the reason I don’t have more money.”
— The Dad (@thedad) September 19, 2020
8. They’re just delightful.
Also, enjoy the break from being the “favorite.”
My daughter says she’s not mad at me but she did just hug her dad and tell him, “I love you more than anyone” without breaking eye contact with me.
“Have kids,” they said.
— Mommy Owl (@Mommy__Owl) September 19, 2020
7. They just never got around to it.
And look at them now.
First born: What was I almost named?
Dad: You were going to be Valerie
Middle child: What about me?
D: Victor
Last born: What was I supposed to be?
Mom: Vasectomy— Melanie Gibson (@ImMelanieGibson) September 1, 2020
6. Narrator: She did, in fact, believe it.
That little sh%t.
[5 PM]
Me: Put your homework in your backpack.
Child: I will.[8 PM]
Me: Put your homework in your backpack.
Child: I will.[6 AM]
Me: Put your homework in your backpack.
Child: OMG I WILL.[8 AM]
Text from child in school: you won’t believe this
— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) September 1, 2020
5. She’ll never believe it.
But one day she’ll be going bald, too.
My almost-three-year-old daughter was in the shower with me— she grabbed a gob of my hair from the drain, looked at it in wonder and said “Wow… it’s so beautiful!”
Someone please remind me of this moment in 12 years when she’s calling me the C word.
— Brooklyn Decker (@BrooklynDecker) September 6, 2020
4. The worst part is when it’s you.
Self-loathing is so real.
Hell hath no fury like a mom when someone opens the new package of something before the old one is finished.
— SpacedMom (@copymama) September 1, 2020
3. He got you, there.
Nothing more to say, really.
I told my kid to put his toys in the toy box and he told me the entire house is a toy box. He’s not wrong.
— Dude-Bro Dad (@thedadvocate01) September 7, 2020
2. Those are the moments.
You don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
I love when my kids cries for me to wait for her as I’m walking out the door, as if I’d ever go to school drop off WITHOUT her.
— Rhyming Mama (@sarabellab123) September 15, 2020
1. Just because he could.
But also because he could sense your panic.
Sorry we’re late my 3yo decided he had to eat his soup with a fork
— MumInBits (@MumInBits) September 8, 2020
What a great way to pass five minutes of your day, right?
Which of these was your favorite? Let us know in the comments!