15 Tweets from parents that will sound all too familiar if you’ve ever raised a child
Parents have to have a good sense of humor if they’re going to survive 18+ years of raising their children. Each year brings new adventures – from cleaning things off the walls to waking up early on Saturdays to drive them to activities.
These 15 moms and dads took their loving frustration to Twitter just to show other parents that they’re not alone on this wild ride (or to warn the child-free just what they might be getting into should they decide to have kids).
1. Chaos!
It doesn’t matter what your toddler is holding – it’s always chaos of some sort.
We wonder just how out-of-hand this coloring session got.
2. Sales experience
You really should be able to put parenting skills on your resume.
After all, if you can convince a kid to eat their whole dinner certainly you can upsell someone on that new car.
3. Ouch
The truth hurts and kids are blunt to the max.
Of course, 4-year-olds don’t know the pain of dieting yet (thankfully!).
4. What’s the other 10%?
Kid logic is the best.
We feel like this dad kid of had it coming when he left open 10% for a kid’s best guess.
5. Memories
They’re either sleeping or destroying.
But would a photo of your two-year-old sitting still for the camera really be an accurate memory anyway?
This seems much more realistic.
6. He’s got a point
To be fair, chicken nuggets in the shape of things are just begging to be played with.
Whose idea was it to make those anyway? It’s not like you need to convince a kid to eat a chicken nugget.
7. Nightmare fuel
What’s your guess? The walls or the upholstery?
Maybe this mom got off easy and only had to clean some Sharpie tattoos off her kid’s skin.
8. Time-saver
What do toddlers actually eat anyway?
Actually, don’t answer that. We don’t want to know.
9. What weekends?
Remember those early mornings with your baby?
Now remember that you have to get your kids to soccer practice by 8am on Saturday?
Which is worse?
At least with a crying baby you got to stay in your own home and not have to put on real clothes.
10. Selective focus
Kids can focus – kind of.
It’s just that the things we want them to focus on are boring.
Imagine the thrill of making sure zero sesame seeds get into your mouth.
11. Granola gore
You never knew just how many tiny pieces went into making a whole granola bar, did you?
If we had to guess we’d say it’s 10 million. And you’ll be finding those pieces in the cushions for YEARS.
12. Mr. Peanut
Is this better or worse than buying your kid an expensive toy only to have them play with the box it came in?
We know Mr. Peanut is cute, but we don’t quite get the devotion here.
13. What free time?
Don’t you love when people assume there’s a thing such as free time when you have little kids around?
Those Instagram posts of well-coiffed women in beautiful aprons doing meal prep involving bright, healthy veggies for their families for the week? We’re convinced their kids are tied up in the bathroom.
14. Fair warning
We bet you never even thought of protecting half the places a toddler has managed to stuff things.
Heating ducts are impressive though – there’s nothing like the smell of burnt spaghetti the first time you turn on your heat in the winter.
15. Reflection
To be fair, the kid thing is half your fault.
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H/t: Bored Panda and HuffPost