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.

@MamaFizzles/Twitter Source: @MamaFizzles/Twitter

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!).

@aaroncomedian/Twitter Source: @aaroncomedian/Twitter

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.

@Playing_Dad/Twitter Source: @Playing_Dad/Twitter

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.

@DaveLearnsToDad/Twitter Source: @DaveLearnsToDad/Twitter

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.

@DaddyJew/Twitter Source: @DaddyJew/Twitter

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.

@nottheworstmom/Twitter Source: @nottheworstmom/Twitter

8. Time-saver

What do toddlers actually eat anyway?

Actually, don’t answer that. We don’t want to know.

@simoncholland/Twitter Source: @simoncholland/Twitter

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.

@mommajessiec/Twitter Source: @mommajessiec/Twitter

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.

@Six_Pack_Mom/Twitter Source: @Six_Pack_Mom/Twitter

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.

@LurkAtHomeMom/Twitter Source: @LurkAtHomeMom/Twitter

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.

@XplodingUnicorn/Twitter Source: @XplodingUnicorn/Twitter

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.

@TheMomAtLaw/Twitter Source: @TheMomAtLaw/Twitter

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.

@RodLacroix/Twitter Source: @RodLacroix/Twitter

15. Reflection

To be fair, the kid thing is half your fault.

@ParentalGrit/Twitter Source: @ParentalGrit/Twitter

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H/t: Bored Panda and HuffPost

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