Parenting is not an easy task by any means. That’s why sometimes parents have to resort to humor and jokes in order to get their children to cooperate or to make everyone’s lives a little brighter.

The parents that follow, have certainly nailed it! Feel free to imitate their techniques so that your kids have a laugh and/or you save yourself from these daily disputes.

1. Let’s Play A Game

This dad found a brilliant way to draw his child’s attention! We bet the instructions were followed to the T.

2. Personal Message

A dad gave this birthday card to his daughter. We do want to meet the guy!

This mom had the genius idea to dress up as her son on Halloween. Could you tell them apart?

4. Dad Joke Level Expert

So, this girl, apart from being frustrated she had her phone taken away, she also has to put up with her dad’s joke about it. Awesome no less!

“Hi daughter. Hope you are behaving yourself. I love you.

Why are you not answering me?

Oh, wait…”

5. Hilariously Ironic

This guy’s mom bought him this T-shirt. What’s ironic about it? The guy has been paraplegic for 25 years, but never lost his sense of humor!

6. How To Scare Your Kids 101

This super tall snowman is a sure way to give your kids a good scare this Christmas! Enjoy!

7. Horror Movie Scene

This lady’s kitchen knife broke while cooking, so she sent this picture to her daughter. What a prank!

8. The Perks Of Being Small

This guy decided that being a small person has some benefits, too. Like, you can drive your daughter around in her toddler car when she’s has one too many drinks.

9. Teacher’s Treat

When your parents decide to treat your teacher with a bottle of wine- and imply you might be the reason your teacher needs one.

10. Awkward

When your whole family dresses up in order to embarrass you at the airport. And they succeed.

11. Themed Party

Wondering who the guy on the cake- and practically all around the house- is? It’s just a local lawyer whose ads the little one loves watching. So his mom made this for his party!

12. Cool Bookmark

This is what you get when you ask your mom for a cool bookmark. Guess what- whis one is indeed the mother!

13. Secret Photo Collection

This baby’s parents are collecting inappropriate pictures like this one to give their child on their 18th birthday. We think that’s a great idea!

14. Postcard

The last thing you expect to find on the postcard rack at your dad’s travel company, is a postcard with you on, while you’re being attacked by a monkey!

15. Profile Pic

When mom and dad are so creative, they decide to recreate your profile picture. Great job!

16. Literally

When this boy asked for a remote control car, we’re pretty sure he didn’t mean it like this. Nice try, dad.

17. In Case You Forgot…

This dad is here to remind his daughter, who flew by herself for the first time, that he’s her father. Got it.

18. Surprise!

When your mom is the master of birthday surprises! Don’t worry Dave, it’s just a joke- or is it?

19. Wallpaper

If you want to create a unique wallpaper for your mobile, just have your child squash up against a window and take a picture of it. Wait for the puzzled faces.

20. Ax-ellent

This is what dads come up with when they have a little extra free time. So, apparently there’s a positive answer in that email.

“This is more about whether I can send an ax through the mail or not. Email me the results. [the money] for your trouble.”

21. Mayo Dessert

Guess what! What this dad is eating in front of his confused children isn’t mayonaisse! It’s vanilla pudding!

22. Good “Boi”!

This couple did a photoshoot with their dog, since their children refused to go do one with them. Great choice, mom and dad!

23. Mission Accomplished

Husband and son, jokingly told this woman they wouldn’t leave the store until she had taken a selfie on every device. And there she is, on every single screen!

24. Drama King

When it’s your child’s first day of school and you’re not exactly fine with that. A day to remember.

25. Eviction Notice

When your baby seems too comfy in your belly and doesn’t show signs of leaving. It was the only solution.

26. Hair Model

When everyone keeps commenting on how much hair your baby has, this is the only natural next step. Looks like this model is pretty talented!

27. Tardy Sign-In Sheet

When a mom has the guts to laugh at herself like this, you can’t but respect her. Keep it up, lady!

28. Easter Horror Story

A mom send this to her child for Easter. Pretty well executed.

29. Tooth Fairy

When this little guy asked for $5 instead of $1 per tooth from the tooth fairy, this is what he got as a response. We’re pretty sure he didn’t understand most of the letter, but still, the thought and execution on the part of the parents is awesome! Part of the letter reads:

It was very bold of you to ask for more money. Since all your teeth have been cavity free we decided to increase your TPO (tooth pay out) by $1 for future extractions.”

30. Yoda

We can’t imagine what the child did to deserve this being stuck on his door, but his dad needs a round of applause for the creativity.

31. Whatever It Takes

Granny sent a present to this little guy and, when he didn’t react in the video his parents were preparing to send to her, they just took a picture of him yawning. Does he not look surprised!

32. That’s Mean!

Love the disappointed look on your children’s faces in the morning? Maybe you should try this spray and enjoy it everyday!

33. Tricky Question

When your sister finds it hard to answer her 3-year-old’s questions. We’re wondering if she took the money and let him believe that!

34. Clear Message

This is what you get when your mom is good at embroidery and also wants to send a message.

35. Apple Watch

When you ask for an apple watch and you get this, then you know your parents have some sense of humor!

36. Embarrassing

This dad intentionally embarrasses his daughter when he accompanies her to sports practice. Good job!

37. Sheer Disappointment

For those of you who would buy the cinnamon roll spray, here’s another idea how to disappoint your kids!

38. Fine Dining

When you want to make your kid’s lunch box look a little more fancy, this is what you come up with!

Appetizer: Free-range, grass-fed toasted cracker topped with salt

First Course: Organic, GMO-free, gluten-free, whole milk yogurt

Main Course: Whole wheat crackers and aged parmesan cheese paired with 2071 vintage barrel-aged organic super fruit punch

Sides: Pureed apples in sauce

Dessert: Devil dog creme-filled pastry

39. Couch Shopping

Mom and dad when couch shopping and sent their kids a photo. It took them some time to realize…

40. DNA Speaks

When you don’t really need a DNA test to prove your daughter is really yours. Aren’t they practically the same person?

41. Elf

Yes, this is one more dad waiting for his child at the airport. What’s wrong with that?

42. Surprise Indeed

This is what a daughter got from her dad when she demanded a surprise snack. We bet she was surprised!

43. Fitting Gift

When you get a vasectomy and your parents give you probably the most fitting gift for the occasion.

44. Slashed Tire

How would you feel if your parents told you your tires had been slashed and went out to see this?

45. Comforting Words

This mom wrote some comforting words to her daughter after walking in on her watching Buffy and sobbing.

46. Can’t Be Unseen

We’re warning you: this baby’s face cannot be unseen! Excellent face-swap!

47. She Did Her Best

This mother-in-law did a great job combining his love of nature and Star Wars! We approve!

48. Pizza Order

This dad ordered a pizza for his son who’s away at college. You can only imagine the awkward silence between the delivery guy and the recipient.

49. Snitch

You know your sister’s a snitch when you send her pics from the party you’re having while your parents are away and she sends you this back.

50. Happy Birthday

When your mom is a talenter baker and cake decorator, but you don’t really appreciate her work that relates to you.

51. Halloween Meal

This meatloaf could easily be part of a Halloween meal! Very clever idea!

52. Child Car Seat

These parents seem to have put in a lot of work to install this child car seat. We hope they’re just kidding!

53. Mom Present

When your mom is an expert at presents! We bet the daughter is loving her new mug!

54. Baby Present

A dad bought this toy for his 3-month-old son. Probably one day he’ll understand why.

55. Hilarious

When your son is fit for plenty of memes and you can’t resist the temptation!

56. Child Number 2

When your mom is too tired to write names on the present labels, she just resorts to numbers to represent her children.

57. Cough Medicine

This mom went a little overboard with the cough medicine, but she made sure to let everyone know it wasn’t a suicide attempt!

58. Oh, no!

Poor kid is trying to squeeze out some ketchup, he doesn’t know the seal hasn’t been removed yet. That’s so mean!

59. Oops!

You know you can’t hide anything from your mom, when she give you a birthday cardx that reads this.

60. Bags

When his daughter said that dad had bags under his eyes, he went on and taped two lunch bags under his eyes. Genius!

61. Discreet, Not

When dad is desperately trying to get you a boyfriend, he might end up taking some drastic measures about it.

62. Cute

This is a great way to wrap up a chipotle gift card! Well done, mom!

63. Too Funny

When mom is being funny and straightforward honest with you on your birthday. Great idea!

64. Snow Day

This is what you can enjoy when you spend a couple of years training your kids to shovel snow! Great job!

65. First Day Of School

This mom has gotten a little too excited about her kids returning to school! Happy school year!

66. Lunch Box

When you forget to buy a lunch box for your child, you make do with what you have on hand.

67. April Fool’s

Filling plastic egg shells with veggies is a great April Fool’s joke! We assume the daughter didn’t appreciate it.

68. Wine Prank

When your 15-year-old daughter has a stash of wine, the least you can do is replace the content with orange squash.

69. Guess What!

This guy did get the Halo 5 he had asked his parents for, but the cover must have given him a good laugh first!

70. Filters

All these filters that have been released these days make it so cool to be a parent! This baby looks so funny with make up on!

71. That’s Scary

This mom found a way to scare the life out of her daughter while she was doing her first late-night baby sitting! For the record, the news is fake.

72. Mom’s First Message

You know your mom will have a bright future on social media, when her first message to you after she makes a Facebook account is this.

73. Strike A Pose

When you’ve been looking for your children all over the place and finally find them among the mannequins, and then decide to pose with them for a picture.

74. Transformation

When they used a horse mask to “dress up” the family dog, it seems that the baby didn’t take it very well.

75. Exaggerating

Maybe this mom’s exaggerating a bit, but, according to her, this is indicative of how long it takes her daughter to do her homework!

The above are only some examples of what parents can think of in order to put a smile on their children’s faces- at least in most cases!

We hope these pictures made you smile too and, why not, gave you some ideas for the future!

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