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This Is Why All Parents Should Teach Their Kids to Cook

A recent article in TIME magazine highlights why it’s important for parents and caregivers to bring their kids into the kitchen and teach them how to cook.

On the practical side, the article suggests waiting until the holidays to teach your young one how to cook. That way you’ll have more time at home, and your child won’t be able to play outside because of the grim weather.

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Cooking and baking can be great indoor hobbies to prevent your child from spending all their time from playing on their phone. Plus, your kids will learn important skills, such as collaboration, creativity, and critical reasoning. Children will eventually go off to college or move out, so it’s important that they know how to cook at least a few dishes before they take off.

Young home cooks also have a chance to exercise their math skills by following a recipe. Maybe their new pastry must include 1/4 of a teaspoon of baking soda, or a cup and a half of flour—let them figure it out (with a little guidance).

Creating new dishes can also help children learn about science. How does heat impact our foods? What happens when food gets old? Your household chef will have the opportunity to see these scientific principles in action.

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And failing in the kitchen (as all chefs do, every once in a while) will help children learn how to be resilient and perseverant. Best of all, when their food turns out great, they’ll have the satisfaction of having accomplished something delicious!

Like we said, there are plenty of good reasons to teach your kids to cook—s0 get them going!

Will you be cooking with your child? Share why or why not in the comments.

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Funny Tweets From Parents Who Are Totally Over the Holidays

Moms and dads…at least you can take comfort in the fact that we’re in the home stretch right now.

The holidays have been long and stressful, but now there’s an end in sight.

So put your shoulders back, put a smile on your face, and power through!

It’ll be 2020 in no time!

1. The “updated” list.

2. Tell them the truth.

3. Put a ride to school on there, too.

4. Perfect!

5. That’s the way it works.

6. Not a bad deal!

7. A lot of peaks and valleys.

8. Don’t even bother.

9. Get those diamonds!

10. You better start working!

11. That’s what moms are for.

12. That makes sense.

13. Got carried away.

14. It’ll work like a charm!

15. Not exactly a relaxing night…

Have you had enough of your family and holiday festivities yet?

Tell us all about it in the comments!

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Enjoy These Hilarious Tweets About the Trials and Tribulations of Potty Training

It can break the will of the strongest of parents, pushing them to their absolute limits.

I’m talking about potty training.

Have you been there? Maybe you’ve even been there multiple times?

If so, these tweets might bring back some painful memories…

1. Oh, no!

2. Proud of you.

3. We all need a theme song.

4. Might be in your 20s…

5. Vicious cycle.

6. You made it!

7. Isn’t this great?

8. I think a lot of parents feel this way.

9. Let’s do it in order.

10. Going great!

11. Break out the pee socks.

12. Just do it!

13. Treat yourself.

14. That’s kind of weird.

15. Who’s in charge here?

Wooo! That sure was a rollercoaster ride, wasn’t it?!?!

Tell us about your own potty training tales in the comments!

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15 Hilarious Tweets About Taking Your Kids to Meet Santa

Taking your little ones to meet Santa can go one of two ways: they either love it and enjoy telling the old man what they want for Christmas…or they have a meltdown because they can’t handle the trauma of being handed over to a stranger dressed in red and white.

And it’s basically a crapshoot which way it’ll go.

Parents took to Twitter to let off some steam about this dreaded interaction that they’re all forced to go through at some point…

1. I just need this one photo…

2. That’s a good way to look at it.

3. Intimidating the big man.

4. That’s pretty steep.

5. I need a favor.

6. Kinda weird when you think about it.

7. Alert the authorities.

8. A fake dude.

9. He belongs in the fiery depths.

10. Actually, I need two favors…

11. I’m sure he loved that.

12. Christmas is canceled!

13. That’s not good.

14. You’ve been very bad.

15. You don’t have to make it a big secret anymore.

Be honest with us…how’d it go when you took your kiddos to meet Santa?

Was it a disaster or were they happy about it? Share your stories in the comments.

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15 Funny Jokes About Being an Only Child

I was lucky enough to grow up in a crazy house filled with a bunch of kids, so I kind of feel sorry for only children. Who do you play with? Who torments you? How do you escape from the watchful eye of your parents?

But I assume there are probably some advantages as well: lots of presents, lots of attention, doting parents…

I don’t know, it’s a give-and-take, I guess.

Enjoy these tweets about being an only child, whether you are one or you know one.

1. That’s a good way of looking at it.

2. You were definitely bored.

3. Well, that’s nice.

4. Has-No-Bro.

5. Over it!

6. Half birthday?

7. Just don’t bother.

8. Sounds like a hoot.

9. That hurts a lot.

10. Which one do you think is true?

11. No fun at all.

12. The only child on the planet.

13. A gift for you.

14. Her only choice.

15. Should’ve kicked it against a wall.

Are you an only child?

If so, tell us about it in the comments. And, make sure to tell us a funny anecdote about growing up!

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15 Brutally Honest Tweets from Parents

To all the parents out there: we understand that you love your children unconditionally, but we also realize that some days feel like never-ending journeys to the bottomless pits of Hell because you’re about to lose your minds.

We’re here for you!

These tweets will make you forget about your woes for a bit and will provide you with some much-needed laughs.

You may begin!

1. All four sound wonderful.

2. Try that one out.

3. Don’t bother…

4. Great choice.

5. That’s very good.

6. You never know what you’re gonna get.

7. She already figured that out.

8. Winning!

9. NEVER STOPS.

10. What’s the Google?

11. I’d like to know…

12. Might be a while.

13. Ice cold.

14. Bullshit!

15. Good effort!

To all the parents out there…how are you holding up…?

Come on, be honest with us…

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Moms and Dads Hilariously Share the Struggle of Parenthood on Twitter

The struggles of adulthood are real, folks. Those little rugrats can push people to the edge of sanity if they don’t take a break to vent once in a while.

These parents took to Twitter to share their pain.

Moms and dads, do any of these stories sound familiar…?

1. Nice thing to wake up to.

2. Avoid at all costs.

3. Money well spent.

4. We have big news!

5. All parents dread this.

6. It never ends…

7. How could you?

8. Very good.

9. Genius!

10. It’s all coming out.

11. Following Mom’s lead.

12. I lost.

13. LOL.

14. Don’t even bother.

15. You said that out loud.

Parents, share some of your funniest and most painful stories about your kiddos in the comments.

Remember, you need to vent!

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A Single Dad Adopted a Baby With Down Syndrome After She Was Rejected by 20 Families

This is an adorable story about the power of love and how important relationships are in our lives. An Italian man named Luca Trapanese adopted a beautiful little girl named Alba when she was only 13 months old.

Alba has Down Syndrome and was rejected by 20 potential families before Trapanese came along to give the girl a new life. Trapanese has been working for and volunteering with organizations that focus on children with special needs since he was a teenager. He’s wanted to be a father for many years, but seeing that he is still single, Trapanese decided to go the route of adoption.

In July 2017, Trapanese was given permission to adopt a child even though he was still single, under one condition: he had to adopt a special needs child who had previously been rejected by other families. It was then that he became aware of little Alba. When he first met her, the connection was instantaneous. He said, “When I first held her in my arms, I was overcome with joy. I felt she was my daughter straight away. It was the first time I held a newborn baby. Before that moment, I had always been scared. But, when I first held Alba, I knew I was ready to be her dad.”

Trapanese said, “Alba revolutionized my life and everything revolves around her. She brought me happiness and a sense of fulfillment. I am proud to be her dad. I wanted her to be my daughter.”

A beautiful story, don’t you think?

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An NFL Linebacker Wearing a Mic Adorably Searched for His Mom in the Stands, Over and Over Again

Even big, tough NFL players still love their moms and want to make them proud.

Jerome Baker Jr. is a second-year linebacker with the Miami Dolphins. He played college ball for Ohio State and was taken by the Dolphins in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Recently, Baker had a ticket reserved for his mother Theodora for a game between the Dolphins and the New York Jets in Miami. The linebacker was mic’d up for the game by NFL Films, which is great because they captured both video and audio of Baker trying to find his mom in the stands during the game. Baker spent a good deal of time both trying to locate Theodora in the crowd and telling his teammates about his quest to find her amidst the tens of thousands of spectators at the game.

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BIFC! If you know, you know! I’m home baaabby!

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Baker said he forgot that he was even wearing a microphone during the game against the Jets and that when he watched the whole video of his comments spliced together, he thought it was pretty funny.

“You don’t realize how many times I was saying it, but I was saying it so much. The video made it funnier. If you look at the video, I was clean at one point. Then later on, I had a little bit of dirt on me. Then later on, I was full of dirt. It was like the whole game, I was saying, ‘Where’s my mom? Where’s my mom?’ It was just a funny moment I didn’t realize, but I was definitely looking for my mom a lot.”

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I’m in control of my destiny, never in doubt..

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Theodora had flown down from her home in Cleveland to visit her son, but Baker wasn’t positive that his mom was going to show up to the game that day.

Watch this whole clip. It’s pretty entertaining and heartwarming.

And make sure to watch until the very end, so you can see what happens.

Now that is just nice, isn’t it?

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Funny Tweets from Dads Who Are Raising Children

Parents have a tough job raising those little monsters. But it’s all worth it, isn’t it? To experience the joy of molding little people to become productive members of society…

These dads were nice enough to post tweets about the trials and tribulations of raising children, and they sure are humorous.

Take a look. Do any of these situations look familiar to you?

1. No…it’s not.

2. Totally over it.

3. Whoopsy daisy!

4. Your time is up.

5. A lot to look forward to.

6. Thanks a lot…

7. Might as well use them.

8. Sounds fun, right?

9. A HUGE mistake.

10. Annoyed to the max.

11. What did you do?!?!

12. Non-stop commentary.

13. I think you mean all of them.

14. You’ll need a lifetime supply.

15. A major milestone.

To all the dads out there: keep up the great work!

If you have a funny photo or anecdote about raising your kiddos, share them with us in the comments!

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