“Welcome To Parenthood” Posts That Will Make You Feel Seen

If you’re a new parent, you might not have had this moment yet, but I promise you, it’s coming – the one when you stop in the middle of something, look in the mirror, and think “this is my life now.”

And most days it’s a great life, and you’re happy you chose it, but that doesn’t also mean you can’t realize how comically you’ve changed from the you that used to be.

Those are the moments these 11 posts relate, and you are going to love them so much.

11. Not only that, but it’s your job to feed him.

I’m sorry to inform you.

10. All of the time.

Even if you’re just hanging out at home.

9. It happens to the best of us.

Age comes for us all, my friends.

8. There is actually clutter everywhere.

You swear you just cleaned that room, right?

7. This is the rest of your life.

I hope you’re ready.

6. Anywhere you get “me” time, really.

My dog never had so many walks.

5. Or perhaps the wrong color cup.

Socks are harder to find, though.

4. Also their jungle gym, and their napkin.

I could do this all day.

3. Embrace the chaos.

It’s the only way to survive.

2. She forgot “in your pocket.”

That’s where mine always end up.

1. As will your gray hairs.

Or anything else that’s a mess. Which is a lot.

 

I do feel so seen, even though some of these haven’t happened to me yet.

What was this most recent moment for you? Tell us about it in the comments!

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Appalling Examples Of Overbearing Parents

It’s easy to judge other parents before you have your own kids. It’s harder to do that once you are a mother or a father and quickly realize that nothing is simple or cut and dried, or one-size fits all.

That said, sometimes you see the behavior of other parents and it’s so appalling, so over the top, that you can’t help but stop and stare (and feel a bit badly for their kids).

That’s what happened in these 14 cases, when people were stunned by some truly appalling overbearing parents.

14. Oh my laundry.

I’m in my mid 20’s and my mom asked a attractive girl, who I barely knew from high school if she was mad at me because she didn’t say hi to me at work.

13. Therapy, anyone?

I’ve had a friend since elementary school whose mom has always been super strict.

We’re in our 20s now and in college, and her mom still “won’t let her” get her license.

The worst part is my friend lets her mom continue to control her like this despite her being an adult. She’s at school with a full scholarship so it’s not like she depends on her for financial support.

12. I hope those kids are ok now.

Not terrible but back when kids used to play outside more there was this little kid who was not allowed to leave his driveway… One day he went off into the cul-de-sac 3 houses away to play with a group of kids throwing a football back and forth to each other. The father ended up literally dragging the kid back home.

The kid started a scream-o band in his garage and got a 13 year old girl pregnant at 12 years old.

11. That doesn’t sound like their business.

Growing up my next door neighbors told my parents that they needed to have my brother and I go to bed at seven o’clock because their kids could see our bedroom lights on after they had to go to bed and it made them jealous.

10. Truly next level.

I managed, scheduled, and hired for “a fast food place” in a good neighborhood. Kid comes in for an interview in a button up and tie, I am liking him, want to know if he has extra curriculars so I can make sure neither of us are wasting our time. I hire him on the spot.

Comes in on his first day, looks like Mom dropped him off. Ok fair enough first job whatever. She sits down without ordering and watches him walk to the back to do computer BS. I go back to the front to work and she is still there. I go check the lobby about 30 minutes later. Still there. I get off, a couple hours later I get a call from my co worker asking about the new kid. I figure it was about his timecard or something. No. Woman is still there, manager wanted to know if the kid is special or something (he was not, wouldn’t have mattered anyway besides accommodating him.)

Get to work the next day, answer the phone. Woman wants his schedule. I say I can’t give it out he needs to ask for it or come to the store. She argues with me for a couple of minutes I absolutely refuse to give out his schedule.

He comes in about an hour later to get his hours, I had to pencil him in so I have the entire schedule book for the week out. She tried to take it from me. I snatched it and tossed it on the (employee) counter and tell her in the most “I’m being polite but F*ck you” voice that she is not allowed to look at our schedules because she’s not an employee and that it is protected communications. She huffs, I give the kid his schedule. Don’t see her for a while, great.

About two months later she calls the store to tell me to cut his hours (?) because he’s “too busy” now. I called him into the office while I wrote schedules for the next week and asked HIM if he wanted his hours cut. He had no idea why I would ask to cut his hours. I explained his mom called, he looked at me with a 1000 yard stare and said “I just turned 18. Schedule me 40 hours a week PLEASE. I get out of school at 11:00, I can be here at 11:30.”

I scheduled him 38 hours, Mom calls and tries to yell at me. I explain that a) I am not her child, or a child at all, and will not be yelled at. b) her adult child asked for full time work. c) I do not under and circumstance owe her any explanation for how I do MY job. She calls two rungs up the ladder and speaks to the franchise supervisor. He told her if she’s so concerned about his work life to fill out an application.

Three and a half years later, I am not there, kid is a manager, Mom is still ridiculous.

9. To what end, I wonder?

My parents called Common App, broke into my account, and locked me out because I started to send my college applications out without telling them.

I had my college adviser’s and principal’s approval and went to boarding school across the country from my parents.

8. Who knew?

My best friend in first grade was not allowed to come to school on halloween. We all dressed up and had a little parade. Her mother claimed it was the devils birthday.

It was a private religious school.

7. I hope he can get some help.

know a kid whose mom never thought whatever school he was in was good enough. He could never make friends because he’d change schools two times a year and was never allowed to follow anything that he enjoyed, everything he did had to be something that would put him on track for an ivy league school.

Gets into an ivy league school and finally gets some freedom away from her, joins a band a discovers singing and apparently was really f*ckin good at it. When he graduated he wanted to stay with the band and perform on weekends but the mom kept berating him for it and called him childish. He now works am upscale job in corporate America that his mom chose for him(through connections) that he hates.

After graduation his dad snapped and left his mom, literally just woke up one morning, got into his car, and drove off.

6. That poor baby.

I work with kids. At the YMCA we have a place called KidZone where parents can drop their kids off and we watch them while they work out. We get this 5 year old pretty often and his dad is a little scary. One of the bodybuilder, bearded type guys.

The kid was here one day and he was sitting and coloring and the dad was walking in the hallway, saw him through our window, and stormed inside yelling at him to get up and play basketball (we have one of those electronic net games in the room).

The kid was f*cking coloring and he already was playing basketball for a long time before the dad came in. The room became eerily silent after that. Pretty embarrassing

5. This is a tragic tale.

my aunt didn’t let her children leave her sight, watch tv, make friends, and didn’t feed them anything but plain rice and chicken for years. there was a mandatory hour of ‘cuddle time’ with mom. they barely knew how to be human beings. the youngest was 8 and couldn’t dress herself since her mother did it every day for all three kids. She home schooled them too. only time they left the house was to go to the doctor or dentist.

oldest left the house and immediately lost her f*cking mind. she had no idea how to say ‘no’ and didn’t want to anyway since she was now ‘free’. got addicted to meth in less then a month and was dead in two from an overdose of meth and cocaine as well as alcohol poisoning. auntie sobered up instantly and handed the other two- i think they were 8 and 10- over to the dad before hanging herself in her backyard.

the two kids don’t even remember her, they barely remember anything before they went to live with their dad. as far as i know they’re both mostly normal.

boy still doesn’t season his chicken though.

4. Cults are never healthy.

Mine. They joined a cult before I was born, which prohibited watching TV or any sort of interaction with the outside world. My childhood was not too fun.

For those who care, the cult was a very, very obscure offshoot of Christianity. Probably mostly akin to Southern Baptist in practice but much more strict. There was the speaking in tongues and all of that. A man named Sam Fife started this organization, which goes my the name of “The Move” or “The Move of God.”

He believed that the end times were imminent and encouraged his followers to go off into the wilderness and build communes to wait for Jesus’ return in five years. 40+ years later, they’re still going.

The Move prohibits anything that has to do with “The World” as they call it. Modern haircuts, TV, pants for women, and even dating. Young adults are encouraged to “walk out a year in the Lord” with a potential partner in which time they get to know each other. A “six inch rule” is enforced meaning the couple must remain six inches from each other at all times until marriage, to prevent lustful demons from entering the couple.

Other charming practices of The Move include beating children and forced exorcisms.

I wish I was f*cking making this shit up but I am not. As far as I know you can google the basic facts of The Move including that Sam died I think in ’79? And Buddy Cobb took over. My childhood was really f*cked up but I am mostly over it.

3. I can’t believe she actually called.

A girl came to a sleepover I was invited to when i was around 14 or 15.

This girl had to call and ask her parents before we could watch ‘Mulan’.

They said no, because it “glorified the occult”.

2. At least she did it on her own.

My sister in law wasn’t allowed to watch Harry Potter until she was 18 because her parents said it was witchcraft.

1. Where can I get one of those?

I teach sewing lessons.

Had a parent end a lesson on how to make skirts for fear the student might make a short “slutty” skirt with this knowledge.

I hope I never end up on one of these lists. Woof.

Have you ever encountered a really overbearing parent? Tell us about it in the comments!

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Enjoy Some of the Funniest Parents Around

It takes a lot to be crowned one of the funniest parents on the internet on any given week, because I’ve gotta say, there are a lot of funny parents out there. That’s why I think people kind of pass the title of “funniest” around by the week, don’t you?

If that’s true, these 13 parents are definitely the winners this week, because these tweets made me laugh out loud!

13. We’re not allowed to go to the store.

Seems like the perfect excuse to me.

12. It’s almost like they’ve been planning this the entire time.

The torture never ends, my friends.

11. That only works if you lick them.

Ask any dad anywhere.

10. You can’t have it all.

Or any of it, on some days.

9. Nothing is as mean as that.

Or as scary, either.

8. Tensions are running high everywhere.

You’d better just follow instructions.

7. Because they know you won’t do anything about it.

Go ahead. Prove them wrong.

6. The robots can read our minds.

I think they’ve been talking to Alexa.

5. Think of it as the extra workout you didn’t want.

But that you probably needed.

4. This is a parenting protip if I’ve ever seen one.

Definitely trying this like, right now.

3. I dream of this day.

The one where it doesn’t take me longer to get kids out into the snow than they actually spend in the snow.

2. Someone who was tired of gray.

Surely there are more colors not associated with private parts?

1. Hey, we’re all entertaining ourselves how we can these days.

I bet the kid didn’t think it was funny, which makes it even funnier.

One day maybe I’ll be funny enough to make a list like this (that someone else writes).

What’s your favorite parenting account to follow on Twitter? Share the wealth in the comments!

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Enjoy Some of the Funniest Parents Around

It takes a lot to be crowned one of the funniest parents on the internet on any given week, because I’ve gotta say, there are a lot of funny parents out there. That’s why I think people kind of pass the title of “funniest” around by the week, don’t you?

If that’s true, these 13 parents are definitely the winners this week, because these tweets made me laugh out loud!

13. We’re not allowed to go to the store.

Seems like the perfect excuse to me.

12. It’s almost like they’ve been planning this the entire time.

The torture never ends, my friends.

11. That only works if you lick them.

Ask any dad anywhere.

10. You can’t have it all.

Or any of it, on some days.

9. Nothing is as mean as that.

Or as scary, either.

8. Tensions are running high everywhere.

You’d better just follow instructions.

7. Because they know you won’t do anything about it.

Go ahead. Prove them wrong.

6. The robots can read our minds.

I think they’ve been talking to Alexa.

5. Think of it as the extra workout you didn’t want.

But that you probably needed.

4. This is a parenting protip if I’ve ever seen one.

Definitely trying this like, right now.

3. I dream of this day.

The one where it doesn’t take me longer to get kids out into the snow than they actually spend in the snow.

2. Someone who was tired of gray.

Surely there are more colors not associated with private parts?

1. Hey, we’re all entertaining ourselves how we can these days.

I bet the kid didn’t think it was funny, which makes it even funnier.

One day maybe I’ll be funny enough to make a list like this (that someone else writes).

What’s your favorite parenting account to follow on Twitter? Share the wealth in the comments!

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A Mom Turned Her Daughter’s Dirty, Abandoned Sock Into a Museum Exhibit

Parents everywhere know that it’s important to teach our children to be respectful, and that part of that is picking up after yourself. Trash, laundry, toys…picking them up can be harder than it seems (apparently), but we’ve all got to do it.

Parents also know – or at least, they should – that humor is the key to every good, communicative relationship.

Mom Xep Campbell and her daughter Kestrel illustrate this fact super well with this post about a forgotten sock on the bathroom floor.

On the evening of Thanksgiving when I went to bed I noticed one of Kestrel's socks on the bathroom floor. I decided not…

Posted by Xep Campbell on Wednesday, December 2, 2020

I can only imagine that, before Mom decided to cheekily enter it as a museum exhibit, Kestrel was asked to collect said sock more than once.

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Instead of taking the hint about the dirty laundry having been in one place for too long, Kestrel added a pedestal.

Art deserves an appropriate display, right?

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It also deserves an audience, Mom thought.

A riveted audience.

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Their game continued. No word on if or when the sock has been deposited in the appropriate receptacle, but in the meantime, at least the farm animals have something interesting to look at.

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If only farm animals in real life were treated as well.

Consider this your reminder to yes, parent your children and do your best to raise them right.

But also, don’t forget to have fun with them now and then – before you know it both they and their dirty socks will be but a memory in your home.

And sure, it will be picked up all the time.

But it will be awfully quiet, too.

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Ignore Your Kids For a Couple Minutes – These 11 Posts Are Worth The Mess!

Parents are always weighing what we want/need to do with how much destruction our kids can wreak on the house in the same amount of time.

Sometimes it’s worth it, sometimes it’s not, but from one parent to another, I think you won’t regret scrolling through these 11 tweets!

11. I know they say not to meet your heroes…

But what if you made them?

10. It’s not forever.

Someday you’ll have to buy an extra large turkey and three bags of rolls.

9. Yeah, might want to correct that one.

Just because you definitely don’t want to eat that.

8. A girl after my own heart.

Sprinkles go with everything.

7. Never since batteries were invented.

They are incapable of thinking ahead.

6. What a fun game!

Not for Santa, I suppose.

5. He tried to play it really cool.

10 points o Gryffindor.

4. They will learn.

There will come a day when they, too, realize they are too lazy to use a microwave.

3. You’d better not be the one who pushed it.

You will be deafened by the screaming.

2. Heaven help you.

There is no escape.

1. It’s best to just say nothing.

They will learn soon enough.

See what I mean? Good, am I right?

No… they’re genius, I tell you!

Now, go check on those kids – fingers crossed nothing is ruined!

Also, tell us which of these really made you laugh out loud. Do that in the comments.

Thanks, fam!

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Posts From Parents Who Aren’t Too Tired to Make Us Laugh

Most parents have a sense of humor. We have to in order to cope with the lack of sleep, the lack of privacy, and the complete and total loss of our identity other than being in charge of these kids.

These 13 parents are the proof in the pudding, because no matter what else is going on at home, they’re coming to Twitter to make us laugh.

13. Pro Dad move.

Kind of brings a tear to your eye.

12.Don’t bag on the elves, children.

Maybe next time they won’t bother.

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11. Well that’s a mood.

Sort of stolen from Shrek, but what are you gonna do?

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10. What do they DO to those things?

At least you know they’re using them, I guess.

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9. After I throw it all on the floor.

Gotta have the full experience.

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8. Ok but how does one “save a donut?”

You always eat all of the donuts right away. Right?

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7. Don’t do it.

There be monsters.

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6. Only parents use those voice memos.

Completely on accident.

5. At least a hug first.

Dang, girl.

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4. Solid kid move.

She’s on track.

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3. Method actor in the making.

Kid is committed. Or maybe should be.

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2. He believes he is.

Nether regions are ripe for jokes.

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1. We can reuse the bow.

The rest of it we will use immediately.

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I’m giggling and I’m not at all mad about it!

Which of these made you laugh the hardest? Tell us down in the comments!

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Kids Who Are Much Funnier Than They Have the Right to Be

Kids are hilarious, even when they’re not trying to be. Maybe especially when they’re not trying to be, if we’re honest, but most kids are too young to post their hijinks online.

That’s where their parents come in, and these 13 tweets about the funny things kids say are definitely worth the scroll.

13. I mean, who doesn’t?

Stupid society.

12. Sometimes that’s the best way to teach a lesson.

And if it’s also funny, I mean…

11. Think about someone other than yourself, Dad.

Geez Louise.

10. Some days our bs meter is higher than others.

But it’s never infinite.

9. These might be connected.

Also, what does he want?

8. You can always find something nice to say.

And they’re just happy you’re talking to them.

7. Not to mentioned half-finished meals.

No, they’re never going to eat the rest of that later.

6. Eh, enjoy the break.

Tomorrow she’ll be mad at him.

5. “How about a knuckle sandwich?”

-Every Dad Ever

4. That’s downright hilarious.

And not a terrible philosophy when it comes to life.

3. She’s going to be an expert by the time she’s a teenager.

Practice makes perfect.

2. He could have said it.

They don’t care.

1. The truth no one tells you.

You figure it out on your own, after it’s too late.

My kids crack me up all the time but I’m too tired to tweet about it most of the time.

What has your kid said lately that’s tweet-worthy? Share it with us in the comments!

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“Friends” Memes That Are Perfect for Parents

Though it remains to be seen how well the hit television show Friends will age, there’s no denying that it’s probably never going to stop being an integral part of pop culture for all of eternity.

Which means that, even for casual fans of the show, references are likely not lost on you – and if you’re a parent now, these 15 memes are going to hit just right.

15. The moment you realize it’s too good to be true.

That goes double if you have a puppy.

14. It’s good, but someone is missing.

It’s the dog.

13. The strangers are thinking the same thing.

Speaking from experience.

12. Hey, you still gotta enjoy it.

Let people look.

11. Don’t fall into the trap, new parents.

It’s never going to happen like you want it to.

10. The Ross “I’m fine” meme has so many uses.

Especially this year.

9. That’s the nicest thing I can think of.

Is there an alcohol that starts with ‘O.’

8. No one really wants advice.

They just want someone to come over with coffee and offer to fold some laundry.

7. Holidays are different now.

Not bad, just different.

6. The key is to take a lot of photos.

And sometimes that doesn’t even work.

5. If only it were that easy.

It’s not. You have to keep pretending to be interested.

4. A truer meme there never has been.

The good news is, everything is a phase.

3. “You’re lame!”

I try to refrain but it’s hard.

2. You will never hate yourself more.

The good thing is, most kids sleep like the dead.

1. New parents are cute.

Sweet summer child.

I have to admit, even though there are some cringey moments in the reruns, I still turn them on when I’m in need of comforting background noise.

What are your thoughts on Friends these days? Let’s start a discussion in the comments!

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Parents Who Blessed Us With Their Kids’ Funniest Moments

I know there’s a big discussion in the parenting world about social media and privacy, and how much to share of your child’s life and likeness before they’re officially old enough to consent.

That said, quoting your kid in a post seems pretty harmless, since no names are used and probably you don’t even have that many followers (do you?).

Maybe I’m just trying to justify it because I really don’t want parents like these 10 to stop amusing me with the hijinks that happen behind closed doors – for today, let’s just enjoy!

10. It’s a fun game we like to play.

All those years of playing Carmen Sandiego are about to pay off.

9. Also the answer to “what’s that smell.”

Or it could be the dog, but that’s basically the same thing.

8. And honestly, we’re grateful.

Otherwise, who knows how we would be living?

7. One way or another.

God help them if they eat the fruit before you get around to it.

6. Kids say the sweetest things.

And also things like this.

5. Everyone lies.

It the new “how often do you floss.”

4. Musical instruments are a double-edged sword.

They’re also why noise-canceling headphones exist.

3. We’ve got to get our giggles somehow.

That’s why we had kids!

2. Bless her heart.

She’s gonna have to find someone who can live with that one day.

1. This is very sweet.

And I’m actually glad the drawing isn’t more realistic and detailed.

One of the best things about kids – and the thing that keeps them alive some days – is how they make us laugh.

What’s the last thing your kid said or did that you just had to share? Tell us about it in the comments!

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