Adrienne Hedger is the writer and illustrator behind the edearingly funny Hedge Humor. She’s also a wife, mother of two, and dog mom of one. The 10 illustrations below could very well make you fall in love with her work, so make sure and follow her on Instagram before you go!
Most female cheetahs go their entire lives without raising a single cub to maturity. The species is dependent on “supermoms” that are particularly adept at raising cubs. One such supermom, Eleanor, has mothered at least 10% of all adult cheetahs in the southern Serengeti.
Parenting is an incredibly rewarding experience, but it’s definitely also hard, exhausting work. Newborns are especially tough to deal with because they’re constantly crying, pooping, or sleeping. That may not sound so bad, but wait until you experience a wailing newborn at 3:00 a.m. in the morning.
Newborns are tough, which is why I want to hug all 15 of these parents for making me laugh through my exhausted tears.
#1. This continues into toddlerhood but it can be any type of food or sticky substance, not just puke.
Dad jokes are an almost intrinsic part of being a father. It almost seems like the minute you have a kid, the universe bestows this ability to make predictable, innocent, and seriously “punny” jokes out of anything at a moment’s notice.
Dad jokes are such a universal phenomenon that there’s even a Twitter hashtag (#dadjokes) dedicated to them!
Jack Nicholson was raised by his grandparents while his birth mother, June Nicholson, pretended to be his sister. He only found out who his real mother was when he turned 37. 00
Steve Jobs often went to his biological father’s Mediterranean restaurant in San Jose and even shook his hand. At the time, his dad didn’t know that Jobs was the baby he gave away for adoption, and Jobs didn’t know that he was his father. 00
Kids can say some truly hilarious things without even meaning to. I mean sure, sometimes they’re inopportune and inappropriate and we can’t actually laugh at them in the moment, but that doesn’t make them any less funny.
Lucky for you, these 17 kids aren’t yours. So feel free to go ahead and laugh right away.
#17. “We had a local elementary school decorate paper bags for Earth Day, and I found this one leftover.”
Flu season is already underway. That’s right, while you are enjoying the fruits (and pumpkin spice lattes) of autumn right now, the sad truth is the flu bug is out and about. For many people, that means getting themselves and their children vaccinated in order to avoid a painful (and exhausting) illness, a recent survey revealed many parents are actually avoiding the flu shot for a head-scratching reason…
“I’m flabbergasted,” says Dr. William Schaffner, who studies infectious disease at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine. “I and many others have been saying for over 20 years that you can’t get the flu from the flu vaccine. I don’t know how to say it any louder. You cannot get the flu from the flu vaccine. That’s a myth.”
Jean Moorjani, a board-certified pediatrician at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, brings some additional facts to the debate:
The parts of the virus that are used are completely dead, so you cannot get the flu from the flu shot. After receiving the shot, it takes your body about two weeks to build up antibodies to fight the flu, so if you come in contact with the virus during that time, you may still get sick, which is why you should get your flu shot as early as possible.
According to the CDC, 172 kids lost their lives to the flu in 2017 — the highest death toll in almost a decade — and over 80% of the children who perished did not have a current flu shot.
Doctors and other health professionals aren’t trying to scare parents, but they do want them to know that by not giving them the flu vaccine because of unfounded fears, you could be putting their lives in danger.
“There’s no reason to be nervous about getting your children vaccinated against the flu,” reiterates Amesh A. Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “You should be nervous about not getting your children vaccinated.”
There are some things that only parents understand, and these 20 memes fall into that category. So, if you are in the process of raising children, sit back with your glass of wine (or beverage of choice) and have a good laugh. You deserve it.
#20. Such a beautiful day.
#19. “What are you doing?” / “WHAT DO YOU THINK?”
#18. Does anyone know where I can get one of those?
#17. Wait, your second kid is supposed to have their own room?
Every parent of more than one child ever has walked into an argument over nothing that sounds like incoherent screaming. Screaming that grabs onto your spine and won’t let go.
And that’s exactly what it sounds like these two lynxes are doing in this video captured by Nicole Lewis near Avery Lake in Ontario, Canada. According to National Geographic, the animals have these confrontations over territorial meltdowns (just like your children!).
But yeah. It totally sounds like they’re just yelling over something they’ve both forgotten about by now. Welcome to parenthood, animal-style.
