Parenting can be hard and unrewarding sometimes; anyone who's done it knows this truth. But luckily - for survival, perhaps? - it can also be really, really funny.
Here are some Twitter parents who made us laugh this week. And remember - we're all on this crazy ride together.
What I say: "Please rinse your bowls in the sink." What my kids hear: "And be sure to splash it all on the walls but good."
— Alexandra Rosas (@GDRPempress) September 18, 20156 year old: I spend half of my life in misery. That was my "how's school going" update, in case you were going to ask.
— IAMTHEMILK (@KatiaDBE) September 21, 20155-year-old: *slaps hands with 1-year-old* Me: It's nice of you to play patty-cake with her. 5-year-old: I'm teaching her to block punches.
— Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) September 24, 20154yo called me "bread head" so I called her "crumb bum" so she called me "fruit salad vulva" and she wins.
— SnuggleMummy (@NinsMum) September 24, 2015Mom pro tip: If you're old enough to critique what I put in your lunch, you're old enough to make it yourself.
— Sarcastic Mommy (@sarcasticmommy4) September 22, 2015When you reach peak "boring parent" you're able to convince yourself that school program night without kids is actually a date night.
— Mike Reynolds (@PuzzlingPostDad) September 24, 2015There are 168 hours in a week. I know that bc my son has spent them all taking about Minecraft after we let him start playing a week ago
— Jen Simon (@NoSleepInBklyn) September 15, 2015It turns out that if you clean under a 12-year-old's bed, there's a very good chance you're going to find old gummy worms and human teeth
— Alice Bradley (@finslippy) May 10, 2015
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