It worked in the moment, but then after the 100th time it starts to feel like maybe it was a bad idea…

It is my belief that parenting is kind of like some antidepressants. The idea of them, especially when advertised on TV, is great: I'm into the promise of less sulking, more action, and a relatively positive attitude. Functioning is something everyone wants to do. The happy-go-lucky advert with its upbeat music is alluring. And then they hit you with the side effects, most of which would only make us more depressed . There's weight gain, loss of sex drive, diarrhea or constipation (sometimes bo…

Sesameme Street

It's a rough week to be searching for funny parenting content . While Twitter is usually overflowing with cute quips from tired child-rearers, this week has felt a bit more somber. Instead of sharing stories about cute kids and their hilarious failures , many parents are taking to the website to address the Roe v. Wade leak that occurred earlier this week (at the same time as the Met Gala ). Fortunately, we were able to wade through the politics and locate the funny tweets we all need right now…

It's quite something

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” While Emma Lazarus may not have been speaking of weary parents in her 1883 sonnet, she could have been. The plights that child-rearers face are real: exhaustion, frustration, depression , and sometimes even anger. While these experiences could potentially bring out the worst in people, the…

This is dedicated to all the struggling parents out there

We've established that kids are dumb. It may sound mean, but it's true. It's not their fault, though. Their brains are underdeveloped. Wish we had that excuse. All things considered, it's entertaining as hell when kids are dumb. But that acceptable (and sometimes encouraged) dumbness has some competition in that department. Because kids are also weird. They do stuff that might actually be smart but weirds us the hell out. There's also the venn diagram overlap of dumb and weird, like the kid bel…

Being a parent is no easy feat. When I was a kid I fantasized about raising a few kids, injecting their brains with creativity at every turn. Painting. Drawing. Dancing in the living room. Reading them stories that inspire a thirst for knowledge and imagination. Playing silly games and chasing them around. And, of course, some healthy laugh-inducing tickling. Those are the fun parts of being a paren t. They don't make up the bulk of the experience. There's dealing with temper tantrums, lack of…

Army crawls and crouched-down crab walks, this kid thinks he's sneaky, but really he just look hilarious.

Stop that

Spoiler: none of them have ever hidden a body.

WTF

It's true that some people hate kids. I once worked with someone who was so staunchly anti-child it kind of disturbed me. Sure, it can be argued that it's selfish to bring life into this messed up world. But if you look at it another way, it's absolutely optimistic. There's a chance, even if it's a small one, that if you raise your kid right, they could make that same messed up world a better place. Unfortunately, the internet seems to be making that prospect slightly more unrealistic. Nonethel…

There are a lot of things you expect to find in a child's backpack, this is not usually one of them.

Happy memories?