Despite what anyone else in the world tells you, there really isn't just one right way to parent your children. Every kid has their own strange quirks, after all. These memes are dedicated to all the tired, frustrated parents who just need to occasionally be told that everything's gonna be okay.
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Tiny terrors. Maniacal minions. Kids, while sometimes a total blessing, give us all a run for our money and make insane asylums seem like a sexy vacation. At their worst, their meltdowns can bring us to tears. At their best, they melt our hearts. If we're lucky, they make us laugh with their histrionic tendencies, creative threats, and inventive spelling. This gallery of snot-nosed gold includes all of the above - and might help you laugh away the pain of being a parent.
As younger people abandon Facebook for Instagram and TikTok, it seems like we're more aware of all the crazies that frequent the social networking site. Some of the best places to find unhinged and ignorant people are mommy/parenting groups. There's an overwhelming number of Covid-19 nonbelievers, people who do extremely weird sh*t with breast milk, and of course - lots of talk of essential oils. If the children are our future, and they're being raised by these people, we might be more screwed than we thought.
We know you love your kids, but with this "homeschool" thing, you just need a damn break for five minutes. So here's to you, the brave parents who didn't ask for any of this crap to happen.
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Here's an interesting bit of historical trivia: George Washington helped raise step-children from wife Martha Washington's previous marriage, but the two never had biological children since George was likely left sterile after a bout of smallpox. Of course, we're pretty sure George was incredibly sad about this too, but these memes paint him as absent and Martha as baby-crazy. Despite their historical inaccuracy, we found them hilarious, and we're pretty sure you will too.
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Parenting ain't easy. Between the oppressive costs of healthcare and childcare, and the effect that raising kids has on one's sanity, sometimes it feels like a losing game. And then your kid does something magical, cute, or hilarious, and it all seems worth it. These highs and lows are all well-represented in this highly relatable batch of memes for every kind of parent.
As a kid, your underdeveloped brain can often cause you to not fully grasp things for what they are. For example, a creepy-looking character in a TV show will seem a lot scarier when you don't realize that it doesn't actually exist in real life.
These people took to Twitter to show their selfies next to an image of the things that scared them the most as kids!
Garfield was definitely onto something. Mondays seriously suck. To combat the malaise, the pain, the sheer agony of everyone's least favorite day, we've put together this assortment of replies to a Twitter thread about what gives people hope. It's important to remind yourself that life isn't actually hopeless - not even on Mondays!
