One of the worst things about parenting is having to make small talk with other parents. Just because our kids are the same age doesn't mean we have much in common, and there's only so much runway I get with talking about the kids' developmental phases, school, activities, etc. before I run out of stuff to say. And then you're just left talking about regular adult stuff with people who are more boring than you. This is why you need your designated parent friend. You need a person you've identif…

Twitter is proof of a collective consciousness . How else would we be able to read someone else's words and relate so hard? The best tweets tap into something fundamentally true about being human. Like the best stand-up comedy, the best tweets take something mundane and normal that we usually take for granted and point it out in concise language, helping us realize we're all living a shared experience. What's the deal with airline food, etc, etc. But conversely, another great brand of tweets is…

There's no universal rulebook for being a parent

I've got Twitter fingers

Needed to hear that

Tweetpilled

They say that 90% of parenting is just thinking about when you can lie down again

Banger tweets only

Too relatable

So fresh and so clean

Far too relatable

Keeping you in the loop

Back to school, back to tweets

Look mom, a funny tweet!

Back to school isn't all that it's cracked up to be

Some of our world's greatest minds are trapped on Twitter