16 of the funniest tweets from parents who dared to be honest.

Apr 14, 2023 | 3:23 P.M. ET

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Parenting can be a tiring, hilarious, surprising, and rewarding journey in sticky surfaces, temper tantrums, and answering some of life's most impossible questions...

So, if you could certainly use a cathartic laugh to help you get through the chaos of your daily grind, here are the funniest tweets we could find from parents who are in desperate need of a coconut cocktail on a beach.

1.

The only bad thing about my toddler learning to how talk is now he's never going to stop.
— Raw Motherhood (@MetteAngerhofer) April 13, 2023

2.

As my coffee brews, 7 leaves the kitchen…

Me: “Where you goin?”
Him: “I wanna give the coffee machine privacy while it’s peeing.”
— redyellowgreendance 💃🏻 (@RYGdance) April 11, 2023

3.

The Most Dangerous Game but it’s asking a child to guess your age
— Katie D (@KatieDeal99) April 11, 2023

4.

Petition to change the expression “like a bull in a china shop” to “like a kid in the glassware section of HomeGoods.”
— SpacedMom (@copymama) April 10, 2023

5.

My 4yo just started playing rock, paper, scissors with himself. The good news is he won.
— mom mom mom mom mom (@notmythirdrodeo) April 12, 2023

6.

My 1yo is crawling around on the floor eating a pretzel, which shouldn’t be a problem except I don’t remember the last time I bought pretzels.
— Mediocre Mom (@MediocreMamaa) April 11, 2023

7.

My 1YO hit my 5YO with his toy so she got upset and asked me if we can return him to the hospital and pick up a "nicer kid".
— My Life As Dad (@milifeasdad) April 10, 2023

8.

My 6yo says she doesn't believe in the Easter bunny anymore because "it's 𝙤𝙗𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 a person in a bunny costume breaks into our house and leaves Easter baskets."

She's onto us.
— Lil Bit 🌈 (@LizerReal) April 8, 2023

9.

Me: Sorry honey, we are out of oatmeal.

3yo: *sigh* I guess give me a cookie then.
— MommyingHard (@MommyingHard) April 11, 2023

10.

Parenting is ok except for every once in a while when my 3-year-old requests “Ham Hands” for lunch, which is when she takes two handfuls of ham and eats it in the living room while she watches tv.
— Kristen Mulrooney (@missmulrooney) April 11, 2023

11.

OMG OMG OMG

MY SON JUST ASKED ME TO PLAY XBOX WITH HIM THIS IS SUCH AN HONOUR
— Amelia Draws (@Amelia_Draws) April 7, 2023

12.

My son just asked if Jesus killed the dinosaurs.

As a parent you have to answer these types of questions carefully

So I said:

He didn’t just kill them. He hunted them. It was a game to him
— PieGuy (@ilovepie84) April 11, 2023

13.

My kid just said "Dad, you're older than Google"
— Dan Goldstein (@dggoldst) April 7, 2023

14.

I just asked my kid if he's going to poop in the tub tonight and he replied "yeah" with WAY too much enthusiasm.
— fck capitalism (@helenaddy) April 7, 2023

15.

My toddler has discovered the question "Why?". Send prayers for my sanity.
— 𝑨 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒕 (@LittleLost_One) April 14, 2023

16.

What you need to know about toddlers is you can’t tell them any information because they will make it their business immediately. I told my toddler someone scratched our car and he burst into tears bc “but I don’t know where there are any car repair shops”
— Lucy Huber (@clhubes) April 8, 2023

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