Parenting comes with love, messes, and the occasional existential crisis. These hilarious parenting moments capture the kind of stuff that makes moms and dads pause, sigh deeply, and stare into the middle distance.
If you’ve ever been outwitted by a toddler or had your snack stolen by a baby, these funny parenting pictures are for you.
1. “We Found My Wife’s Phone In The Toilet Yesterday. We Weren’t Sure Which Of Our Three Kids Put It There… Until My Wife Scrolled Through Her Pictures Today”
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3. “The Face Of A Parent Who Had To Deal With The Fact That His Child Really Locked Her Mother In Her Bedroom Because She Got Her Mouth Stuck On The Doorknob From The Other Side Of The Door”
“I love and miss my dad so much, but this photo makes me laugh so hard.
Bro was TIRED He also tried to teach me how to play backgammon multiple times, but I kept trying to eat the pieces. Shoutout to my dad. Best dad. Very patient man. He also used to bring me out on the deck at night to say goodnight to the moon.
He’d be like ‘Say goodnight to Luna!’ and I’d be like ‘Goodnight Moona!’ because kids are stupid. But also, this man worked at NASA.
He gave up the opportunity to go to outer space because he would miss me too much. Imagine giving up that opportunity just for your child to say ‘Moona’ smh.”
4. “My Daughter Just Said ‘Here Papa’ And Put These In My Pocket. I Have No Idea Which Piece Of Cheap Furniture Is Now Dangerously Unstable”
5. “We are having a lot of people over including kids and grandparents. He is not getting married and he isn’t gay.”
“We are having a lot of people over including kids and grandparents. He is not getting married and he isn’t gay.”
6. “My 2 Year Old Started Cursing And I Thought My Teenagers Were To Blame So I Made A Swear Jar… It’s Been 5 Hours And It Turns Out I Am The Problem. I Will Be Broke By Monday”
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8. “My 8-Year-Old Decided The Keyboard Should Be In Alphabetical Order”
9. “My Kid Swallowed A Penny While Showing His Little Brother How He Accidentally Swallowed A Sim Key The Day Before”
10. “I’ve Seen It Happen In Movies But Never Dreamed I Would See It In Real Life”
“Shocked children at bottom for extra OMG. ‘No kids it’s not Santa just Uncle Jeff trying to get the damn tree.’ Merry Christmas, y’all!”
11. “I Give Him His Own Pot Of Dirt To Water Now, After He Waterboarded My Poor Succulents To Death”
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13. “I Bought A Second Hand Book For My Kid And Didn’t Look Closely At The Cover”
“It’s in Latin. We don’t speak Latin.”
14. “I’d Like To Know How She Interpreted That”
15. “Tanned A Bit Too Much While Wearing Shoes. Kids Call Them My Chimp Feet”
16. “Tornado-Driven M**der-Branch Impales My House Directly Above My Kid’s Bed”
17. “What My Son Did To My Duct Tape”
18. “I Bought My Kid A Drone For Christmas, The Wife Doesn’t Love It”
19. “Child Opened 3 Gallons Of Interior Paint”
20. “Drove My 17 Year Old Son To Visit My Childhood Home”
21. “Neighbor’s Snot Nosed Kids Got Ahold Of Their Guns And Shot Through My Room”
22. “My Kid Got This In Her Easter Basket. I Was Confused About Why She Didn’t Want It So I Took A Bite. It’s Soap”
23. “Just Bought Gallon Of Chocolate Milk For The Kids”
“Bumped it trying to put it in to the fridge and it noped right out of my hand. A gallon really doesn’t seem like much, until you have to clean it off the floor. The splatter zone behind me was pretty impressive too.”
24. “Something Bit My Kids Ear”
25. “Not A Single Pair In This Whole Hamper”
26. “This One Count?”
27. “My Kid Poured Candle Wax Down The Drain”
28. “12-Year-Old Son Fell Off His Bike And Dislocated His Toe”
29. “My 5-Year-Old Made A Cat Food Bath For His Sister”
30. “Found A Blanket In The Box That Was Supposed To Contain My Kids’ Mini Air Hockey Table Christmas Present”
“It was a heavy weighted blanket to mask the thievery. My sister ordered this for my kids on Amazon. My kids were so bummed out even though Amazon is letting us return it.”
31. “I Asked The Kids To Check On How Many Eggs We Had Left, Quote ‘We Have Plenty’”
32. “My Kids Spent All Day Yesterday Making This Gingerbread House”
“I had my oven on preheat to make dinner and forgot they placed the house in the oven so my cat wouldn’t ruin it in 5 seconds…. Well this is the aftermath. They’re on the way home from school now and they don’t have a clue yet. Happy Wednesday, I guess.”
33. “Aftermath Of My Kid’s Baseball Game. We Told The Dude He Should Not Park There. He Ignored Our Advice Since He Was “Close To The Field”. Safelite Repair, Safelite Replace”
34. “Some Poor Kid’s Croc And Sock Jammed In The Escalator”
35. ‘UPS Tracking Says Our Pottery Barn Kids Package Was Delivered To Our Front Door”
“No packages at our house. Driving to work this morning, my wife sees this about 1/8 of a mile from our house. Those are our packages.”
36. “My Kid Is Practicing Her Name… In Nail Polish On The Wall… Of A Rental”
37. “Guess How Old My Son Is”
38. “Just Started Working From Home. My 7yo Is Brutal”
39. “My Toddler Is Giving Our TP A Bath”
40. “Finally Replaced My Laundry Basket That Had A Broken Handle For 3 Years. Only For My Son To Break The Handle Of The New One Before Its First Use”
