Becoming a parent doesn’t automatically mean that you magically possess all of the necessary knowledge in the universe — it just means you’re supposed to act like you do. And that’s a lot of pressure.
In reality, parenting often involves wearing the same shirt multiple days in a row, juggling a ridiculous number of schedules and activities, and answering a barrage of nonsensical questions from tiny humans. The pursuit of parenting “perfection” is fruitless because life is inevitably going get a little bit messy from time to time, particularly when you have kids in tow.
Here are some entertaining tweets from parents who have given up on the Instagram-perfect idea of parenthood, and are simply hanging on by a thread, one day at a time.
Here’s hoping they get a nap soon.
1.
I spent 20 minutes, 20. Fucking. Minutes. Convincing my kid to wear a coat, but yeah, congrats on your pregnancy.
— Real American Dadass (@R_A_Dadass) October 25, 2017
2.
Pediatrician: They're only getting two hours of screen time a day, right?
Me: HAHAHAHA! I mean, yes.
— Ramblin' Mama (@ramblinma) May 5, 2017
3.
We were in church and I pulled my toddler’s hand out of his pants and he screamed “I WAS MAKING MY PENIS BIG” and now I need a new church.
— MamaFizzles (@MamaFizzles) December 15, 2017