Remember summers when you were a kid in the 1990s? Behind the brainrot doom-scrolling fog, there are memories of summers spent outdoors. In my hometown of Chicago, that meant running around public parks playing made-up games, setting off (probably illegal) fireworks on the Fourth of July, and my mom having only a vague idea of …
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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (August 7, 2025)
One time for a school play where I was playing an ER nurse, the school took us to an actual hospital and let us have interviews with real doctors and nurses. The ER doctor told us, «Nothing in your life prepares you for the exhaustion of working a 12-hour shift at the ER and having …
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Man secretly DNA tests brother’s child and accidentally exposes a family secret: ‘I bought a DNA test kit and swabbed Leo while I was babysitting’
DNA testing is an incredibly useful technology. It gives us the power to be more informed about our medical history, our genetic makeup, and where we come from. It’s something that we didn’t have access to 100 years ago, but we do now. So like any new(ish) technology, we’re still figuring out how to use …
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‘I won’t even be civil with him’: 16-year-old son refuses to acknowledge dad’s affair partner, tells him he doesn’t care about his new stepchildren
Kids should have more rights than we think they should. They get to have autonomy, especially when it comes to dealing with their parents. Sure, they have to abide by their parents’ rules while they live in their house and are provided for, but that doesn’t mean that they have no say in how their …
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‘Who is this?’: 20+ Hysterical Dad Responses To Their Children Calling To Say ‘I Love You’
What is it about our dads that make them so predictable? Is it their love for routine: bacon for breakfast, golf for lunch? Is it the fact that they’ve used the same dad jokes since we were in the womb: ‘You hear about that restaurant on the moon, great food. no atmosphere….’ Just no! Whatever, …
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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (July 31, 2025)
These tweets are all yours, parents, and for no other eyes. If you’re not a parent, sure, you might still find some of these funny but you won’t be able to fully relate on an emotional level. You might get them but you won’t get them. We will leave that to the parents. There are …
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Aunt and uncle call out 21-year-old niece for ‘flaunting her wealth’ in front of her 20-year-old cousin, call her a ‘brat’: ‘We came back to finding Danica crying in her hotel room’
It’s always awkward to talk about money. You never know who has how much, how they got it, and how they feel about it. This is especially true when it comes to family. And if you’re young, it’s even weirder. How much do your parents control your spending? Should they control it at all? Living …
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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (July 24, 2025)
One of the best things about being a parent is watching your little one turn into a person. They start off so unbelievably small that you can’t possibly imagine that one day they will be an adult with a bank account. The fun of being a parent, though, is all the steps in between. First, …
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25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (July 17, 2025)
They say that raising a child takes a village. Well then, where the heck is the village? Is it two towns over? Helloooo? Just kidding, I know it’s all around. The «village» is whatever you need it to be. It’s your parents who become live-in help during the first month of your child’s life. It’s …
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‘I have zero interest in ever meeting her new husband’: Estranged mom tries to use gift from her affair partner as an olive branch at son’s wedding, is upset when son refuses to accept it
I feel like the word «boundaries» has become a buzzword of pop psychology in the last couple of years. It’s all that anyone seems to talk about when it comes to navigating tricky relationships. Everyone is allowed to have boundaries and to keep everyone in their lives accountable to them. You have to respect someone’s …
Seguir leyendo ‘I have zero interest in ever meeting her new husband’: Estranged mom tries to use gift from her affair partner as an olive branch at son’s wedding, is upset when son refuses to accept it