Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways. Although Twitter has rebranded to X, the humor lives on.
Every week, we round up the most hilarious quips from parents on the social media platform to spread the joy. Scroll down to read the latest batch, and follow @HuffPostParents for more!
I asked my 3-year-old what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday and she said βtwo cakesβ which is the correct answer.
— Jessie (@mommajessiec) September 1, 2023
You may not think I am a woman of great strength of character, but I told my 2yo last night that he couldn't have any more cookies, and he looked me in the eye, bent down and LICKED a cookie on the serving plate in an act of claim-staking defilement and I DID NOT LAUGH
— Amy Colleen (@sewistwrites) August 27, 2023
My grandfather fought in a world war and my five year old asks me to come to the bathroom with him to hold his nose so he doesnβt have to smell it when he poops.
— One Awkward Mom (@oneawkwardmom) August 30, 2023
No one laughs or even smiles when I sing βLord I was born a scramblinβ manβ every time I make eggs but thatβs the dad life, baby.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) August 27, 2023
Other mom at bus stop: last day of school before Labor Day break, can you believe it!
— That Mom Tho π¦ (@mom_tho) August 31, 2023
Me, just now learning thereβs no school tomorrow: No, not at all, how fun
My children wanted to play restaurant and are very upset because I told them my place does not allow kids
— Vinod Chhaproo (@Chhapiness) August 29, 2023
i gotta figure out some insane rules for my kid that she doesn't question until she gets older. βno pink lemonade in this house. itβs unnaturalβ and sheβs like right of course, lemons are yellow, itβs unnatural. then decades from now sheβs in a college dining hall like Wait What.
— bobby (@bobby) August 26, 2023
Saw the baby talking to the air so I'm immediately moving and leaving her behind. I've seen this movie before
— Trey (@treydayway) August 30, 2023
A little boy at the park ran away from my twins and promptly told his mom, βthey scare me cause thereβs two of them!!β Same, buddy, same.
— Shit I tell my toddler (@Toddler_talkin) August 26, 2023
Iβm producing a parenting song called everyone ignores me until they want something.
— @itssherifield (@itssherifield) August 31, 2023
I love when families have one or a few standardly named children and one totally out-there-named child and you're just like....what happened here
— Lucy Huber (@clhubes) August 31, 2023
16- *bragging about his mustache*
— Maryfairyboberryπ§π»βοΈ (@maryfairybobrry) August 28, 2023
12- Momβs mustache is way better than yours
Me-
11yo: Are we there yet?
— I Hide From My Kids (@IHideFromMyKids) August 29, 2023
Me: Minutes away
11yo: Technically weβre always minutes away from everything, weβre minutes away from death right now
Me: *having a heartfelt moment with my child*
— Jessie (@mommajessiec) August 31, 2023
My child: Can I have a snack?
Don't mind me, just refinancing my house so my kids can go to the pumpkin patch.
— Brock (@Brock_Teee) August 28, 2023
A heist movie, but instead of navigating lasers and speeding trains, the hero has to remove the lanyard from a pacifier in a sleeping baby's mouth without waking the baby
— Amy Colleen (@sewistwrites) August 30, 2023
I spent months planning this road trip down to the last detail. Husband spots a candy store. Boom heβs the hero of this story.
— I Hide From My Kids (@IHideFromMyKids) August 26, 2023
I woke up my kid for her first day of school and she rolled over in bed to face me, a smile slowly spread across her face and then a fart ripped at full volume under the covers.
— mom mom mom mom mom (@notmythirdrodeo) August 28, 2023
βIβm so excited I farted.β
Have kids so that it can be your fault a 2 hour movie they want to see can't be watched in 30 minutes.
— Dadman Walking (@dadmann_walking) August 28, 2023
When my kid asks why I was so loud in the morning because it woke her up, I explain this is passed down from generation to generation
— McDad (@mcdadstuff) August 28, 2023
I asked 7 if she was ready for second grade and she said that second grade better be ready for her.
— Marissa πππ (@michimama75) August 28, 2023
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