Whether you’re running a house that’s crawling with teenagers or are an empty nester who’s dealing with your kid being back home from college for the summer, parenting your almost-adult is no easy task. Humor ― and lots of it ― is the best way to cope.
Here are some struggles every parent of teenagers can totally relate to ― proving that you are not alone.
How impossible it is to wake them up:
Trying, unsuccessfully, to wake up my teenage son makes me regret all the times I got up for him from a sound sleep when he was a baby .
— Robyn Swift (@squaredbyrd) June 15, 2016
My teenage daughter has slept more during the first three weeks of summer than she did during the first three years of her life.
— FleurDeLea (@Celestinelea90) June 27, 2016
How terrifying it is to be in the passenger’s seat when they’re behind the wheel:
I was the passenger while my teenage daughter drove for the first time today. Send gin. No tonic. Just gin.
— Karen Booth (@karenbbooth) June 23, 2016
How their stomachs seems to be bottomless:
@CBradyMem you have no idea. My teenage son eats his body weight every day. It's as if locusts swarmed through our pantry.
— CMK27 (@CMK27) June 11, 2016
How thoughtful they are of others:
@driscollsberry I asked my teenage son not to eat all the blackberries. He listened. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/ULWRdR0igS
— snickerdoo2 (@Snickerdoo2) June 12, 2016
Yet they still don’t gain an ounce of weight:
I know it is unseemly to be jealous of my teenage son's metabolism, but he just ate 6 hotdogs for afternoon snack. How is he not fat?
— Orin Thomas (@orinthomas) June 20, 2016
How they think processed foods are the crux of a balanced diet:
Everything is going well with my teenage son's development. He's entered the Ramen noodle stage of life.
— Green Eyed Doll (@green_eyed_doll) June 12, 2016
The snack foods that my teenage son prefers are an assault on nutritional values.
— Karen Zaruba (@kzannarbor) June 20, 2016
How they’re almost adults yet you constantly have to clean up after them:
18 and 20 year olds home for the summer. Enough drama, cooking, laundry. Looking forward to an empty nest. Careful what I wish for?!
— GreyCountyGal (@GreyCountyGal) August 6, 2015
The approaching empty nest is hard on me; HOWEVER I am looking forward to the day that toilet paper rolls are replaced ON the holder.
— Cindy Thompson, PHR (@HRCindyT) December 8, 2015
Literally just cleaned the bathroom mopped/vacuumed and cleaned the kitchen while the teenager sat on the couch playing video games
— bella (@isabellaislasxo) June 23, 2016
How hard it is to get even a moment’s peace and quiet:
Trying to sleep in the hotel room while my teenager plays games online with friends... Not happening. #teenager
— Marilyn Coffie (@macoffie77) June 23, 2016
Good god having a teenager in the house means the TV is ALWAYS on! And he’s not even watching it!
— ⓚeith (@keith1974) April 8, 2016
How bad they are for your wallet:
Out shopping with my teenager. I'm pretty sure that if Primark had been around in Dante's day he would have had a tenth circle of hell!
— Carrie Elks (@CarrieElks) July 5, 2016
Groceries are disappearing at lightening speed. It must be the extra teenager in the house, home for the summer.
— Elizabeth Friedrich (@lizfriedrich) May 10, 2010
How gosh darn frustrating they can be:
:) RT @hazelmotes1
— Selena Maranjian (@SelenaMaranjian) June 27, 2016
I'd push my teenager off a cliff but I'm worried that he'd get off one last irritating "whatever" on his way down.#teen
Teenagers ... gotta love ‘em
Having a teenager in the house requires a whole new level of patience. #givemestrength pic.twitter.com/tRUMW1Vt19
— Laura (@cherryfossil) June 3, 2016
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