We’ve pulled together some of the best fill-in-the-blank responses to “Parenting is…” from around the Twittersphere. It’s difficult to sum up parenting in one sentence, but these tweeting parents do a pretty amazing job. Here are just a few to give you an idea…
Parenting is basically just listening to yourself talk because nobody else is.
— Court (@Discourt) January 5, 2015
Parenting is 80% making empty threats & 20% picking up miniature toys on the floor.
— Carbosly (@Carbosly) August 19, 2014
90% of parenting is waiting for the other parent to do something about it.
— Ashley Davis (@driveoceanic) April 14, 2015
Has anyone ever noticed that parenting is more like an exercise in crisis management?
— Jill Shalvis (@JillShalvis) April 22, 2015
90% of modern parenting is keeping your kids away from your smartphone.
— No Idea: Daddy Blog (@byclintedwards) March 18, 2015
Parenting is juggling chainsaws and wondering why it's so loud and why your shoulders are so sore.
— Charlie N Andy (@HowToBeADad) April 22, 2015
90% of parenting is just walking around yelling "WHERE ARE YOUR SHOES? WE'RE ALREADY LATE! FIND YOUR SHOES!"
— Lurk @ Home Mom (@LurkAtHomeMom) November 22, 2014
Parenting is a conglomeration of everything I've never learned.
— John Willey (@DaddysinCharge) August 28, 2014
88% of parenting is saying "it's bedtime" 150 times between 8:00 and 9:00 every night.
— Sardonic Tart (@SardonicTart) April 23, 2015
Parenting is a lot like a Tarantino film. Lot of questions and violent screaming.
— charliecapen (@charliecapen) June 10, 2014
80% of parenting is yelling through a closed bathroom door.
— Hot Breakfast (@amydillon) January 20, 2015
Parenthood is a journey except it's just traveling from room to room putting away the same toys all day long.
— OneFunnyMummy (@OneFunnyMummy) April 13, 2015
I am saddened by the fact that I am no longer alarmed when my fingers smell like someone else's poo. This, my friends, is parenting.
— Allana Harkin (@AllanaHarkin) March 15, 2014
Parenting is telling your kid they can't eat the red Skittle that fell on the floor because it's dirty then eating it when they're asleep.
— Shawn Hatosy (@ShawnHatosy) April 21, 2015
Parenting is just a drinking game where you drink wine every time your kid is awful.
— That's Parenting (@ThatsParenting) April 21, 2015
90% of parenting is peeling clementines and lying about what time it is.
— Bunmi Laditan (@BunmiLaditan) February 4, 2015
Parenting is 50% love, 10% lies, 10% yelling and 30% unclogging toilets.
— Wonder Woman (@TheSweetestD_) April 11, 2015
My favorite part of parenting is after I drop my kids off at school.
I'm kidding. It's after they go to bed.
— Draper (@CallMeDraper) August 7, 2014
Parenting is so easy.
…said no parent ever.
— Scott Warner (@ScottWarner18) April 8, 2015