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Parenting can be fun, but sometimes it can be a real pain in the a**. Kids don't mean to push your buttons, but somehow they know exactly which ones to push and when. Sure, parenting is rewarding, but it can test your patience to its limit, and we feel your pain. These parents deserve a medal after what their kids have pulled on them. Check out these epic parenting fails and here are some more if you enjoyed them. 

Texting with teenagers always comes with the risk that they'll respond the same way they do in person: in monosyllabic grunts. And nothing is more infuriating than a teenager who doesn't communicate and makes you feel like a total idiot for just trying to have a conversation with them. Comedian Maggie Widdoes shared her experience on Twitter of texting a 13-year-old in her life a lovely "Happy birthday" message, only to receive "yeah" in response. Her tweet sparked other people to share their experience of texting teenage kids, siblings, nieces, and nephews and only receiving silence or one-word answers in reply. They prove one thing, and one thing only— kids are brutal!

Moving to a new house is always a roll of the dice regarding what type of neighbors you'll get. You might luck out and end up living next to people who respect your privacy, don't make a loud noise, and are friendly at just the appropriate level. Or, you might land yourself nightmare neighbors who make your life a misery. Unfortunately, there isn't any way of knowing until you've moved. One woman, whose new neighbors fell into the latter category — in the form of noisy kids, decided to take action and drown out the noise by playing loud music. She posted on Reddit's Am I the As*hole, asking whether she was in the wrong for doing so. 

When I was about seven years old, a kid in my grade said something nasty to me, which I casually mentioned to my mom when I got home from school. By the next day, I had forgotten about it, and we went back to being friends. My mom, however, still hates her to this day, and every time that girl's name comes up, you can bet my mom will snarkily remind me of the time that said something nasty to me when we were seven. SEVEN! Equally, I have never forgotten when my sister wouldn't let me borrow her earrings for my high school prom, which would have totally made my outfit a million times better. In short, family holds grudges against each other for decades, however stupid the original fight was. These funny tweets about family holding grudges might make you feel a little better about your family's weird feuds.

If you have kids, you'll know how much they love playing with crayons. And by playing, I mean drawing on any surface they shouldn't and smearing them into the carpet. In short, all crafts designed for kids are just nightmares for parents. Whether it's Play-Doh, glitter, or crayons, kids will find ways to use them in all the ways they weren't intended to be used. These funny tweets from parents sum up just how sick of crayons they are, and how close they are to boycotting them altogether. Kids might brighten up your life, but they can be total nightmares when they want to be. 

It takes a lot to make sure your kids stay entertained. Sure, TV works great, but even the laziest of parents will admit that there is such a thing as too much screen time. Play-Doh has provided children with creative entertainment for years, but it has also brought parents endless hours of pain. Many parents will be familiar with the horror of watching their kids smush all the Play-Doh colors together to make one big brown mess as soon as they've opened the packs. Or of finding it squashed into the carpet, which is impossible to get out. Then, there's finding dried Play-Doh in every crevice of the house, months after its initial use. In short, Play-Doh's new marketing campaign should be "Kids love it, parents hate it," as is shown by these Tweets from parents.

Parenting techniques change from generation to generation. As new trends and technologies develop, so do the struggles that parents come up against as they attempt to keep up with their kids. Nowadays, kids communicate via social media, which means parents need to catch up and quickly. Specifically, the mystical world of TikTok, which kids spend hours on, learning complex dance moves, how to cook pancakes a million different ways, and how to get revenge on their crush. Parents struggle to understand the appeal and tweet about their frustrations at needing to learn yet another social media platform. Parents, these relatable tweets are for you to make you feel less alone in your TikTok journey. Or lack thereof.

Birthdays are a big event when you're a kid. They only come around once a year and a year feels like a millennium to a young child. Some families put a lot of emphasis on them but it only makes kids have higher and higher expectations, which can be dangerous. But hey, it's pretty cute how they get so excited. Here are some tweets that showcase that exact energy and how parents struggle to handle it. 

Parenting only gets harder as your kids get older. It's all fun and games when they're innocent babies who can't talk back or partake in questionable activity, but teens are a whole nother breed of children. The parents of Twitter took to the platform to blast their own teen kids, and rant about the struggles of raising them. They just grow up so fast, and none of us are ready for the teen angst storm coming our way. Scroll down for the hilarious tweets. 

It's no secret that kids are super weird, but that's what makes them so precious. As we turn into adults, we lose some of the creativity we had as children. Luckily, our own kids are here to share their weird thoughts and ideas with us. Parents have been sharing the weird names their kids give to things on Twitter. Ladies and gents, presenting the leaders of the future below! 

It's pretty hard to convince kids that the tooth fairy exists. They've evolved, becoming more attuned to their parents' games and tricks. Nonetheless, parents keep trying to keep up the facade of the tooth fairy through clever tactics. A Reddit user asked parents about their experiences pretending to be the tooth fairy, and boy, did these parents deliver with their stories. Scroll down for the funniest tooth fairy stories below. 

Having kids is a really rewarding, selfless experience. Sometimes you're so selfless that you pay no mind to the fact that your kids don't acknowledge your existence. You're a grown adult, and being ignored by your own children doesn't hurt at all. Or at least that's what you tell yourself as you cry yourself to sleep at night. Parents who are ignored regularly by their children took to Twitter to share the latest ways their kids acted like they didn't exist. Scroll down for the best of 'em. 

Children are supposed to be bundles of joy, God's ultimate gift to the planet Earth - so why in the world don't they start acting like it?! Instead of taking on their terrorizing offspring head-on, they have strategically chosen to hide and tweet about their parenting woes from the safety of said hiding spots. Hiding from your kids ain't much, but it's honest work. Here are the best parenting horror stories in sweet, concise tweets.

Parenthood is a life-changing experience in so many wonderful ways. Raising your tiny humans and watching them grow is a beautiful experience, but it's also a messy one. Any parent will attest to their kids finding ways to ruin everything in their path—from spilling food on the floor to ruining your expensive makeup to drawing all over the walls. If there's a way to destroy something, they will. If you're a parent, you'll relate hard to these hilarious tweets from exasperated parents about the daily havoc their destructive kids wreak.

Being a parent means facing hardships, making tough decisions, and being on the ball every minute of every day. It's both exhausting and rewarding (so they say), but at least the adversity of attempting to keep your kids alive makes for some pretty funny Twitter content. On that note, here are the funniest parenting tweets we came across this week from the funniest parents on the internet. And when you've finished this haul, here are last week's in case you missed them.

Everyone loves a dad joke, but kid jokes, not so much. Sure, it's cute watching a kid make up a joke or rewording one they've heard elsewhere and totally butchering it. When you have to hear the same one over and over again, it loses its charm. Especially when you've got a million other things to do, and you emotional the emotional energy to funny them how funny they are for the millionth time in a row. Because parenting is exhausting enough without fake laughing a hundred times a day. If this sounds at all relatable to you, then you'll love these tweets from parents all about their kids' 'hilarious' jokes.