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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.

Parenting is hard work, and nothing is funnier than frustrated parents who vent about their everyday struggles on Twitter. Whether it's drowning in diapers, attempting to homeschool, or how to approach a teenager with caution, it's all here in this week's funniest parenting tweets. Shout out to those tired people who still make an effort to tell the world what parenting life is all about.

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. 

Have kids, they said. It will be fun, they said. OK, not really. And no one expresses how untrue that is better than the parents of Twitter. In 280 characters of fewer, they vent their deepest frustrations about the 'joys' of parenting, desperately seeking consolation from other parents who are also sick of their offspring. Here is your weekly roundup of this week's funniest parenting tweets, and check out last week's as well, in case you missed them.

Parenting is the furthest thing from a breeze, although some parents make it look like one. But screw them, right? Because behind every parent who seems like they have their sh*t together, there is a closeted nervous wreck who is just trying to make it through the day without killing their offspring. The silver lining? At least parents turn their adversity into hilarious tweets for our entertainment. Here is your weekly selection of funniest parenting tweets from the moms and dads of Twitter, who are just trying their best to keep their kids alive, as well as preserve their sanity.

I think I can probably speak for most people when I say that growing up, my sex ed was almost non-existent. I picked up everything I know now along the way, either through the garbage my friends told me or, as I got older, through some awkward trial and error experiences. I was that gullible kid who believed you could get pregnant from swimming in a pool and that my parents only had sex the same amount of times as the number of siblings I have (and even that was way too many for my liking). People on Reddit share some of the weirdest myths about sex they believed as kids, and they make me feel less alone, as that kid who believed anything and everything about the big, bad world of sex.

"Have kids," they said. "It will be fun," they said. Said no parent ever! Sure, babies are adorable. Yes, they are the apples of your eye. Of course, they make you beam with so much pride and love that you could burst. But, when you channel that same intensity of emotion into your feelings when your toddler tips all the cat food on the floor, puts your keys in the toaster, or draws all over the freshly-painted walls, then you might relate to the frustration in these pictures. Because the truth about parenting is, there will be times when you want to literally murder your kids. Or at least give them up for adoption for a week or two, because, like, come on, you deserve a f*cking break! Parents, can you relate?

Parenting can be a real lag. Yes, I know, kids are a blessing, yadda, yadda, yadda, but no parent can deny that the job comes with some real trials and tribulations. But, if you've got a good sense of humor, then the parenting journey suddenly becomes a lot more bearable. To inspire us on our parenthood journeys (or make us grateful that we don't have kids yet) are the funny dads of Twitter, who take parenting with a pinch of salt, a splash of vodka, and a whole lot of humor. Here are this week's funniest dad tweets.

If you managed to get through parenting in 2020, I genuinely believe you can get through anything. It's been a real sh*t show of a year for everyone, but parents, you've had it tough. From having to basically homeschool your kids (because, let's be honest, zoom classes don't work) to cooking a million meals a day to putting up with endless tantrums about absolutely nothing—all while trying to keep your sanity—is a real feat of perseverance. Thankfully, Twitter has been there to serve as a platform for all your venting needs, and boy oh boy, have parents made use of it. We've collected some of the funniest parenting Tweets from 2020, which not only give an insight into the trials and tribulations of parenting during a pandemic but also show what heroes you parents are.

All first-time parents can relate to the never-ending, panic-inducing task of sterilizing their baby's bottles. All. Day. Long. Seriously, the lengths we go to keep our eldest kids safe, ensuring that every piece of feeding equipment has been washed with hot water, soaked in bleach, and then washed in more hot water. Just in case we missed a microbe of dirt. Our hands may be scalded and raw, but we'll do anything to keep our babies protected, right?

Meanwhile, our little angels sit there eating trash out of the garbage, picking up bits of dirt from the floor, and putting anything and everything they can find in their mouths. I mean, what is the point?! And so, when it comes to our second child, quite frankly, they can eat whatever they want, from wherever they want. And sterilization can f*ck right off!

It's been a hell of a year, and dads have powered through, trying to get themselves and their little ones to the end. Throughout all the parenting frustration that 2020 has brought, dads have used Twitter as an outlet for their dad humor. Sharing their parenting quips in 240 characters or less, they've brought us the eye-rolling dad jokes we all need to make this year slightly more bearable. Here are this week's funniest dad tweets.

Thankfully, there are only a few more days left of 2020. This dumpster fire year has been extremely taxing on so many parents. Many have lost their minds, or at least come close to it. And we totally get it; parenting is hard! Luckily, Twitter has served as a platform for parents to vent their woes, frustrations, and funny quips about their kids. Each week, we serve you up a selection of the funniest parenting tweets we came across over the past seven days to brighten up your day and make you feel less alone in the parenting struggles.

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!

Each week we round up some of the funniest dad tweets we saw over the past week, which hit the nail on the head when it comes to the harsh but hilarious truths about fatherhood. Parenting isn't an easy gig, but humor goes a long way in making the journey bearable. Peruse the funniest dad tweets we found this week for relatable parenting humor.