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When you grow up, you assume that everything your parents say is true. After all, adults know everything, right? All those rules you had imposed on you that might have seemed slightly weird at the time, you just took as a given. It's only once you grow up and discuss them with other adults that you realize how fricken weird they were! A tweet asking people who had strict parents what the "weirdest rule they had growing up" was, has revealed some hilarious and weird practices that will either make you feel like you're not alone or be grateful that your parents weren't THIS weird! 

In recent years, the conversation surrounding toxic masculinity has sparked some critical debate. Society holds some pretty archaic views regarding the stigmas still attached to men who express their emotions or do things perceived as 'soft' or 'feminine.' Although awareness is increasing, there is still a lot more progress to be made. One father, Eric Owens, experienced this first-hand when he posted a photo collage on Facebook of him and his son lying in his arms over the years, including one when his son was a teenager. His post, which he captioned "18 years later and he still under my arm," went viral, with thousands of people commenting on it. Although many of the comments were positive, a good handful of them (mostly from men) was negative, stating how strange they thought it was for a father to show affection to a grown son— something only a mother should do. Someone posted it all on Tumblr, adding a rant about how this was a classic example of the toxic masculinity pervasive in society and people are agreeing. What do you think about it all?

Have kids, they said. It will be fun, they said. Sure, it's all fun and games until your kid smears poop all over the wall. Or they're screaming bloody murder because you cut their sandwich into a square shape instead of a triangle, you monster! But, through all the trials and tribulations that parenting brings, you've got to be able to laugh your frustrations away, and the parents of Twitter certainly do an excellent job at it. Here is this week's collection of funniest parenting Tweets for all parents (and non-parents alike) to relate hard to.

Dads often get a bad rep when it comes to parental responsibilities, and if this guy is anything to go off, we have no idea why. Not! Kenny Deuss from Belgium has taken parenting humor to a whole new level by photoshopping his baby daughter into various dangerous situations and sending them to the baby's mom whenever she checks in on them. The first time nearly gave her a heart attack, and we're not surprised. From browsing a baby gun website to sitting on cliff edges, to being trapped in a washing machine, Kenny certainly knows how to make a picture raise some eyebrows. Thankfully since then, she has gotten used to this odd parenting style and even looks forward to them. But she sure must have a lot of patience for Kenny and his antics. Check out some of his hilarious photoshop works of art below, and you can visit his Instagram page for more of his masterpieces.

Every parent can relate. Putting a baby down for a nap or even a good night's rest is no easy task. It's like they have a sensor or something and they know exactly when they are being put to bed. "Oh, about to hit the comfort of my bed. Let me sing you the song of babies everywhere!" 

Parenting is full of joys, but it is also full of woes. And those woes come in the form of tiny people with sticky fingers and a sharp tongue. Here are a bunch of parenting memes that you will appreciate if you have kids. Or, if you are a kid. So basically, they're for everyone.

Parenting comes with its highs and lows. Of course, no one talks about the highs because, let's face it, bragging parents are possibly one of the worst types of people on the planet. But the lows... well, everyone wants to hear about the lows because the lows are funny, especially when they're put on Twitter for the world to see. So, each week, we compile a list of the funniest parenting tweets we came across over the past seven days to give you a taste of the trials and tribulations (and occasional joys) of parenting. Scroll through this week's haul and then mosey on over to last week's to get more parenting survival tips and tricks.

Every parent tries their best to raise their kids as upstanding, law-abiding, and morally correct members of society. And most parents do an OK, to good-ish job, even though it's one of the most challenging tasks in the world. But teaching your kids about moral ethics and codes of conduct isn't always as straightforward as it sounds, which these parents learned the hard way. Commenting on a Reddit thread asking for the lessons parents tried teaching their kids that completely backfired, these stories are painfully relatable. Nothing burns more than a moral lesson biting you in the ass, especially by your kids. These stories of kids embarrassing their parents and totally missing the point of whatever lesson was trying to be taught; these examples are hilarious and painful at the same time.

Each week, we round up the best tweets that parents have tweeted over the past seven days, relaying the cuteness of their offspring. And by cuteness, we mean ruing the day their little ones were born. Because as joyful as the parenting journey is and as fun as kids can be, the reality of parenthood can hit hard and fast. And no one is funnier than a parent who has had enough. So enjoy this week's funniest parenting tweets, and then check out last week's for more parenting humor.

It's that time of the week where we bring you the funniest eye-rolling collection of dad tweets we came across over the past seven days. Twitter is the place where dads come to life, and we see dad humor at its best. Scroll through this collection, groan loudly and then check out last week's in case you missed them.

Parents with a Twitter account and a bunch of unruly kids make a humorous combination. That's why we gather the funniest parenting tweets we find each week in one convenient list for you to browse through for some weekend laughs. Here are Twitter's funniest parents from this week, and here are last week's in case you missed them.

We're back with the latest haul of funniest dads on Twitter we came across this week, and as usual, they don't disappoint. It turns out that 280 characters or less are enough to vent your joys frustrations of the trials and tribulations of parenting, and dads nail it every time. Check out these nuggets of humor, and then head over to last week's in case you missed them.

If you have kids, you'll relate to the fact that you're not really in charge. You might think you are, and you might act like you are, but our offsprings control our every move. Whether it's hiding our snacks from their wondering eyes and hands or concocting elaborate tales to throw away old toys in secret, parents hide more from their kids than kids hide from their parents. These funny tweets from parents being busted by their kids are accurate and relatable and make you realize who really runs the show.

They say it takes a village to raise a child... and nowadays, that village is Twitter. It has become the place for parents to turn to vent their frustrations, air their grievances, and seek much-needed empathy for the trials and tribulations that parenting brings. Here are the funniest parenting tweets we found this week, and here are last week's in case you missed them.

It's that time of the week again, where we share the funniest tweets written by dads over the past seven days. It's a chance for you to feel a bit better about the parenting trials and tribulations you might be going through and feel less alone in your struggles. Because as much stick as we give dads, they can be quite funny, so here's our Twitter tribute to them. So scroll through, have a chuckle, and then check out last week's in case you missed them.

Another week has gone by, which means another week of parents struggling to do their best as their kids test their patience day after day. Thank goodness for Twitter, which serves as an outlet for parents to get sympathy, empathy, and advice from other parents who are also winging the parenting journey. We've put together another list of funniest parenting tweets we came across this week to make you hopefully feel somewhat less alone in your parenting trials and tribulations. And here are last week's in case you missed them.