Parenting is hard work and there are times when it can feel like a never-ending cycle:
- Wake Up
- Take Care of Kids
- Do Work
- Take Care of Kids
- Eat Food so You Don’t Die
- Put Kids to Bed
- Fall Asleep 10 minutes Into Netflix show
- Check on Kids
- Go to Bed
- Repeat
As much as you love being a parent, it can be overwhelming at times. It’s exhausting work, day in and day out, with little recognition. You can’t help but feel the effects.
Maybe you get down in the dumps. Maybe your patience grows thin. Or maybe, just maybe, you think you might implode from all the stress.
When I feel like it’s all too much, there’s nothing like a funny line or inspirational bit of text to bring me back to the land of the living.
So, to help put things in perspective, I’ve put together a list of quotes, memes, and jokes on parenting. These are some of my absolute favorites!
I hope they lift your spirits and make you smile, but more importantly, give you the burst of energy you need to keep going.
You’re doing a great job. Hang in there!
1. Parenting is an adventure – it’s OK to get lost along the way.
2. No matter how stressed you are, a listening ear can go a long way.
So how do you make your kids feel listened to? What do you do to make them listen to you the first time? #Quotes #ParentingQuotes #InspirationalQuotes #Child #HappyChild #Sunday #HappySunday pic.twitter.com/lQpuzrYwhK
— Little Red Compass (@lrc_aus) March 24, 2019
3. Sometimes, the waters can get rough.
— Kristina Kuzmic (@KristinaKuzmic) December 9, 2018
4. Keeping your cool and staying centered will help to ensure you treat your kids with respect, even during discipline.
I’ve been reading “Positive Discipline Parenting Tools” by Jane Nelsen. Anyone else like her books? #parenting #parentingtips #parentingquotes pic.twitter.com/kAUAIjB0RP
— HayleyGallagher, LPC (@CenteredParent) April 11, 2019
5. Parenting is 10% teaching and 90% learning.
Parenthood, just like childhood, is full of growing pains. Stop beating yourself up for not knowing everything.
— Kristina Kuzmic (@KristinaKuzmic) October 27, 2018
You’re not failing. You’re learning. That’s something to be proud of.
6. Be the role model you wish you had.
Like if you agree.
— NutSpace (@NutSpaceStories) April 22, 2019
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7. Self-acceptance not only makes you a better parent, it models self-love for your children.
8. Be yourself, be genuine, and be kind – your kids will do the same.
Love this parenting quote! #parentingtips #lifequotes #parentingquotes pic.twitter.com/vwisT9QfNR
— Charlene DeLoach (@CharleneDeLoach) April 15, 2019
9. Before kids, you just don’t know what you don’t know.
Sometimes I think back to the things I said about how I’d raise my hypothetical child and cringe ? #parenting #parentslife #motherhood #momblog pic.twitter.com/8le9jaIL0Z
— HayleyGallagher, LPC (@CenteredParent) April 22, 2019
10. Parenting – the ultimate sacrifice.
11. Try not to let stigmas get in the way of getting your kids the help they need.
12. Getting centered is easier said than done, but if you don’t do it, then no one (aka your kids) will.
Effective Parenting 101#parenting #parentinghelp #parentingadvice #positiveparenting #rolemodel #parentinglife #parentingquotes #motherhood #dadlife #parentingtip #parentcoach #mindfulparenting #gentleparenting https://t.co/5wjR0nYrP1 pic.twitter.com/KihgRZZEWv
— R. Scott Gornto (@Gornto) April 18, 2019
13. You know it all too well: the been-up-all-night-taking-care-of-a-newborn-24/7-for weeks-on-end-weirdness.
If you’re not standing in the kitchen with a baby in one arm and a chunk of chocolate cake in your free hand, debating whether or not to make coffee at 2 a.m. are you even the parent of a newborn?
— Salty Mermaid (@Jenn_H_Scott) April 23, 2019
14. Being a working parent is tough – but it has its perks.
15. It helps to know you are not alone in this wonderful, amazing, exhausting struggle that is parenting.
To the 10 pm just-one-more-song mamas,
— Scary Mommy (@ScaryMommy) April 15, 2019
The midnight feeding mamas,
The 2 am changing sheets mamas,
The 4 am check-the-closet-for-monsters mamas,
The 6 am it’s-time-to-play mamas,
Night after night after night we do what it takes. You got this. We got this.
16. Beware the siblings who suddenly start getting along…
17. “But I’m thirsty, mama.”
Never have you met a hungrier, thirstier, more bored child with a list a mile long of reasons that bedtime should be delayed… what’s your favorite excuse you’ve heard? #bedtime #mumquotes #parentingquotes #kidsbedtime #ipbig #littleandfierce #bedtimee… https://t.co/6NI7ItyUNH pic.twitter.com/GXigoKQn0y
— Lisa: BadMammy (@BadMammyBlog) February 27, 2019
18. The role of “New Parent” is an important one, and it can take over for a time. But you are still you – and you don’t need to fulfill your child’s every wish.
It’s so easy to lose yourself as a new mom — because you are doing absolutely everything for your child. How did you keep yourself afloat? ?
— Cry It Out Mom (@CryitoutMom) March 22, 2019
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19. It’s good to be flexible.
Parenting is complaining bitterly about someone leaving only crumbs in the near-empty Cheezit box, then eating the crumbs anyway.
— Stephanie Ortiz (@Six_Pack_Mom) April 7, 2019
20. Never. Stop. Learning.
21. There’s nothing like a poopy diaper to awaken the senses.
I love mornings #parentslife #babies #parenthood #WednesdayWisdom pic.twitter.com/w1QFVAHPCW
— HayleyGallagher, LPC (@CenteredParent) March 20, 2019
22. Clive Owen gets it.
23. When you’ve watched more episodes of Sophia the First than you care to admit.
Has this even happened to you? 🙂 #parenthood #motherhood #parentslife #moms #kids #funny pic.twitter.com/EYVLj7umnC
— Moms Magazine Team (@MomsMagBlogger) February 20, 2015
24. Thankfully, kids don’t stay teenagers forever.
“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.”
— Steven Isserlis (@StevenIsserlis) October 13, 2017
― Nora Ephron
25. Don’t worry about what others think – trust in the knowledge that you’re doing your best. Even if it kills you.
I just glaze over and say “we’re getting there” but inside my soul is dying. #parentslife #parenthoodin3words #Parenthood #newbaby #sleepdeprived pic.twitter.com/0sksIjlhFi
— HayleyGallagher, LPC (@CenteredParent) March 15, 2019
