13 Hilariously Real Parenting Hacks
Parenting is one of those things we’re 100 percent confident we have all figured out until we actually become parents.
You can Google your problems to your heart’s content or search Pinterest for parenting tips, but you probably won’t find anything as real as the hacks these funny parents on social media are dishing out.
Here are 13 hilariously real parenting tips and hacks:
Here’s how I get my kids to wash the floor: I give them a cup of water without a lid. Follow me for more parenting hacks.
— I Hide From My Kids (@IHideFromMyKids) March 8, 2022
1. Seriously, this works every single time whether you want it to or not. A precursor to this is your kid telling you they won’t spill/don’t need help.
Parenting hack: While the kids are mid-tantrum put on some music and break into dance. They’ll be so confused the crying will stop.
This hack brought to you today by my desperation
— That Mom Tho (@mom_tho) December 17, 2019
2. Distraction is key, and so is you looking completely effing ridiculous in order to appease your spawn.
Parenting hack: Encourage your children to practice their instruments by making important phone calls.
— Jessie (@mommajessiec) May 4, 2020
3. Nothing invites more commotion like a mother finally making her damn overdue pap smear appointment.
Parenting hack: Tell much lamer bedtime stories than your spouse so that your children will ask for them instead of you every night.
— Raw Motherhood (@MetteAngerhofer) June 30, 2020
4. We can totally vouch for this. What? We did it in the name of science.
I just wanted five minutes to drink my coffee so I sent my kid in the other room to look for a toy that’s in my pocket.
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— Not the Nanny (@not_thenanny) May 20, 2020
5. Desperate, caffeine-deprived times call for desperate measures.
Feel guilty about throwing your kids artwork away? Just gift it to a grandparent and make them do it.
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— The Spicy Disaster Mama (@spicydisasterma) November 24, 2020
6. It’s called upcycling and we’re here for it. Look, we’re just trying to do our part in saving the planet. Also, sharing is caring.
I needed a break from my kids, so I told them it was bath time. I haven't seen them for a solid fifteen minutes. Follow me for more parenting hacks.
— Raw Motherhood (@MetteAngerhofer) September 26, 2020
7. Unless your kids love bathtime or cleaning, announcing that these are about to happen is a surefire way to get them out of your hair for a few minutes.
Are you a parent having trouble getting your kids to pay attention when you call them?
Choose any room. Start cleaning or putting things away. I guarantee they will be all up in your buisiness within 30 seconds.
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— Blue Berrymore (@BerrymoreBlue) October 5, 2021
8. There are few things more frustrating than trying to clean your house while your kids still live there. It’s a nice thought in theory but it’s just not practical.
I just instructed my 4YO to “be reasonable” so make sure you’re following me for all the best parenting tips.
— Not the Nanny (@not_thenanny) March 31, 2022
9. Telling our children to be reasonable when we’re having trouble being reasonable because they’re not being reasonable is one of the fun paradoxes of being a mom.
Top tip:
Ask your kids for help in the kitchen so they will immediately disappear and you can eat snacks alone.
— Fran (@whotheFisfran) April 5, 2022
10. It can be beyond infuriating as a mom when other people are in the kitchen at the same time as you. There’s really no reason but the rage you will feel is undeniable. So if you’re looking for a way to remedy that, here you go.
Pro tip: You can respond “Haha, that’s so silly” to almost any nonsensical story a child tells you without having listened to a single word.
— SpacedMom (@copymama) November 24, 2019
11. After many, many, many trials throughout the years, we feel confident in backing this hack.
Parenting hack for a moment alone: Play an abbreviated version of hide and go seek called go hide.
— Walking Outside in Slippers (@WalkingOutside) July 19, 2018
12. This is a family favorite in our households.
Parenting pro tip:
If your kid is complaining about being bored, ask them to clean their room so they can complain about that instead.— Sara Says Stop (@PetrickSara) July 11, 2017
13. Keep this parenting tactic in your toolbelt if you want to survive..
Being a parent is both immensely amazing and immensely hard, and it’s OK to feel and say both. We hope these made you laugh or crack a smile. And, hey, maybe you even learned something?
By Serena Dorman
