25 Relatable Memes Highlighting Back-To-School Scenarios Every Mom and Dad Go Through

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Kim Cohen
Sep 12, 2023 4:00 PM EDT

As the summer sun says it's goodbyes to us for another year and the back to school season starts, parents around the world are feeling all the feels this September. From excited anticipation to utter chaos, to remembering to set alarms and pack lunches and everything in between - we feel you.

After months of trying to work out what to do with the little terrors all day every day, we're back to routine and we've found 25 of the funniest memes that perfectly capture the back to school scenarios that every mom and dad know all too well.

Whether it's trying to get them to go to bed early, pack their backpack, answering the 10,000 emails from school, sorting out their art projects, or just simply remembering to pick them up from school - there's something here that every parent will relate too. 

So while you have a few minutes before the routine takes it's hold start scrolling to laugh out loud at the realities of being a parent and kids going back to school…enjoy!

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  • 01
    Outerwear - Me, filling out multiple back-to-school forms for my kids, wondering why the school doesn't use the same forms from last year if we confirm nothing has changed.
    via jacana_mommy
  • 02
    Sleeve - Me on my phone at 3am setting my alarms for 7:00, 7:01, 7:10 and 7:30 am
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  • 03
    Hand - Sending the kids back-to- school makes me want to cry... tears of joy.
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  • 04
    Font - SM MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 Welcome back to school-this first week we'll ease back into it! Please bring a family pic, your fav family recipe made, a diorama of your kid's favorite summer activity & a piece of nature for a scavenger hunt. Don't forget to wear red Friday!
    via sarcastic_mommy
  • 05
    Hand - The last bubble of parents whose kids return to school in September awaiting the onslaught of school emails to start pouring in.
    via jacana_mommy
  • 06
    Photograph - Me, reading the seventh email about school opening, contradicting the last six emails. WHAT?
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  • 07
    Plant - Everyone's timeline soon... "My baby is headed back to school!" G
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  • 08
    Face - Two kinds of people when going back to school
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  • 09
    Wood - MOM ON THE FIRST DAY OF COLLEGE
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  • 10
    Font - SARCASTIC SM MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 Have kids so they can tell you at 5am that they must dress as a historical figure today, like your wardrobe is full of apparel from the 1800's.
    via sarcastic_mommy
  • 11
    Font - Jessie @mommajessiec Kids, after the 1st day of school: School was AWESOME! : Kids, after the 2nd day of school: My throat hurts.
    via momtruthbomb
  • 12
    Font - KJ @IDontSpeakWhine ... One minute you're excited that the kids are back in school and then 7 hours later you're reading about a field trip that costs $140
    via idontspeakwhine
  • 13
    Font - Mommy Owl @Lhlodder A boy in my neice's class called her "fat" and she says, “I didn't cry, I didn't yell, I didn't hit him. I got back at him in the best way ever... I told his mom." He's screwed.
    via mommyowl
  • 14
    Font - SARCASTIC SM MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 You can either have a nice evening or you can help your child with their math homework. You can't have both.
    via sarcastic_mommy
  • 15
    Font - SM MMY MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 Trying to decide on a school portrait package that's somewhere between "I care but I don't need my son's face on a kitchen towel."
    via sarcastic_mommy
  • 16
    Font - SARCAST SM MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 I remember when I used to make sure my kids had a well-balanced breakfast. This morning my teen walked out the door drinking a Red Bull & eating a bag of chips & I'm like "have a good day!"
    via sarcastic_mommy
  • 17
    Font - Mommy Owl @Lhlodder Let's make a pact that if my kid's an as shole to your kid, you'll tell me & if your kids an as shole to mine, I'll tell you. We won't get defensive. We won't get angry. We'll just be raising kids who are held accountable for their choices & who grow up to be kind. Who's with me?
    via mommyowl
  • 18
    Font - Jessie @mommajessiec ... Every school supply list has that one impossible to find item like, where am I supposed to get a box of 17 crayons?
    via momtruthbomb
  • 19
    Eyelash - meghan @deloisivete ... It's important to set an alarm the first day of school, so you remember to pick up the kids
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  • 20
    Font - ny. @misseverywhereg did anyone else parents make them go to sleep early 2 weeks before school started to "prepare"???????
    via mommyowl
  • 21
    Font - THE WEATHERED MOM @theweatheredmom @theweatheredmom I had to do a background check for my sons school activity and idk why, but I always get nervous as if something criminal will randomly pop up that I didn't even know about.
    via mommyowl
  • 22
    Font - Mommy Owl @Lhlodder IDK who needs to hear this but don't wait until the end of summer break to discover you never pulled your kid's lunch out of her backpack.
    via mommyowl
  • 23
    Font - Mommy Owl @Lhlodder Is there actually a parent out there setting her alarm 20 minutes before the kids wake up just so she can have hot coffee and peace or is that just a myth like the unicorn or the kid who listens?
    via mommyowl
  • 24
    Font - Simon Holland @simoncholland My wife and I are going to be super bummed if we don't get a good grade on our daughter's science fair project.
    via mommyowl
  • 25
    Font - Mommy Owl @Lhlodder I'm definitely a "I'm proud of you when you get good grades" mom, but way more of a "you were nice to the new kid, cared for the environment, showed initiative when you needed to, let's throw a party for your general good personness" mom.
    via mommyowl

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