31 General Parenting Memes to Scroll When You’re Absolutely Exhausted By Life

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Mar 18, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

The throes of parenting highs and lows have every mom and dad scrambling to know where they put their keys, phone, and wallet every time they're about to leave the house. There are times in life where we get a lesson smacked into us whether we like it or not. It may come to the point where we're absolutely jaded by the sense of responsibility and strength to handle every moment of every day. When life gives you lemons, you just have to make lemonade. When your kid starts screaming in the grocery store, you have to buy them that chocolate to shut them up. And when you feel like you can't take anymore stress and unwitting chaos, you have to succumb to it and deal with it in whatever way you can. 

For parents just absolutely at their wits end, this listicle is for you. When you're ready to throw in the towel, drop your kids off at their grandparents for the next month and book yourself a one way ticket to Portugal there's only one thing to do with all the stress over your shoulders, and that's scroll through hilarious parenting memes to take the edge off.

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    When my kid asks for a toy flute while we're out shopping PBS @thehiddensnacksmama I'd rather boil my own head.
    via @thehiddensnacksmama
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    MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD I WANTED TO BE A DISNEY PRINCESS. NOW I HEAR MYSELF IN THESE GUYS Life's full of tough choices, isn't it? Oh, dear! What an awkward situation. @themommyscoop I'M SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS 20 Please speak up, Rapunzel, you know how I hate the mumbling.
    via @themommyscoop
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    Making friends in your 30's 1599 @HoneyMustard.M Isn't it nice we hate the same things?
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    When your kid comes up with a completely new list 6 days before Christmas. IG @thatmidwestmom
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    When I tell people I was a teen mom IG @thatmidwestmom 1 TAMAGOTCHI YI D TM 8 >
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    stellaonmymind *at Lamps Plus* Mom: Don't touch anything! Toddler 5 min later: >
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    < What it feels like to sleep in the same bed with my toddler: @stellaonmymind ر
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    My husband looking for his keys and other things around the house: < @stellanmymind >
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    Vegetables in my fridge watching me unpack more vegetables from my grocery haul: @stellaonmymind < 000 LO
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    Me after my husband says "we don't need to turn the heat in the house on yet" 鲜肉 HOLIC GLI IG @thatmidwestmom
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    Ponytail N. Glasses @ponyglasses Felt cute, might concuss some 4th graders later idk. @ponyglasses
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    Ponytail N. Glasses @ponyglasses This is the Barbie that deserved her own movie: #BarbieMovie #BarbieTheMovie < @ponyglasses
    via @ponyglasses
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    This dish will outlive us all: @ponyglasses
    via @ponyglasses
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    Me: I can't wait for the kids to go to bed, so I can finally get stuff done. Me [10 minutes after they pass out]: RAMBLIN MAMA
    via RAMBLIN MAMA
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    If my parents made memes in the 80s... "Both kids have chickenpox, they're home with their babysitter Bob today" @redyellowgreendance
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    If my parents made memes in the 80s... "Looking forward to meeting the other moms in town at tonight's Tupperware party" < @redyellowgreendance >
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    If my parents made memes in the 8os... "Nothing like a fresh perm!" @redyellowgreendance < My mom
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    Ponytail N. Glasses @ponyglasses Imagine being turned into a clock or toilet for like 10 years because your boss was ride to someone at a party: @ponyglasses
    via @ponyglasses
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    Ponytail N. Glasses @ponyglasses Sure, inflatable furniture smelled bad and were magnets for all the pet hair in the house, but at least they were also uncomfortable to sit in. ponyglasses >
    via @ponyglasses
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    My child at preschool My child at home @HoneyMustard.Mam
    via @HoneyMustard.Mam
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    If he's not cheering you on like this, he ain't the one. IG @thatmidwestmom
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    Me: Did you put on your shoes like I asked? My four year old: @alyceoneword >
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    Me, a happily married woman, blasting Flowers by Miley Cyrus on repeat alyceoneword 90 71
    via @alyceoneword
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    What my kid thinks his life is like because I won't get him a cell phone. @oneawkwardmom @themarvelousmrsmom KEEP DOOR CLOSED
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    When it's been a while since your last pedicure. IG @thatmidwestmom
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    My kid right before the dance recital checking to make sure I'm in the audience. IG @thatmidwestmom •1
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    Parents at 8 am @shepensblog Parents at 8 pm
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    @redyellowgreendance Me: "Tonight's the night I'm gonna shut off and go to bed early" The Ghost of Bedtime Future:
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    When I see the school nurse calling. @mommyneedsalife
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    When I finally listen to the voicemail from my dentist office reminding me about my appointment that was 3 months ago Spicydisastermama a PEMBA
    via thatmidwestmom
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    The older I get, the more I relate to Bert. IG @thatmidwestmom
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