Funny Parenting Quotes

All parents will find something relatable in these hilarious quotes about parenting.

Funny Parenting Quotes

"I love when my kids tells me they’re bored. As if the lady standing in front of a full sink of dirty dishes is where you go to get ideas about how to have a good time." – Unknown
"Parenthood: That state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage." – Marcelene Cox
"A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm." – Bill Vaughan
"The trouble with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you are unemployed." – Anonymous
"Mom Pro Tip – If you’re old enough to critique what I put in your lunch, you’re old enough to make it yourself." – Unknown
"I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I’ve done my job." – Roseanne Barr
"The first 40 years of parenthood are always the hardest." – Unknown
"The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet." – Bill Cosby
"A truly appreciative child will break, lose, spoil, or fondle to death any really successful gift within a matter of minutes." – Russell Lynes
"I don’t know whether they should say “You have a baby” or “The baby has you”." ~ Anonymous
"It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snowblower, or vacuum cleaner." – Ben Bergor
"Insanity is hereditary you get it from your kids." – Sam Levenson
"If you were to open up a baby’s head – and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should – you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland." – Dave Barry
"Children are a great comfort in your old age- and they help you reach it faster too." – Lionel Kauffman
"My mom used to say it doesn’t matter how many kids you have… because one kid will take up 100% of your time so more kids can’t possibly take up more than 100% of your time." - Karen Brown
"Children aren’t happy without something to ignore, and that’s what parents were created for." – Ogden Nash
“Can he have this?” With first baby: “Is it organic and homemade?” After second baby: “He can have anything except narcotics and alcohol.” - Unknown
"What is a home without children. Quiet." – Henny Youngman
"Parenting is basically just listening to yourself talk because nobody else is." - Unknown
"Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth." – Peter Ustinov
“Parenting is a cult. And as a cult member, you can try to explain it to other people, but we just appear like lunatics.” – Jim Gaffigan
“My daughters only six months old and already drawing. I’d hang it on the fridge, but honestly, its absolute garbage.” – Ryan Reynolds
“Having kids makes you look stable to the people who thought you were crazy and crazy to the people who thought you were stable.” – Kelly Oxford
“A child is a curly dimpled lunatic." – Ralph Emerson
"I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home." – Robert Orben
"When your “mom voice” is so loud even the neighbors brush their teeth and get dressed." - Unknown
"If your kids are giving you a headache, follow the directions on the aspirin bottle, especially the part that says, keep away from children." – Susan Savannah
"Parenthood is a lot easier to get into then out of." – Bruce Lansky
“Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.” – Jon Stewart
“When you’re young, you think your dad is Superman. Then you grow up, and you realize he’s just a regular guy who wears a cape.” – Dave Attell
“You can tell what was the best year of your father’s life because they seem to freeze that clothing style and ride it out.” – Jerry Seinfeld
“On our 6 a.m. walk, my daughter asked where the moon goes each morning. I let her know it’s in heaven, visiting Daddy’s freedom.” – Ryan Reynolds
“12 weeks old: when your kid is young enough to fall asleep on your chest, yet long enough to kick you in the nuts at the same time.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
“My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.” – Buddy Hackett
“I love cleaning up messes I didn’t make. So I became a Mom.” – Unknown
“Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.” – Red Buttons
“What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees, and he told me about the butcher and my wife.” – Rodney Dangerfield
“Parenting is a constant battle between going to bed to catch up on some sleep or staying awake to finally get some alone time.” — Anonymous
“You’re making it difficult for me to be the parent I always imagined I would be." - Anonymous
“Parents of newborn babies are basically hostages in their own house with a severe case of Stockholm Syndrome.” – Nate Smith
“The fastest land mammal is a toddler who’s been asked what’s in their mouth.” – @ramblinma
“No one is full of more false hope than a parent bringing a chair to the beach.” – @simoncholland
"I live in a mad house run by a tiny army that I made myself." — Anonymous
“The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is because they have a common enemy.” - Anonymous
“The easiest way to teach children the value of money is to borrow some from them." — Anonymous
“Sooner or later we all quote our mothers." – Bern Williams
"So I stepped away for like two seconds…” – the beginning of every parenting horror story." — Anonymous
“If you like people who do stupid sh#t all the time, become a parent." – Kelly Oxford
“Being a mom means kids banging on the bathroom door like SWAT, asking for a drink, while you’re in the shower. And Dad is in the kitchen.” – @SarcasticMommy4
“I never realized how annoying I could be until I created a miniature version of myself and started arguing with it daily.” — Anonymous