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Showing posts with label tweets. Show all posts

30 Funny Tweets from Parents

It's Friday, so let's have some fun.  One of the most challenging and rewarding jobs in life is being a parent.  Here are 30 actual tweets from parents that remind us that parenting is a roller coaster ride.

I hope this brings a smile to your face and brightens your day as you approach the weekend.

Summer vacation would probably be a little more relaxing if these kids were vacationing somewhere else.

Today is the longest day of the year or if you're a parent just like every day over summer until your kids go back to school.

Toddlers are the Johnny Appleseed of crumbs, spreading crumbs everywhere.  But the only thing they're growing is the impatience of parents.

My 3-year-old just announced she was gonna be a rainbow and then disappeared with 15 bottles of nail polish.  This isn't going to end well.

What's the opposite of getting knocked-out?  I’m looking for a word to describe being awakened from a deep sleep by a toddler kick to my face.

As a parent, you learn to accept you can't run away from your problems.  They will find you.  And they will demand fruit snacks.

Kids are cool because they're like small super heroes whose power is shouting "I'M STILL NOT TIRED!!!" two hours after bedtime.

You will never realize your full potential for speed and agility until the day you see your toddler holding a Sharpie marker.

The 5 y.o. learned to read; it's bittersweet.  While seeing her master a skill is sweet, I'm bitter that she can now tell when I skip pages.

My 14 y.o. made fun of me this morn because he had a snow day and I had to go to work. so I changed the wifi password.

Never make eye contact with a child on the verge of sleep.  They will sense it and abort the mission.

Just taught my kids about paying taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream.

Asked to switch seats on the plane because I was sitting next to a crying baby.  Apparently, that's not allowed if the baby is yours.

If you wait long enough to make dinner, everyone will just eat cereal.  It's science.

Don't ask me if I've seen a new movie.  I have four little girls.  If there wasn't a singing princess in it, the answer is no.

Parenting is like being a juggler except all the balls are screaming.

I can either put my kids through college or pay for one hour of Internet on a plane.  Being an adult is hard.

There are few things more terrifying than finding your toddler in the living room with an uncapped red Sharpie in her hand.

Whomever wrote Silent Night obviously had no kids.

I put my symptoms into WebMD & it turns out I just have kids.

Tried to be the cool mom.  Got talked into a bounce house.  Everything hurts now.

My wife and I have an agreement with our 7 year old daughter.  Don't wake us up early on the weekend and we won't abandon you in a mall.

Me: Why do you keep throwing your food on the floor??  3yo: Because the ceiling is too high.

I think my kids are having a secret contest to see who can use up rolls of toilet paper the fastest.

Kids are fun when they aren't drawing on everything, leaving toys everywhere, peeing on stuff, melting down...So...about 5% of the time.

The only thing my kids are likely to give me for Mother's Day is more gray hair.

"I want a snack." - my kids, while they're eating,

Do you hear that?  That's the sound of silence.  #parenting #backtoschool

If I had an elephant in one arm, a rhino in the other and an orangutan on my shoulders, my sons would still ask me to hold their stuff.

Being home with kids all day is just the loneliest never-alone thing.  Like living in a cave filled with malfunctioning Teddy Ruxpins.

20 Tweets that Perfectly Sum Up Parenting

Time for a little Friday fun.  Here's 20 real tweets from dads and moms that describe parenting.

Parenting is a lot like a Tarantino film.  Lots of questions and violent screaming. - Charlie

Parenting is telling your kid that they can't eat the red Skittle that fell on the floor because it's dirty and then eating it after they go to bed.  -Shawn

90% of parenting is walking around yelling, "Where are your shoes?  We're already late!  Find your shoes!"
-Lurk at Home

90% of parenting is waiting for the other parent to do something about it. -Ashley

Parenting is basically listening to yourself talk because nobody else is. -Court

My favorite part of parenting is after I drop my kids off at school.  I'm kidding.  It's after they go to bed. -Draper

Parenting is so easy...said no parent ever! -Scott

Parenting is a journey, except it's traveling from room to room putting away the same toys all day. -Funny Mommy

Parenting is a conglomeration of everything you've never learned. -John

88% of parenting is saying "It's bedtime" 150 times between 8:00 and 9:00 pm every night. -Sardonic

Parenting is an exercise in crisis management. -Jill

90% of parenting is peeling things.  -Bunmi

90% of modern parenting is keeping kids away from your smartphone. -Clint

I am saddened by the fact that I am no longer alarmed by my fingers smelling like someone else's poo.  -Allana

Parenting is 80% making empty threats and 20% picking up things. -Carbosly

Parenting is 50% love, 20% yelling and 30% unclogging toilets. -Susan

Parenting is juggling chainsaws and wondering why it's so loud and your shoulders are so sore. -Charlie

Teach your kids to never give up and see what happens when you take them to a toy store. -Kalvin

Once you find yourself negotiating with a 4-year-old, you've already lost. -John

I'm proud of my kids, but not ruin the bumper of my car proud. -Stacy

Bottom line...parenting is not easy task.  We get the honor of partnering with a parents and equipping them to raise their kids to love Jesus.  Doesn't get any better than that!

Make sure the parents in your ministry know you are their biggest fan!

Would Kids Walk Out on Your Lesson if They Could?

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, was giving a keynote recently in Barcelona.  He was also joined on stage with two other technology experts.

It ended up not going very well.  Many people were so bored that they either fell asleep or walked out.  Here's a photo someone took during the session.  That had to be embarrassing.


A few people in the room sent out tweets. 

"The operators and Zuckerberg are talking a lot on stage, but don’t seem to be saying anything."

"Kind of a tame boring keynote from Zuckerberg."

Why were the people falling asleep and walking out?   Look at the Tweets again and you'll see why.

"Talking a lot on stage" (Lecturing)
When you drone on and on, people disengage.  Lecturing is the least effective way of learning.  Instead of lecturing, use active, participatory learning.  Spectators zone out...participators zone in.

"Don't seem to be saying anything" (Irrelevance)
 If you want to keep people's attention, then share information that is relevant to their lives.  Make sure the questions you are answering are the questions people are asking.

"Kind of a tame boring keynote" (Boring)
How you present what you present is vital.  Make sure what you share is served up in a fun, exciting format.

So...what if next weekend...the kids had the option to walk out of your classroom if they got bored?  Would they walk or would they stay?  

Do You Know What Happens in One Internet Minute?

The internet has changed everything...including how we do children's ministry.

How we communicate...learn...prepare lessons...
research...network...share...teach...create...
view videos...has been made easier by technology.

It is staggering how much happens on the internet in just one minute.  Here's an overview.
  • 639,800GB of global IP data transferred
  • 6 new wikipedia articles published
  • 1,300 new mobile users
  • 20 new victims of identity theft
  • 204 million emails sent
  • 47,000 app downloads
  • $83,000 in Amazon sales
  • 61,141 hours of music are played on Pandora
  • 100 new LinkedIn accounts are created
  • 20 million photos are viewed on flickr; 3,000 photos are uploaded
  • 320 new Twitter accounts are created; 100,000 new tweets are sent
  • 277,000 Facebook log-ins; 6 million Facebook views
  • 2 million Google search queries are initiated
  • 30 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube; 1.3 million videos are viewed
  • Today, the number of networked devices equals the global population.  By 2015, that number will be double the global population.
How do you use the internet in Children's Ministry?

How has the internet made Children's Ministry easier for you?

Share our thoughts with us in the comment section below.