Need a little pick-me-up? These fantastic tweets capture the funniest parts of parenting, and a nice reminder that this stuff happens to us all!

1. The harshness of kids.

[walking to the car]

4-year-old: *stops to fix her shoe* Wait for me.

2-year-old: We can leave her.

— James Breakwell (@XplodingUnicorn) July 12, 2018

2. The bliss of their (temporary) absence.

[dropping son off at camp]
son: I'll miss you
me: We'll miss you too buddy
son: I'll call every night
me: We won't answer
son: What
me: What

— Josh (@iwearaonesie) July 7, 2018

3. Necessary PSAs.

I was once nibbling on a left over sandwich off of my Son's tea plate. Only when I paused to look at it did I see that he had picked his nose and wiped the bogie on the plate.

— Miss M.E.Smith 😀 💐🌷🌼🌹🌸🌺 (@koorber_mary) June 27, 2018

4. The disappearance of annoying toys.

Sometimes, there’s nothing as satisfying as the sound of a Lego being sucked up in the vacuum cleaner.

— Amy at My Real Life (@AmyBozza) May 19, 2018

5. Them wake-up calls.

I told my daughter she can be anything she wants to be. Turns out, she wants to be an alarm clock that goes off at 5 AM

— The Dad (@thedad) May 9, 2018

6. Oh yes. The dinosaurs.

Letting my kid watch Jurassic Park for the first time.

Me: This came out in 1993. This came out when *I* was *your* age.

Kid: Oh, like when the dinosaurs were really still around?

— Ashley Austrew (@ashleyaustrew) July 4, 2018

7. The successes.

Playing everyone's favorite game- How Much Poop Can You Touch Before Noon?

I'm either winning or losing, depending on how you look at it.

— Lauren Mullen (@DraggingFeeties) July 2, 2018

8. The life lessons.

Think you’re a “no regrets” person? Go buy your kid a 100 pack of Glo-Sticks.

— AsKateWouldHaveIt (@KateWouldHaveIt) July 1, 2018