{"id":5994,"date":"2023-12-15T17:15:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/parenting-tweets-winter\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T17:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:15:22","slug":"parenting-tweets-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/parenting-tweets-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"19 parents on the winter of their discontent (with kids)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Save for a specific group of people, winter gets old for most of us &mdash; perhaps even more so when you have kids. Sure, the magic of the&nbsp;first snowfall is pretty and building a snowman is fun, but after that, what are we left with? A messy house, lurking stomach viruses and kids who are climbing the walls with pent-up energy. No thanks. <\/p><p>From the amount of time it takes toddlers to put on snow pants to the aversion older kids seem to have to jackets, here are 19 tweets from parents that nail the agony of winter with kids.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-this-sums-it-up-well\">1. This sums it up well<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LEFT: Kid when school is canceled because of snow<br><br>RIGHT: Parent when school is canceled because of snow <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rTAcsGyorr\">pic.twitter.com\/rTAcsGyorr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nascarcasm\/status\/1227975501664473089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Before and after<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me, before having kids: Why don't parents just let those poor little scamps stay home on snow days when the buses are cancelled?<br><br>Me, now with a kid in kindergarten: That little snot eater is going to school even if I have to carry him there and back barefoot up a hill both ways.<\/p>&mdash; Julio (@JulioHashem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulioHashem\/status\/1603757667478028291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-why-is-this-so-difficult-for-kids-to-get\">3. Why is this so difficult for kids to get?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kids are great bc it&rsquo;ll be freezing and they&rsquo;ll complain about being cold and you have to remind them that they can wear pants<\/p>&mdash; Dad Pickup Line (@dadpickupline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dadpickupline\/status\/1464412530424487942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Just throw some salt out there<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1st Snow Day: so magical who wants hot cocoa!<br><br>7th Snow Day: (Superintendent's house 5am, knife to his throat) Road conditions are FINE, ok?<\/p>&mdash; sweatpants cher&#128312; (@House_Feminist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/House_Feminist\/status\/821820130317324288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Is time standing still?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">20 minutes getting them ready.<br>5 minutes outside.<br>20 minutes getting them back inside.<br>15 minutes hot chocolate.<br><br>1 hour down, 8 to go.<\/p>&mdash; Christina Evans &#128488; (@cakevans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cakevans\/status\/698929348116680704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m not cooooold&rdquo;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/LetMeStart\/status\/980808678675746816<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. &ldquo;Still not cold&rdquo;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hope my friends don&rsquo;t find out I own a jacket.<br><br>-Middle Schoolers<\/p>&mdash; Simon Holland (@simoncholland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simoncholland\/status\/1207673007331823618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Once in a while, though, they come around&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It's so cold, my kids are willingly wearing their coats outside.<\/p>&mdash; Abe Yospe (@Cheeseboy22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cheeseboy22\/status\/948735300880101377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-annnnd-then-in-the-summer-they-ll-flip-the-script\">9. Annnnd then in the summer they&rsquo;ll flip the script<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&rsquo;m trying to figure out why these kids are out here with no coat on in the dead winter then  when summer time  comes they have on hoodies ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qTl2dtrluR\">pic.twitter.com\/qTl2dtrluR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mzsweetcakes aka Sweetz &#127853;&#129767; &#9809;&#65039;&#129413;&#129413;&#129413; (@Mzsweetcakes08) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mzsweetcakes08\/status\/1734679097056649307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. Isn&rsquo;t this cozy?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My top 3 snow day activities:<br><br>1. Listening to my kids argue over orange slices.<br><br>2. Explaining why kids can't eat One-A-Day for Women gummy vitamins.<br><br>3. Threatening to take everyone to school.<\/p>&mdash; LOL @My Parenting (@LOLMyParenting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LOLMyParenting\/status\/1089915441982722048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11. When you just want to hibernate&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GI virus, RSV, Parents have colds, 15 inches of snow this week, windy, below zero temps, yeah I'm ready for spring. And maybe hibernation <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mommabear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mommabear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/momlife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#momlife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/reallife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#reallife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/parenting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#parenting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/toddler?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#toddler<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/toddlerlife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#toddlerlife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sick?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sick<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/snow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#snow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/winter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#winter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sleep?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sleep<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Toni Perkins (@BecomingSchultz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BecomingSchultz\/status\/1088072003289079808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12. How many mittens can you go through in a month: A study<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Winter budget when you have young kids:<br><br>$100 &ndash; snowsuit<br>$65 &ndash; boots<br>$40 &ndash; hats &amp; scarves<br>$25 &ndash; thermal leggings<br>$1,579,325,753 &ndash; mittens<\/p>&mdash; Carbosly (@Carbosly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carbosly\/status\/820669153577156608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">13. When you need to tack on an extra 30 minutes in the morning<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The weather is finally cold enough to require gloves &amp; hats, because frantically searching for the lost shoe before school was just too easy.<\/p>&mdash; Stephanie Ortiz (@Six_Pack_Mom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Six_Pack_Mom\/status\/1060170253894860800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">14. At least their folder won&rsquo;t catch a cold&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remind your kids to take a coat to school so the inside of their backpacks can be toasty warm all day while they freeze to death at recess.<\/p>&mdash; Domestic Goddess (@DomesticGoddss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DomesticGoddss\/status\/927908016325881857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">15. Bet you didn&rsquo;t learn this in a parenting book&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">75% of parenting in the winter is convincing your kids not to wear shorts<\/p>&mdash; Robert Knop (@FatherWithTwins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FatherWithTwins\/status\/1217465684097060864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">16. You might want to pull up a chair&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My 1 year old is insisting to put on her own snow-pants so we should be ready to go outside in about July.<\/p>&mdash; Brian Hope (@Brianhopecomedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brianhopecomedy\/status\/295273906892337152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2013<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">17. But then there are moments like this &hellip;&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just poured some <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MapleSyrup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MapleSyrup<\/a> on some bowls of freshly fallen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/snow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#snow<\/a> and called it Pioneer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/icecream?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#icecream<\/a> &amp; I can't remember the last time my kids were this excited about any food I've prepared for them <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/parenting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#parenting<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Multiple Momstrosity (@Sarabethbug) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sarabethbug\/status\/1089993210867388416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-18-maybe-this-will-get-them-to-stop-complaining\">18. Maybe this will get them to stop complaining<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlyken\/status\/406912810937876480<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">19. When the snow days are just too much&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hour 2 of this snow day and I&rsquo;m prepared to go full-on Iditarod to get my kids to school tomorrow if necessary.<\/p>&mdash; SpacedMom (@copymama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/copymama\/status\/948929959325822976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-20-just-when-you-thought-things-couldn-t-get-any-worse\">20. Just when you thought things couldn&rsquo;t get any worse <\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My kids&rsquo; school: The first day back from winter break is canceled due to snowy weather. <br><br>Me, curled up in the fetal position: What did I do to deserve this?<\/p>&mdash; Ponies and Martinis (@PonyMartini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PonyMartini\/status\/950440880497979393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The funniest parenting tweets about winter. 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