It's Back-To-School Season And These Parents Have Jokes (20 Tweets)

It’s that time again: kids are heading back to school after a long summer of hanging out around the house. Parents, as you might expect, are generally thrilled to have their offspring back in the classroom, but the first few weeks also come with a weird amount of homework that’s actually for the parent. Bewildering, right?

Join me in embracing the hilarious tweets about all things back to school.

1. See? Weird homework

2. Oh no

3. The smell

4. Great?

5. True, kid. True.

6. So many emails

7. Wait!

8. Lunchtime

9. Yeah, it’s bizarrely specific

10. Well, good

11. Shopping

One of my kids went back to school “shopping” in our leftover supplies from last year; my other kid gave me a three page itemized list of the supplies she wants me to buy.

And I’m not supposed to have a favorite?

— krista pacion (@kristabellerina) August 15, 2022

12. Yearbooks

My kids have been in school for seven days and we’ve already gotten 38 reminders to order yearbooks.

— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) August 9, 2022

13. Milk

I tried to label a carton of milk for my son’s school this morning. I successfully wrote “milk” on it.

— mom mom mom mom mom (@notmythirdrodeo) August 16, 2022

14. Emails again

I just emailed my kid’s school 27 times in a row and forgot the attachment on half of them and resent again just to make a damn point.

— McDad (@mcdadstuff) August 15, 2022

15. Sickness

My 6-year-old said his stomach was hurting on the 2nd day of school, which set a new family record.

— A Bearer Of Dad News (@HomeWithPeanut) August 11, 2022

16. Heroic

Never judge someone’s dietary choices, I for example was about to eat an apple when my dog stepped on my kid’s backpack, popping open a bag of chips which I then had to eat lest they went bad

— Real Life Mommy (@reallifemommy3) August 16, 2022

17. Deep conflict

I’m conflicted by the relief I feel dropping my kids back at school after summer break and the annoyance of having to put on pants before 10am.

— Rhyming Mama (@sarabellab123) August 15, 2022

18. Not happening

No thanks, "30 adorable lunch ideas for back to school."

— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) August 9, 2022

19. Do nothing

12-year-old: School starts tomorrow. Can we do nothing today?

Me: You did nothing all summer.

12: I know. It was great.

— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) August 3, 2022

20. Money!

I was having a good day until my son opened up his backpack & handed me a fundraiser envelope.

— Sarcastic Mommy (@sarcasticmommy4) August 16, 2022

Kate Hackett

Kate is a freelance writer, actor, author and columnist living in Los Angeles.