Parents Are Working Out What Percentage Of Their Time They Spend Doing Things For Their Kids

Parents know that while raising children has many once-in-a-lifetime moments, there is also a lot of monotonous routine required to stop your family falling apart at the seams.

And mums and dads have taken to Twitter to share the things that they feel they spend most of their time doing now that they have kids in the house.

What did you do with all your time before parenting?

50% of parenting is explaining idioms and the other 50% is looking for someone's shoe. 😩 #facts
— Missi Wimberly (@missiwimberly) August 4, 2017

At least 50 percent of parenting is yelling "WHY ARENT YOU WEARING PANTS?!"
— Bryce Gruber (@BryceGruber) March 10, 2017

A good 20% of parenting is gambling how much stuff you can throw away without the kids noticing
— Shannon Hale (@haleshannon) August 3, 2017

At least 35% of parenting is eating food your kids threw a fit to get and then decided was gross
— crystal (@crystalkei) July 6, 2017

Pretty sure 40 percent of parenting is stuffing candy and straw wrappers onto your pockets.
— Mrs Pippin (@zoomusikgrl) March 11, 2017

50% of parenting is helping your child look for something you know you already threw away😂
— Papa Ans (@papa_anson) July 20, 2017

77% percent of being a parent is pretending to be as excited as your kid is about anything.
— KarateDonuts™️ (@KarateDonuts) May 14, 2017

Why wasn't I told that 78% of parenting is asking, "What's that smell?"
— Sh-Do-Be (@whymeagain99) June 29, 2017

78% of parenting is telling kids to "put your shoes on"
— Craig Deeley 🇪🇺🌈 (@craiguito) August 5, 2017

Seventy eight percent of being a parent is asking your kids if they've gone to the bathroom
— Artful Detective (@ArtfulDetective) July 24, 2017

80% of parenting is hiding in the bathroom consuming the candy you don't want your kid to steal.
— Hayley Stell (@StellMeAStory) July 19, 2017

80% of parenting is yelling through a closed bathroom door.
— Prinnis Montgomery (@P_Monty) July 28, 2017

90% of parenting, is saying different variations of "We don't eat waffles with our feet".
— Sarge The Destroyer (@BastardProphet) July 17, 2017

Ninety percent of being a parent is saying 'Wherever you left it.'
— FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF (@sofarrsogud) April 15, 2016

90% of parenting is just screaming at your kids to stop screaming.
— This Guy (@sendrajeremy) July 30, 2017

95% of being a parent is just learning how to have snacks without your kids finding out.
— El Knuckelhombre (@ElKnuckelhombre) July 10, 2017

120% of parenting is just wiping things
— Christine Owen (@joymoll) August 1, 2017

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