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10 Cartoons About Family Life That Might Make Yours Seem Less Crazy

Updated: Jul. 27, 2021

And you thought your relatives were nuts!

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Oh my god... I forgot I had children.
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A moment of bliss

The screaming will quickly remind you. Check out these hilarious true parenting stories that will crack you up.

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"Perhaps your debut can wait until you're further along in your fitness program."
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Bodybuilder dad

“Dad, you’re embarrassing us!”

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Step Parents-teachers conference.
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Parent-teacher conference

This is too much to keep track of.

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"You want to know what it's like to be me? Well, it's 5am, time to get up, bucko."
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Wake-up call

It’s too early! Don’t miss these funny work cartoons to get you through the week.

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16 Travel Cartoons That Find the Funny in Everything
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Always be positive

Positivity doesn’t get you very far on the family road trip. Check out these hilarious travel cartoons.

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Playing by the rules

They have no idea what’s in store once they reach the Majors, aka adulthood.

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Henry, there is no throwing food onto the playing field in this house.
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Too into the game

Family dinner time isn’t supposed to turn into this big of a mess. Here are 30 more love and marriage cartoons that are hilariously relatable.

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Educational experience ahead for the kids in car
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Always have to learn something

“Mom, please no! We’re only 20 minutes away from Grandma’s.”

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I'm not your little girl anymore, Mom. I'm in third grade
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Speaking the truth

Before you know it she’ll be off to college.

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Family cartoon about how parental anxiety increases as children get older.
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Always worried

The longer you’re a parent the more you worry. Next, check out these cartoons that prove daily life is funnier than any stand-up routine.