31 Funny First Day of School Memes for Parents to Celebrate
The first day of school hits parents and kids very differently: one side is clinging to a leg at the door, the other is celebrating with coffee or wine. These funny first day of school memes cover the drop off, the end of summer and the moment the house finally goes quiet. Each picture has a short caption, so you can pick the one to send to other parents.
Kindergarten parents vs 6th grade parents on the first day of school.

My kids are back at school.
I’ll need a couple of days to process my devastation.
One mom, very bravely processing her devastation.
A happy mom waves a goodbye sign as her daughter heads off.
Goodbye sign in one hand, a bottle of wine in the other.
Leaving drop off like Tom Cruise outrunning an explosion.
Parents at the start of summer vs the end of summer.
Dr. Evil laughing: that feeling when the kids go back to school.
Mom jumps for joy while the kids frown.
A kid face down on the carpet, refusing the first day.
Kindergarten parents vs high school parents on the first day.
Dr. Evil air quotes: parents call the first day of school “freedom.”
A happy Leonardo DiCaprio: parents right after drop off.
“That’d be great”: yeah, if you could go back to school.
Parents get the dancing emoji, kids get the crying one.
A kid clinging to a parent’s leg at the school door.
A sly dad rubbing his hands the night before the first day.
A store sign pairing back to school supplies with a 12 pack of beer.
Moms praising the Lord: it’s back to school time.
A mom toasting the first day of school with Malibu.
A mom laughing hysterically now that the kids are back at school.
A mom dragging her kid out of the car at drop off.
A dad jumping on the beach: how parents feel when school starts.
The Sound of Music: every parent on the first day, every teacher on the last.
Parents running away from school after drop off.
The Help, parent edition: “you is getting on that bus.”
Captain Picard smiling: the first day of school parent reaction.
A kid’s mug shot: how kids really feel about the first day.
One happy mom in front of three sad kids.
A dad stuffing his resisting kids into the car.

Sending the kids back-to-school makes me want to cry…
tears of joy.
Tears of joy, as only a someecard can say it.
The two types of kids on the first day of school.
The teacher’s face when you come to class without a pencil.
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