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20 funny back-to-school memes for the first day

Ready for the summer to end? These funny memes about heading back to school will get you on a spiritual level.

20 funny back-to-school memes for the first day

While the long, lazy, bare-footed days of summer certainly are special, let’s be honest: So is the sweet sound of a ringing school bell. Whether you stayed at home all summer long with your little ones or were saddled with figuring out (and paying for!) summer child care while the kids were off, surely you can relate to these hilariously funny back-to-school memes.

We all love our kids, but there is such a thing as too much togetherness.

Back-to-school memes

As we brace ourselves for the whirlwind of shopping for supplies, setting up routines, and convincing our kids that yes, bedtime is indeed a thing again, these funny back-to-school memes for parents will offer some much-needed comic relief. 

1. The walk will clear your mind

back to school memes
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2. It’s a sad, “sad” time

3. Some things never change

4. BTS hits different for everyone

5. Heyyyy sexy lady!

Back to school meme: How I feel when I drop the kids off at school
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6. Oh, that’s right, it matters now!

Back to school meme: Summer is over. Time to officially remember what day of the week it is.
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7. Anyone have a tissue?

Back to school meme: My kids are back in school. I'll need a couple of days to process my devastation.
Image via Jessica Medina/Instagram

8. It’s a beautiful thing

Back to school meme: Sending the kids back-to-school makes me want to cry... tears of joy
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9. Freedom — and germs — are in the air

Back to school meme: Back to school is in the air
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10. One word: Iconic

11. Walgreens gets it

Back to school meme: Back to school beer meme

First day of school memes

And just when we’ve managed to get everything under control, the first day of school arrives, carrying its own brand of madness. Looking for a first day of school meme that gets the cacophony of emotions? We got you.

12. Is that an extra pep in your step, Dad?

13. Thoughts and prayers are appreciated

14. When your child’s not quite in the spirit yet

15. Kindergarten vs. sixth

First day of school meme: Kindergarten parents on the 1st day of school. 6th grade parents on the first day of school
Image via Great Space Coaster/Imgur

16. “Angel” may be an overstatement  

17. Some say tomato, others say “freedom”

First day of school meme: Parents call the first day of school freedom
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18. It’s kind of like Christmas Eve for parents

First day of school meme: How parents lookin at their kids, the night before the first day of school.
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19. When the kids refuse to get caught up in your Pinterest fantasies

First day of school meme: One boy holding a sign It's my first day of kindergarten. The second boy holding a sign I hate school and I refused to hold a sign unless it said I hate school.
Image via Imgur

20. Sometimes it’s the second day that gets ’em