My Favorite Fun Parenting Movies for Friday

Dr. Meg Meeker

It’s Friday and what better way to celebrate than finding a fun movie to watch this weekend. I love a movie that makes me laugh and endears me to the characters. Today I want to share with you some of my favorite funny movies about parenting. I hope you will enjoy.

(And I know I’ve overlooked some good ones. Tell me in the comments what your favorites are!)

Cheaper By the Dozen (2003)

Steve Martin is fabulous as he navigates the treacherous waters of raising a dozen kids while his wife is on a book tour. We all know parenting is hard work—even with one child. But families of all sizes can relate to Martin as dad of twelve.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)

Perhaps the finest of the Vacation series and now considered a modern-day holiday “classic,” Christmas Vacationfeatures Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, the everyman father who deeply loves his family and wants to give them the best Christmas ever. Who can’t relate to a big family Christmas celebration with all extended family in your house? Many of us have funny yet difficult relatives to deal with during the holidays and this movie does a comical job painting…

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