There is no love as pure as the love between a parent and their child. Parents are willing to do anything to make sure their child is safe and happy. They will create thoughtful gifts, bake elaborate cakes, stay up all night to sew outfits, and embarrass their children to really show their love. It does not matter how old their children get, they will always be their babies. Parents are there to celebrate their children at their happiest moments and support them during their hardest moments.
Here are 55 photos that show how far parents will go to show the love they have for their children.
1. Four Daughters and One Dad
He is a single dad to four daughters. He knew elaborate birthday parties would be in his future and it was up to him to get them done. So, he had no problem dressing up as Princess Leia at their Star Wars birthday party. This dad will do anything to make his daughters happy.
2. 26 Years Later
26 years later and this dad and son duo are still attached to the hip. The truck might have aged but the love between the father and son has not. The son just got a bit heavier to hold, that’s all.
3. Hard Levels
There is no better feeling than helping out your child. This mom is about to have four very happy children if she can pass that hard level. Look at this mom’s focus, she knows what is at stake if she loses. She will have four unhappy children and she is going to make sure that does not happen.
4. Hard Working Mom
This mom learned her daughter wanted to be Selena for Halloween, but knew money was tight. This mother was not going to disappoint her daughter. She bought 50 cents worth of fabric and worked on it for days. This mother’s hard work put together an amazing Halloween costume for her daughter. This mother went that extra mile to make her daughter happy.
5. Mom to the Rescue
It does not matter how old you are, if your mother finds out you are sick she is going to want to take care of you. This 30 year old child told his mother he was sick and she dropped off the best care package he could have asked for. There is nothing like a mother to the rescue.
6. Proud Mom
The pride radiating from this mother is clearly evident. She is happier about her son’s graduation than he is. A child’s successes will always be their parents successes as well.
7. Homeless Mom
Families can fall on hard times. Parents will make sure to shield their children from as much as they can. They will also sacrifice about anything to make sure their children are still getting everything they deserve, such as going to school.
8. Surprise!
This soldier daughter thought it would be fun to have a surprise reunion with her mother. She might have rethought her decision if she knew how her mother would react. The complete shock on her mother’s face is amazing. She has never been so overwhelmingly happy as she is at seeing her daughter. What a great moment.
9. Reunited
This mother is letting her son know how she really feels about not seeing him for a few years. She met him at the airport with a bright and big sign for him. He was overdue for some embarrassing love from his mother. Welcome home.
10. Role Model
This mother is leading by example. She was not going to late age or a busy life stop her from getting a PHD by the age of 60. She received her PHD a year earlier than her goal with her children cheering her on in the audience. What a role model for her children.
11. Advice From Mom
Their is no better advice than the advice from a mom. Children might not listen it to it but that does not mean it was not the right advice. Mom’s advice is always right, even if we hate to admit it sometimes.
12. A Mother’s Love
No one will love a child as much as their mother. Mother show their love through all their small actions. Such as cutting up fruit for their child without them even having to ask. Their mom was just thinking about them and wanted to show their love through fruit.
13. Garlic Bread Cures All
Moms might not be able to save their children from heartbreak but they can support them through it. This mother knows the best cure for crying is garlic bread. She is ready to introduce her daughter to the garlic bread fix. There is no way a mother will not figure out a solution to get their child to stop crying.
14. Maternal Instincts
Maternal instincts are real and it does not matter if the mother is animal or human. If a mother sees any child in need of something, they will do their best to provide it and it does not even have to be their child. This mama chicken wants to warm this little puppy up, while he sleeps.Her maternal instinct took over.
15. Mom’s Always Have Your Back
Parents can be overprotective, but they just see it as showering their child in love. This mother is the perfect example. She does not want her son to stand in the sun, when she can provide him with shade. It might be a bit over the top but it is just her love overflowing for her child.
16. Sharing Interests
One of the best ways to bond with your child is finding your shared interests. This father built his daughter an amazing Hobbit playhouse. It is unclear who is the bigger J.R.R. Tolkien fan, the dad or his daughter. Either way she is going to love her playhouse and the dad who created it for her.
17. Your Foundation
They say parents are a child’s foundation, but this mom is taking that saying to a literal level. Her son loves gaming so she will support him in any way she can. Even if it means letting him stand on her legs so he can see the monitor better. She is his literal foundation.
18. Won’t Stop Knitting
This 40 year old man received this homemade knitted hat from his mother. He might be older but he will never grow old enough for his mother to stop knitting for him. This mother shows her love through knitting.
19. The Dad Test
Every dad will put their daughter’s future boyfriends through tests. They want these boys to prove themselves worthy of their daughter. This dad wants this boyfriend to play a game of chess to prove his worthiness. Good luck kid because this dad is serious.
20. What Gift in Return?
When your mom gives you a kidney what can you ever give her in return? Flowers, candles, gift certificates will never cut it again. If only he knew that a mother would never expect anything in return except for their child to stay healthy. Mother’s will literally give you an organ, no questions needed, to keep you healthy.
21. Cold Turtle Shells
Sometimes it is your friends mother’s that step in to show extra love. This turtle owner did not even ask but her friend’s mother knitted her turtles the cutest sweaters anyhow. Mothers just like to keep care of everybody, including their children’s friends. The real winners here are the two turtles.
22. Hero Mom
Every mom is a hero in her child’s eyes. This mother is a hero to more than just her children. This is a child recording her mother run for the first time in 9 months, after losing her legs in the Boston Marathon. What a powerful moment to share with her mother.
23. Perfect Gifts
Parents give the most thoughtful gifts. They know parts of their children that other might not. Parents are also willing to go way over the top to give their child the perfect gift. This daughter loves Monopoly, so her mother crocheted a giant Monopoly blanket for her. The time it must have took to create this blanket!
24. Love, Dad
This child lost his father just months prior, when his mother gifted him with a piece of his father. The son states that this gift is the best he has ever received. His mother knew what her son needed, his father. She could not give him his father back but she can do her best to keep him close.
25. Never Too Old
A mother is always going to want to take care of their children, it does not matter how old the child is. This mother is 98 years old and she moved into her 80 year old son’s assisted living community to help take care of him. He might be 80 years old but he is never too old to have his mother invade his privacy to take care of him.
26. The Love is Real
“I’m a terrible artist, but I love her so much,” this mother states.
This mother might think she is a terrible artist but the love she has for her daughter overpowers that care. She wants to show her daughter how much she loves her and does it through drawing pictures on her daughter’s morning snack bag. What a cute mom and she is not a terrible artist at all.
27. Mom for All
This mother is ready to be a mom for any LGBTQ person getting married. She knows she has enough love in her heart to share with any child feeling unloved. A wedding is one of the most important day’s in a person’s life and everyone needs a mom that day, cue Sara Cunningham.
28. We Don’t Deserve Moms
Sometimes the love from your mother is so pure that it feels like we cannot deserve having such a mother in our corner. Mothers see the best in the children and will always remind them of their greatness. Your mother will always be your biggest fan and best support system.
29. Mom Improvises
When the mixer broke, this mother had to improvise. The creativity of mothers is legendary. When a mother is backed up against a wall, they will always be able to find a door and figure out a solution. Even if that solution is a power tool.
30. Fatherly Love is Permanent
A fathers love never goes away, just like a tattoo. This dad tattooed a drawing from his daughter right onto his arm. He is so proud of his daughter he wants everyone to see her artwork. That is some serious pride and love.
31. Single Dad Life
This dad knows the struggles of being a single dad. It can be a hard job at times, but then there are moments, like this one, that make all the struggles worth it. He gets to see his daughter smiling while picking out her favorite dress. Her smile makes all the troubles fade away.
32. Mom’s Go All Out
To make sure their child is happy, moms are known for going over the top. The creativity of mothers will create masterpieces for their children. This daughter had a crazy hair day at school and her mom created a donut masterpiece.
33. Crazy Hair Day
This daughter might not be going to a crazy hair day for school but she is having crazy hair day with her father. This father will do anything “embarrassing” to have fun with his daughter. These two are in their own little world together, it’s adorable.
34. Thinking of the Future
Mother of the year. This mother was asked by a bartender about what she was writing. She is writing her five sentences a day. She writes five sentences a day to each of her daughters and plans on gifting these books to them on their wedding days. What an amazing gift from an amazing mother.
35. Let’s Go Power Rangers
This person was walking around his friend’s basement and stumbled on this framed photo of his friend and his friend’s mother. These two have had their heads cropped onto Power Rangers. If he was going to be a Power Ranger his mother was going to be right there beside him. It is hilarious the picture is still framed and shown off.
36. Stay Warm
Mothers are always concerned if their children are staying warm. They will push jackets, sweaters, gloves, and scarfs onto their children to make sure they are not cold. This daughter lives away from her mother, but her mother made sure to send a handmade scarf so she can stay warm. Mother’s thoughtfulness about staying warm never ends.
37. Don’t Forgot About Me
This son spent a semester abroad during college. He did not want his mother to forget about him, like that would ever happen. So, he left behind a cutout version of himself for his mother. Not surprisingly, she loved it.
38. Full Circle
A child leaving the nest is never easy for a parent. This mom was having such a hard time with it, she slept right next to her daughter the night before she left. She wanted to spend every last second with her daughter.
39. Just Like Yesterday
It was not that long ago this mother was sending her daughter off to kindergarten and now she is graduating high school. Time flies by too fast. Time might go fast but the pride this mother has only grows.
40. A Mom’s Love is Pure
Moms can make your heart melt because of the pureness of their love. They share their love so easily with their child and there is no other love like it. Thank you to all the moms for being so loving.
41. $1 Reward
She might not understand Venmo but she found a way to use it with love. She sent her son one dollar for being the best son. It is the cutest gesture and so like a mom to do so.
42. Happy Kids, Happy Mom
All parents want to do is see their children happy. This mother dressed her daughter as Mama Coco and it was worth all the effort because he daughter is amazingly happy. Her smile is worth it all.
43. Lead By Example
She was afraid to have an IV inserted, so he explained every detail about what would happen. He then agreed to get an IV inserted with her. He will do anything to make her feel safe, even insert an unnecessary IV to reassure her.
44. Grow-A-Pony
His daughter put a “Grow-A-Pony” into a bowl of water before going to sleep. Her father wanted to surprise her and changed out the pony for a toy pony instead. His daughter is going to freak out in excitement when she sees it and this dad cannot wait for it.
45. Comic Con For Babies
This dad loves Comic Con. His baby daughter is still a bit too young to go or understand it. So, he is creating a Comic Con at home that should would be interested in, a panel with the muppets. He is making sure she enjoys Comic Con in the future and to have his little girl join him.
46. One Parent, Double Love
She is a single mom but she was not going to have her son need for anything. When it was a father event at his school she dressed as his dad and went with him. She is only one parent but she loves him enough for two.
47. What a Mom Deserves
A child might believe the best gift is a microwaved hot dog, so of course that is what their mother deserves. This mom might not believe a microwaved hot dog is the best gift but she will gladly accept it from her child. Moms only deserve the best.
48. Single Mom For the Win
It was “Donuts with Dad” day at her son’s school, but his dad is not in the picture. So, she dressed as his dad and came to eat some donuts. The smile on her son’s face says it all, his mother is truly the best.
49. Mom’s Cooking Skills
One way mothers shows their love is through their cooking. It does not matter how old the child is, they always need to eat according to these moms. This daughter let her workplace know that her mother cooked for the entire office. This mother is loved by the entire office now and will always accept her cooking.
50. Two of a Kind
There is nothing better as a child than going on adventures with your parents. This mom was willing to go the extra cosplay mile to have fun with her child. This is one memory her child will never forget.
51. A Mother’s Pride and Joy
Just look at that mother’s face. Has there ever been a better example of a mother’s pride and love radiating out of her? I do not think so. Her mother’s face is blurry and it is still perfectly clear the mother is so proud and happy for her daughter.
52. Bonding Moments
He and his mother have found a mutual interest to bond with, Game of Thrones. So, when he turned 30 years old she made an extravagant GoT cake for the celebration. There is nothing like bonding with your mother and her finding a way to make it even more special.
53. Creative Love
There is plenty of ways that mothers show their love. This mother creates daily artwork to show her love. Her 8 year old daughter might not appreciate it now but she will later. Her mother went out of her way and found a creative way to tell her she loves her everyday.
54. You Are My Sunshine
A mother has no shame when it comes to loving their child. This mother sang “You Are My Sunshine” to her daughter even though her entire office could hear. This mom knew her daughter was more important than what her coworkers though. I have a feeling this daughter’s week turned around right after her mother sang to her.
55. The Good Old Days
Only a mom can find old glue and want to take a picture of it. Moms will reminisce about any moment of their child’s life, including the glue they used in elementary school. She does not only want to reminisce about it, she wants to always remember it and share it through a photo.
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