These Parents Are All Just Trying To Make It To The End Of The Year

Parenthood and creating human life may be the greatest joys of your life, but that doesn't mean that every moment is going to be joyful.

Children are unpredictable little people who are going to constantly ask you tough questions before you've even fully woken up. They're going to test your sanity, and you're going to have to discipline them without laughing when you find out they've been faking a broken microphone on all their Zoom classes to mess with their teachers.

We're all just trying to get through it as best as we can!

Always Question Their Motives

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You may think that you and your child are having a lovely peaceful moment, but it's probably not going to last for long. They're either trying to distract you from a mess they just made, or they're about to do something you're not going to like.

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It's Whatever Day You Want It To Be

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Are we allowed to simply reject the day of the week and behave like it's another day? If so, we'd like to make it permanently Saturday, with the occasional Sunday thrown in there.

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Underqualified For The Job

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Many parents in 2020 were responsible for helping their kids adapt to online learning and quickly realized that they have forgotten just about everything they learned while they were in school.

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It's Not Easier, It's Just Different

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Whoever told you that parenting gets easier was lying. Aspects of it get easier with time and experience, but then you're going to be thrown into new experiences that you're completely unprepared for because you were busy mastering the other things.

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This Is A Moral Dilemma

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Ah yes, the ongoing 21st-century debate between wanting to limit your children's screen time so they aren't stunted in life, and wanting them to gain millions of followers on TikTok so they can buy you a new house.

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You Can Always Take It Up A Notch

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Don't ever be the parent who says that it can't get any worse than whatever situation you're dealing with, because that's basically a challenge for your children and the universe. It probably can get a lot worse.

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Using Your Words Against You

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When they get to the age where they're able to use your own words against you, that's when you're in trouble. Good luck convincing them not to swear when you have road rage every day on the way to school.

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Advanced Notice Doesn't Exist

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As far as children are concerned, giving a parent advanced notice about a school project or a costume would mean telling them the night before at the earliest, but anything before they're heading to school on the day of counts.

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Is This A Test?

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This feels like one of those trick questions, like some parenting agency has sent your child into your home just to test your ability to handle tough situations or deal with riddles.

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That's Not A Nice Thing To Say

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Maybe if your daughter was a little nicer to her mother and didn't make comments like this, her mother would be a little nicer to her and not react poorly to things she does wrong.

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He Was Simply Prioritizing Other Classes

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8 y/o who was writing a movie review while supposed to be in zoom class
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He was supposed to be participating in a reading test, but instead, he was focusing on his writing capabilities and developing his critical thinking skills! You can totally spin this one.

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Is He Wrong, Though?

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Realistically, kids never really fully grasp the concept of time and neither do adults. "A yesterday that happened a long time ago" is exactly what last week feels like when you're a parent or a child.

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Let's Have Alone Time Together

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The concept of "alone time" doesn't really exist if you live in a household with kids that are under the age of 10. You can aim for quiet time, or distract them with a movie, but fully alone time probably is asking for too much.

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Send Them Back Now

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You'd probably laugh if it happened to one of your coworkers while you were on a call, but when it's your own kids busting down the door, it doesn't seem as funny.

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You Become Like Who You Spend Your Time With

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Who knew that your dad doing you a favor by taking care of your children while you're working would lead to your baby becoming an exact replica of your father? Now you've got two of them to deal with.

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Money Doesn't Grow On Trees

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Money doesn't grow on trees, but your children probably think that it does, which is why they're out here asking for every new gaming system and piece of technology under the sun when Christmas rolls around.

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There's A Strategy To Deception

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Your real tests as a parent are going to come in moments where they do something that you know they shouldn't, but it's also funny or clever, and you have to try not to be too proud of them while you discipline them.

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Honesty Is (Sometimes) The Best Policy

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You just have to hope that you don't raise one of those children who calls you out on the fact that you're lying about how old they are in order to get free food.

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Something To Aspire To

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Your children can teach you just as much as you're able to teach them as long as you're willing to learn—even in little moments like this, where this dad got a reminder to appreciate the little moments in life.

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It's Urgent To Them

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If it's an urgent matter to them, then that means it's going to be an urgent matter for you too, or there's going to be some serious chaos happening in the house.

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Pick Your Battles

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Sure, they're still insulting each other, but at least they're not tearing each other's self-esteem apart in the process! We are an equal-insult household only, no body-shaming allowed under this roof.

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How Can You Be Upset About That?

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How do you explain to someone that they shouldn't be upset about not being invited to an event that happened five years before they even existed? Rationally, you know they shouldn't be upset, but children aren't always rational.

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Silence Is The Scariest

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Any parent knows that silence is truly the scariest thing you can hear in your household. Silence usually means that they've found something to entertain themselves with that probably isn't their usual toys.

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Apparently, She's Picked Her Favorites

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As a parent, you always tell your children that you don't pick favorites, but this daughter couldn't do her parents the same courtesy. She's picked her favorite, and it's not her dad.

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No, You May Not

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Oh, you wanted "privacy," as in "time away from your child to do something as simple as going to the bathroom"? It'll be a few more years before you'll be allowed to have that.

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Asking The Tough Questions

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Children always seem to know when you're at your lowest or when you've got your guard down, and that's when they're going to strike with the tough questions. It's never when you're well-rested and relaxing.

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That's Definitely Not Concerning

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That cannot be a good sign. Any child who leaves the room after you ask them a question rather than giving you an answer is doing something they're not supposed to be doing. You should follow them.

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Time To Break Out The Winter Shorts

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Any parent of boys will learn that pants are apparently the enemy, even if it's snowing outside. It's much cooler to get frostbite on the bottom half of your legs than to give in and wear actual pants.

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Whispering Feels Less Threatening

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Obviously, what she meant was that she wanted him to use words like please or thank you, but simply lowering the volume of his demands also works as a way to get what he wants.

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The Mood Can Change Quickly

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With babies, you never know what kind of mood you're going to get in any given moment, but it really just goes along with the year that we've all been having.