Have kids, they said, it will be fun, they said. And when it happens, utter craziness ensues and there’s no emergency exit to go through.

You see, being a parent takes you on a life adventure like no other. And while it’s hard to put in words all the ups and downs of what it's like to raise little daredevils, Bored Panda wrapped up some real-life examples captured on camera that show it as it is.

Mostly absolutely wholesome, sometimes truly crazy, and in other instances, pretty challenging, parenting is not for the faint-hearted, but it surely fills up your heart unlike anything else.

#1 Two-Year-Old Daughter Bathes Daddy's Laptop In Soap And Water Because It's "Too Dirty"

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#2 It Was At Exactly This Moment That My Son Realized His Mistake

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#3 I Bought My Kid A Drone For Christmas, The Wife Doesn't Love It

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#4 My Sister Sent My 11-Year-Old Nephew To School Today With What She Thought Was A Fresca Packed In His Lunch

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#5 My Daughter Had My Wife’s Phone On A Long Car Ride. She Ordered All The Barbie Dream Houses From Amazon

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#6 Valentine's Day Pedi From My Daughter! Beautiful

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#7 The Kid Wanted To Make Sure The Pliers Were Sharp

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#8 My 8-Year-Old Is A Jerk And Almost Made Me Burn My House Down

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#9 Wife Made Cupcakes, 8-Year-Old Ate The Frosting

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#10 Thanks, Apple. I’ll Let Her Know

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#11 She's Going To See A Cow Today

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#12 It Makes 1 Hour That They're Looking For Their Car Keys That Their Kid Buried Inside The Sand

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#13 My Glasses Finally Came In This Morning. Paid $375 And Decided To Save $80 And Not Get Insurance And My Daughter Got Ahold Of Them 2 Hours After Arriving

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#14 I Thought I Lost $350 And Then Three Months Later I Found It In My Four-Year-Old's Room

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#15 My 3-Year-Old Put My Apple Pen In The Oven

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#16 One-Year-Old Toddler Upgraded MacBook Pro

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#17 Came Home To My 3-Year-Old "Fixing" My Laptop

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#18 Smelled Gas In My House. Opened Oven Just To Find My Controller Extra Burned. Thanks, Toddler

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#19 The Things You Deal With As A Waiter

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#20 Coworker's Kids Left The Van's Door Open Before A Storm

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#21 My Friend’s Kid Got Stuck In Our Cat Tower

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#22 Things I Fished Out Of My Subwoofer Today

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#23 My 8-Year-Old Got Angry With Us. It's Permanent Marker And Acrylic Paint. She Is Severely Grounded, With A Lot Of Daily Chores, Early Bedtime, The Works

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#24 Parenting Doesn’t Pay Enough

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#25 Dr. Caramelito In The Multiverse Of Madness

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#26 My Kid Tried To Use My Finger While I Was Napping To Sign Him Up For Some Stupid App

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#27 My 10-Year-Old Nephew Told His Mom He Doesn’t Know How His Phone Broke. He Just Woke Up And It Was Like That. A Few Days Later She Finds He Posted This On Youtube

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#28 2-Year-Old Art On My Wife's Best Shoes

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#29 My 2-Year-Old Was Playing In My 6-Year-Old's Bedroom, As Usual, Today, I Went To Get Her And She Has Opened A Giant Bean Bag, Literally Covered The Whole Room

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#30 I Found Where My 3-Year-Old Twins Have Been Hiding My Loose Change

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#31 Spent The Last 3 Days Looking For My AirPods And Then My 2-Year-Old Tells Me To Look At The Orange Juice

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#32 No More Animals In The House

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#33 When Your 8-Year-Old Decides You Shouldn't Have A Laptop After Telling Him He's Too Young To Have A Laptop

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#34 My 3-Year-Old Dumped Glitter Everywhere This Morning

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#35 What Is More Expensive Than A Pair Of Scissors? A 3-Year-Old With $54 And A Pair Of Scissors

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#36 Smurf Devourer. Son Grabbed Food Dye Off The Counter

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#37 I Hate My Son

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#38 Lost Track Of The Toddler For 2 Minutes

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#39 Life With A Toddler

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#40 Daughter Literally Poked Me In The Eye With A Stick... The ER Bill Is Going In Her Baby Book

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#41 My Son Teased His Sister And She Threw A Switch Controller At My Parent's 75" TV

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#42 Rizzo Wanted To Help With Making Her Birthday Cake. She's Really Doing Good So Far

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#43 My Daughter Lost A Tooth. My Spouse And I Said It Was Worth A Dollar. Our Daughter Sent Us This Screenshot

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#44 I Should Have Never Taught My Kids How To Use The Heat Sealer

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#45 Brilliant, Thanks Kids

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#46 My Son Decided Taking The Labels Off Everything Was A Great Idea

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#47 Bean Bag Chair Exploded By Kids

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#48 My Life Is Never Dull, Guys. Never

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#49 My 6-Year-Old Flushed Down The Toilet-Roll Holder

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#50 3-Years-Old Daughter Destroyed An Orchid That Took 2 Years To Bloom

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#51 Tell Me You Have A Three-Year-Old Without Telling Me You Have A Three-Year-Old

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#52 I Thought I Had Put Socks On My Son This Morning. Turns Out They Were Gloves. My Mother-In-Law Sent Me This

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#53 Graduating From Temple University After 15 Years Working Full-Time And Balancing My Life. Got Married, 2 Daughters, Built A House. Attempted To Make Graduation Family Photo

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#54 Kid Gets Trapped Inside A Claw Machine

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#55 My 3-Year-Old Son Smeared Acrylic Paint All Over His Room And The House Because I Thought It Would Be "Ok" To Not Watch Him For 10 Minutes While I Took A Phone Call

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#56 I Also Exploded A Spray Paint Can But With An Ax As A Kid

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#57 Some Start Younger Than Others

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#58 Kid Pooped In The Pool In Vegas And Now The Pool Is Shut Down. Thanks Kid

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#59 My Daughter Has Figured Out How To Change The Picture On My Watch, By Using My Phone. Oh And Apparently She Knows The Password To My Phone

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#60 My Son Dropped His Phone In The Toilet And Opened A Brand New Bag Of Risotto To Dry It Out

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#61 The Teacher Actually Only Told Him Not To “Make A Habit Of It.” So I Wonder How Many Times Makes A Habit? I Also Wonder If I Should Hide The Popcorn Popper

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#62 For My Son’s 1st Birthday, I Give You The Cake We Ordered And The Cake We Got

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#63 My 2-Year-Old Decided My Laptop Should Be On Hard Mode From Now On

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#64 4-Year-Old Gave My 1-Year-Old Bags Of Baby Wipes While We Were Still Asleep. 5 Bags Worth

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#65 Bought Our 7-Year-Old A Wii For Christmas Along With Wii Sports. Guess What Just Went Flying Off His Wrist

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#66 My Two-Year-Old Son Got Into The Strawberries And Took A Single Bite Out Of Each One

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#67 Told My Son To Get The Clothes Out Of The Washer So We Could Hang Them To Dry. Instead, He Put The Basket In Front Of His Bedroom Heater

Luckily his hoodie was the only casualty.

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#68 Played With The Stamp Pad Ink And Now The Ink Is Hard To Remove

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#69 Apparently My Daughter Can Reach Things On The Counter. She Thinks I Like Scrambled Eggs

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#70 Got My Toddler New Shoes Over The Weekend. He Just Threw One Of Them Into The Fireplace

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#71 I Was Mowing The Grass And My Wife Texts Me And Says “I’m Going To Lay On The Couch And Maybe Get A Quick Nap”. I Came Back To See My Kids Treating Her Like A Bean Bag Chair

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#72 When You Add Seasoning Too Early In The Cooking Process (Magic Sarap = MSG)

#73 Found My Wife Passed Out Face-First While Playing LEGOs With My Son. Parents Are The Real MVPs

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#74 This Is Why It’s Important To Keep An Eye On Your Kids When They Are In Public Places. This Is A $4500 Saddle

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#75 My Daughter Is Planning Her First Sleepover. I’m Concerned About #2

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#76 I Cut The Crust Off My Toddler's Sandwich So She Would Eat The Whole Thing. I Came Back To This

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#77 My Daughter Just Said “Here Papa” And Put These In My Pocket. I Have No Idea Which Piece Of Cheap Furniture Is Now Dangerously Unstable

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#78 My Kid Slapped My Glasses Directly Into My Eyeball

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#79 Promised My Son We Would Go See Mount Rushmore

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#80 Well, Looks Like My Son Is Getting Straight Teeth For Christmas. (And My Other Kids Are Getting A Brother With Straight Teeth For Christmas)

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#81 My Son's Teacher Needed To Talk To Me About The Gobbler He Drew In Class. This Is That Gobbler. He Is 4

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#82 Thank You Autocorrect For Asking My 16-Year-Old If He Got Laid Today

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#83 So The Sweets Thief Struck Again Last Night! I Woke Up This Morning To This Lovely Half-Eaten Pile Of Oreos

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#84 Do You Have The Ratio Of Syrup Per Vent? Asking For A Friend

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#85 My Mischievous 3-Year-Old Put My Boiled Eggs In The Freezer

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#86 My 7-Year-Old Just Broke Something I've Had Since I Was Younger Than Him

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#87 My Friend Just Sent Me This Picture Of A Pumpkin Pie She Made For Thanksgiving That Her 3-Year-Old Snuck Into

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#88 My 2-Year-Old Helped Me "Reorganize" My Ties This Afternoon

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#89 My 4-Year-Old Nephew Got Hold Of A Bottle Of Nail Polish And Now My Sister's Car Looks As If She's Hit Someone On The Road

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#90 Found My AirPods After An Exhaustive Search And Buying A Replacement. My 6-Year-Old Son Put It In His Stocking And Forgot About It

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#91 My 3-Year-Old Lost My Wedding Ring A Good Few Months Ago Now And Couldn't Remember Where She Put It

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#92 My Three-Year-Old Took A Bite Out Of My Xbox Joystick While Watching TV

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#93 My 9-Year-Old Sister Destroyed Our Microwave Doing A "Tik Tok Life Hack" (The Starburst Melted Into The Actual Microwave)

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#94 9-Year-Old Decided He Wanted To Make Ramen Today. Narrowly Escaped The Worst Cup Of Tea Ever

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#95 The 3-Year-Old Asked If He Could Have A Muffin. I Said Yes. This One’s On Me

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#96 My Son Somehow Put A Hole In The Wall

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#97 Trying To Potty Train My Teething Toddler. She Took A Chomp Right Out Of The Foam Seat

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#98 My Youngest Brother After My Mom Shouted At Him For Getting A Detention

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#99 My Three-Year-Old Did This. And I Can’t Get It Out

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#100 Project On "Gandhi"

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#101 “Now I Know My ABCs, I’ll Write Them On Our SUV”

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#102 Not To Brag, But My Daughter Has Me Ranked As The 11th Best Dad

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#103 How My Kid Eats Cucumber Slices

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#104 My Son Put His Toy Golf Ball In The Bathtub Drain

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#105 Toddler Got Ahold Of One Of My Favorite Books Of Sheet Music. Can't Stop Crying

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#106 I Was Going To Surprise My Kids With A Bag Of Churros

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#107 Took My Kids Swimming And Came Home With A Grand Total Of 65 Mosquito Bites. My Kids Had 2 Between The Three Of Them

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#108 Our Childcare Provider Decided To Use Our Kids To Update Some Artwork That My Wife Had Made

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#109 Not How I Thought My Day Was Going To Start, And No It Wasn't The Puppy That Did This

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#110 Do You Have Any Advice For Me?

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#111 I Don’t See The Problem

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#112 Bought A Watermelon Several Months Ago. It Quickly Was “Lost” And I Assumed Someone Threw It Away By Accident. However, I Found It In My Kids’ Toy Fridge. My God It Stunk

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#113 Ok, You Have Piqued Our Interest

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#114 Gotta Experience All The Houses In The Neighborhood

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#115 "Mom, There’s No Food In The House!” - My Kids Today

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#116 That Smirking Face! So Proud Of Her Work

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#117 When You Ask Your 12-Year-Old To Make The Bed

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#118 8-Year-Old Remembered To Take The Foil Flavor Packet Out. She Forgot To Add Water

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#119 This Is What An Unattended 3-Year-Old Can Do In 2 Minutes. My Friends' Son Was Sound Asleep After A Long Ride. They Went Outside To Unload More Bags, Came Back To This

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#120 Walked Into My Backyard To Find That My 10-Year-Old Brother Played With One Of My Old Archery Sets

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#121 My 12-Year-Old Cousin Using Her PS5 As A Glorified Extension Cord

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#122 My Brother Said His 3-Year-Old Daughter Showed Him This In Her Play Microwave. He Didn’t Remember The Last Time They Had Spaghetti For Dinner

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#123 The Kid Decided To Open The Door By Kicking It

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#124 I Got A New Coat For Christmas And My Toddler Got Some New Markers

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#125 30 Pairs Of My Kid's Socks. Not A Single Pair. I Don't Even Remember Us Buying So Many Socks

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#126 I Guess My Kids Changed My Netflix Profile

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#127 My Daughter Roughly Handled The Bag Resulting In The Lid Popping Off The Soup

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#128 Filled My Son’s Bottle With Beef Broth Instead Of Almond Milk

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#129 The Kids Left Me With The Worst

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#130 Who Said This Parenting Thing Was Difficult?

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#131 I Bought My 13-Year-Old Son An Oculus. He Turned Off Guardian Mode And Bought Us A New TV

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#132 I Turned My Back For One Second And My Son Decided To Make An Omelette

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#133 Toddler Pulled The Cat Feeder Down. I Just Filled It Out Last Night

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#134 Kids Got A Ball Filled With Goo For Christmas. We Now Know What That Goo Is

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