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Raising children is no easy feat, as every parent will attest to. But some stages of parenting are easier than others. The notorious 'terrible twos' have a terrible reputation, but no one talks enough about the 'threenager' phase. What is that you may be wondering? Well, as one parent put it, a 'threenager' is "A three-year-old with all the emotional instability from the terrible twos but with more of a vocabulary, mixed with the rebellious attitude of a teenager." If you have survived this stage of the parenting journey, you'll relate to these tweets from parents also attempting to make it through to the other side. And if that stage is yet to come, then I wish you all the luck in the world; you'll need it!

"Have kids," they said. "It will be fun," they said. Said no parent ever! Sure, babies are adorable. Yes, they are the apples of your eye. Of course, they make you beam with so much pride and love that you could burst. But, when you channel that same intensity of emotion into your feelings when your toddler tips all the cat food on the floor, puts your keys in the toaster, or draws all over the freshly-painted walls, then you might relate to the frustration in these pictures. Because the truth about parenting is, there will be times when you want to literally murder your kids. Or at least give them up for adoption for a week or two, because, like, come on, you deserve a f*cking break! Parents, can you relate?

Kids are a true delight. Until they're throwing a tantrum for absolutely no reason whatsoever and screaming bloody murder. Suddenly, they're not so cute. In fact now, they're the devil reincarnated. Parents share the ridiculous reasons their kids threw tantrums, and they are nothing short of hilarious. Bless the little things.

When 2-year-old Theo from Salt Lake City, Utah, discovered an old decorative Halloween skeleton in his parent's basement, he didn't realize that he had also found his new, unlikely, best friend.

In an interview with Bored Panda, Theo's mom Abigail explained how the special friendship began in September. Just as they were about to leave their house for a trip to a reservoir, the air felt moist, which, Abigail explained, was a rarity in a Utah home. Upon investigation, she found that the water heater had flooded the basement. "The basement is unfinished, so it wasn't that big of a deal. While I was cleaning up the mess, Theo found the skeleton among all of the decorations. Once I had everything cleaned up, [it was time to head] to the reservoir. However, he refused to get into the car without his skeleton. So the skeleton came along on a fun adventure with us. Since then, they have been inseparable."

Theo named the skeleton "Benny", and has provided Theo with some much-needed company after the pandemic has stopped all playdates with kids his age. He takes Benny everywhere with him and loves his new bony friend.

Each week we bring you a talented female artist who produces incredible quality content. This week we've picked Thais Vanderheyden, a Belgian writer, and illustrator of children's books whose illustrations showing quarantine life with four toddlers are hilariously relatable (if you're stuck at home with kids). Her drawings depict the daily struggles of trying to keep up with work, have some alone time, and keep her kids occupied, which is hard enough at the best of times, never mind being quarantined with them. Take a look at her brilliant drawings below and once you've enjoyed that, check out last week's female artist of the week in case you missed it. 

"But why?" is a question that all parents dread. Usually, it's because they don't know the answers and don't want their kid to know, but sometimes it's because there is just no answer. Reddit asked parents of the internet for the "why?" questions their toddlers have thrown at them that even Google couldn't answer and some of them are truly unanswerable. Check them out below. 

Thanks to "Mommy Shorts" a great blog run by a mother of two, Ilana Wiles, we can finally figure out what goes on in their tiny toddler minds...

The best combinations of hot and adorable has come to the internet ladies and gents!  

Thanks to model Aristotle Polites and his 18-month-old nephew, Augie! Polites' older sister, Katina Behm, is the adorable toddler's mom, and she clearly thinks her brother's modeling career is hilarious! We mean what older sister wouldn't poke fun at their younger siblings? But the way she did it was truly a master piece. What did she do that was so incredible? Well, she is having her son copying her younger brothers poses, to hilarious effect if we might add! Thats right, a full instagram dedicated to her little boy copying his old brothers modeling pictures! 

In an interview with The Huffington Post, this all started a few months ago when Behm couldn't get Augie into his plaid button-up.

"The image of him with the shirt undone and his bare chest exposed made me laugh because he looked like he belonged on the cover of a romance novel," she said. "I took a picture and then realized I bet my brother Aris has a picture just like this on his Instagram page which is filled with modeling photos." 

And so was born Babyandthebody... we just have to say... Spot on! 

By: #honesttoddler