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!
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"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?
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"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.
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Why not feed your young ones sweet snacks based on the freaky foods they already go nuts for? These would also be great for Grandma and Grandpa. They'd have a whole new line of sweets they could jack up your kids on before dropping them back off to you. So! Here are 6 Pop-tart flavors just waiting for your little ones to scream-beg for in the grocery store…Via: How To Be a Dad
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School trips sometimes need more than just a teacher. They need backup. So who do they call? Not Ghostbusters but, jolly ol' parents. Parents who pretty much are guilted into going on these trips to chaperone kids. Well, this dad was in that situation, and he basically live-tweeted what every parent that has had to chaperone felt...
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Via La Guardia Cross
Keeping your kids entertained is actually a very difficult job. They go from one thing to another in less than .003 seconds. If you're lucky they will be distracted by something for a good 10 mins. And that is just pure luck! So you need to be creative. Just like La Guardia Cross and activities with his toddler daughter!
Now don't be fooled. La Guardia Cross has no experience when it comes to baking a cake, and neither does his 2 year old daughter. So isn't it a fun activity to do together? Take a look and laugh...
