21 Parents Who Have Totally Given Up On Being Parent Of The Year
Is there such a thing as Parent of the Year? Not for this lot, there isn't.
Parenting can turn even the most organized person into someone running on coffee, crumbs, and pure survival mode. Between the school runs, the mess, the constant noise, and the endless requests, it is easy to see why some parents stop chasing perfection and start chasing quiet.
This roundup is full of parents who have clearly decided that being “Parent of the Year” is overrated. From creative shortcuts to wildly questionable solutions, each one shows what happens when exhaustion wins and the kids are still somehow alive.
By the end, you may feel a little better about your own parenting chaos. Or at least your own laundry pile.
1. Meet some parents who are just trying to make it until nap time...
2. I'd give them a unicorn if it kept them quiet, Dr.
3. They can scream, but they can't flail? I love it!
Some parents are clearly improvising as they go.
4. You want to die from the cold? Fine. Die then.
5. NOT IN CHURCH
6. Tag, you're in.
7. If you cut the clip off, there's nothing to cry over, right?
That logic is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
8. Can someone drop me a med-pack? And some scotch?
9. Fingers crossed!
10. I'd send apology letters every time this happened, but the stamps are too expensive...
11. Everyone has THE CHAIR
Every family seems to have one of those rules nobody questions.
It also matches OP who stood up to in-laws criticizing their parenting, then got backlash.
12. Be good kids! OR ELSE
13. We don't lie to our children...
14. At least the kids will be clean for once!
15. Are you not supposed to tell them that?
16. It's fine; just scrape it off! Oh, no, we can't because it's ruined now. Okay.
17. You can't win at life, son.
18. Is soccer on today or tomorrow? Yesterday? Oh.
At this point, the schedule is just a suggestion.
19. It's good to teach your kids about other cultures at a young age.
20. Aim low and always be pleasantly surprised!
21. Oh yeah, we're done.
And that is how you survive parenthood with your sanity mostly intact.
For another dinner-time meltdown, read about the struggling dad whose lack of meal planning turned dinner into chaos.
