The world is a hot mess. Your career is a struggle, your kids are literally always in your face, and somewhere in the middle of it all, you’re sure you’re screwing everything up.
Listen – I can’t fix any of that for you, any more than I can fix it for me. But I – and these 13 parenting memes, can make you feel less alone.
And isn’t that kind of the same thing?
13. Even the air tastes different.
It tastes like freedom.
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12. Luckily, we’re parents, so voices are no trouble.
We can do this all day.
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11. You go ahead and accept that award.
But we all know it was just dumb luck.
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10. Not saying this isn’t impressive, but…
Every place should have a diaper station. Seriously.
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9. Best of luck.
You’ll probably need the entire bottle.
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8. You want to save them from themselves.
But you know it’s probably not going to work.
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7. Why are they always so angry?
Food is delicious!
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6. It’s like they know.
And they just want to prove their dominance.
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5. I see that face.
I have made that face.
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4. Every day is a new chance.
If only your kids wanted to embrace that, too.
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3. Cooking meals is just about the worst.
And it never, ever ends.
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2. It’s probably true.
But also you really want it to be true. For so many reasons.
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1. Yeah don’t bother.
That’s never going to happen.
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Take a deep breath, blow it out, and take three more.
We’ve got this, y’all.