“I pulled a 180 on toddler ’leashes‘ — like the backpack or the wristband. My toddler specializes in getting into the most dangerous situation possible at all times.”

"My 4-year-old seems to have absolutely no regard for her personal safety. She’ll do something dangerous, get hurt, then go do it again when she calms down (this is where I step in and say no). We call her Danger Baby, and now she calls herself that, too."

"I drive my kids to school, and they are such a pain that they just have breakfast in the car now. They used to have breakfast at home, and it was a nightmare. Now 'get in the car' means 'go eat in the car,' which they love, and it’s like getting goats to go to the pen on their own. The downside is that they trash it completely; it’s absolute filth, and my wife rarely drives, so she’s not affected by it — just me."

"Especially if the tantrum is because they’re bored and don’t want to run the errand. Then you definitely can’t take them out of the store! That reinforces the tantrum!!"

"Those nap drives are expensive in this economy lol, but oftentimes it’s the only way to make it happen. I swore I wouldn’t use easy crutches like that, but it’s better for all of us if he naps."

"I'm currently on my catch-up shit, after having to pinch it off when the scream-crying started."

"My job operates on a four-day workweek with Fridays off, and I still send my kiddo to daycare on Fridays. That becomes my get-life-stuff-done day (grocery shopping, medical appointments, laundry, cleaning, etc.), or I just chill out if I had a hard week. If I get some focus time on Friday, then we can actually relax and do fun things as a family on the weekend. I felt guilty about it at first, but my kid loves his daycare, and I’m already paying for it, so he might as well go!"

"Every single friend of mine who potty trained early dealt with regression later on. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. Both my kids potty trained right around 3 years old, and it was fast and easy because they were ready. We didn’t deal with regression either."

"TV was a lifesaver when our neighbor had an emergency, and I needed to apply first aid and monitor for the ambulance. 'Hey buddy, here is your first introduction to Bluey. Do not leave the couch!'"

"My daughter got panic attacks to the point of hyperventilating and choking when we tried to sleep train. Sometimes we don't have a choice. 😮‍💨 I never fully recovered from the sleep deprivation. Hallucinating was scary."

"You think I don’t know the difference between your real cry and your fake cry? NO, THIS IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO GET MY ATTENTION. This is a good way to get sent to your room to pretend to cool off from your pretend problem that you were pretend-crying about. I don’t even have to be in the room to know it’s a fake-out. If it’s a real cry, I’m there in half a second. I know everything about you, tiny person; that is how I’ve tricked you into thinking I can actually read your mind."

"A random woman asked my 2-year-old daughter, 'Where are your shoes?' when behind us at the grocery store checkout line, in the most passive, judgey voice. Ma’am, unless I want to lose her shoes in the store, they get left in the car, and she gets thrown right into the shopping cart. Thank you very much!"

"This was the one for me. I was also going to only offer them whole vegetables and fruit as snacks, nothing packaged. Ain't nobody got time for all that. Wish I did!"

"Haha, me with my 6-year-old at the zoo. She’s only 37 pounds, but I’m absolutely not carrying her. Plus, it holds all my stuff. That’s pretty much the only time I use it now, though."

"Yes, sometimes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; other times, when the apple falls, it rolls down a hill into a ditch and floats out to sea..."

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