Pics That Show Exactly How Hard It Is To Be A Parent

Most parents don't relish in having to take extreme measures in order to help correct their kid's behavior, but sometimes the little brats just leave you no choice but to try to give them a harsh wake-up call.

The worst part is that no matter how many times you rationally explain why they are wrong or why something is okay, they insist that there is a problem. Just eat the dumpling, please.

There are so many things that this little girl could have drawn on, but somehow she decided that her passport was the best option. Looks like no one is flying anywhere soon.

Just when you think you might have some peace and quiet, the baby is screaming. You know what? I should be screaming. I have a mortgage, taxes, and stiff hips.

Kids think that they are so slick with their hiding spots even though they are hiding in objectively the worst places ever, but you have to pretend they did a good job so you don't ruin the game.

Sometimes kids think that they're so slick with their lies, and you want to face palm by not only how upsetting that it is that they're lying to you, but also that they're just so bad at it.

They ask for something specific from you so you do it, and then they act in absolute disregard for it anyway. What do you want me to do, kiddo? Please, just make sense.

You can't enjoy anything without at least one set of grubby hands trying to get in on the snack. You have to resort to hiding snacks like a woodland animal in your own home.

You go out of your way to do a nice thing for them, and next thing you know they're complaining because it's not exactly what they wanted. Occasionally you regret bringing them into the world at all.

Being a parent turns you into a behavioral analyst as you try to determine what punishment will have enough impact to get your kid to change. However, preventing the T.V. from being plugged in is a nice start.

Imagine this: your children are fully-functioning grown ups who have their own lives away from you. You think you've finally escaped the barrage of asinine questions you used to deal with only for your grandchildren to be born.

You come home from work early the day before the test and sit with them for hours at the dining room table trying to help them figure out geography, and then they have the audacity to bring this home.

It can be really wholesome and heartwarming when your kids want to help you do things, but they don't realize that they slow you down more than anything. Now you have to think of a fake task for them, like "painting" the fence with water.

You start out parenting knowing that it's going to be a challenge, but you're still hopeful that you can do a good job shaping them into well-behaved kids. Eventually, you're just resigned to the fact that they are little walking disasters.

This parent was just trying to prepare breakfast when she opened the box of Lucky Charms and found out that her four-year-old daughter had eaten all the marshmallows and put the box back in the cupboard.

Everyone wants to believe that they have a smart kid, but then your kid does something like this instead of, I don't know, folding it, and you have to wonder how this little idiot shares half of your DNA.

Whenever something goes wrong in the house or someone misbehaves, it's always someone else's fault—the dog's, their siblings', the ghost in the house. That, or they simply have no idea who could've done such a thing.

Maybe you're just trying to take a nice photo, or you think you can turn your back for a few seconds, and suddenly you have an injured toddler crying on your floor.

Kids will have absolute meltdowns over the tiniest and most random things. You can't even try to avoid them because something as harmless as the word "green" will send them into tears.

Parenting is a lot like trying to rationalize and negotiate with a person with no sense of reason and a predisposition to take the worst action possible and then you also have to care for them.

This dad spent an entire week refinishing this table and when he was finally done, he went inside to get a drink of water for 30 seconds. In that time, his toddler found the sandpaper and did this.

Even when your kids are trying their best to be helpful toward you, they somehow manage to make things so much worse for you. They offer to carry groceries and break the eggs. They see you hate paying for gas and then flood the car with water.

My all-time favorite tactic is when the kids try to blame the dog or cat, a creature who doesn't have opposable thumbs, for drawing on the walls as if it's a plausible tale.

You think that taking the kids on a family vacation will be lots of fun and that taking pics with memorialize it, but every photo ends up looking just like this.

In this kid's defense, he asked Santa how he was doing before writing the rest of the letter and, frankly, a link is the best way to make sure Santa knows exactly what he wants.

Most of the time, you child is a sweet little being that you love with your whole heart. However, on occasion, your kids take it upon themselves to tell you the most disturbing things you've ever heard in your life.

Parenting means letting go of privacy completely. Even bathroom time is family time when you have a toddler. They take interest and want to be a part of all your activities.

This is one of the many instances where you take one for the team and let the child win because if they're happy, your life gets easier. So technically, it's a win for you too, even if your office is now caged.

If only that child knew how much it costs to buy a Mac laptop. I'm sure they think it now looks prettier, but good luck looking professional at the next work meeting with that.

Wine is like a parent's best friend. Children should thank it for providing their parents with patience and calm when they have to abandon their entire night to help with homework.

This is basically the worst thing you could do to a strawberry. Not only is it very disappointing for the person who went looking for the strawberries next, but there is so much left on each strawberry...

This parent is a lawyer, so their son made them sign a contract that they could not get at mad them before telling them something. I'm sensing another lawyer in the making in the family.

Parent life means watching cartoons all day, sippy cups, and screaming children who find any and every reason to fight. Luckily, there's always the angel child that just never seems to get caught doing anything bad.

Here a story every parent can relate to, told by a parent herself:

"'Mom, I'm going to boil an egg to have on toast.' Me yelling back from the bathroom, 'Just give me a sec & I’ll show 'BOOM'... What was that?' My son had got an already boiled egg out of the fridge to boil in the microwave. He didn’t know it was boiled prior."

A parent gave her 2-year-old a slice of cheese to eat while she was watching some Paw Patrol. When she checked on her a few minutes later, the cheese was slapped on the wall. Did you even know that cheese could do that?

It's all about multitasking. This way, he still gets to play his video games and his daughters get to play dress-up with him. As long as he always wears socks in public, no one will even notice his multicolored toenails.