Parenting at the beginning can be challenging especially when you are just learning how to be around kids. Young kids and particularly toddlers can be quite spontaneous and hyperactive, and sometimes with their behavior can even drive you crazy.
However, even when they might be misbehaving, they can be quite adorable and you as a parent, you will probably find it difficult even to think to discipline them. And that’s totally fine as these are probably the moments are that you’ll look back on fondly.
Here are 52 kids who know just how to push their parents’ buttons.
1. Yum
As a parent, you get used to much grosser things than this. It’s pretty icky, but almost any mom or dad would just fish it out and keep going.
This was the moment she realized that putting a marker on her lips wasn’t a good idea. Not only do her parents have to deal with the stain but also their daughter’s distress.
This should be a reminder to parents not to tell their kids too much about their coworkers. You never know when they’ll say something that’ll make things kind of awkward at the office.
One little boy found out that emergency services still respond to those old junky phones. They might not be iPhones, but they’ll bring the police to your door.
You might wonder how this kid managed to get on top of the car — that’s if you don’t have kids, of course. If you’re a parent, you know how fast they are.
This two-year-old had just enough time alone with the paper shredder to destroy something pretty important. What was it? Oh, just $1,000 his parents had saved for season football tickets.
One young boy was deeply concerned about the welfare of the family horse…in the middle of the night. So, he marched him straight into his parents’ bedroom.
This dad probably thought his son was right behind him. But miraculously and terrifyingly, he managed to scale 20 feet of shelving. They probably won’t go back to Lowe’s for a while.
When you have kids, it seems as though you spend a fortune on tiny socks. But then, you can’t find them. This parent found dozens of missing socks but not one is a pair.
Be very careful about letting your toddler mindlessly mess with your phone, especially if you have a pizza app that doesn’t ask for payment confirmation. You might end up with a $94 surprise.
When one dad got tired of his kids misplacing the remotes, he came up with a genius solution. It might not look pretty, but he’d reached his breaking point.
You think you can leave something out for just a few minutes and there’s no way your kid will find it. Then you’re gone for a mere 30 seconds and there’s a Nesquik explosion.
Three-year-old kids are masters of the question “Why?” One parent decided to keep track of how many times their toddler asked it in a day. No caption needed.
Trick-or-treating with your kids is really fun, but some things can make it stressful. Like this mom who wouldn’t let her kid run in the road. What a jerk.
When one parent asked their child to “help them with laundry,” the child had an interesting interpretation of that. Who knew that meant “put your pants in the toilet”?
Napping with a child can be really nice and snuggly, sometimes. Other times it looks a bit more like this. Now you know why some parents refuse to do it.
Kids often ask for snacks and then get distracted before they finish. But this kid might just hold a world record for “shortest amount of time eating an apple.”
A shower with glass doors is a great thing to have…unless you have a toddler, that is. Hey, at least you can keep the door shut, unlike with a shower curtain.
Hey, what’s the toddler been doing for the last hour? She’s been awfully quiet. You might want to check and see if she’s been trying to unlock the iPad over and over again.
Why is the toddler crying, you ask? Well, she asked for ravioli for dinner and she got ravioli. How was her mom supposed to know she suddenly hates ravioli?
Once your kids reach school age, you have new challenges to deal with. For example, waiting for them to finish doing their homework. Talk about an eternity.
41. Why won’t you let her throw books at your face?
This poor baby is weeping because her parent is the absolute worst. All she wanted to do was hurl books at her mom’s face, which resulted in a “no.” Poor kid.