For your sanity

Sometimes as a parent you need to take shortcuts like skipping the kids bath for a few days and just wiping them down with a baby wipe.

Sometimes you need to lock the door to the bathroom and take an extra long shower with the music blaring.

Sometimes you need to put your kid in timeout and let them sit there until you can deal with them.

Sometimes you need to just walk away from them at the grocery store when they are throwing a tantrum and say "They aren't mine."

Sometimes in front of other parents you need to pretend like you actually care what your child eats, drinks, and watches on tv, even if you really don't.

Sometimes you need to pretend like you were listening to your kid when they spent 20 minutes telling you a story that could have been told in 2 minutes.

Sometimes you need to tell your spouse that you fed the kids something good for dinner when you really were too tired so you let them eat chips instead.

Sometimes you just need a night out, even if that night is every night of the week.

And sometimes you need to just get the hell over it, you had kids and they are terrible monsters, one day years from now you will see your justice served when they have their own kids who are even worse than them!