50 parents down to the last straw with their kids at home

Having kids at home all the time can be a struggle. Sure, it seems easy, but it doesn’t always turn out that way.

Between trying to work from home with the kids around to doing your best at homeschooling them, things can get interesting.

Things can also get oh so incredibly frustrating.

Here are fifty parents who are just about to give up:

#1 A written declaration of war

Having the kids home all the time can be a struggle. These parents found out the hard way when they were presented with this declaration of war to sign.

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#2 Just trying to work

This happened on the very first day her dad had to work from home. Yes, it’s pink slime. It may not be a good omen.

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#3 When you find out you’re raising a serial killer

“Don’t put your brother in the oven!” These are words no parent expects to say ever. At least it’s only a pretend oven. Let’s hope there are child safety locks on the real one.

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#4 When reality sinks in

Homeschooling does sound like it could possibly be a nice way to spend extra time with the family. However, it does not always work out that way.

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#5 When it all goes wrong

You want your kids to be happy, but there are some things that can’t be fixed. This might be one example.

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#6 Vector, vector!

Germs happen, especially with kids. However, when they happen to this degree in the middle of a pandemic, it might be time to skip that slice of cake…maybe even when not in the middle of a pandemic.

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#7 New pets

Her daughter swears that the pile of chalk is a turtle. She also demands that you give attention to the turtle. Are you ready to read stories to a pile of chalk?

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#8 Well, you tried

She dressed her kid up as Frida for an art project for his class. It turns out the project was supposed to be a drawing. The kids were always saying the instructions in art class were hard to follow. Now we believe.

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#9 Nothing left untouched

They thought it was safe to let their child run down the hallway for a minute. They forgot that the kitchen was on that same hallway. Yes, that’s a hand-print.

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#10 Just trying to work

This heroic parent is just trying to work and provide for her family during the coronavirus. The Spider-Man perched on the table behind her as a distraction is not helping at all.

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#11 The truth

Her kid had to write a journal entry for each day of homeschool. This was from one of the first days.

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#12 No, teaching is not a breeze

Homeschooling the kids almost sounds like fun. In some cases, it isn’t. It really isn’t.

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#13 Quarantine cuts

It can be hard to find a hairdresser that is open. In fact, it’s been impossible in many cases due to restrictions. This, however, is not the solution. And yes, she did it to herself.

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#14 Higher expectations

Sometimes, life is exactly how you want it. Unfortunately, it never seems to stay exactly how you want it.

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#15 What’s on the box

This kid was just following the instructions on the box – essentially. Maybe it’s time for homeschooling to include a lesson on false advertising.

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#16 Downright dangerous

If you hold babies and toddlers enough, you will eventually get a finger in your eye. That’s life. However, this mom lost the top layer of her cornea. Ouch. Parenting in these times should come with hazard pay.

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#17 Emergency trim

Because there aren’t enough emergencies happening already, now a haircut is being added to one parent’s list. How did this even happen?

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#18 No time off

Her son found some “stickers” in the bathroom. Here is the rather artistic result.

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#19 Lessons not learned

You would think that real-life experiences would be teaching opportunities. You might be wrong.

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#20 Social distancing the kid – from himself

Sometimes kids fight. Sometimes they even bite. But how do you give them a timeout or separate them if it’s only one kid, he bites himself, and then he cries about it?

There is nothing in the rule book for this.

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#21 A little trouble with the plumbing

No matter what they tried, there was a blockage in the toilet. Finally, one frustrated parent broke the ceramic to find out why. This is what they discovered.

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#22 A reason for concern

Sure, everything is fine at home. The kids are just playing with dolls. Oh, wait…

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#23 What happens when the snacks run out?

This seems like a good idea in theory, but what happens when the shelves are empty? Mutiny!

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#24 Statistical probabilities

There’s a chart, so it must be right. Right?

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#25 Chores

She found her son cleaning his potty with a toothbrush. It was her toothbrush.

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#26 Toilet paper scenario #3,602

There are apologies you never want to have to make. This is one of them.

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#27 When they don’t put things back

The kids decided to play with the vents and then left them open all day. What could possibly go wrong?

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#28 When nothing actually changes

When kids find a favorite movie, there is no stopping them from watching it until their eyes bleed. That’s just life.

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#29 When they break the TV

His daughter threw a toy at the TV screen and broke it. Now, she wants to know why it’s broken.

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#30 Still broken

That moment when you watch the broken TV anyway. After all, it’s only day two of a six-week quarantine.

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#31 Tasks

They said they were bored. He gave them computers to rebuild.

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#32 A cry for help

Usually, it’s the kids playing with chalk in the driveway. However, these are strange times.

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#33 Finally getting work done

Working from home can be difficult with kids. People will try anything. However, we can’t actually recommend this method.

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#34 The zombies have arrived

They promised there would be no zombies with the coronavirus. It seems that they lied. This parent just wanted a quiet space to work in.

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#35 Toilet paper scenario #4,238

We do not want to know how this happened. We do not want to know how long it took to get out of the carpet. There are so many things we genuinely do not want to know.

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#36 Small zombie

They get smaller every year. Kids really are struggling with the concept of parents working from home.

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#37 Home haircut

Her kid cut his own hair. She decided to have a little fun with it before fixing it.

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#38 Learning the ABCs

Homeschooling seemed like it could be a blast. These parents will forever have a reminder of it.

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#39 The cat needs help

Pets used to rule the house when we were gone all day. Now, even they are getting a little too much attention. They need their alone time too!

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#40 The living room will never be the same

When there’s nothing to do, and the kids are home all day, they slowly spread out from their rooms. This is the result.

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#41 Disaster

Kids get into things. In fact, kids get into lots of things. We hope some of that comes off.

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#42 The new supervisor

Working from home sounds nice. There’s no one looking over your shoulder or standing over you and demanding things. Oh, wait. This might actually be worse.

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#43 Getting creative

They’re playing Dungeons and Dragons. Here is the health and initiative tracker they came up with.

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#44 Homeschooling

They were supposed to be homeschooling. This is what was actually happening.

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#45 When you try

Their parents spent $100 on LEGOs so they wouldn’t be bored while stuck at home. This is what they chose to play with instead.

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#46 Toilet paper scenario #5,235

With all of the concern over toilet paper, many people stocked up. This is what children do when you try to stock up on toilet paper.

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#47 Working was never easier

He’s trying to have a business video call. This is how it is currently going.

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#48 When you run out of reasonable excuses

Her kid wanted her to wear her old wedding dress to have tea with them. She couldn’t think of a reason not to.

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#49 It’s all going to the dogs

Clearly, mom has given up on homeschooling. We wonder how the dog is doing so far.

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#50 Signing off

This seven-year-old tried to blame the crayon drawings on the wall on his sister. It nearly worked. Unfortunately for him, his signature gave him away.

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