A lot of parents are aware that planning anything with children is useless. There is a very good chance that nothing will be the same. Since children often see the world extraordinary, most of them don’t even try to conform to other people’s ideas about how to behave. They do such things that moms, dads and other adults can only exhale and say to themselves, “Be calm, just be calm!”

And in the bonus section, you’ll find out about how hard it is sometimes to guess what it means to be a cool parent.

“Would you pay 3 chocolate coins and 1 cookie for these nails? Courtesy of my 2.5-year-old daughter.”

Sounds like she’s under charging! Better tip extra! © Lookitsacoconut / Reddit

“I made my kid a sandbox outside the house. But something went wrong…”

My son came running up to me claiming he found a snake with legs while mowing… So I was intrigued and instantly ran to the backyard with him! And there it was…”

© Taskmaster_Fanatic / Reddit

“The legs were that of a half-eaten frog. He then rescued the little frog and carried the snake back into a field. Fun day.”

“Today I realized why mums appreciate wooden eco toys so much. Turns out they don’t drown in the toilet.”

© Ksena93 / Pikabu

“I know they look tasty, but they have ‘soap’ stamped into them.”

© wwwwweeeeelllll / Reddit

I don’t think the little biter can read yet… © Rippling_Debt / Reddit

“I can’t see anything!”

© CyclingBicyclopse / Reddit

“In our child’s class chat: ’Dear parents! The school has a lot of lost items. They are all stored in front of the cloakroom. If you need anything, please contact me.’”

© VadimEkb / Pikabu

“My daughter said she could put her own ketchup on her plate.”

“My 8-year-old daughter trolling me”

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“I found where my 3-year-old twins have been hiding my loose change.”