Charlize Theron Parenting is All Of Us
My favorite kind of parent are those who don't pretend life is glitter and butterflies all the time. Let's be honest: if your kid has never been in timeout or had that mean-fast-parent-walk head towards them, you should get some sort of medal.
I'm pretty real when it comes to my kids, their attitudes, my attitude and why sometimes the kids aren't my favorite little people in the world. I know I may have taken it too far when family members start reminding me, "They're good kids." This is true. But today they need to be "good kids" in their room. With the door closed.
It's this kind of real talk that made me fall in love with Charlize Theron just a little bit more. Let's all take a moment and relish in her parenting honesty:
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Yeeessss!!! Kids will be kids. Sometimes their insanity and endless giggling makes me laugh and smile, but after the 15th time out of bed when "I just want to watch my grown-up show!!" things get real.
Parenting is hard. Being a kid is hard, too. When your kid acts up, he's not the devil or the worst kid in the world. He's normal! When you get mad because said kid acts up, you're normal! If we can't laugh at our reality, then what on earth are we doing? I'll tell you what we're doing--slowly dying inside because of the guilt, stress and anxiety we're causing ourselves.
So the next time you want to post on social media about what a blessing and joy your kids are--go for it. Just don't forget to add in those posts where you're over it. Trust me when I tell you the parental troops will rally because you. are. not. alone.
And just in case you don't believe me, here are some my favorite Instagram parents you should be following.
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And we got an EXTRA day off of school for the Presidents Day Weekend! “Hooray!” #kidsaretheworst
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" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monday's are always difficult, and not just because it's the start of the working week. @mother_of_daughters heads offbat 4.45am to have a break from us to work, leaving me in charge of coordinating both the am & pm routines which can be more challenging than starting a fire with a tray of ice cubes. As the sun rose, everything was fine, but I can only assume that Ottie urinated in delilah's imaginary tea in the home corner at nursery, as upon arriving at home this evening, world war 3. Delilah silently decided to use Ottie as a budget floor mop & dragged her by the hair through her own dinner like a plough, forcing me to reluctantly dust off my invisible referees outfit once again & quite literally keep them at arm's length from eachother until bedtime. Who else out there just loves Mondays? #thatgirlcanholdagrudge #dadreferee #catfight #twins #comehomeclemmie #toddlerhairtransplantrequired #fatherofdaughters #dadlofe #fod #instadad
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So when you feel like you are sucking it up at this parenting gig, I suggest you find yourself a nice, dark closet. Bring your favorite treat and/or drink and hide away for 10 minutes. Maybe 20. Or at least until it gets eerily quiet and you have no choice but to find out what depths of hell have quietly awoken. Best of luck. Just know I fully support you and whatever choices you make today. I especially support you if it means you ignoring the laundry to giggle with someone who needed extra love (even if that someone is you).
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