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In times of social media, the pressure to be a perfect mom, woman, wife, daughter, a female version of a superhuman is beyond words.

It takes one scroll through the feed and you see breastfeeding moms running marathons, moms nailing their fashionable OOTDs (Outfit Of The Day), moms winning awards, landing campaigns, and ruling the world in what feels like a 40-hour-long day. Just look at Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission known as the “Mother of the Nation” while being a mother to 7 children. The question is “how?” and it’s probably an open-ended one.

So this parody Instagram account Moms Behaving Badly is a breath of fresh air. It brings moms back from the sky highs of infinite perfection right down to earth where the hot messes, aka the rest of us, live. No wonder the page has a whopping 1 million followers, showing how much its content resonates with people. Below we selected some of the most hilarious posts from Moms Behaving Badly, so scroll down and enjoy!

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Amy Watson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And re-reading the same book 900x to someone and then getting told that somebody else does it better and you are doing it all wrong. And the book must be either mysteriously sticky, wet, or both.

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Kathryn Baylis
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But having to clean boogers, mystery food, and unidentifiable “stuff” off of the book—-as well as everything else the child touched—-then sanitize it first.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a freshman in high school, every student in home economics was assigned a life-like baby doll for 24 hours that had to be transported and treated as if it were real. You were required to tote it from class to class and then take it home. I was given a stroller and other relevent items. It would randomly cry at all hours day and night. To get it to stop you had to pick it up and put this key-like pin in the back and hold it in until it stopped crying, which could take awhile. I believe it also had to have diapers changed. As well, it had censors to know when it was dropped or moved or if you let it cry too long before putting in the pin. It would log all this info and if it was dropped or you failed to put the pin in promptly when it cried, you failed your entire home economics class. Pretty sophisticated for early 90s tech. And no one in school could make fun of you because we all had to have our turn with it. I thought the entire exercise was amusing and a really good lesson because that baby was annoying as hell and you had to take it with you no matter where you went. Afterwards, I could only imagine how much worse a real child would be.

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Helena Houzarová
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is nice as a motivation not to have a baby, but completely useless in terms of HOW not to have a baby.

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Foxxy (The Original)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That doesn't explain about STDs and the reproductive system etc. Proper education is vital.

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Gladys Hayes Southerland
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After each student has been forced to stay up all night listening to a crying baby recording on loop. Said student must be on time & alert in class the next morning.

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A Random Potato
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't forget about trying to get them to eat, sleep, and do anything else that helps them survive!

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Eb
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And after 8 hours someone else comes in and asks what's for dinner and why you look and the house look like sh!t.

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Jody Whitmarsh
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And stepping on Legos or other small, hard toy. Also, having food crumbs in your drink

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Rens
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Add random, unknown sticky/crusty/crumbly debris in your bed, shoes, pockets and every kid-level surface....

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HaventGotaHew
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah having an unwinnable argument with someone who speaks another language while Baby Shark is on repeat.

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L1z
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't sex education, it's a form of birth control and abstinence encouragement. Not a bad thing though lol

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LagoonaBlueColleen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The deterrent should be having kids while a teen and living at home. You should have the sound of your parent shouting at you to stop your baby cry with some old-fashioned trick that, with a baby crying even louder cos of the built up tension and hostility, and being threatened to be kicked out of the house with your baby and nowhere to go.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, 16 And Pregnant and the first season of Teen Mom is sometimes accurate on that, but not everyone watches it, and you never know what is for the camera. It hits harder when it's more personally closer. Which reminds me. I knew someone that was given one of those baby dolls in High School. She got a failing mark cos her little brother threw the baby doll down the stairs. So, that's another warning for little teenagers to not have babies too young and living at home with siblings. LOL jkjk. But, yeah, I agree with you there.

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Joybug
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Standing over a cot rubbing a baby's back at 2am for 2 hours

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ImNotVerySocial
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And getting sick a lot but not being able to stay in bed and rest because you have a kid to take care of(and teach the teens about the horrors and pains of stds/stis etc)

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Abby Harrison
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol id get thrown out that class. id stab the fake baby. and brake the tv

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Huzzir Zakaria
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One won't knw how sweet a sugar is unless one"s tried the taste of bitterness. The same goes here, believe me that all those heart wrenching cries, headache inducing screams will be missed (I kid u not) once the kids grew up! I m a 47yo grandpa with 2 sweet grandchild, and I wouldn't trade it for the experience sitting them, the laughter, cries, diapers etc... Update : or at least, the "bitter" experience of having a baby (and/or child) would make one realized how much sweet (and more) somethings that one's taking for a granted before and thus (being) prepared (for them, now seemingly sweet things 😅) the next time they happens! 🙏🌹

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Elizabeth VanDyke
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like good birth control to me. It's been my experience that kids as young as 10 or 11 know exactly how babies are made.

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Adam L
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disney freakin Junior..... although the wife and I absolutely love the show Bluey now

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Ace Girl
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL. Now THAT would be effective abstinence sex-ed, lol.

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Laura Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And stepping on multiple Legos while a toddler shouts they can't sleep without Binky Bear.

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Mazer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that so much more ought to be added to this. *students must be sleep deprived *add the smell of soiled diapers *Add a baby doll that pukes at least four times a day * include a budget and a list of what parents require daily just for the baby * Set up a mock store, which is low on diapers, formula and wet ones etc..when one adds more and negative impacts of reality, it might make a deeper impact

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Diana van Boxel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just don’t have children. Nasty little buggers. I don’t get it!! Animals are so much cuter

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Lisa Valen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. Just make 'em watch "The Upside Down Show" for 3 hours. If that doesn't promote abstinence, safe sex or whatever, nothing will

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anthony moring
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You also have to play "Why is the cheerio wet? When did I give you the cheerio?" 3x a day

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Lori
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Keep you awake all night, then projectile vomit down your back.

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tammi cooke
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And having a toddler ask why about everything at the same time.

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Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. The pressure society puts on moms is unbelievable. Expecting moms are told countless ways how they “should" give birth, feed their baby, build their career, promote a healthy relationship with the baby, and so on and so on. Meanwhile, moms who delivered a baby are expected to “get back on track,” meaning life, work, family duties, body shape and size should be the way society wants. If not, many moms feel like they failed, hence self-worth problems and even depression may emerge.

This survey commissioned by TIME found that half of 913 new mothers that participated had experienced regret, shame, guilt or anger, mostly due to unexpected complications and lack of support. And that’s not all.

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More than 70% felt pressured to do things a certain way. More than half said a natural birth was extremely or very important, yet 43% wound up needing drugs or an epidural, and 22% had unplanned C-sections. Breastfeeding, too, proved a greater challenge than anticipated. Out of the 20% who planned to breastfeed for at least a year, fewer than half actually did.

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The majority of mothers in the survey pointed to “society in general” as the source of the pressure, followed by doctors and other mothers. Sadly, this has become the new norm and not many women dare to publicly talk about it in fear of being dubbed “selfish” and “not good enough.”

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So no wonder so many women these days choose to stay single and/or childfree. Contrary to common belief, a new study found child-free people are as happy as parents, with the authors surprised by just how many men and women indicated they didn’t want to have kids. The result follows the larger trend of Americans having fewer children in general: the U.S. birth rate fell to a record low last year and there could be 300,000 to 500,000 fewer births in 2021, according to some estimates.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, and I'm never quite sure whether I'm deep cleaning BECAUSE I'm mad at the world and being passive- aggressive about it and want them to slowly back away from the crazy lady with the scrub brush and bleach, or whether I'm mad at the world because I'm having to deep clean AGAIN and I'm the only person doing it.

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So to find out more about why more and more women consciously decide to opt out from parenthood, we spoke with the relationship coach Jane Parker. “I think there are many possible reasons and each woman who chooses to be childfree and/or single has a unique reason for themselves,” she told Bored Panda.

Parker explained that some women realize that their career is more important to them than having children or getting married. “Devoting your life to caring for another is a very big choice to make, and not all women want to commit to that. Life without children can create more ease for adventure, unlimited possibilities, and freedom of choice.”

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And I Have A Headache

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm on Bored Panda. I should be asleep by now. Naw, one more comment.

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Another reason may be finances. “Maybe some women just love the idea of only needing to think and take care of only themselves and aren't willing to make the sacrifices that parenting requires,” Parker said.The relationship coach said that childfree women may not want the responsibility of raising a child or, quite simply, “they love their life exactly how it is and don't want to change it to fit around a child.”

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Not A Good Look On Me

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

me. and don't even get me started on how Look like when I take it off.

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If This Ain’t The Truth!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS! You people have conditioned me to yell because apparently you’re deaf otherwise!

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Surprise! I’m Not Really A Troll

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witchling
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah. When you get a good nights sleep and someone says wow! you look great today. What do I normally look like???

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Donna Clanclan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You might not be wrong though. My hubby doesn't use soap. Just rinses the dishes and puts them away...wet, with food still stuck on. 'It's good enough!' No...no it really isn't.

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Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like breakfast, but sometimes I'm just not in the mood right after waking up, you know? Why force it on yourself.

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Right?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's only two things I like since entering my adult years one is food.

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Friday Giggles!

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