Being a parent is challenging in the best of times, but add a pandemic on top of that and your kids might drive you even crazier than usual. Bored Panda has collected some of the funniest things that parents are sharing about their everyday quarantine struggles raising their kids, so scroll down, upvote your favorites, and drop us a comment if you’re parents yourselves, dear Readers. When you’re done with this list, check out our earlier post about the funny pics that parents stuck in quarantine with their kids have shared.

Bored Panda reached out to Lenore Skenazy, president of the nonprofit organization Let Grow that is dedicated to fighting overprotection, promoting independence, and making kids “future-proof.” We spoke with Lenore to learn about how kids having more unstructured time and independence because of the quarantine is a positive thing. “Before the pandemic, a whole lot of kids were scheduled to the max: school, super-short recess, more school, extracurriculars, sports, homework, reading for the reading log (which is also homework!), sleep, repeat,” she told us.

“Zero unstructured time was making kids anxious. More than two-thirds of teens said anxiety and depression were ‘major problems among their peers,’ according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey, and by the way, this pressurized childhood was not just among the one percent. Across the economic spectrum, parents felt they were supposed to schedule, hover—even ‘helicopter’ their kids.” Scroll down for the rest of our in-depth interview with Lenore.

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My Wife Dressed My Son Up As Frida For A Project For His Class To Recreate Her Art. Today In His Zoom Meeting We Found Out That Meant A Drawing Or Painting

My Wife Dressed My Son Up As Frida For A Project For His Class To Recreate Her Art. Today In His Zoom Meeting We Found Out That Meant A Drawing Or Painting

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    These Are Troubling Times

    These Are Troubling Times

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    Lockdown Day 17. In Case Anyone Is Wondering How Us Parents Are Doing, This Is My 3-Year-Old Cleaning His Potty With My Toothbrush

    Lockdown Day 17. In Case Anyone Is Wondering How Us Parents Are Doing, This Is My 3-Year-Old Cleaning His Potty With My Toothbrush

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    He's Crying Because He Bit His Own Arm

    He's Crying Because He Bit His Own Arm

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    Quarantine Day 37: The Kids Are Trying To Cook Each Other

    Quarantine Day 37: The Kids Are Trying To Cook Each Other

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    Do You Laugh Or Throw More Bread At Him?

    Do You Laugh Or Throw More Bread At Him?

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    #7

    "Now I Know My Abc's, I’ll Write Them On Our SUV"

    "Now I Know My Abc's, I’ll Write Them On Our SUV"

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    My 3-Year-Old Daughter Set Her Chalk Up This Way & Demands It's A Turtle. She Made Me Pet It Twice

    My 3-Year-Old Daughter Set Her Chalk Up This Way & Demands It's A Turtle. She Made Me Pet It Twice

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    It could be worse. She could have painted the turtle on the floor.

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    My 3,5-Year-Old Ran Inside To Go To The Bathroom, But Apparently Took A Detour For A Fistful Of Brownies. There's Literally A Handprint In The Middle Of The Pan

    My 3,5-Year-Old Ran Inside To Go To The Bathroom, But Apparently Took A Detour For A Fistful Of Brownies. There's Literally A Handprint In The Middle Of The Pan

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    Quarantine Is Going Awesome

    Quarantine Is Going Awesome

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    My Daughter Backed Into A Light Pole And Promptly Got Out Of The Vehicle And Fled The Scene. Her Very First Hit And Run

    My Daughter Backed Into A Light Pole And Promptly Got Out Of The Vehicle And Fled The Scene. Her Very First Hit And Run

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    #12

    Cereal Bowls

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    My Son Found Some "Stickers" In The Bathroom

    My Son Found Some "Stickers" In The Bathroom

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    An Actual Text I Had To Send Today. I'm So Tired

    An Actual Text I Had To Send Today. I'm So Tired

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    Let The Fun Begin

    Let The Fun Begin

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    No Explanation Needed

    No Explanation Needed

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    My Son Stuck His Finger In My Eye And Scratched Off The Whole Top Layer Of My Cornea

    My Son Stuck His Finger In My Eye And Scratched Off The Whole Top Layer Of My Cornea

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    #18

    She Wanted A Bath

    She Wanted A Bath

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    Kid Decided To Play With The Vents In The House Today. What A Brilliant Idea To Leave Them Open

    Kid Decided To Play With The Vents In The House Today. What A Brilliant Idea To Leave Them Open

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    Frozen

    Frozen

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    3-Year-Old Threw A Toy Through The TV Screen This Morning. Now She Keeps Trying To Turn It On Saying "It's Broken". Yeah, No S**t Professor

    3-Year-Old Threw A Toy Through The TV Screen This Morning. Now She Keeps Trying To Turn It On Saying "It's Broken". Yeah, No S**t Professor

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    #22

    Thank You, Children, Very Cool

    Thank You, Children, Very Cool

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    My Daughter Found Scissors And Cut Her Hair. Now She Looks Like Yolandi

    My Daughter Found Scissors And Cut Her Hair. Now She Looks Like Yolandi

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    My Son Is At His Dad's For The Weekend And It Turns Out Today Is The Day He Gets A Haircut

    My Son Is At His Dad's For The Weekend And It Turns Out Today Is The Day He Gets A Haircut

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    My 7-Year-Old Drew On The Walls And Furniture In His Bedroom And Tried To Pin In On His 3-Year-Old Sister. He Almost Got Away With It, But As A Good Artist Should, He Signed It With His Name

    My 7-Year-Old Drew On The Walls And Furniture In His Bedroom And Tried To Pin In On His 3-Year-Old Sister. He Almost Got Away With It, But As A Good Artist Should, He Signed It With His Name

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    Had To Replace And Shatter My Toilet To See What The Blockage Was. My 2-Year-Old Had Flushed Sully In There. Even He Looks Guilty

    Had To Replace And Shatter My Toilet To See What The Blockage Was. My 2-Year-Old Had Flushed Sully In There. Even He Looks Guilty

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