We were all perfect parents once. Then we had kids.

Right?

We all have these preconceived notions about parenthood before we get tossed into the chaos of children. We have all these thoughts and ideas and plans of how we will parent. Oh, and we can’t forget the rules we have in store for our future children! We are sure to take the best ones we were raised with and mix them with a few we wanted to change growing up and then sprinkle in some of our very own. I’ve been there! (I’m sure my mother is laughing reading this.)

Then we bring the baby home and it grows into a toddler and then eventually a big kid. By that point, we’ve probably had one or two or three more kids. All of those perfect parenting trophies we thought we could win have been lost in oblivion of children. (I mean, who knew we would be #pandemicparenting anyway?!)

Here are just a few of those ‘rules’ many of us Knoxville Moms Contributors had in store for our future selves and children. Let’s all laugh together in solidarity, shall we?

Read the rest over on Knoxville Moms.