12 Back-to-School Scenarios That Give Parents and Kids All Too Real Feelings

Parents: All hail the end of the long, lazy days filled with "I'm bored."

Kids: "It's not fair!"

Parents: "Do not touch anything that isn't on that ridiculously long supply list."

Kids: "Please can I have the giant toolbox of crayons? I NEED THEM."

Parents: Finally, the kids will be in bed early enough before you pass out that a Netflix binge can be remotely possible.

Kids: "I won't go to sleep early! I won't!"

Parents: Hello, easy-to-make sandwiches, and goodbye, gourmet lunches.

Kids: "Peanut butter and jelly?! That's it?"

Parents: It takes a minute to have to force yourself awake before your kids, but you'll manage it in the end.

Kids: "Yeah, hell to the no."

Parents: You don't want any of the other moms to see you in the clothes you wore all Summer, but you have literally nothing to wear that isn't grass stained or full of popsicle juice.

Kids: They're so upset about going back to school that they don't even care about all the cool clothes you bought them.

Parents: Like a drill sergeant, you're going to get those kids out of your house if it's the last thing you do.

Kids: They're going to do everything they can to prolong the inevitable.

Parents: "Byeeeee, kids!"

Kids: Whether they're clingy or not, chances are they're not going to let you go so easily at drop-off.

Parents: But wait, actually you really are going to miss them a lot now that they've left.

Kids: They literally can't wait to get out of school and be free again as soon as you've left them.

Parents: Despite missing the kids, you're going to miss how quiet it was for the last few hours more.

Kids: They're so happy to be free, and you're bracing yourself for the long night ahead.

Parents: Just another year of you googling how to do algebra for second graders.

Kids: Like every year, they can't believe they have to do schoolwork all day and then be forced by you to do more later when the iPad is burning a hole into their nightstand.