13 Struggles Only a TV-Obsessed Mom Can Understand

It's one thing to be a TV junkie, but it's quite another to be a TV junkie who has to somehow raise well-adjusted children between commercial breaks. If your family is getting in the way of your Netflix queue, you aren't alone. There are plenty of us moms out there who are simply more naturally inclined to sit on the couch for 14 hours a day with a singular focus of binge-watching the latest season of Orange Is the New Black or House of Cards. But because we can't do that without having child protective services at our door, we're often forced to suppress our addiction . . . that is, until bedtime.

Below, the most frustrating parenting struggles to which any television-obsessed mom can relate.