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19 Summer Parenting Fails That Will Make You Feel Like You're Not Alone

Summer Parenting Fails — With a lot of kids home full-time in the Summer, the opportunity for a parenting fail seems to present itself more often. As parents ourselves who understand (and appreciate) a good parenting fail every now and then, we prefer to celebrate the admittance of said fails so that we all know that we're not alone in making ~~some pretty epic~~ mistakes.

Read through for 19 Summer parenting fails that may look similar to what you've been going through since school let out.

1 Trying to celebrate a Summer birthday outdoors.

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2 Making ice cream dinner because you're exhausted . . . but then watching it melt down their bodies and regretting your decision.

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3 Applying sunscreen, um, liberally.

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4 Rushing to get ready for the camp bus.

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5 Leaving the door open to get some air when you have a mobile baby.

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6 Being a good role model and spray tanning instead of sitting in the sun, but getting it all over your baby.

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7 Anything that has to do with a frisbee.

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8 Or a slide.

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9 Forgetting to bring sunglasses or a shade for your kid and having to DIY.

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10 Finding that encouraging your kiddos to "dress lightly" backfired.

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11 Giving your kid the entire bag of snacks on a road trip.

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12 Letting your baby play alone at the beach for more than three seconds.

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13 Trying to take a picture of your child on a hammock before teaching them how to sit still on a hammock.

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14 Seeing the sun shine in through the windows but allowing screen time anyway because it'll keep them busy longer.

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15 Forgetting the baby's hat when you go to the beach.

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16 Allowing your child to learn about the spray nozzle on the hose for himself.

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17 Letting your kid play outside during a Summer shower.

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18 Realizing that encouraging kids to do "everything" outside this Summer wasn't such a good idea.

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19 Trying to make use of free time with exciting trips that your child will enjoy.

How dare you.

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