Top 10 Shows About Parenting You Can Binge-Watch While Your Kids Are Asleep

After a long day of working or carting the kids around, nothing calls our names louder than a comfy pair of pajamas, our significant other, and a much-needed Netflix binge. And even though you'd think we'd want a temporary mental break from the whole parenting thing once the kiddos are tucked soundly in bed, you'd be surprised at just how quickly we immediately start to stream the latest shows that center on moms and dads. So whether you're looking to laugh, cry — or hey, maybe a little of both — these addicting parenting shows should be next up on your watch list.

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Baby Daddy
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Baby Daddy

When Ben's ex-girlfriend leaves a baby on his steps that he had no idea existed, things escalate pretty quickly for the 20-something-year-old bartender turned Baby Daddy. Watch as Ben tries to navigate all aspects of parenting from the hilarious moments to the challenging issues every dad knows all too well with a little help from his brother, Danny, and his two close friends.

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Fuller House
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Fuller House

Thanks to the Netflix gods, one of the the '90s most popular sitcoms got a full-on reboot that includes most of the original cast. In Fuller House, DJ has kiddos of her own and Stephanie is all grown up and has the adult-caliber problems to match, like infertility. See what trouble both new and old cast members get themselves into under the very same roof where it all began.

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Lost in Space
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Lost in Space

Lost in Space is a Netflix original series and a remake of the 1965 sci-fi show that goes by the same name. Watch as this family of space explorers deals with problems big and small after their spaceship totally veers off course because parenting isn't hard enough on earth, right?

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Gilmore Girls
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Gilmore Girls

If you're looking for a show that takes a deep look into mother-daughter relationships, then Gilmore Girls is a must. The series centers on Rory (Alexis Bledel), a bright high school student, and her mom, Lorelai (Lauren Graham), who owns a bed and breakfast in Connecticut. Watch as the pair tackle everything from boy trouble to college applications and beyond. Plus, you get to see Melissa McCarthy in a recurring role before she was superfamous. And good news for serial bingers: Netflix created a followup season called Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, which means there are even more episodes to check out.

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The Big Family Cooking Showdown
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The Big Family Cooking Showdown

There's nothing more sentimental than a home-cooked meal, right? On The Big Family Cooking Showdown, 16 families compete for the chance to cinch first place in this unscripted British cooking show where each family goes head-to-head in challenges designed to separate the winners from the losers.

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Parenthood
NBC

Parenthood

The drama follows three generations of the Braverman family who live in the San Fransisco Bay area. And if there's one series that hits on nearly every parenting scenario, Parenthood is it. This show, which ran for six seasons on NBC, hits on several parenting topics from autism to adoption, which means it resonates with pretty much everybody. And seriously, who doesn't love Dax Shepard?

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One Day at a Time
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One Day at a Time

Another Netflix remake, One Day at a Time is in its third season and follows Penelope, a newly single Cuban-American mom and retired army vet, who's doing everything she can to raise two well-adjusted children while holding down a job as a nurse. Penelope tends to fall back on her supertraditional mother who has a her-way-or-the-highway mentality you can't help but fall in love with.

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The Fosters
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The Fosters

Finally, a show that's totally centered on adoption issues! All five seasons of The Fosters follow Stef (Teri Polo) and Lena (Sherri Shaum), a couple with four teenagers, three of which are adopted. Things start to shake up when Stef and Lena decide to add two more foster kids into the mix for better and for worse.

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Jane the Virgin
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Jane the Virgin

Jane the Virgin follows the life of Jane Villanueva, a daughter of a single mom who's hellbent on not making the same mistakes her mother did at her age. But after getting accidentally artificially inseminated at a doctor's appointment, Jane's world is turned upside down when she finds out she's pregnant with a boy. And to make matters so much worse, the sperm donor is her boss, Rafael. Watch how Jane navigates the world of single motherhood with a little help from her family along the way.

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Santa Clarita Diet
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Santa Clarita Diet

Where to begin with The Santa Clarita Diet? Drew Barrymore stars in this Netflix original series as Sheila, a realtor who wakes up one morning craving, ahem, human flesh after she goes through a wacky transformation. After admitting to feeling better than ever after eating it, her husband Joel (Timothy Olyphant) and her teenage daughter Abby are tasked with keeping Sheila's preference under wraps all while trying to appear as a normal family in suburbia. Throw in a few nosy neighbors, and we're talking about one extraordinary situation. And fair warning: there's a healthy dose of gore in this series.