It’s one thing to teach your kid to love animals – that’s nice.

But it’s quite another to grab the camera when your kid is licking a pig’s face instead of stopping them.

That’s not how they “build immunity,” in case anyone was wondering.

Here’s the thing: if you’re going to take little kids in public – especially to a restaurant – someone in your group has to have an eye on them often enough so that they can’t accomplish all this without anyone noticing.

If you bring a chaos machine into a place of business, you’re responsible for its actions.

We’re this family dressed their kiddo better before taking him to a place where people eat.

An honest person might take this as a moment to reflect on what it is their kids see when they look at them.

We use our phones for lots of things, including looking up parenting advice. And lots of us DO enjoy sitting on the couch and looking at our devices.

But is that really how you want your kid to think of you?

Parents need to grab a bite to eat whenever they can.

But apparently, some folks need a lesson in not eating OVER the baby while wearing them.

We’re also a little worried that ketchup in the eye might start to burn.

Family photos have reached new levels of cheesy and ridiculous. But these parents were aiming for something low-key.

The kid is ok, it’s been confirmed.

And once this happens, you’re pretty much obligated to make it your Christmas card.

These are different parents, thankfully. And now we wonder if we might just put the whole baby swinging thing to rest.

Does anyone look their best while they’re swinging anyway?

Good thing this happened on the sand. (Though the kiddos were ok, once again! Turns out toddlers are pretty bouncy.)

Technically it’s a fail, but it’s an understandable and funny one.

You can’t be expected to keep your eyes on a tiny agent of chaos 24/7 AND read the fine print.

The “oops” really made us chuckle.

The look on his face tells you everything you need to know. He gets what’s going on here and he LOVES it.

Grandma, on the other hand, is not going to love it. But she’ll get over it (and maybe pay for some new photos).

Kids don’t always know what’s best for them. So when they ask for a toss across the pool, it’s best not to make them feel like they’ve been launched from a cannon.

Just remember the look on this kid’s face next time they say “throw me higher!”

Some fails just can’t be avoided. The bottle slipped, disaster struck. All that was left to do was to try to calm everyone down.

We do kind of wonder who snapped this photo though.

We shouldn’t laugh. But we did.

We’re not sure if the kid was meant to catch the ball or learn to bounce it off his head like a soccer player. But it’s safe to say this wasn’t the skill he was meant to learn.

We have to admit that in some cases this might be a parenting win.

After all, sometimes you just need to get in a shower, use the bathroom, or do something in the kitchen without a tiny partner.

And if they’re at an age when escape magic is their thing…well, at least this kid is pretty close to the floor.

It’s really only a fail if you forget to untie them after a few minutes (or they manage to faceplant).

We’re impressed that he’s still managing to hold his food.

But what is everyone else at the table doing?

Hopefully getting the car seat before the baby becomes a napkin.

It’s only a fail if you’re doing something frivolous. And even then…

If you have to get some work done and your baby only sleeps while in contact with you…well, then you can be thankful for a little extra weight in the belly and a desk chair that reclines.

Those front-facing strollers make it really hard to see what’s going on.

And while it’s probably pretty embarassing to have someone else tell you there’s a wild animal on your baby, we’re gonna blame the lemur mom here.

Teach your lemur children better!

This could end so, so badly.

And it appears to be plugged in!

Don’t grab the camera, grab the cord in this case. We all want to lick the beaters, but there’s a right way to do it.

Kids have to learn how to act in restaurants at some point. We’re sympathetic to that. But this is a meltdown and probably could have been nipped in the bud before this happened.

Just imagine paying for a night out only to see some kid’s bare feet in the air and their parents doing nothing but taking a photo.

C’mon, folks. Think of others once in a while.

Well, at least someone’s getting a nap.

It’s pretty cute to see this little tyke watching over his father the way dad watches over him sometimes.

A kid with compassion is great. A NAPPING kid with compassion is even better though.

Have you ever seen those labels on plastic bags saying not to use them as toys or put them over your head and think, “do those really need to be there?”

Well, yes. Yes they do.

This is a big no.

But perhaps we can give dad the benefit of the doubt and assume that he’s simply taking his tot out for a break and some fresh air.

We just hope that’s not the vehicle he drove there.

The baby doesn’t look happy – and to be fair, no one likes being trapped against their will.

Then again, it’s not impossible that he crawled in there himself.

But we know he didn’t seal the package on his own.

Why is there a desk chair in the driveway? We have no idea.

And while we’ve taken a few chair rides ourselves, two kids and a slanted driveway seems like an easy way for things to end in disaster.

But it turns out the lip on the driveway was where it all went wrong (you have to watch the gif to the end to catch that part).

We had a momentary flash of sympathy for the kid who really needed to go and thought this was the bathroom.

But it’s hard to sympathize with the parents who photographed this health code violation instead of stopping it.

You don’t need a picture of this.

It happens. Parents are exhausted.

But it’s also not a great idea to get too much formula in your baby’s ear. And you do have to stay awake when you’re feeding their mouths too in order to make sure they don’t choke.

Thems the rules.

Imagine having your parenting fail turn into a meme! This kid is going to be seeing this photo everywhere for the rest of his life.

Of course, it could be worse.

We’re a little curious to know why the school didn’t do something about it.

Well, that’s a creative approach to swaddling.

Even the baby knows they’re dealing with an amateur here.

And how do those pants have so much room?!

No excuses. It’s illegal – for good reason! – to ride with your kid like this.

We might start with the fact that there’s literally no breathing room.

These parents need to get their priorities straight.

Kudos to the kid here.

And while toddlers are wily, who keeps such a poor eye on their pizza?!

At least he won’t go to bed hungry.

Sometimes you have to work with what you have – and this isn’t a terrible solution.

We are curious why mom needed to post this online though. How do you think her daughter feels about her now-viral fame?

There’s a set of adult feet RIGHT THERE. And the slide is short.

This didn’t have to happen, especially so close to the concrete.

There’s not much you can do to stop this. And the photo looks like it was snapped in the hopes of getting a good picture of father and daughter.

And we’ll admit – it’s a classic!

Just looking at this makes us want to take a shower.

We know parents get used to vomiting pretty quickly, but this is next level.

Poor mom!

Yikes!

Those sand crystals so close to little eyes are a recipe for disaster.

You can’t always prevent your kid from biting it on the beach, but you can make sure they don’t get a cornea scratch in the process.

What we want to know is: where’s the dog?

Shouldn’t he or she be having a field day right about now?

We’re also trying to figure out just how THAT MUCH dog food got all over the floor. That’s impressive.

This boss had to bring his kid to work and into a meeting.

Frankly, we’d call this a win if it’s the worst thing that happened that day.

And everyone got a good laugh too.

You think there’s an age at which you can let them use the computer unsupervised for a few minutes.

But apparently, this little girl is not at that age yet.

Mom is probably wondering where she learned THAT maneuver.

Yep, this looks like a 7-year-old left alone for 10 minutes to us!

We don’t know why kids find the most ridiculous things to do when parents aren’t looking, but they’re masters of it.

They’re also masters of using every last piece of tape in the house for some reason.

This is so deeply unnecessary.

First, the baby doesn’t need a great view of whatever they’re watching. He’s a baby. He can also see through the slats.

And if the worst happens, just ask yourself how you’re going to feel explaining this to the police.

Hey, your first parental fail has to happen at some point. What better place than in the hospital?

The baby was fine, but we know dad feels like a dingus.

Do you think he caught the whole action shot on the way down?

Wondering where the fail is here? Just look up.

How long did a parent need to be looking away to have this happen?!

It’s next level mortifying.

Well, until the ride stops, perhaps there’s nothing else to do but record your little one’s terror.

Allowing peoople to scroll through photos to hone in on their nightmare is a little questionable though.

Some parents will do anything for Instagram.

Well, the good news is…

Nope. There’s none.

We don’t see any evidence that a vegetable has entered this kid’s mouth.

And do we need to be introducing kids to ranch dressing at such a young age?

Hammocks look innocent and relaxing, but they can actually be really dangerous for little ones when they twist.

Maybe those arm floaties will help soften the fall.

This kid was really set up for disaster.

Sorry, that’s bad parenting.

No manners, unsupervised, AND someone is snapping a photo rather than correcting their behavior?

That’s the trifecta of fail.

It’s time to lift the kid out of the concrete and put on some pants.

And if you need to be told that at any point in your parenting journey, you might want to buy a book on raising kids or something.

Parenting isn’t easy – but it doesn’t have to be this hard either.