7. The Real Christmas Was the Silence All Along

There it is, the secret to raising young children. Make all their responsibilities a fun game, and they’ll suddenly be much more invested in doing it, with minimal resistance and much enthusiasm. That, or just threaten to give them fewer gifts, and they’ll also listen pretty well. Look, if it works, it works.

Being a parent is exhausting and will test every fiber of your patient and mental strength. Those little munchkins are a lot to deal with and aren’t even aware of how much work they are sometimes. We still love them though.