Average Parent Problems Instagram Is All Too Real

If you've ever thought of your life as unremarkable, but only in the sense that it's average, and not really set to be setting in motion any kind of viral video/meme/hashtag, then this Instagram is for you. The Average Parent Problems Instagram account and hashtag was started by blogger Ilana Wiles, and it makes memes out of average parenting, and average-behaving children. So if your child hasn't done anything particularly unique like mimicking a Bruce Lee film to detailed perfection, don't despair: Being mundane and run-of-the-mill is now every bit as shareable as the exceptional.

Ilana also runs the blog Mommy Shorts, so she knows a thing or two about being a mom, even a regular mom. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a kid that screams "I'm just your little son" for them to film, upload to YouTube, and get hundreds and thousands of hits from. No, most parents are dealing with realities like accidentally getting poop on their faces while changing diapers or having their brand new furniture turned into an art project by a creative toddler with a set of markers. Ilana told Buzzfeed she started the Average Parent Problems Instagram because, “The parents I relate to are the ones who don’t have space to put all the toys away, who serve their kids hot dogs more often than they’d like to admit, and who consider their day a success if they get everyone to school on time.”

Here are some of the funniest average memes on the Average Parent Problems Instagram:

1. This child who is sulking because of her mom's average parenting

2. This little girl who is inadvertently being rude and as a result making her parents look pretty average

3. This toddler whose parents are so average he thought the dog was more authoritative

4. This average dad who clearly #done pretending to care about his kids' interests

5. This child who proved her parents' supervising skills to be clearly average

6. And this kid who probably made her average not-paying-enough-attention parent absolutely terrified for a split second there

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