Lance Bass Shares Hilarious Parenting Struggle That Hits Too Close To Home

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Following in the footsteps of fellow parents is the very name Lance Bass, who served up the earliest doses of relatability in a social media posting about the true battlefield of raising children. The singer captioned his candid shots, “Me: I got this. Also me: smothered by toys and tiny humans.” Lance went into the video, with a rare smile, to say, “It’s hell in there, it’s horror. You have to be a certain type of person to survive.”

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Baby-solid parent warfare stories soon poured out from the trenches of the comments, only for someone to wittily summarize it by saying, “I clean and organize and they prefer chaos and things everywhere lol it never ends,” another giving a bare, “Parenthood: not for the weak,” endorsement from all exhausted moms and dads.

Many shared their varied versions of invasion or mayhem with toys; one even coined the term “shrapnel” for toys in an exploded ball pit that they have yet to clear up; whereas another painted that all-too-familiar picture of toddlers refusing naps at nap time but somehow always making it to “the dinner table, playing with toys, and, most importantly, when you have somewhere to be” to fall asleep.

Laughter arose as one user went on to describe this particular kind of torturous parenting period known as the terrible twos: “crying over nothing, throwing toys, not wanting to do anything,” followed by the classic “no no no no” rebuttal when taking away the forbidden item. That comment perfectly captured that strange blend of frustration and hilarity that is parenting small kids.

While many were commiserating about the present struggles of parenting, some provided the perspective of an experience farther down the road. One of the more astute contributors said, “You WILL miss that someday though” — slant encouragement on how these days of mayhem, as exhausting as they are, will pass. That bittersweet truth seemed to resonate with parents at all stages, including one who admitted to grieving, “When my son stopped napping.”

Since Bass and husband Michael Turchin welcomed twins via surrogacy in 2021, the star has never stopped being vocal about the realities of parenthood. From sleep deprivation and never-ending toy cleanup, the former boy bander’s honest disclosures about his parenting struggles have made him somewhat of a relatable dad icon. The latest post carries on this tradition by extending sighs of relief and chuckles to the parents presently in the trenches.

The exchange prompted by Bass’s post only served to show how some parenting experiences are truly universal. From the stuffed-animal avalanche to the wilful resistance of nap time-and of course, that inexplicable phenomenon of toys that somehow grow in number overnight-parallel parents across the globe speak one chaotic tongue. While seemingly endless and often spent buried under a mess of plastic dinosaurs, the comment section assured everyone that this too shall pass-maybe sometime around when they stop believing in the tooth fairy.

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Sharing relatable moments like these reminds us of the lighthearted side of parenting, similar to Lance Bass and Joey Fatone who have given us hilarious backstage moments that highlight the fun within the chaos.