Most parents are competitive. They may or may not know it but once they’ve talked to other parents of young children, they get into an unofficial battle with them about who’s the better parent. It can get exhausting trying to keep up.

And there are parents who can’t even think of competing with other parents because they are exhausted trying to keep up with the children.

So they just do their own thing as best as they can. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. These photos will show you the difference.