Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: parenting is not easy.
Sure, there are sweet moments (often when the kids are sleeping), but for the most part, it takes a lot of sweat, tears, and money.
But does Hollywood accurately portray this? Nope.
Exhibit A: These 10+ things movies and TV get wrong on the subject.
It's been decades since Friends ended and we still don't know where Ross's son Ben disappeared to??
For most parents, their kids are stuck like glue!
If a parent forgot about their child as much as Kevin's mother did in Home Alone, Child Protection Services would certainly be called.
Sure, Lorelai and Rory from Gilmore Girls had a freakishly close relationship, but when it came to Lorelai and her mother? Forget about it.
Those two were constantly fighting, yet Lorelai could usually get along with her father, Richard.
When Miranda on Sex and the City had her son, things were different for about, oh, one episode.
In reality, though, your social life is overtaken with playdates and catching up on sleep.
We guess the parents in The Parent Trap never heard of shared custody??
Not only did they deprive themselves of one of their kids, but they did a horrible thing by splitting up their twins!
We don't know what kind of la-la land most movies and TV shows are living in, but mornings are usually crazy for parents.
That's because they had food and OJ flying everywhere.
Being a single mother is no joke. They have to work two times harder to take care of their kids and make ends meet.
Yet, in Shameless, the mother Monica is seen as selfish and often disappears.
In Bad Moms, Christina Applegate's character Gwendolyn goes crazy trying to ban little things like eggs and sugar in bake sale items.
Take that, stereotypes!
Those "Carl" memes from The Walking Dead were made for a reason.
There was a zombie Apocolypse going on, but did his parents ever know where he was??? Nope.
Blame Disney and Step Moms for this one.
It's not always difficult for stepparents to be accepted by their stepchildren.
Most TV dads are portrayed as the "fun" dad. But in the real world of parenting, "fun" doesn't always fly.
This is why Phil was always getting in trouble with his wife on Modern Family.
