Children can't be left alone: 18 photos that prove this fact

by Mark Bennett

January 30, 2023

Children can't be left alone: 18 photos that prove this fact
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It is universally known that when children are left alone - even for a few minutes - there is always the risk of the making a mess. How many of us have ever gone to the bathroom, only to return and find the living room turned upside down? Or we have almost all certainly shouted: "I knew it was too quiet in here! When you are so quiet it means you are up to something!"

Children are truly the masters of creating disasters, be they small or large. However, our daily chores means we have to leave them one their own for a few minutes from time to time: these 18 photos show you what can happen when you do:

1. A bad joke

1. A bad joke

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How much time would it have taken to simply replace the toilet roll?

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2. Vanished

2. Vanished

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You enter the kitchen and discover that there are only crumbs left of a freshly baked cake. But at least the kids put the plastic wrap back over the dish...

3. Don't play with your food!

3. Don't play with your food!

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You get up in the morning to find your 4-year-old has cooked breakfast… and suddenly you're no longer hungry.

4. Kids and technology

4. Kids and technology

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Turn your back for a just a moment, and your laptop is irreparably broken.

5. This keeps them fresh for longer, Dad!

5. This keeps them fresh for longer, Dad!

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This little girl wanted to help out in the kitchen by putting boiled eggs in the freezer.

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6. Children alone in the bathroom

6. Children alone in the bathroom

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Cleaning a public restroom is never be pleasant, but after a school bus full of kids uses it, it's like stepping into a war zone.

7. What's stuck in my hair?

7. What's stuck in my hair?

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When your child plays with their new drone, perhaps you should cover up your hair or you may be forced to get a buzz cut.

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8. An unfortunate gift

8. An unfortunate gift

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The children got a ball with a sticky substance inside for Christmas; their parents would have preferred not to find out what that substance was.

9. A colorful shower

9. A colorful shower

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You are distracted for a second and your son decides to take a shower with the paint bucket.

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10. So it wasn't a blackboard?

10. So it wasn't a blackboard?

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For kids, any smooth, vertical surface is an excellent place for drawing. Even a TV screen...

11. Modified ID documents

11. Modified ID documents

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Got to check-in for your long-awaited vacation and discovered that someone has enjoyed being an artist with your passport? Is there any feeling worse than this?

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12. Princess vacuum cleaner

12. Princess vacuum cleaner

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When you ask your child to pick up all their things from the floor and they use the vacuum cleaner to do so...

13. Find the intruder

13. Find the intruder

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If you're not careful, kids will take home almost anything hidden in their backpacks. Even a puppy that you don't want to adopt.

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14. When you say "don't waste money"

14. When you say "don't waste money"

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Watch out when a kid says they are cooking something: they might be intending to shred your banknotes!

15. You can keep this disgusting stuff!

15. You can keep this disgusting stuff!

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At least he had the foresight to throw it on the floor and not on the carpet.

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16. Contemporary art

16. Contemporary art

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When a child feels like painting and drawing, there is nothing that can stop them.

17. Blackouts

17. Blackouts

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Working from home is certainly an alternative that has numerous advantages over working in an office; when you are a parent, however, it can be challenging. You are working on an important project and your child turns off the PC before you saved your work: how do you react?

18. Cheesy cereal

18. Cheesy cereal

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While mom was playing tic-tac-toe with his sister, this little boy wanted to flavor the cereal with his feet. We're not so sure it will taste better!

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