Thought your kids were bad? 19 children that’ll make yours seem holy by comparison

Hilarious #kidsaretheworst Instagram account shows the trials and tribulations of parenting

Kids; they're just the worst aren't they? They come along and put a giant stopper in all the things you used to enjoy.

Nights out - whoosh - gone. Lie-ins... see ya. Peace and quiet? Farewell old friend... Yet for some crazy, inexplicable reason, we wouldn't be without them.

We've recently been introduced to an Instagram page that confirms just that. Parents hashtag pics of their kids' most mischevious, maniacal moments in the knowledge that other parents out there are experiencing troubles just as bad as their own. And it makes for some hilarious browsing!

It showcases all those laugh-when-you-could-cry moments that can only be a product of being a parent. Here are 18 of our favourite #kidsaretheworst moments, we're sure you've been at the butt of some of these stunts!

1. Red is the new black...

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2. We haven't tried this eyeliner before?

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3. Certainly not green with envy over this

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4. Privacy? What privacy?

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5. Just sign on the dotted line

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6. But I was just cleaning the telly?

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7. Proving Leprechauns should stay mythical

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8. At least he's honest?

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9. Just. Stop. That.

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10. But it was like this when I got here?

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11. Well if you won't pick me up...

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12. I've saved you the cost of a haircut. What's the problem?

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13. Car. Coffee. You can see the confusion

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14. If it's good enough for the celebs?

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15. Nothing wrong with being picky

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16. And you think you're tired?

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17. Someone will be along to thank me any minute

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18. Well what's the good of you if I can't use your head as a chair once in a while?

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Oh wow, so kids really ARE the worst? At least this little lot are going out of their way to prove it in style! But then again, us parents aren't much better. Don't believe us? Check out these 14 times your child thought YOU were an arsehole!

Lifestyle Writer

Gemma Chandler is a lifestyle writer specialising in kids' educational media across a range of topics including nature, history, science and geography across digital, print, social media and video channels. She joined Creature & Co. at 2015, shortly becoming Digital Editor of National Geographic Kids magazine.