Parenting isn't easy — just ask Stacey Green.
She's a mom from TikTok who's gone viral for sharing what she wishes she knew about parenting before having kids.
This includes having to do things with them, "like all the time." It's a tedious job, but someone's gotta do it! Keep reading to learn what other confessions she shared.
In it, she told her 96.7k followers that it's actually quite exhausting. "You have to do things with them, like all the time. Like fill the day with things to do. For them."
"Before my Saturday would have been maybe hanging out with my friends Mary and Jane, and watching TV. Or going to a cottage. Now my days are spent in a field going 'one, two, three gooo' as we go up and down a hill on a tractor."
Her issue comes from the fact that no one warned her about the tediousness of it all.
"Like I knew it, but I didn't understand the tedium of it all," she said.
She then turned to her little one, commenting, "Ohh, that is a big rock," with a grimace on her face.
"When you've had breakfast, done a painting, rode bikes, had a visit to the park, watched a show, had lunch and it's only 11 am," one mom commented with a crying emoji.
Case in point: "My days are filled with saying 'cool' and 'woah' when my 6 y.o. does a jump kick. Constantly."
Despite all this work, one mom pointed out how the kids don't appreciate any of this and will continue to say they're bored.
"I love it how moms complain about how hard parenting is. Thank you for being real and helping me avoid motherhood lol I love to sleep," one wrote. "Happily childfree," added another.
This prompted her to create a follow-up video about something else she wishes she knew about parenting: just how much everyone would have an opinion on her parenting style.
"Everybody is going to have an opinion about how you're raising your kids - everybody," she said.
"People saying I can't believe she would do it like this or that's not how I do it."
Parents resonated with this as well. "I love this!!! Everyone always has something to say and it's usually family."
In the third video, she shared how you'll never sleep again. And in the latest video, she shared how you'll never be able to run in quickly somewhere to grab something without your kids.
They'll always want to be with you, she said.
Is this mom on the mark with her thoughts? Do you have any things you wish you knew before having kids? Share them below!
