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[tense music]

♪

[screams]

- Parenting, it's a wild ride.

- And we're all trying our best to hang on.

- Oh, my God.

- But with our every move being recorded...

- What the hell?

- Posted... - [screams]

- This is real life.

This is Mom life.

- And judged...

- Yes! But not on you.

- The ups and downs... - It's a boy!

- [cries] - Are wilder than ever.

- Assaulted me.

- You're insane.

- Buckle up...

- This right here is just old-school parenting.

- Or you're headed for a time-out.

- I refuse to be disobeyed!

- I'm pregnant. - God, no!

[upbeat music]

♪

- Sometimes, it seems that the world is split

into two camps:

Those who are raising kids

and those who are not.

- It's not a real car.

[car horn honks]

- Good thing it's only got a top speed...

[car horn honks]

Of five miles per hour.

Mall walkers go faster than that

and are more reckless if there's a sale.

Meanwhile, in Brooklyn,

this jogger gets turnt up when a family with a stroller

bump into him.

- [sighs] - Oh, my God.

- Come on.

- I don't know who's right or wrong here,

but one thing I do know--

this cop is over it.

- This mom is upset that her daughter tried

to pet a service dog in training

but was told no.

- Okay, you should have a sign, number one.

- There is, like, four signs! - Number two, you should say--

- There are four signs on my leash alone.

- No, she should say,

"Sorry, these dogs"-- - The answer is no.

- "The dogs are in training, sorry."

That would've been nicer. She could've approached it--

- You asked the question, "Can I pet the dog?"

And she said no.

- You--she should've said that they were in train--

- You can walk away now. - I don't owe you anything.

- Bye.

- I didn't ask you.

I did not ask you.

- You asked her to pet the dog. - You came over.

- Sometimes it's best to agree to disagree.

When it comes to your kids,

there's someone who will never say no.

[gasps] What?

Guys!

What do you guys think it is?

- I don't know. - Let's find out.

[dramatic musical sting]

- Who doesn't love a visit from Grandma?

- [crying]

♪

- Who is it? [laughs]

- Not the reaction Grandma expected

for flying across country.

Thankfully, she has gifts.

- [wails]

- This grandma's arrived just in time for...

- Oh, careful. - Power hour.

- Ready? Go. - Go.

- She decides to try a tequila shot

for the first time.

- Get it down. Get it down.

- But quickly realizes...

- Oh, Mama!

- It's not as fun as it looks.

- [gags]

[coughing]

- [laughs] - I'm not kidding.

- Get her some water. - [groans]

- Suck on the lime. - [gags]

- Bite into it. Bite into it.

[wheezes]

- Something tells me Nana's gonna stick to B12 shots

instead of tequila shots from now on.

[laughter]

Taking chances in life is all part of the fun.

And some parents don't wanna give that up

just because they have kids.

Although some probably should.

In this drive-through safari park,

a visitor is filming a group of cheetahs...

- When he suddenly notices a mom who seems

to be teaching her kids that the sign

that says "Stay in your vehicle"

is just a suggestion.

- It's a close call, but a few minutes later,

Mom's at it again, and this time,

she's taken the kids even further from their car.

- Oh, my God. What the [bleep]?

Oh, [bleep]. Jeez.

Jeez. Oh, my God. Oh, oh!

Oh, my God.

No, no, no!

- The cheetahs rush in to remind the family

that this is their territory.

- Oh, my God. Jeez.

What the [bleep]?

- And somehow,

everyone finally makes it back to the car.

- [pants]

- Parents are supposed to protect their kids

from many things, but giant wild cats

don't need to be one of them.

Next time, please just stay in the car.

- s***.

- A dangerous situation can take on many forms.

This dad has just boarded a train with his newborn.

- Thinking he has time before the train departs,

he steps out for a quick smoke.

But then, the unthinkable happens.

- In Cleveland, a father,

thinking he has enough time to smoke,

leaves his baby on the train

and steps out onto the platform.

[Knocking]

- Another passenger starts to get concerned.

And then suddenly, a moment of relaxation...

- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

- Changes to absolute panic.

[tense music]

- Yes.

♪

- Oh, we got the baby on board!

- Fortunately, the other passenger steps in

to watch over the baby and call for help.

The conductor is quickly alerted

and returns the train to the station,

where baby and father are reunited.

♪

Soon-to-be parents can't wait to meet

their baby boy or girl.

[everyone screaming]

No matter how many times the couple say

they don't care which one they're having,

the gender reveal craze says otherwise,

with the reveals getting more and more creative.

[engine turns over]

Engines are revved up for this one in Massachusetts.

On your mark, get set...

- Yeah!

- Boy.

- [screams]

♪

- This boy is getting in on the reveal

for his new sibling.

- Mommy, do you think it's a boy or a girl?

- Boy. - I think it's a girl.

- [cries] - What do you think?

Is it a baby boy or a baby girl?

[gasps]

♪

Girl!

- [cries] - [laughs]

- Just wait till she plays with all your toys.

Then you'll really have something to cry about.

- You want one at a time?

- In Arkansas, this mom and dad will either end up

with a boy, a girl...

[cheering]

- And egg on their face.

[laughter]

♪

[all groan]

[shouting]

Oh! - [laughs]

- Aah!

- Both can do it at the same time.

- Okay, here we go.

all: Two, three!

- [chuckles] - What?

- Wait. What?

- Whoo!

[laughter]

♪

- Uh-oh, uh-oh.

- Let's try this again.

- Uh-oh.

[indistinct chatter]

[cheering]

- [screams] - It's eggs over easy.

And a boy. Congrats.

♪

Parents always try to protect and support their kids.

The mom filming this had to get her son home

after his wisdom teeth removal.

But he's on some serious meds...

- And has zero filters.

- Can you stop cussin'? - S***.

- Cameron. - S***.

- No, don't take your shirt off.

Put your seat belt back on.

- Put it back on?

- Put your seat belt back on.

- F***.

- It's--

- Mom, he stole my shirt.

- Oh, s***.

What y'all doing to me?

- We going in the house. - Nah, nah, nah.

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.

- That's a ghost.

- [laughs]

- It's from Halloween. - Oh, we--

- It's just decorat--

- [laughs]

- Cameron, can you open your eyes?

- [laughs]

- Look, kid, don't be surprised

if you wake up with a bar of soap in that mouth.

- In Florida, this mom is neither supportive

nor amused when she sees what her son did with his hair...

- Take your hat off. - Oh, you wanna see?

- Yeah.

- Or rather, his lack of hair.

- [chuckles]

- Yeah. - You're not poor.

So I'll give you $60.

- I don't even wanna know what he'd do for 80.

- [laughs]

[tense music]

- These three boys are about to find out

that they picked the wrong house

for their pumpkin-smashing prank.

Dad Shawn rushes out

to stand up for his little ones

who carved the jack-o'-lanterns.

- He grabbed his keys, got in the car,

and yeah, I was, like, rooting for him.

I was like, "Yeah, go find them."

[laughs]

It's like, what did our pumpkins do to you?

- It's sentimental value.

It's our kids' first carved pumpkin.

I'm not happy.

- As soon as Shawn spots the kids at a local park,

he calls the police.

- It took about 1 1/2 hours to really find them.

- The first thing I said is "Call every kids' parents.

This is my address. This is my phone number."

- The police called the boys' parents

and escort everyone back to Shawn's house

to do some major cleanup.

- My kids painted it, they carved it.

They'd look at it every day, and now it's all smashed.

There was seeds everywhere.

You don't know how many seeds a pumpkin has

until you actually see it.

It was a disaster.

They were also going to other homes,

looking for stuff to damage.

- It was an impactful thing.

Here we are, thinking about it all the time,

and wondering how, as parents, we can avoid that.

- Don't smash pumpkins. [both laugh]

All right, thank you, guys.

♪

- Hi, everybody, and welcome to Agile Mind Meditation.

- Parenting is 24-7.

To get it all done takes some major multitasking.

This mom is leading an online meditation

and trying to lead her daughter to an exit.

- And calm.

So starting just quickly by breathing in.

- Mom's trying to find her center

while her daughter is trying

to be the center of her attention.

- And it's really challenging, I know, with children

home from school and working from home,

but trying to just keep all of those distractions

out of the way.

Way.

♪

- Meanwhile... - Okay, dinner is ready!

- Think fast!

- This mom is juggling dinner

and soccer practice.

[bright music]

♪

- But the World Cup of multitasking goes

to this mom in California,

who's both in labor

and starring in a nature documentary.

- [Australian accent] Oh, it's very dangerous

to go ahead and film them

when they're about to give birth,

but we've got one here.

She's pregnant here.

Gotta be very careful.

- Using his best Crocodile Hunter voice,

husband Aaron is narrating wife Carmen's home birth.

- She's breathin' heavily, folks.

She's at six centimeters, I've been told.

Oh, oh.

[child crying]

- We're gonna take a couple of clicks back here.

Look, one of the younglings.

- Best not keep pokin' the Mama Bear, Dad.

She's lookin' like she might bite.

The most crucial task we have as parents

is just keeping our kids alive.

So many things can go wrong....

- [gasps] [car horn honks]

- Even when we're just loadin' groceries.

- [gasps] [car horn honking]

[light music]

- Home should be our safe place.

But in Anchorage, Alaska,

this family is about to have something rock their world.

[tense music]

♪

- Dad reacts quickly,

and fortunately gets everyone out without injury.

♪

- Just outside Philadelphia,

ten-year-old Sammy is walking the last two blocks home

from school when a woman begins to follow him.

- She was saying, "I'm going to this store.

Are you going there?" And I was saying no.

- Without a doubt,

this is every parent's worse nightmare.

- She was trying to lure my son.

He mentioned at one point that she said that,

"I probably know your parents."

And, of course, she doesn't know us.

- What the woman doesn't know

is how tight this father-son duo are.

- And she said "Your parents," but my mom's been dead.

- It's really been me and him,

you know, since he was two years old.

His mom passed away when he was young,

and I've just been raising him,

and I just wanted to make sure he could handle anything

that he would come across in life.

I never robbed him of his childhood innocence.

But I also never lied to him about the world

and, you know, what everything is.

- What Sammy does next proves that he was listening

to all those lessons.

- Well, we were walking down

and I got to this one plant store.

And I didn't know the lady who was working there.

I walked in.

I was like, "This lady's been following me for a while."

I said, "I'm going to act like you're my mom."

And then I said to the lady that was following me,

"This is my mom."

And the clerk said, "Yeah, yeah."

And then the clerk just locked the door.

- I cried, like, every time I saw the video,

that I could've lost my son.

- Eventually, police find the woman in the neighborhood.

♪

- And then I thought, "Maybe we should try to help."

- Instead of pressing charges, Sammy's dad asks police

to help get the woman into a treatment center.

- Every day I'm like,

"This boy amazes me," you know?

I don't really need to worry.

There's so much pride. There's so much joy.

- I'm definitely gonna be a good father like my dad.

I couldn't be better. I know that.

- Because I'm telling you...

- As parents,

we know we'll face arguments with our kids.

- [babbling]

- And this little one is standing up to his dad

by refusing to walk down the stair.

Yeah, just one.

- I'm not gonna argue with you.

- [cries] - Try it, Jerry.

Jerry, you're scared, huh?

- You are.

Take a step. Don't be scared.

Daddy'll catch you.

Take a step. - [yelling]

- Let's go, Jerry.

- Ah! [laughs]

- Don't worry, Dad. He'll get there.

- Come back. Come back.

- Just not today.

[both laugh]

- Not every fight is this cute.

And not every dad get this creative

in stopping one either.

[both yelling] - Standby.

We're about to go on air.

- This just in.

The little Lanier children were busted fighting

after their mother just said, and I quote,

"Act like you have some sense."

- Hey, this isn't the news!

- That's what you get when your news anchor dad

brings home his work.

- And so now they will be facing the consequences

of their actions.

No electronics for a week.

- That's not fair! - Dad!

- Details at 11:00.

- Dear family.

- Meanwhile, this mom knows

that arguing will get her nowhere

with her kids, so she records

a very important message for them.

- What the hell is this?

♪

See this?

Like, you went so far

as to get the roll of toilet paper,

but then, like, did you come to the empty roll and you...

[groans] I just...

[sighs] Can't?

Eh, forget it.

There it is.

This is ridiculous.

Kids, I've seen you build and destroy

entire Minecraft villages in 15 seconds,

so I know that you have the dexterity

to work one of these things, all right?

This will no longer be tolerated.

♪

- That's not the kind of thing you think about

when you're in new-baby bliss,

like this dad...

- [exclaims]

- Whose new baby's every smile

and coo is a major highlight.

♪

- [coos]

- But even in the sweetest moments,

you'll be surprised with what they come up with.

- [coos] - [gags]

Ugh. - [laughing]

♪

- Oh, my God.

- Now once your kids are adults,

the surprises do get better.

This son knows how much his mom misses his hugs

while he's away, so he made her a mother hugger.

[upbeat music]

- Oh, I love it!

[both laugh]

- Aww, maybe we all need a mother hugger

if he could work out just one tiny glitch.

[both laugh]

♪