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15 amazingly innovative parenting tips you never knew you needed

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BEING A PARENT is tough work. Luckily, the internet is here to help you with some savvy tips. What could possibly go wrong?

1. Know what’s important, and use it to your advantage

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2. If you’re going to get them out of bed, you need to get creative

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… and maybe even slightly evil.

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3. Why baby-proof the house when you can use a paddling pool for the best playpen EVER?

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4. Avoid bedtime arguments by building them one they’ll never want to leave

What kid wouldn’t want to sleep in a terrifying dinosaur’s jagged-teethed mouth?

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5. On that note, decorations are important for building identity

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6. Always plan ahead

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7. Teach them lessons they’ll remember

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8. Keep reminders for them of things they mightn’t remember

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9. Instil the importance of not being a dope on social media in them from an early age

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10. Let them be whatever they want, and help make it happen

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11. Encourage them to have well-rounded music taste

But if that fails, go with it anyway.

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12. Make absolute certain that monsters won’t eat them at night

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13. Or that they don’t feel alone

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14. Build them a damn luge slope in the garden

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15. But don’t be TOO available

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