Dads often get a bad reputation for being the least serious parent.

To be off-white, their recent antics of stacking Cheerios on sleeping babies haven't really helped topple that impression.

Merely instead of criticising dads for their, shall nosotros say, 'unique' parenting techniques , perhaps we should be celebrating them for the valuable life lessons they're teaching our kids.

And they're instilling a great sense of humour in them, besides. Afterward all, you've got to laugh at some of these...even if they are archetype 'dad jokes'.

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ane. Rocking whatever outfit

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Mum Brooke Hawley-Basso was surprised when she picked her daughter Olivia up from daycare and discovered her dad hadn't given her a shirt to clothing under her overalls.

D'oh.

ii. Having a sense of humour

This dad noticed an uncanny resemblance between his picayune baby's head and a... kiwi.

And he decided to evidence it past popping a sticker on their head. Super cute.

3. Tying hair securely

This dad clearly couldn't discover a hair bobble so, teaching his daughter how to be creative and innovative with what yous've got, he resorted to the adjacent best affair.

Genius.

4. And time-saving skills...

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Don't have a cable necktie to manus and want to quickly put your daughter's pilus up? This guy has come up with a swell fob.

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5. Learning to laugh at yourself

At that place's cypher worse than when your kid is having a tantrum and you lot can't keep a straight face.

Sometimes this volition further infuriate them considering y'all're not taking them seriously.

"Are we bad parents?" (

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Furygoat)

But yous know what, kids, you lot need to learn non to have yourself also seriously - and this dad knows the value of that.

vi. Patience

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What better way is there to teach kids the value of patience and tolerance than by slowly and carefully stacking Cheerios on them?

If the stack falls and yous have to outset all over once more, you lot've also imparted the wisdom of 'getting back on the equus caballus'. Two birds with one rock.

7. Beingness creative

This man was quite happy sitting at the table with his pint and wasn't going to move for annihilation - especially not pushing his child on a swing.

Simply he didn't let that stop him. Oh, no. He decided to utilize his initiative and came upward with a smashing compromise.

8. Solving bug

Babe won't stop wriggling about? Scratching their chicken pox with fingernails?

Then ta-da. This dad has come up upwardly with the perfect solution - pulling their tights all the way upwardly to their shoulders.

What could get wrong?

ix. Making do with what you've got

Having spent a while trying to become his three-24-hour interval-old daughter to sleep and finally figuring out a way that worked, this male parent realised he was hungry.

Simply not beingness able to move, he merely had to bargain with the state of affairs - and eat his food off her back.

Clever, really. And he didn't fifty-fifty wake her.

10. Producing unique Halloween costumes

At that place's not a lot yous can dress a baby in for Halloween other than cliche stubby pumpkin outfits.

So well done to this dad for thinking exterior the box - even if it is a bit creepy.

That kid will grow up mastering Halloween every year, undoubtedly.

11. Preparing for the globe of work

This dad clearly thought he'd teach his kids the value of hard work.

While he plays video games sitting in what looks similar a tiny paddling pool, his children stand patiently nearby belongings things he might similar to use.

12. The value of compromising

This dad wanted to play on his computer. He likewise had to await after his baby.

When you lot gotta play you gotta play

Cleverly, he decided to compromise and practice both at the aforementioned fourth dimension. If that kid doesn't grow up to exist a genius, then we don't know what's gone wrong.