Last month, actress Olivia Wilde shared a frazzled selfie that resonated with parents everywhere. "I call this hairstyle, 'keep the kid alive,'" she wrote in the caption. "Products you'll need: sweat, string cheese, diaper rash cream, chewed up crayon, snot, and an enthusiastic spritz of panic."
We asked the HuffPost Parents Facebook community to share selfies that sum up what parenting is like for them and received hundreds of fatigue-filled responses.
From the messy hair to the dark under-eye circles to the moments of clarity in the midst of chaos, here are 25 spot-on parenting selfies.
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Katie Leach
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April Renee Ramsey
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Abby Worden
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4
Lisa Minck
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Kasey Gravel
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Julee Wilson
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7
April June
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Ali Ashbacher
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Rachel Henderson
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10
Teddi Bewernitz
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Rosine Oriabure
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Megan Mueller
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13
Keena Paula Dizon
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Shonitria Anthony
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Carolyn Griffin
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16
Seré Altebrando
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Nina Hassan
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Eleanor Hanson ToBe
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19
Melissa Naymik Linebrink
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Rebecca Harris
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Keara Stein
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22
Angie Lee
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Heather May Holbrook
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Crystal Evans Salgado
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25
Kimberly Mahan
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