Miranda in Sex and the City once said: “I don’t like any kids, but my own.” This refreshingly honest statement represents a feeling many mums have about children in general, but don't dare say.

Sure, we adore our own children, but other people's little people can be difficult and demanding, and if we’re honest, we sometimes don’t know what to do with them!

Many mums mistakenly believe that once they have their own children, dealing with other people’s will become a cinch, but that’s just not the case.

Here are just five reasons why spending time with somebody else’s children is no easy feat.

1. You compare them to your own and immediately feel guilty.

Whether they’re better behaved or much, much noisier, you resent the fact your mind even made the comparison, but honestly, it just happened!

2. You obviously don’t share the same connection with them.

Struggling to understand why they don’t laugh uproariously at your Simon Cowell impression, like your own toddlers do, leaves you feeling utterly confused, a bit deflated and massively embarrassed.

3. You find their unnecessary messes, snotty noses and bathroom disasters a lot harder to deal with.

They’re not your flesh and blood so cleaning up after a diarrhoea disaster takes a little more dedication than it does when dealing with your own little one’s charming puke- fest.

4. You question their parent’s disciplinary skills and then resent yourself for having done so.

What might people think of my parenting skills! This is just too stressful!

5. Their cute, funny or downright hilarious traits are nowhere near as cute, funny or downright hilarious as your kid’s traits.

There, you said it.

You really shouldn’t have said it. These thoughts are private thoughts, remember?

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