You may not have known it yet, but you are so a superhero.

All teen mothers are actually superheroes. Because they can do things that no one else can. Things that may seem simple, but are actually just rocket science. Like:

Replacing the toilet roll

Because just the issue: paper on the wall side or not, is enough to make the brain of a normal person (read: husband and kids) go wild. And then you haven’t even started to get that tube out of the holder. That requires spatial awareness, you just don’t want to know. (see also our training article >)

Hanging coats on the coat rack

Finally, to do that, you have to be able to multitask tremendously when you enter the room: you have to wipe your feet, put down your bag, take off your coat and shoes, and then also be able to figure out that you need to take them to the designated place. Wow, brain freeze!

Throwing away candy wrappers

It makes perfect sense that most people can’t deposit those in the trash, because once you unwrap your candy, your brain only gets the signal that that candy needs to be eaten immediately, and there’s no room for other inferences. So what do you do? Right, you just drop the piece of paper on the spot. Logical right?

Throwing away whatever

Of course, it’s also very difficult to see the junk that’s lying right in front of you, for example on the counter, or next to you on the table, and then to think that maybe it would be handy to throw it away. Fortunately, moms have radar vision.

Seeing that the garbage can is full

Because trash is so invisible to all family members except mom. Therefore, the garbage can is emptied by no one but mom, which leads to problems if mom is unexpectedly not around when the garbage can is full. This basically means that mom can never leave, because otherwise when she gets home there will be a rat problem and she will have to call the city cleaning department.

Hanging up the kitchen towel

This is almost impossible, because of the small loop, or one of those awkward pinch things where you have to squeeze the towel back in. It is therefore important to dry your hands very carefully so that the towel never falls, which again requires a special kind of finesse and is therefore almost impossible. So you leave the towel on the floor after drying most of the time. After all, Mom does hang it up.

Spitting toothpaste in the sink

And not splashing on the mirror. For that, you need to be able to aim and that is just not easy. Something with a sense of direction and such, tricky.

Throwing clothes into the laundry basket

Again: aiming is not easy, so it’s not surprising that dirty underpants regularly end up next to the laundry basket. It’s more of a miracle if you hit the target. And you can be extensively applauded for that.

Putting the dishes in the dishwasher

You must be able to consider that dirty dishes do not clean themselves and also do not have legs. Moreover, at that moment you have probably just eaten your fill and your brain automatically goes into saturation sleep mode and you, like most people, can no longer think logically.