Sinlung /
03 August 2011

How Parents Fail!

Website exposes the bum mums and bad dads with questionable parenting skills

At the local firing range, in a sandwich, stuck to a wall with tape... these are not the kinds of places you'd expect to find a baby.

But as the incredible - and disturbing - photos below show, some parents think nothing of popping their loved one in the microwave or giving them a Hitler doll to play with.

Guaranteed to give social workers nightmares, the images are taken from new website ParentFails.com, which aims to chronicle 'all the funny moments when parenting goes horribly, and hilariously, wrong'.

Pay attention, darling: When it comes to self-defence, this mother believes in starting young

Pay attention, darling: When it comes to self-defence, this mother believes in starting young

Yum! Dad's feeling peckish... time for a midnight snack

Yum! Dad's feeling peckish... time for a midnight snack

X-rayed: Airport security checks are getting out of hand

X-rayed: Airport security checks are getting out of hand

Give us a hug: Baby snuggles up with the beloved family... python

Give us a hug: Baby snuggles up with the beloved family... python

Baby looks shocked at his dad's choice of reading material

Baby looks shocked at his dad's choice of reading material

One worryingly common theme sees babies snapped in the place of food: whether nestling in an enormous sandwich or providing the centrepiece to a traditional Indian meal.

And babies are also shown getting up close and personal with the family pets - even when that pet is an enormous snake.

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The photos evoke memories of celebrity parenting blunders, like Britney Spears driving with her son on her lap, or Michael Jackson dangling his daughter over a hotel balcony.

But these parents probably see the funny side: photos are submitted by the public, and most were probably sent in by the parents themselves.

Whether the children will find it quite so amusing when they stumble across old photo albums in years to come is another matter.

Impulse buy: Walmart really does sell everything

Impulse buy: Walmart really does sell everything

There's an unbreakable bond between fathers and daughters - but sometimes it goes slightly too far

There's an unbreakable bond between fathers and daughters - but sometimes it goes slightly too far

Micro-babe: This poor tot was starting to feel the heat

Micro-babe: This poor tot was starting to feel the heat

Hanging around: This toddler's parents have invented some innovative child-care techniques

Hanging around: This toddler's parents have invented some innovative child-care techniques

Sinister: This child seems devoted to her Hitler doll

Sinister: This child seems devoted to her Hitler doll

Tradition: This Asian baby is keeping in touch with her cultural heritage

Tradition: This Asian baby is keeping in touch with her cultural heritage

No child left behind: One father tries out a daring new method of transport

No child left behind: One father tries out a daring new method of transport

Get stuck in: At least this tot has company to help her through this hair-raising experience

Get stuck in: At least this tot has company to help her through this hair-raising experience

Thrifty: This mum presumably couldn't find £1 for a trolley

Thrifty: This mum presumably couldn't find £1 for a trolley

Big spender: This tot is already living the high life in a Ferrari

Big spender: This tot is already living the high life in a Ferrari

Squeaky-clean: These kids were looking for the jacuzzi experience

Squeaky-clean: These kids were looking for the jacuzzi experience

How's the reception? A TV star in the making

How's the reception? A TV star in the making

New parents can be reluctant to let their baby out of their sight - even for a minute

New parents can be reluctant to let their baby out of their sight - even for a minute

Best of friends: This fearless toddler is at one with nature

Best of friends: This fearless toddler is at one with nature

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