Parents·Posted on Oct 10, 202118 Parents Who Woke Up This Morning And Chose "Genius"They have this parenting thing down pat.by Asia McLainBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. This mom, who used a food tent from the dollar store as a tent for her kid's dolls: View this photo on Instagram 2. This mom, who figured out the best way to keep her Girl Scout cookies to herself: View this photo on Instagram 3. This dad, whose repurposing of cereal boxes as an after-school filing system was a stroke of genius: View this photo on Instagram 4. This dad, who realized his beer carrier could double as a baby bottle carrier: View this photo on Instagram 5. This parent, who used a diaper as a mess-free burrito holder: View this photo on Instagram 6. This dad, who used a stroller bag hook to carry all of the kids' water bottles and sippy cups: View this photo on Instagram 7. This dad, who didn't have a hair tie for his kid at a restaurant, so he discovered that the paper napkin ring works just as well: View this photo on Instagram 8. And this dad, who discovered that twist ties do the job pretty well too: View this photo on Instagram 9. This mom, who used her kid's wagon to bring the groceries inside the house: View this photo on Instagram 10. This dad, who enlisted the help of one of his kid's toys to hold his popcorn: View this photo on Instagram 11. This mom, who tied a hair tie around the pump of the hand soap to keep her kids from pumping too much at once: View this photo on Instagram 12. This dad, who didn't have a hose, so he repurposed a dust pan to fill his toddler's pool: View this photo on Instagram 13. This mom, who used Velcro strips to keep her remotes in one place: View this photo on Instagram 14. And this dad, who got tired of his kids losing his, so he made it that much harder: View this photo on Instagram 15. This mom, who figured out a genius way to get her kid to eat their fruit: View this post on Facebook Facebook: janecassie 16. This dad, who realized that in a bind, you can use straws to blow up an inflatable toy: View this photo on Instagram 17. This mom, who discovered that adding a few sprinkles got her kids to eat their bananas: View this photo on Instagram 18. And this mom, who came up with a great food-cooling system for her kid's nuggets and fries, and we may never use a car air vent for anything else: View this photo on Instagram