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17 Moms Who Outsmarted Their Kids So Good, They Deserve A Standing Ovation

These moms are good, really good.

1. This mom, who picked the perfect place to hide her candy from her kids:

2. This mom, who put fake cameras on the wall during the holidays to get her kids to behave, 'cause Santa was watching:

Fake camera on the wall near a Christmas tree circled

3. This mom, who created this "phone lockup" so her kids couldn't sneak and look at their phones in bed:

4. This mom, who made her kids these "cake pops," which were really oranges:

5. This mom, who fooled her picky eaters by pouring generic barbecue sauce into the name-brand bottle:

6. This mom, who labeled her maple syrup "cough syrup" to keep her kids away:

7. And this mom, who figured out how to dispose of her kids' most annoying toys...by hiding them in the diaper-pail bag:

8. This mom, whose kids wouldn't eat anything except pizza, so she cut the lasagna into the shape of a pizza slice, and they never knew the difference:

Triangle-shaped piece of lasagna on a plate

9. This mom, whose kid asked for some car "accessories," so she got these super-embarrassing accessories and picked him up from school with them:

10. This mom, whose kid didn't want to help rake the leaves, so she left him a surprise on his car:

11. This mom, whose kid would only eat delivery pizza, so she made one at home and put it in a pizza box to fool him:

Very cheesy-looking pizza pie in a box

12. This mom, who hid her cake in the fruit drawer to keep her kids from finding it:

13. This mom, who showed her son what happens when he nods off:

14. This mom, who used breast milk bags to make her kids some otter pops, and they never even noticed:

15. This mom, who promised her kid she wouldn't stay and watch his golf practice, and she didn't, technically:

16. This mom, who used a lint roller to pull off the prank of all pranks:

17. And finally, this mom, whose teenager wouldn't dare let her get a back-to-school photo of him, but she figured out a way to sneak one anyway: