21 RIDICULOUS things your children argue about

Kids have an amazing knack of arguing about EVERYTHING. And thanks to the looooong school holidays, they’re finding even more bizarre things to row about.

From who sits in the front seat to what they watch on TV, siblings love to disagree.

And it’s not just your own kids … hands up if you remember falling out about all the time with your brother or sister too. 

How many of these arguments do you recognise?

The classic ‘it’s my turn’ argument covers absolutely everything: from who plays on the Nintendo Switch first to which one gets to lead the way on a family walk.

Aaagh.

When the school run starts again you’re guaranteed to hear this row every single day. At drop off AND pick up.

Our advice? Make them all sit in the back.

Board games always sound like a lovely family activity.

In reality, they usually end before they’ve even begun thanks to squabbles over who gets which playing piece.

Monopoly is a guaranteed row-starter with everyone wanting to be the car or the dog ... and definitely NOT the thimble.

Another classic row among your kids is who has the most squash or fizzy drink in their cup. If it’s even a millimeter out, it’s war.

Which is ridiculous, until you remember the fallouts you had with your siblings about who had the most Sunny Delight. Oops.

You thought you were having a lovely family meal out. What you’ve ACTUALLY got is a screaming row in the middle of the cafe about which of your children gets to sit next to you.

You’ll have a table for one next time please.

Dog walks are a great activity for the whole family. Until the arguments start about who gets to hold your pet's lead.

Strange none of the kids are quite as keen on holding the poo bags.

There is nothing more annoying than someone copying everything that you say, do or wear.

Your kids know this, which is why they constantly do it to each other … and then fall out.

There doesn’t even have to be a game for this argument to be rolled out.

Children are obsessed with being the best (especially when compared to their sibling). So they’ll happily wind each other up by saying 'I win' at the top of their voices.

When you’ve got kids, finding an unflushed loo is as normal a part of your day as the sun rising and setting.

But finding out who failed to flush is another matter entirely. Your children will all deny it was them, blame the other one (and start the classic 'it wasn't me' row.)

Chances are you’ve got your favourite coffee mug or cereal bowl. And your kids are the same. 

It just so happens they like the SAME piece of crockery or cutlery as each other. Cue endless rows over who had it last time and whose turn it is today.

Remember when you got to pick what you watched on TV? No, we don’t either.

Now it’s yet another reason for your kids to fall out. Time to hide the remote.

You’ve got to hand it to them, kids have got AMAZING imaginations.

Shame that they use them to cause yet more disagreements. Our personal fave is the row over who their pet or baby sibling likes best … when you don’t even HAVE a pet or baby.

Sometimes your kids are nice to each other.

The rest of the time they are tormenting each other with a daily spot of name-calling. And then arguing over who called who a ‘silly head’ first.

Before having kids you never thought you’d be listening to arguments about who has the biggest bit of cake, the most sweets or the largest handful of crisps.

But now it’s rulers at the ready as your kids measure EXACTLY who has what

Your kids have got their own favourite toys, but even they aren’t safe from the daily arguments. Instead, your children will row over whose toy is better/ bigger/ more fun.

Warning, this one ALWAYS ends in tears.

If your kids are similar sizes you’re about to enter a whole new world of arguments: who is wearing their sibling's clothes.

It might be you accidentally gave your child the other one's top to wear. Or if your children are being particularly sneaky, they’ll deliberately wear their sibling’s shoes or coat. And then get them as dirty as possible.

When your kids are on their devices, nothing gets them crosser than the Wi-Fi playing up. 

And unsurprisingly it’s another great excuse for an argument as they blame each other for slowing down the internet connection.

Or the pedestrian crossing button. Or the doorbell.

In fact if there’s a button to be pressed – and more than one child wanting to do it – you’re in for a row. 

It's the toy that has sat abandoned and forgotten under the sofa for months.

But as soon as it's rediscovered, covered in dust, your children will all insist it's theirs.

That's despite the fact they a) never played with it in the first place and b) shoved it under the sofa in the first place.

Time to 'hide' it again ... this time for good!

But not just ANY hand. Nope, even though both your hands are free, your kids will fight over who gets to hold the left one. Or the right one.

It doesn't matter which one, as long as they can turn it into an excuse to shove each other out of the way.

You know it’s bad when your kids find literally EVERYTHING about each other annoying.

And that includes the way their sibling is breathing. Or talking. Or how close they are standing ...

Honestly, you give up.