10 Ways Parenting a Toddler is like Being Spider-Man

It's not so Super sometimes.

We all know that being a parent requires superhuman abilities. Patience, for example. Or capacity for dealing with fecal matter.

But after months of chasing around a small, cranky monkey that’s magnetically drawn to danger—also known as a two-year-old—I've come to realize that parenting a toddler is specifically like being Spider-Man.

Let me be clear: this is not a perk. Being Spider-Man would suck. Every time the guy runs out to grab a coffee, it turns into an intense ordeal because of some emotional weirdo with an incredibly illogical plan.

But that’s my life, too! And I don’t even get a cool mask!

Here are ten other ways raising a toddler makes you exactly like Spider-Man.

1. Your hands are generally sticky enough to climb walls.