Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back! Mama Bear’s Hilarious Struggle With Two Cubs Is Every Parent Ever

April 23, 2026

Kristina Rupp was driving home in Asheville, North Carolina when traffic suddenly came to a stop.

"I was actually annoyed because traffic was stopped. I thought it was a goose or something," Rupp said.

But she quickly realized it was a mama bear trying to get one of her cubs out from underneath a car. Rupp grabbed her phone and began recording, capturing the bear's determined effort to get all of her cubs safely across the road.

Like toddlers, the cubs certainly didn't make it easy. Every time the mother pulled one to safety, another wandered right back toward danger.

"That's what was so funny for me. I really empathized with her, and I wanted to help her. That was my instinct, I was like she needs a babysitter," Rupp said, laughing.

The video has clearly struck a chord, especially with parents.

"Three steps forward... Two steps back!"