One Direction's Best Childhood Throwback Photos

Who else has all the copies of your old childhood photos and whips them out at just the right time? Yup, your parents. There's no one else in the world who embarrasses you — and that awkward braces phase — in the same loving way they do.

Because celebrities' moms are just like ours, Liam Payne's mom posted a throwback of her son's old school photo yesterday (July 21). It was the same day his solo record deal with Capitol Records was announced. Though she simply captioned the photo with emojis, we'll take it as her way of celebrating Liam's heartbreaking amazing accomplishment. (No, YOU'RE freaking out that One Direction still isn't back together.) To round out the nostalgia Liam's photo will give you, we rounded up childhood photos of the rest of the band. (You're welcome.)