The things you do for your kids...

[geoschmo]

I already have the tickets. Sunday afternoon I get to spend an hour and a half in a movie theater with hundreds of screaming pre-teens listening to Hannah Montana sing her little heart out.

Oh boy.

The things we do so we don't have to watch our kids on Oprah one day talking about how their parents screwed them up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Renegade 13]

I feel your pain. Rather, I will, when / if I have kids, until then... freedom! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Just close your eyes and pretend it's all a bad dream, a very very bad dream.

[Captain Kwok]

It's your fault for letting them watch TV and have friends.

[Romulus68]

Guess what i'm doing this weekend as well? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Xrati]

Go, Enjoy yourself and have a good time watching them have fun. Take them for an Ice Cream or a Pizza afterwards!!!

[dmm]

Just close your eyes and go to your happy place.

[Baron Grazic]

Take in a Wireless Notebook and surf here, portable DVD player, or worse case an iPod and turn the music up full bore. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[mrscrogg]

My daughter will be 13 in two months and celebrating her bat Mitzvah , where has the time gone ? I can remember holding her when she was first born and she couldn't even hold her own head up . Enjoy your children , spend time with them when they leave your home and protection for good all you will have are those memories

[Caduceus]

mrscrogg said:Enjoy your children , spend time with them when they leave your home and protection for good all you will have are those memories



As a father of two, I would hope to add that you'd have intelligent, well-rounded individuals who continue to respect you for raising them well.

[mrscrogg]

well said !

[Randallw]

I have a nephew who is nearly 3. In the afternoon he comes up to me and says

"Want to see bob/thomas on the puter"

I lift him up on my lap and go to the bob/thomas website. Then he grabs the headphones off my head.

"need them"

Then he watches as I do all the games and puzzles before crying out "cool" when I colour things.

later he walks through the house saying

"Randall!. Please take me out to see the chickens" which means I have to go out the back and watch him play.

Since he clearly hasn't started school yet I, and his cousin who lives interstate, are the closest thing to friends he has. But he's very polite and always says thank you when you do stuff for him, and it helps his parents for me to keep him occupied occasionally, like taking him to the park.

[Caduceus]

Randallw - check out nickjr.com which has a variety of games for pre-schoolers. My three year-old daughter particularly enjoys the Wow Wow Wubzy (I know) and Diego platformers/side scrollers.

[Randallw]

took a look, but what I want to know is why pre-schoolers would have an opinion on the US election?

[Caduceus]

Not coming up for my banner ad, I get an ad for Diego.

My daughter seems to be interested in politicians who have dropped out of the election because they "look like they need hugs."

[Randallw]

It wasn't an ad, it was a poll. As if children have an opinion.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

My guess is, either somebody wanted skewed poll results or somebody thought the idea was cute.