Someone Else’s Kids

Do kids still get hand-me-down clothes? This was an experience that I got to skip since I was an only child. (Yes, I know, this explains a lot!) As an adult though, friends have given me clothes they didn’t want any more and it didn’t bother me at all, probably because I […]

I was just thinking about how the lives of my friends (specifically their entertainment choices) changed when they started having children.
One day the DVD shelf was filled with action movies for him and romantic comedies for her. Disney’sonly entrée onto the shelf was through its Miramaxdivision. Then, it all changed. I […]

Remember the TV Kids Say The Darndest Things? Those things can be funny, embarrassing, cute, revealing, controversial, etc.
What has your little moppet come out with lately that you wish he or she hadn’t? Where did the incident take place?
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I must be on a roll today with these “when should you let your kids get” posts. What about kids first cell phones? This should closely be followed by the thought do kids ever need their own cell phones?
I don’t think they need them until they are driving. Of course […]

Just about every kid has a goldfish as a pet at some time or another. When I was kid, we all used to win them every year at an annual Labor Day Carnival. The poor things barely ever lasted until Halloween. Who knew that those simple plain bowls were bad for the […]

How old should kids be before they get their own televisions in their own rooms?
I received one when I was in third grade, which caused quite a stir in my class because I was the only kid who had one. Did that turn me into a TV addict? Not at all. […]

All parents warn their kids that it is only a matter of time before they emulate some aspect of their personality.
I remember when I was a kid giving my mother a hard time if she bought the wrong flavor of an item at the grocery store. I remember a specific conversation in which she […]