Comments on: Secret Perks of Having Kids

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:16:59 +0000

Nice list. Perhaps my favorite is getting to play with toys and games all you want and being called a good parent for it when, truth be told, you just really want to dress up Barbies and get a FC on "Don't Fear the Reaper."

PS Yes, I just saw this post. Would've read it sooner but I've got kids. ;-)

By: Good Stuff « My Derbe

Good Stuff « My Derbe — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:17:26 +0000

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By: Greta

Greta — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:43:19 +0000

Having an Enthusiastic Gofer

That’s right. Our son is in the stage where he’s excited to “bring mama her shoes” or “bring daddy a col-ba (cold beer)”….I kid, I kid…about the col-ba.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:39:54 +0000

I cant wait to have kids. I cant wait to put them on a playing field right out of the womb and push them until they hate the sport. Then I will push them some more until they make it to the big leagues and then I can take all the credit for their ability to play the sport since I “helped” them out through the years. My kids will then have to support me while I am a lazy piece of crap that lives off my their fortunes. Im really excited…

By: admin

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:04:47 +0000

That’s pure genius.

By: bryan a

bryan a — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:33:45 +0000

No More Excruciating Out of Town Parent Visits – We live 6 hours from my parents, so their visits usually last around 3 days. Before kids, the visits were all the same.

The first hour – excitement to see each other.
The second hour – catching up on each other’s lives.
The third hour – how am i going to entertain these people for the next 3 days?

But once you have kids it all changes. The kids give them something to do, and suddenly you’ve got live-in babysitters! “see you mom, we’re going out to the movies. and if something happens to our car and we can’t make it back tonight, we’ll be staying at the Radisson in town.”

(btw, if my parents are reading this, i am not speaking from experience…only from what my mean friends tell me about their parents)

By: required

required — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:18:01 +0000

1 perk i love is that when i’m running late i can wear that shirt or pair of jeans/pants with the stain on it from the last time i wore it and be able to say that my son inadvertently just put that stain there with the tag line, “…you know how kids are.”

By: nate

nate — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:17:13 +0000

chics

By: Lee Taft

Lee Taft — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:07:52 +0000

I’m really enjoying the ability to play with toys again. My kid was way too young for Elmo Live last fall, but did that stop me from buying it “for him”? No way. I’m way too old for playing with giant bouncy balls in the aisles in Target, but I sure do enjoy it.

By: D.Lake

D.Lake — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:03:45 +0000

Nice list … when your kids are a bit older (mine 10 & 12) the freedom to fart is still exist. Now you can blame them or their friends. Smelly Kid Crotch doesn’t go away til mid-teens.

Shorter Chore List: Kid’s need a good work ethic instilled in them … taking out the trash, mowing the lawn, and cleaning the kids bathroom – it no longer on your plate!