By Rowan Sterling (c) 1998
1. Jump on their bed until it breaks (once)
2. Make mudpies
3. Wave at cars behind them when going on a family trip
4. Bounce a ball inside the house at least once (or until something breaks)
5. Join the boyscouts or the girlscouts
6. Be forced into taking piano or ballet lessons
7. Go to amusement parks at least once each summer
8. Run
9. Have sleep over parties
10. Join sports teams
11. Listen to music loud (until the parent's eardrums have shattered)
12. Do household chores such as taking the garbage out or doing dinner dishes
13. An allowance
14. Not work until they absolutely have to
15. Catch Fireflies in jars
16. Have their "boo-boo's" kissed better by mommy or daddy
17. Play dress up
18. Play house
19. Have a birthday party with all their friends every year.
20. Finger paint
21. Play with bugs, frogs, and worms
22. Make macaroni art and necklaces
23. Go to the beach and pick up sea shells
24. Have a pet to love and take care of (with help from mom and dad)
25. Have their pet sleep with them at night (gerbils, hamsters, and fish notwithstanding)
26. Take baths with toys every night
27. Dress themselves at least once a week (no matter how silly they look)
28. Help mommy or daddy cook dinner
29. Be read to every night before they go to sleep
30. At least one glass of water in the middle of the night
31. Watch cartoons and Disney movies
32. Take a nap
33. Go to preschool
34. Cry when they don't want to take their medicine or get a shot
35. Cry when they are hurt
36. Draw pictures
37. Have a messy room or closet
38. Have their grandma say "yes" when mommy says "no"
39. Put posters and pictures up on their wall
40. Asking a parent ad nauseum "Are we there yet?"
41. Having to go to the bathroom even when they said earlier that they didn't
42. Be made to send "thank you" cards for birthday and Christmas presents
43. To live in an abuse free envirornment.
44. To be silly any time they want to.
45. To be children for as long as they can.
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