Parenting Tricks

I'm really excited about this little parenting trick that I stumbled upon last weekend.... I just figured out how to clear the room of glassy-eyed Wii-addicted 7-year olds.

You need to rent one of those sing-a-long games for your game console - High School Musical or Hannah Montana will do.

Patiently wait your turn (remember, they learn by example).
Then grab the microphone and launch into your very best and boisterous version of What I've Been Looking For or Best of Both Worlds. Really any song would do the trick.

You finish the song, wipe the sweat from you brow, and wait for praise from your adoring fans.

Silence.

You look around and the room is empty.

"Hey, I unlocked another level here. Helllllooooo? We can sing on the rooftop garden now. Anyone?"

They're gone. Probably in the back yard where they should have been all along. Now reward yourself and sing on the rooftop garden stage. Go ahead you earned it.

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Now, what I will be waiting for is the sing-a-long game with the Chicks and Van and Harris and Krause and the Spree and Lang and Carlyle and Hem and Stipe and Picott and Green Day and....... I think I'll be waiting a while.

It could be the Shower Sing-a-long Wii game for crusty old adults like me. And instead of an audience (we are singing in the shower after all), you have to sing for your life so the game doesn't launch into the Psycho shower scene.

Hey, I'm just thinking out of the box here.
It might be the next big thing.

Cheers,
Cheryl

Comments

[suzy]

I'm thinking I'm really glad we don't have a Wii. We've avoided most of that type of techie stuff since I have girls. But grandma paid for netflix. Girls love flicks.