I want to do something a little bit funny today with Parents “R” US and this popped into my mind. I was wondering what it would take to make people think they were a parents and I came up with this list.

10 - If your kids complain that the remote for the television doesn’t work, but you still remember having to get up off of the couch and turn a knob to change the channel, you might be a parent.

9 – If your kids tell you they can’t do their math homework because the internet connection is to slow, but you remember when it was hard to use a calculator, you might be a parent.

8 – If the kids tell you they can’t go where you want to go, because their cell phone gets no reception there, but you still remember when you had to stay home to get a phone call because there was no such things as cell phones, you might be a parent.

7 – If your kids tell you that a 30 dollar pair of levis isn’t good enough, because if you don’t have the 100 dollar pair of designer jeans everyone else is wearing you are a nobody, but you remember when you had to fight with your parents just to get a pair of Levis because Lee’s weren’t cool enough, you might be a parent.

6 – If your 14 year old daughter or son tells you they want to go hang out at the mall and will be home at midnight on a school night, but you remember when 8pm was too late to stay out on a school night, you might be a parent.

5 – If your kids tell you 20 dollars a week for an allowance is not enough and everyone else gets more, but you can remember when 5 dollars a week was considered a great allowance, you might be a parent.

4 – If your kids tell you they can’t eat a meal at Burger King for less than 6 dollars, but you still remember when 3 cheeseburgers, a large fry, and a medium chocolate shake cost $2.94 there, you might be a parent.

3 – If you have to tell your kids to buckle up because it is the law, but you remember when babies rode in cars without any restraints and riding in the back of a pickup truck was considered a treat, you might be a parent.

2 – If you take your family of four out to the movies for a treat and it costs you $22.50 for tickets, $20.00 for soda’s, and $20.00 for a large popcorn and two boxes of candy, but remember when the whole shebang cost less than $20.00 for either a theater or drive-in, you might be a parent.

And now for the number one example of if you might be a parent…..

1– If you are walking around the house, or the grocery store, or even doing the house cleaning and you know all of the words to The Wiggles Another Cup of Rosy Tea and you are singing it at the time, you might be a parent.

I hope this brings back great memories of more simple times to those of us lucky enough to have grown up in them. Have an awesome day, CIAO4NOW!!!!!