Not that I’m going to rush to update my resumé or anything, but I’m now a “qualified” babysitter. Last night I took care of Ian’s kids (Caity & Luke), and succesfully returned them both alive and well at the conclusion of the evening. I figure that’s a good start to becoming qualified.
However, it did raise the dilemma – what do you do to entertain a couple of kids under the age of 10? I figured that having them sit quietly, watching me code my website probably wouldn’t have cut it. Luckily, my old friend GameCube provided many hours of entertainment. Combine that with a McFlurry from McDonalds and you’ve got a recipe for a killer evening. I’m not sure if I could “double up” with the same combination of events though, so if anyone has some tips on cheap ways to entertain young kids, please let me know!
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In my day when I was a young fella we didn’t have your fancy Game-Boxes, McDougal’s and what not. We made our own fun damnit and our gaurdians took an active interest in what we were doing! You kids today need to go outside more often before you become couch-vegetables. There’s plenty of fun to be had out there with sticks, dirt and small animals. It infuriates me so much to see young kiddies left to electronic baby-sitters that I feel the need to call Mr. John Laws and tell him so. Sounds like your Game-Box deserves the credit for baby-sitting young fella. It probably needed the break from baby-sitting you!
Sadly so, so often the not so child savvy adults quickly resort to the simplicities of electronic amusement. In my day, shoving a stick up a frogs butt, rolling a fresh dog turd along the foot path with your nose, crutching a few sheep, licking dried gum off your shoe, or digging 1/2 tonne of coal from the local mine provided hours of enjoyment. Sadly these simple enjoyments which were not only entertaining but often nutritious, have been cast aside for the non-complicated, uninvolved life of Gamecube.
Nice babysitting, Gerrod. Not the most interactive evening on record, but not bad for a first go. I find DVD’s also work well in keeping kids occupied, as do games such as hide and seek, where you "forget" to seek. However, when they get bored of this you may need to pay them some attention, or alternatively just put them to bed.
Video 2000 works for me! Lots of kids want to see movies involving sex and violence that their parents have forgotten to rent for them. Also, some kids like to play networked computer games.
I will admit to having very limited experience with young kids (other than having briefly been one myself) so I’m not the best person to give advice, but since you asked…<br><br>From what I hear kids like making stuff, whether it’s helping out in the kitchen making patty cakes, doing origami, making jewellery, making cards etc.<br><br>Kids also like having secrets, so teaching them a secret language or code (NOT Java, Gerrod) could be fun.<br><br>I hear they love helping to clean houses too, or is that just wishful thinking?