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• Barney Sex

  One of the hardest part about maintaining a good sex life once you have kids is finding the time to be alone (another is exhaustion, but we'll talk about that some other time). Tertia found the answer at work of all places. No - you perverts - she doesn't have sex at work. Her co-workers told her about Barney Sex. If you are a parent, Barney Sex is exactly what you are thinking. If you aren't a parent, Barney Sex is what occurs when you put on a Barney DVD to mesmerize your children and then you run back to your room and have sex really quick before they notice you are gone. It works. I mean I've heard it works. Ahem. What I am trying to say is Barney is like crack to kids. Here is what you get out of it: 1) sex, 2) a happy spouse or partner and 3) you don't have to be in the room when that annoying dinosaur is singing his mind-numbing songs with all those annoyingly happy little kids.  I believe they call that a win-win-win situation.  Posted Feb 01 2007, 06:23 PM by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: barney, Sex, So Close, Tertia

• South African Pre-Teen Busted for Prank 911 Calls

  Tertia over at So Close found a real parenting nightmare. A 12 year old boy in South Africa got caught making prank calls to emergency centers.This kid got busted for calling in seven different false alarms to several different centers. Some of the calls resulted in very costly searches that dispatched ambulances and even rescue helicopters. The kid was making the calls from his cell phone.  My kids are only two, so I don't have any idea how I would handle it if my 12 year old asked for a cell phone. I guess I would get him one if he promised to use it in an appropriate fashion and not use a bazillion minutes every month. So, my question (and Tertia's question, actually) is how do you punish this offense? South Africa and the local authorities that are out all of that money cannot sue a 12 year old. How accountable is this pre-teen? How responsible are his parents? How would you deal with it if it were your son?  Posted Jan 10 2007, 05:39 PM by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: kids, So Close, cell phones, false alarms, 911, South Africa