Tuesday, September 16, 2003 |
The Wiggles are a mixed blessing
A few years ago before my own children came along, a friend of mine once prophesied of things to come.
Having kids himself, he spoke with some authority on the transpiration of events over which I would have no control.
He spoke of the Wiggles.
He span a tale that saw me walking down the street, minding my own business when before I knew it, I would be subconsciously singing the words "Wake up Jeff, everybody's wiggling. Wake up Jeff, we really need you".
I laughed at this and told him that when I have kids I will not be using the Wiggles as a baby sitter. My kids won't be sitting in front of the TV just because I am too slack. He smiled a knowing smile and we never brought it up again.
The years went by and I had two kids of my own (well I have to admit that my wife did most of the work in this department but I like to think that I had some input into their creation).
One year, one of them was given a Wiggles video for a birthday present. And so it began. "They're heeeeereee"
It started off with my wife and I saying, "Ok just once a day. They can watch it once a day because they love it so much but that's it!" Then we realised how much we could get done while that video was on because we no longer had anyone running around breaking things, screaming and generally requiring priority attention. Then came the second video and with it even more time to do things that needed to be done.
Pretty soon the Wiggles had become one of the major contributors to greatly reducing the piles of washing and the cleanliness of our kitchen. There is a price however. Freedom like this is as addictive as Heroin. Once you have had it, you have to have more.
And so it went on until one day it happened. Walking down the street to get the paper, I realised that I was already half way through "Wake up Jeff" before I could stop myself.
The prophecy had come true.
Parents maybe interested in this History of the Wiggles I found somewhere.
A few years ago before my own children came along, a friend of mine once prophesied of things to come.
Having kids himself, he spoke with some authority on the transpiration of events over which I would have no control.
He spoke of the Wiggles.
He span a tale that saw me walking down the street, minding my own business when before I knew it, I would be subconsciously singing the words "Wake up Jeff, everybody's wiggling. Wake up Jeff, we really need you".
I laughed at this and told him that when I have kids I will not be using the Wiggles as a baby sitter. My kids won't be sitting in front of the TV just because I am too slack. He smiled a knowing smile and we never brought it up again.
The years went by and I had two kids of my own (well I have to admit that my wife did most of the work in this department but I like to think that I had some input into their creation).
One year, one of them was given a Wiggles video for a birthday present. And so it began. "They're heeeeereee"
It started off with my wife and I saying, "Ok just once a day. They can watch it once a day because they love it so much but that's it!" Then we realised how much we could get done while that video was on because we no longer had anyone running around breaking things, screaming and generally requiring priority attention. Then came the second video and with it even more time to do things that needed to be done.
Pretty soon the Wiggles had become one of the major contributors to greatly reducing the piles of washing and the cleanliness of our kitchen. There is a price however. Freedom like this is as addictive as Heroin. Once you have had it, you have to have more.
And so it went on until one day it happened. Walking down the street to get the paper, I realised that I was already half way through "Wake up Jeff" before I could stop myself.
The prophecy had come true.
Parents maybe interested in this History of the Wiggles I found somewhere.
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