Benefits children have that you do not.

[mainegreen]

Children can wear dinosaurs on their clothes, think it's cool and maintain their dignity.
Children can eat a thousand cookies and not feel any guilt.
Children have nap time built into their days.
The tub is big enough for you and all your toys with room to spare.


Others?

[Texasgal]

1. Children

Can fart without remorse.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Children can laugh from their bellies and cry from their hearts

over seemingly minor things and they don't care one whit what others think of them for doing so.

[mainegreen]

4. Not only that, five minutes afterwards they are soo over that.

Like it never happened!

[BarenakedLady]

3. Children

get to have people wait on them hand and foot.
get to play all day without guilt.

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. So do cats

What's your point? :shrug:

[Shine]

5. Children don't have to worry about things like bills, taxes, laundry

Children get all their meals made for them

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Slackers, every one of them.

:-)

[Shine]

13. I feel it's my duty to remind them frequently of how grateful they should be

yeah, they have it soooo good.

:hi:

[ikojo]

7. Children get three months off in the summer

to do with as they please.

[mainegreen]

8. Oh man. I miss that.

Me, I'm hoping for a week at best.

[LaraMN]

9. They can wedge their asses into an infant car seat w/out being laughed at.

Just wanted to see if I could fit.

:thumbsup:

[mainegreen]

11. Thumbs up, you fit?

Good for you!
(I think)

[LaraMN]

14. I totally fit!

:bounce:

[Inchworm]

10. They can fart at the grocery

and giggle about it

:silly:

[MonkeyFunk]

12. When I cry in a restaurant

I get thrown out :mad:

[philosophie_en_rose]

15. Recess and Snack time.

:bounce:

[wildhorses]

16. they have energy to spare and the imagination to figure out how

to use it:bounce:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. Run around in the front lawn sprinkler naked?

:shrug:

[mainegreen]

19. Well, you could try that now, but Matcom would be posting a news story about the fallout from that!

:rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

20. "fallout" is a totally inappropriate word for this particular situation.

[mainegreen]

21. !!!!!

:spray:

[Nikia]

18. More patient in learning to do things and to do them well

Most of what keeps me from taking up activities is that I do them for a few days and the say "I suck." and quit doing them. That didn't happen to me when I was a child.

[TrogL]

23. Not have to worry about the height of doorways

and basement ceilings.

[mainegreen]

24. Clonk!

Yup. I crack my head every time I go downstairs.

[VenusRising]

25. They can throw a temper tantrum

when they don't get their way without security being called on them.

They have the luxury of being brutally honest with everyone.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

26. My kid has health insurance thru her father.

I am unemployed and have no health insurance.

[petronius]

27. All they have to do is cry, and someone shoves a breast in their face!

I have to buy dinner and act all sensitive before I get that kind of treatment...

[Ariana Celeste]

29. LOL

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. Probably the most honest post I've ever seen at DU

:thumbsup:

[grace0418]

28. Children don't have to work at soul-sucking, meaningless jobs.

Or deal with 15 lousy days off a year.