June 10th, 2009
Destroyer of Things
When things get old, they break and fall apart. Kids are just a catalyst towards that end goal. 
Lesson Learned: If you value something, and you have kids, it will probably get broken, damaged, or somehow ruined.
-Krishna
June 10th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Lol. I was nicked “Destroyer of Things”
(in Telugu) You remind me of it. Sweet 
June 10th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
it’s always different when it’s YOUR expensive unimportant piece of *&^%$
June 10th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
just like my house
June 11th, 2009 at 2:43 am
There was a bunch of ads of American Express during the nineties, dealing with just that. Kids did what they saw being done by adults. This one adult fed the new VCR with a tape and said “It is verrry hungry”. So the kid took its porridge and “fed” the VCR. Of course, American Express replaced it (the VCR, not the kid).
And yes, I have raised three rascals and got used to own old, used or otherwise inexpensive things, saving college money + x for replacing the garbage in my household with beautiful furniture, when the kids have moved out.
Have patience. A picassoed dining chair may be valuable one day. The slightly dented car when she turns 18 + 1 day just looses value.
Thomas from Berlin, Germany
June 12th, 2009 at 7:24 am
OTOH, that “picassoed chair” may end up on the curb for some lucky do-it-yourselfer to find, repaint or refinish.
That’s how I got my new nightstand. Great peice of solid furniture with obviously child artwork on the white finish. One paint job later, voila!
Gotta love that kid, whoever he/she was
June 14th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
All children from the time they can move independently until they are out of the house have Kali living in them to one degree or another.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:40 am
Yes I know exactly what this is like. Number 2 has started walking and I am seriously thinking of nicknaming him “Destroyer of Worlds”. There is nothing that little tyke can’t get into.