Three Kids One Dog Two Cats and A Hamster

I am sorry if I offend, but among the current fads I don’t love is the collection of vinyl stick figure decals representing one’s brood on the backside of the family tank. To me this advertising of your family census is just icky. But I dislike it mostly because I discovered last week to my dismay that Only Boys Can Be Weight-Lifters and Only Girls Can Cook.

The stick figures representing males all have legs sticking out which end in some sort of masculine footwear. The younger males wear shorts, the older trousers. The females all have little triangular skirts, to be sure we can see their gender immediately. No mistaking Ryan for Ashley, nor Shopping Mom for Barbecue Dad. Continue