{"id":12043,"date":"2013-03-05T12:39:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T20:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=12043"},"modified":"2013-03-05T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T20:39:10","slug":"witnessing-the-birth-of-kid-mogul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/05\/witnessing-the-birth-of-kid-mogul\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnessing the Birth of Kid Mogul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/b>Beware of the child who discovers the power of multi-media presentation.<\/p>\n

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My kids have officially exited the \u201cPlease! Please! Pleeeeease!\u201d phase of trying to get what they want.<\/p>\n

They have now advanced to implementing business strategy: They have assessed that begging does not work, have changed their course of action, researched and employed new tactics, setting themselves up for a more desirable outcome.<\/p>\n

Translation: I just received a multi-media presentation from my 11 year-old for a backyard zip line.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the run-up to it: For years my kids have been begging for a trampoline. I have held firm to my stance that it is not if<\/i> but when<\/i> they want to go to the hospital and the answer is and always will be: NO. Don\u2019t even bother asking Santa because his policy is No Animals, No Baby Brothers or Sisters, No Trampolines.<\/p>\n

Recently my daughter and my 13 year-old son decided our nearly one acre lot would be a perfect spot for a zip line. In fact, they decided, the best place for it would be from a 25 foot pine tree on the edge of the property, over our pool, to their two-story playhouse.<\/p>\n

As they were brainstorming this idea in the backseat, Hubby and I were highly entertained listening to them. We even played devil\u2019s advocate, throwing out potential obstacles to the plan to see how creative they could be.<\/p>\n

Because we didn\u2019t stop the kids in their planning, rushing to kabosh the seeds of a bad idea as we are usually wont to do, they interpreted this as a sign that the door might be slightly ajar to this idea.<\/p>\n

They immediately made plans to rush home, come up with a fool-proof proposal for a zip line, and present it in a way that would kick the door of YES wide open.<\/p>\n