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I’ll be the first to admit, my children know more about some things than I do. Now, I’m not saying they’re smarter. They might be or they might not be. I’m a pretty smart guy. But then again, they’re my kids! I’m just saying they have a connection with wisdom beyond their years.

My wife and I are hyper-sensitive about what our children see and read.

I don’t like Shrek, for instance, because I think the donkey is a smart &^%$.

So, you can imagine what I think about my kids on the Internet.

Our solution to this problem is to have all of our computers in our breakfast room, which is actually an office.

It’s not unusual for me to be sitting here writing (as I am doing now) while my kids are playing a game or something on the other computer–affectionately knows as the “little” computer.

The other day, both my kids were playing a Sesame Street game where they take Elmo and other members of his family and dress them in costumes.

In case you don’t know this (or you’ve forgotten) Elmo is a monster. My little girl explained that to me the other day using a tone of voice that indicated that I might be the stupidest person on the face of the earth for not knowing that essential fact!

Well, they both got Elmo’s top half dressed, but when it came to Elmo’s bottom half, my son kept wanting to dress him up in pants.

My daughter would not hear of it!

“Don’t put pants on him! Don’t you know monsters never wear pants!”

As my children tried to work out about Elmo’s pants, I realized that I had been given a great idea for a post.

Monsters Never Wear Pants!

Monsters!

Do we have monsters in our lives? You bet!

Financial problems, joblessness, problems getting along with our spouse, problems our children have in school, depression, sickness, fear of old age, fear of getting on airplanes…I could go on and on.

Monsters!

But don’t they get a little less scary when you realize that they’re not wearing any pants!

Understand, I’m not trying to belittle all of your fears and make them go away with a bedtime story for adults. There are actually some monsters in our lives who do wear pants–and they’ve got loaded .45s in both hands. But these real bugaboos are few and far between.

Usually, we conquer our fears, our inadequacies, and overcome our mistakes and faults, and go on to lead happy and productive lives.

Usually our monster’s are of the non-pants-wearing variety.

Kali Mera!

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