How far is too far?
You drop the children at Grandma and Grandpa's for their annual week long visit but then inexplicably get selective amnesia and forget that you have children or parents. You book yourself a trip to a retreat in India.

--Ali
Instead of making a meal, you tell the kids to go play "hunter and gatherer" and send them to the neighbour's vegetable garden.

--Ali

Announce that the children must learn sign language through immersion, then forbid anyone to speak out loud.

--Ali

You book the ice cream truck to come by at suppertime everyday for two months.

--Stacey
You offer prizes for best paper mache statue created using younger siblings.

You send them into the woods with a bag of breadcrumbs to play Hansel & Gretel.

You give them an at-home tattoo project: put an outline on their arms and send them outside without sunblock.

At the lake, you set the dock adrift, announce the new game: "race to the floating dock." Make them jump in the water and swim for it.

--Jude

You encourage your budding Einstein to write a detailed report explaining how velcro actually works.

--Stacey
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The urban version: "Hey, kids, let's go play "'dumpster diver' "

--Stacey