I got chewed out this morning because I had the gall to let my son watch TV at 5:45 ay em (as opposed to forbidding him to do so, which would have resulted in his weaseling into our bed and repeatedly kicking me in the nards).

Hot Wife is of the mind that before they even THINK about turning on the TV, the kids should be dressed, brushed, peed and pooped, have their beds made, have some cereal in their guts, check the status of their 529 accounts, cure an infectious disease, hold disarmament talks with a rogue dictator and put a fresh coat of paint on the house.

Conversely, I'm of the opinion that children have an inalienable right to watch cartoons while they rub the sleep from their eyes. This isn't China, for fuck's sake. It's not like they're going to be late for work at the sweatshop.

In the bigger picture, all of this is irrelevant. Would you like to know why? Because today is the official start of HOCKEY SEASON! (See: The Stanley Cup Champion Anaheim Ducks.)

As it turns out, today is also a day many of the coolest bloggers have declared to be Official De-lurking Day.

You all know the drill. Let us know you're out there.

Comments

I'm here! I'm here!

I always feel terrible if I let my son watch cartoons in the morning, but then I remember how much I enjoyed it as a kid and wonder what harm could it really do.

If the tv gets me 15 minutes more of sleep then it is my friend

de-lurking and I really enjoy your blog. Thanks for entertaining me!

Peeking out from behind the feed reader to say hi.

dude, it's "The Great Mofo Delurk." get it straight, yo.

love you and your blog, kiddo.

Well hello kind sir

Wait - what did you just call me?
Hi.
Great post. :)

We have the same argument at our house. I'm with Hot Wife on this one.

Woohoo! Hockey's back! Go Sabres! Thank god baseball's almost over. I live in Cincinnati, where the baseball AND football teams suck. We're from Buffalo anyway, so we're diehard Bills (who won Sunday!!) and Sabres fans. We'll see how they do without Briere and Drury. Ya gotta believe.

The galling part is that any of you were up at 5:45am. Anything that allows you to regain your sanity and crawl back into bed for a couple more winks is inherently good.

Re: delurking. Love the blog, your writing's hilarious. Am using blog to psych myself up for my future homelife (kid's only 8mo now, capacity for evil is tiny).

Re: Hockey. I tried to be a hockey fan in the late '80s, but ultimately failed. I blame it on expansion (too many teams to keep track of) and Don Cherry (CBC Hockey Night in Canada reference, for I am an expat). But I still think the Stanley Cup belongs in CANADA!

Delurking to say the TV is my friend at 5:45 ay em. Lets me get back to my dream about Greg from the Wiggles until they say the magic words "I'm hungry".

Delurking as ordered! Thanks for the laughs!

hockey. woo.

tv - we don't do it on mornings that there's school or we'd NEVER get there. Mostly because of the dad...

Ugh. I actually set my son's clock back 20 minutes so I could get some sleep in the morning. He's a chronic clock-watcher and knows he can get up at 6am, so at precisely 6:01, he's in my face. After I got smart, it became 6:21. And yes, I let him watch TV for 15 minutes before breakfast. It makes for a much happier household.

De-lurking week! I wonder how many comments I'll get. I'm aiming for double-digits. Ha.

Although we have season tickets, I find it hard to get excited about hockey when our team is the Blue Jackets. Won't be seeing any Stanley Cup around these parts for awhile.

I'm new what's de-lurking?

Go AVS!

It's true. I'm a lurker. But not anymore!!

I got excited when I heard on the news that opening night for the Lightning home games is Thurs, against the Devils! I am a Ranger fan, but I'll take the Devils too! I hope to get to a few games this year. Last year we had these great seats and someone was in them, so we told them to move...it turned out to be the only player who scored any goals that night's parents....ooops!

Who's Stanley and why do I care about his cup? De-lurking to say Hi!

No TV in the morning for the big kid, no TV before the big kid leaves with carpool for the little one - they get even more Evil after TV in the morning, so I pay for the extra 30 minutes of calm with 1 hour of screaming when they only can watch one show so its not worth it.

Thank heavens for Tivo and KidZone, tho - always bad when the kids try to find one of their shows and see "Robot Chicken" and think its for them...

(DGM: this would be a much longer comment if I had my own blog to post on - mind if I just comment on yours? :) )

I don't think I've ever commented here before, but you make me laugh so much that I think I can manage to peek my head out from under the covers for delurking day.

Delurking. Great site. I am a CA native, and you talk about things that make me glad I live in FL now.

Hey DGM,
Been reading (and laughing!) for sooo long and not sure if I ever de-lurked before, but I'm here now! :)
In our house, it is our kids absolute right to watch a little bit of tv before and whilst getting dressed etc. Both myself and my husband grew up this way and it did us no harm! Go DGM!

Go Ducks!!!

I see no problem with kids watching morning cartoons. It wakes them up. My 13-month old gets to watch Channel 7 Eyewitness News while I'm in the shower so I can get my traffic update from Jane Monreal.

I read you everday and you always make me smile. Thank you!

No tv (except a little CNN with me) except in unusual circumstances (an occasional movie).

I wouldn't be so hard-core about this rule - but, tv turns my oldest child into an absolute zombie - the boy would scoot me out of the way of a test pattern. A total personality changes for hours follows.

Not a lurker, but feel like one. I am always here for a laugh and some insight DGM. Thanks for everything...

delurking.

I used to let my daughter watch tv in the morning.. before she had to be at school at 8 stupid am in the morning.

Hi, DGM~

Your posts are such entertainment for me! I love laughing out loud becasue of what I read. You win!

hello....delurking and thanking you for making me laugh!

RE: Official De-lurking Day...
Found your site about a month ago - been reading every day since then. Thanks for the laughs!

"repeatedly kicking me in the nards"

Wolfman's got nards.

Also, I'm here.

I'm delurking from behind the depths of my google reader to let you know that yes, children do have an inalienable to watch cartoons before their parents get up.

You win.

ok i am uncloaking... but here is a good reason to hide!!!
h/t chuck..@ From my position...on the way!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvmU2IUH-bk

hope i did it right!!!

My kids can't even come downstairs until they're dressed. Them's the rules. Fortunately they've never considered turning on the upstairs tv in the morning. As far as they know, it only works on weekends and between homework and dinner.

Re-delurking! Dude, at 5:45 ay em, I was getting peed on. By my toddler. IN MY BED!

But of course, yesterday at 5:45 pee em, my toddler was sticking his poopy fingers in my face. So, that's the way the clock goes 'round in this house.

Delurking to say hi, that I think you're hysterical, and as a Portland Pirates fan, I'm a Ducks fan by proxy. Um, if you could stop taking our best players that would be helpful though.

Thanks for providing me with some much needed entertainment. Sure beats data entry! Hope you're having a fabulous day!

Thanks for the comment on my site! I never knew you cared. Here's to hoping my grandma can't figure out how to get into the comments section!

I think I commented once many, many moons ago. So I am, therefore, re-de-lurking myself.

Hi!

ps - like yer blog.

Funny you should write about this. Just this morning (right after we missed the school bus) I decreed No More TV In The Morning - until dressed, fed, and brushed. I had allowed them to get up, stumble out to the living room & put on the tv while waking up, breakfasting, dressing... but noticed them turning more and more into zombies... culminating today with our missed bus.

De-lurking...love your blog; the new haircut - not so much. Have a great day.

De-lurking day huh? Well then - Hi! Luv the site - makes me smile all the time. Luv your new hair cut too! ;)

For The Great Mofo Delurk I will infact delurk to say...

LET'S GO RED WINGS!!!

Yea, that's a good way to start a delurk, huh?

Bethany
-from Detroit

Stage left, Kelliqua walks onto the stage, faces the director, smiles and waves, exits stage right.

Mission accomplished.
Happy De Day.

What up, Danny? Uh, I don't really have anything else to say, so bye.

Present and accounted for sir!!!

If tv is what it takes for a few more winks, I'll take it.

DELURKING. But I don't always lurk b/c I regularly link to you on my sidebar. Does that count?

Delurking as ordered.