"Can I Join Facebook?" and 6 More Questions I Dread Answering as a Parent

In a little over three years' time, I have gone from a man taking care of something beautiful that does not speak to a man answering questions that have absolutely no answer at all. That's right, I've joined the ranks of people with kids who have learned to speak. And while it's a magical trip hearing their voices develop and sentences getting strung together, it also bares a bit of serious foreshadowing, too. Because I know all too well that the day is coming when my kids are going to realize that with the flick of their tongues and the rumble of their lips, they can start to ask me things that I don't ever want to hear. Here are 10 things I'm not looking forward to hearing from my kids as they get older. - By Serge Bielanko

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Can I go to the movies?
Oh man, I don't even know where to begin with this one. The day is rushing toward me when my kids are going to want to go places ... with their friends ... without parents, and it rocks me to my core. I understand that, as parents, there comes a time to let go, little by little, yet I know that it is going to break my heart a bit when I first drop my daughter off at the mall someday and just pull ... more
Photo by: Serge Bielanko
Can I go to the movies?
Oh man, I don't even know where to begin with this one. The day is rushing toward me when my kids are going to want to go places ... with their friends ... without parents, and it rocks me to my core. I understand that, as parents, there comes a time to let go, little by little, yet I know that it is going to break my heart a bit when I first drop my daughter off at the mall someday and just pull away. (Oh who am I kidding ... I'll be dropping her off and then parking secretly and then spying on her from Orange Julius all the way to the Gap!) less

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