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    10 Events that Should Be Added to the 2016 Olympic Games

    By | Team Mom – Mon, Aug 13, 2012 3:32 PM EDT

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    Endurance Planking
    You're not sleeping. You're laying there for hours. Awake. Because you're engaged in the marathon of long-term sleep-deprivation that is parenting. It's basically ... more 
    Photo by: Flickr
    Endurance Planking
    You're not sleeping. You're laying there for hours. Awake. Because you're engaged in the marathon of long-term sleep-deprivation that is parenting. It's basically the Sleep Deprivation 2x FOREVER Relay Race.
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    Call me a traitor to the USA, but I wasn't interested in this year's Olympics (unless it happened to be on a TV in a place where I was sitting and couldn't get up. Or if the trampoline matches were happening). Thinking about it now, I've come to realize the reason why I didn't care for the Herculean feats that were broadcast across the pond in London: I CAN'T DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS. So in honor of the Olympic closing ceremonies, I decided to invent a Parenting Olympics with events that we can all rally around. Here are a few possible contests of skill, agility, and strength that should be included in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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