I think that someone (who's much more talented than I am) should develop some kind of diagnostic software that we plug our kid into and figure out what's wrong and how to fix it. I'm not talking about health issues or serious problems I'm talking about all those quirky little things that kids do that mystify us. Here's a good example: Why does my 4 year old adamantly refuse to drink out of any cup that is not blue? What's that all about? I know it's not a huge issue, unless God forbid we go somewhere to eat and there are no blue cups in the place.

If someone out there is interested I think it would be great to build a database of some sort that has all of these strange little things compiled and parents could just go in and fill out a forms and boom! - the solution would appear. I could solve all of the daily stay at home mom drama. I know it might seem petty but what's a mom to do when you just can't find the special "big blue underwear" that your preschooler has to wear for his Thursday outing?

I can think back and remember so many of these odd little moments that I'm sure someone else has already come up with the solution for. Maybe they could even build it so that I could just put in everything I know about my kid and it could spit out a manual and troubleshooting guide. They could maybe even write a script that has the correct response for each situation.

Last week my preschool son came home determined to get cornrows in his hair and a gold chain. The gold chain we can do but I'm lost on how to put cornrows in the hair of a little white boy with soft baby fine hair. Obviously my explanation about his hair being too soft didn't work because the conversation ended with "Fine then, I'll just get some hard hair". Where did I go wrong in that explanation?

My husband constantly asks me "why is he doing that?". Well, how the hell should I know. I know the answers to some questions I just don't know how to make stop. My one year walks around with his hand down his pants all the time. Well, I'm not stupid, I know why he's doing it, but I don't know how to stop it - short of a duct tape solution which I'm fairly sure is not an acceptable parenting practice. But anyway, could someone let me know if they can develop something like this. Imagine the earning potential, I pay $89.00 to have my car hooked up to the diagnostic computer and car trouble is minor compared to kid trouble. Okay, enough on this subject, I have to go figure out to remove a rock from my little one's nostril. Sure wish I had that manual!!