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My kids really couldn't care less about movies. They've grown up in the Netflix era where, at the touch of a button, they can watch a thousand different films. Okay, that's a gross underestimation. It's probably 10,000, maybe a hundred thousand. But what they can't do all the time is eat infinite snacks.
That's where movie nights come in. I told the kids Saturday that we were going to sit down together and watch a movie as a family. They were ecstatic. At first, I thought they were excited to spend time with me and their mom, but really they were just excited for the carte blanche to eat whatever they wanted.
Popcorn, candy, soda. It was a bonanza of junk food. It actually ended up being a pretty fun time, too. We watched The Mummy and National Treasure. The kids were actually super into both of them, but the incentive system was all skewed. If they didn't watch, they didn't get to eat. I had my captive audience. Hey, I'll take what I can get. And that was the inspiratio…
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