10 Reasons It's Way Better To Be A Dog Dad

Fetch. It's the single greatest word in the English language. You throw something--while sitting, standing, whatever, it doesn't matter--and then the dog just brings it back and drops it at your feet. That's the whole game. And in the eyes of the dog, you're pretty much the coolest person on the planet for participating.

Compare that to the mind-numbing number of games that children play which require not only an abundance of movement, but critical thinking as well. Whether it be a video game that demands you dance in a very specific manner so the cameras capture your moves correctly or a puzzle that somehow accumulates more pieces with each minute you spend working on it, each kids' game seems designed to make parents work way too hard.

So next time you're five hours deep in a game of Monopoly, go ahead and chuck that little metal top hat to the far side of the room. Maybe the kid you're playing with will go retrieve it and you can start a new, better game.