If given the choice, i'd have remotes for every kid born. distributed to the parents. said remotes would have: 1) a mute button, 2) an FF button, 3) an off button, 4) a pause button.
1) to shut them up when people are trying to sleep.
2) to tire them out. used in conjunction with the mute button. tiny, super fast silent gremlins. imagine that
3) put them to sleep.
4) to rig them for horribly embarrassing incidents. example being tackling the household cat. pause, let the cat move, replace with a cage bedded with pillows and other extremely soft stuff along it's walls. unpause, kid drops in the cage, close. SUCCESS.
