Once again as parents we were outsmarted.  In an attempt to combat long car rides and the restlessness that can ensue in the backseat, we succombed to the almost standard pressures of parenting.  A portable DVD player.

It was all fine and dandy.  We bought it with good intentions.  A plane ride here, and long car ride there.  Little did we know that the combination of movies and travelling would bring out a monster.  The Doh Ah Monster.  You know the one that bugs you with incessant screaming for Dora in her own little language in the backseat until you relent and give in.

Would to the wise… portable DVD players are good, but maybe put in movies like The 10 Commandments or Water World – you know – the ones that will surely just put the child to sleep and not warrant future questioning as to how quickly the player will be turned on after the ignition starts.