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There’s always that question: Who likes something more – the parent or child?

 

That is a good question, right?

Who likes something more? The parent or child?

Well, in this case, we were at IKEA recently. Either my wife or I spotted this in the kid’s area.

We liked it. I don’t think we knew exactly what it was when we picked it up, other than there was some type of light bulb inside.

And it was green when we turned it on by pushing its head.

So, along the same lines of reverse engineering, we used some reverse justification.

“Of course,” we thought. “It must be a nightlight.”

Or that’s the excuse we used to buy it for our son.

It seemed fun. And hey, who dislikes fun – especially these days?

It was green. It had a silicone-like head. The eyes were clear enough, as were the ears.

I’m still trying to figure out if this glowing green friend actually lacks a mouth and only has a nose. Or does our friend only have a small open mouth and no nose?

Now that I think about it: Does our friend actually have ears? Or are those supposed to be hands covered by mittens?

Well, I leave the answers up to how you interpret what you see. 

Other questions: Did my son really need this? Did he really know what it was?

Well, do kids really need half the stuff they have?

So, we’re using it as a nightlight. It’s a nice soft color, too.

Recently, I’ve talked about the need to spend money to boost the good old-fashioned U.S. free market. I know the times remain challenging.

But you can count this as one of our contributions.

I suppose the other question to ask is this:

Is buying something that you really don’t need and were kind of uncertain about in the first place actually good for the global economic engine to hum just a little better?

Probably.

At least I’m getting added value – there’s that phrase again – out of our friend by adding this glowing personality to my list of blog posts.

By the way: Our friend was made in China – as were my grandparents.