Lee Wardlaw’s
“101 Ways to Bug Your Kids”
Contest!

Have your parents ever done something that bugged you?

For instance, did they name you something cringe-worthy such as Talula Does the Hula?
(Yes, a New Zealand girl was actually named this by her loving parents!  At age nine, a judge made her a ward of the court so she could legally change her name. Previously, she’d been telling everyone her name was ‘K’.)

Has your mom ever made you take your little brother trick-or-treating when the costume he wore was a cowboy hat, boots, holster and underpants?
(My mom did!)

     Has your dad ever announced, “Oh, is that the girl you have a major crush on?” while he’s standing two feet away from her?
(Or were you too busy running the opposite direction to notice?)

If so, enter the . . .

“How My Parents Bug Me” Contest!

Email me a sentence, short paragraph or a list of ways
your mom or dad (or both!) have bugged you.

Remember to include your first name only,
your age, your city and state.

Your ‘ways’ could be featured on my website or blog!

I will judge the winners on how much they make me laugh, cry
or cringe!

First prize winner will receive a "Bug Off!" T-shirt
and a personally-autographed copy of
101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher or 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents.

Second and third prize-winners will receive their choice of one of the autographed books listed above.

Judging from the number of contest entries I received this time, there are a lot of you out there whose parents bug them big time!
And it was a big time job for me to choose only three winners. Some entries made me laugh, some made me cringe. Others caused me to rethink my
own behavior when it comes to my son, who just turned 13 and is, therefore, hugely embarrassable. So I (and my son) would like to thank all of you who entered the "How My Parents Bug Me Contest." Here are the winners:

First Prize:
Max S.age 11, from New York, New York, who wrote:
"They always make up weird nicknames for me, like Mackie-Mac, Maxamania, Maxamostn and more. It is really embarrassing!"

Second Prize:
Collin, agae 10, from Santa Barbara, CA, who wrote:
"My mom bugs me by wearing wild pants to school and then everyone looks at ME!"

Third Prize:
Darby, age 12, from Mt. Holly, N.C., who wrote:
"When I ask 'Where are we eating?', they say: 'McDonald's' and then they start acting like Ronald McDonald the clown!!!!!"

Max has won an autographed copy of 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents, a 'Catch the Reading Bug' bumper sticker and several postcards and bookmarks.
Collin and Darby have each won an autographed copy of 101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher.
A new contest is up and running now! If you didn't win this time around, please enter again. Next time, the winner could be YOU!

Thanks to all of you who entered. You sent in some fabulously buggable entries!