When Trying to Encourage Creativity Goes Awry....
Summer time in Arizona can lead to kids becoming couch potato, video game playing zombies. So to encourage some creativity and get my kids to work on their writing skills, I suggested that my kids write their own story books and we could send them in to one of the companies online that will print them out into an actual book like they get from the library. My daughter was on board with the idea but my son wasn't so thrilled. Since he is a huge fan of Pokemon, I suggested he wrote a story about him being a Pokemon Trainer. "No, we'll get sued for copyright infringement" chimed my husband.... "You could call it 'Mikey-mon'" I suggested to my son. "No, too close. We'd still get sued for the likeness" my husband chimed again... "Alright then. What about Mikey-ball" I suggested as I know they call the things Poke-balls in the show that the little creatures are kept in. That was my mistake.... The next few minutes following ...