Article: Chuck E. Cheese's is my own personal hell ; Kids' outings need some mom appeal

I hate everything that is designed exclusively for the amusement of children. I've never understood children's music, Gymboree, or the Disney Store, and why parents subject themselves to these experiences. But there's something about Chuck E. Cheese's, with its overpriced games, undervalued prize tickets, its tall-guy-dressed- as-a-rat mascot that even the bad beer it serves can't redeem. Add a phalanx of annoyed, bickering parents to the equation, and you've just described my personal hell.

I don't want to give the impression that I completely deprive my boys of the opportunity to visit Hell when they deserve it. In fact, we went to Ratso's lair last week as a reward for some truly ...

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