Emily just called and told me that our daughter has a fever of nearly 102�. For some reason, that really scares me. While I realize that millions of kids have fevers every day of every year and end up okay, this is different. This one is mine. And I can’t do anything about it.

Since our daughter goes to daycare, I’ve been sick more this summer than I can recall having been in a long time. Funny things, these fevers and colds. One little bug, passed from person to person, can take you down just like that. We can inscribe the 10 Commandments on the head of a pin. We can invent devices for sending text from here to Japan. I can sit at my computer and type these words and you can read them from the comfort of your home. Our medical and technological miracles are numerous - but we can’t eradicate a little bug that has been around since the dawn of mankind.

If you don’t believe in God, then there’s your proof. Some things were meant to survive, some things weren’t. Where will you be in 10,000 years?

Since she has been sick, I stayed home with my baby girl yesterday to give her some “get well” time away from day care. Over the course of the day, I managed to watch bits and pieces of Barney (annoying!), Dragon Tales, and Sesame Street.

Now, lest you think we spent the entire day in front of the tube, let me assure you that we did NOT. However, in the time that we WERE watching, I have to say that Sesame Street is still pretty much the best program running for children. It’s not all song and dance, not all games, not all cartoons, and not all “life lessons”. As it has for more than 30 years now, it still covers other languages (mainly Spanish), numbers, the alphabet, and the aforementioned “life lessons”. On top of that, the characters are every bit as entertaining and funny as they were (or seemed) 25 years ago when I was growing up.

Too bad all programming for kids can’t be like this. Sure, maybe they would get tired of muppets after a while, but it’s good to see that there are still some positive things for children to watch on television. So step aside Power Rangers - my daughter is watching “the Street”.