Are we done with these silly things yet?What started out as a semi-cute little trend for kids, Silly Bandz are now driving me batty! I find these little rubber bracelets everywhere. They're all over the car, my living room, bathroom, I've even found some hiding at the bottom of my purse. And thats the least of the problems I have with Silly Bandz.
I can't even tell you how many times my seven-year old has come home bawling over an unfair Silly Bandz trade or whining that so and so has the glow-in-the-dark ones and why can't she have them. Feuds between my girls have ended in the mutilation of many of these bands. Personally, I can't wait until this trend is completely extinct. Luckily, for me, extinction doesn't seem too far from the brink.
Many schools across the nation have already banned Silly Bandz from the grounds for being disruptive. With any luck the rest of the elementary schools won't be too far behind that ban-wagon. In the mean time, popularity of these stupid things does seem to be diminishing rapidly. I've only seen Brooke wearing a band once this month and that was because a friend at school gave it to her in exchange for a fruit snack. And my older child has completely grown out of them all together. This fact does much to ease my conscience every time I suck one of these bracelets up in the vacuum cleaner.
So, I can't say I'll be very unhappy to see these things take their place in the book of one-minute trends along side the "M.C. Hammer happy pants" and slap bracelets of the early nineties. The only draw-back: What annoying, messy trend will be next?
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