Why do I need a nanny to…

• Count all the calories on a restaurant menu for me?
• protect me from secondhand smoke in my apartment?
• make me wear a seat belt?
• control the temperature in my house?
• keep me from seeing pornography?
• tell me what I can put in my body?
• keep bars smoke-free?
• keep the ice cream truck at bay?
• remind me that McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and Hardees are not health food stores?
• tell me when and how to exercise?
• makes sure I get paid a “living wage?”
• manage the number of calories in school vending machines?
• give my kids health care screening, without my consent?
• tell the cook not to use trans fats?
• tell teen age kids they can’t tan?
• protect my kids from just seeing someone smoking?
• tell me how to correct my children?
• keep me from going to an on-line gambling site and putting $100 down on the Patriots to win the Super Bowl?
• encourage me to drink less soda?
• decide how thick my bread gets sliced?
• protect my virgin ears from swear words in a bar?
• tell Santa to wear a seat belt?
• make me look both ways before crossing the street?
• tell me knives are sharp?
• protect my children from birthday celebrations at school?
• make me wear a helmet when I ride a motorcycle?
• make me turn my cell phone off in a movie theater?
• keep my son or daughter from using an aluminum bat?
• protect my kids on Halloween?
• tell me what I can do with who in my house?

Whatever happened to personal responsibility?