You know it's bad when:

-your 5 five year old climbs into an empty shopping cart at the grocery store to retrieve a leftover cookie. You say "no", and he calmly replies, "but no one else is going to eat it!"

-your 2 year old comes running into the kitchen yelling "take cover!"

However, you know it's good when:

-your 7 year old makes the comment that Vanessa Hudgins (Gabriella in High School Musical) is skinny, and then adds on "just like mama." Talk about brownie points!

-your 5 year old says he wants to grow up and marry you.