Need a back rub? Consider this simple and inexpensive way to ease sore muscles. It’s all in the toes, apparently.

Your siblings will fight for a turn. You might even get some extra help from the dogs, whether you want it or not.

Want the latest in video gaming technology? Try researching it obsessively, reporting in minute detail to your parents (who don’t always appear to be paying attention), conversing for weeks about nothing else, and, if all else fails, purchasing it for yourself with your summer babysitting money.

Enjoy the fruits of your labours. (I know I do: evidence, above.)