It’s winter break and my son was thrilled to be able to pick out his own box of cereal at the grocery store last night. He decided to go with Reese’s Puffs.

While enjoying a bowl of Reese’s Puffs with him this morning, I decided to read the back of the cereal box, like I always did when I was a kid. On the back was a checklist of “18 Things To Do Before You’re 18″. Who could resist reading that?

The first item on the list seemed fairly reasonable. Ride the world’s biggest rollercoaster. Of course, they could have localized this a little bit. What if the world’s biggest rollercoaster is in Germany?

I didn’t have much time to ponder that much longer since my eyes had already moved on to #2 on the list. Bungee jump! What?!?! Are the fine folks at General Mills seriously suggesting that both of my kids should bungee jump before they turn 18?

Scanning the rest of the list, I found a mixture of realistic and unrealistic items. On the realistic side we have #3 Score the winning goal/basket, #4 Win an award, trophy or prize, and #15 Raise money for charity. But on the unrealistic (read that, ridiculous) side we have #8 Play a part in your favorite tv show, #13 Invent a word that makes it into the dictionary and #17 Complete a road trip coast to coast.

Apparently I don’t have my sites set high enough for my kids.