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Each $25 Tek Tag kit comes with a set of two sensors. Of course, really devious little monsters can secretly remove the sensor's batteries. At that point, a mommy or daddy is sure to be called in to referee the dispute — and that always ends with the adult getting tagged with a headache.

6. The Sidewalk Stamper
Do you really expect today's kids to play hopscotch and dodge ball on crudely fashioned, hand-drawn courts? No, to provide quasi arena-quality gamesmanship in your back yard, you'll need the Sidewalk Rolling Stamper from The Wow Factory.

This $11 device rolls out chalk lines on pavement or grass so straight that even if your kid doesn't realize a career in professional sports, he or she will be prepared for a lucrative career as part of the Yankee Stadium grounds crew.

7. Honky Tonk Homicide
Why should your family just watch lurid murder trials on TV when you can experience the next best thing at your dinner table? Honky Tonk Homicide begins with someone making "last call" at Bubba's Bar in Cactus, Texas, after a murder disrupts Karaoke Night.

As denizens of the Cactus Court Trailer Park, your family assumes the identities of residents in a town filed with double lives, torrid affairs and alien abductions. This $30 dinner party game comes with a "gourmet menu" of what are called "redneck recipes." Just remember, everyone's a suspect.

8. Embarrassing Family Moment Game
Remember that time you mistook the dog food left in the refrigerator as a snack? With Gamesake, the $12 do-it-yourself family game, you and the loved ones who torture you can relive those family traumas in a Monopoly-like experience.

Family members just fill out game cards and players draw them as they move across the board. On good memory cards, a player move ahead. On bad ones, a player moves back. Warning: The more dysfunctional the family, the longer the game.

9. Brain Candy for Junk Food Junkies
If your kid is obsessed with playing with his food, here's something to avoid the messy cleanup — Eat It, a snack version of Trivial Pursuit.