That's just some of what you hear when you're a parent. And if you don't believe us...
Broadcast History: September 30, 1996-January 31, 1997, The Family Channel
Host: Tom Parks
Child Experts: Dr. Ellen Winters, Dr. Marilyn Kagan
Announcer: Burton Richardson
Packager: Jay Wolpert Enterprises
Wait 'Til You Have Kids! is a short-lived game that involves 3 couples predicting what a parenting expert would do in different dilemmas that could happen with kids. A topic is posed to all the couples and a short video with a child talking about a situation that relates to that topic is shown. After the video, the host poses a question about that topic with 3 possible solutions. The couple decides as a team which answer is best. If their answer matches what the expert believes is best, points are scored. The first question is worth 1 point, the second question worth 2, and the third question is worth 3 points.
For the final dilemma, each player can independently choose which solution that person believes is most appropriate. 
Each correct answer for the final question is worth 4 points. The couple with the most points advances to the bonus round. If a tie occurs, one potential situation is given (Example that was used on WTYHK!: Your 15 year old wants to be a game show host.) Each team decides if that statement is a problem or if that's OK. The team that is right moves to the bonus game. For winning the main game, the couple wins a prize, usually a sofa or a refrigerator.
Situations are read (similar to the 15 year old who wants to be a game show host) to the couple. After each statement, one member of the couple decides if that statement could cause a problem or is an OK statement. If the answer is correct, a window in a house lights up. After each reply, the members change places. If all 7 windows of the house light up before 60 seconds expire, the couple wins a prize package, usually a trip plus $1000 cash but a jet ski or a Geo Metro was occasionally offered, primarily during the final weeks of WTYHK!'s run. If the couple does not light all 7 windows, the couple wins a gift certificate worth $100 per window lit.
* For the first 8 weeks of WTYHK!'s run, Dr. Ellen Winters was the child expert, the set looked like it was from a cartoon, and the theme music sounded like a child wrote it.
* For the final 5 weeks, after a brief hiatus around Christmas 1996, Dr. Marilyn Kagan was the child expert, the set had the feel of a living room, and the music was much classier.
* Wait 'Til You Have Kids! also has the distinction of being one of 2 game shows ("The Last Word" being the other) to have an official car, the aforementioned 1997 Geo Metro.
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