Thanks for you reply folks...
Yep- I know they're registered (and no, my name is not Frank Jerez
Was thinking of starting a business and wanted to secure both things4kids & thingsforkids and wasn't sure how much $$$ is reasonable to pay for these sites.
Will clearly need to invest further on content, marketing etc to make it all worthwhile...
"4" is never a good thing in a domain name unless you have the budget of "toysRus"
if you do choose that path then you DEFINATELY need to own the "for"
I just recently handreg'd the "s" at the end of one of my domains as I was sick of repeating myself, now when asked is it plural or not I just say " yes"