Comments on: Being the Cool Parent

By: Lori

Lori — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:20:53 +0000

I can’t even come up with words…just picture me staring at my computer with my jaw sitting on my lap…like this… 0 …

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Shaping Youth » Wii Are Family: A French Look At A Global Gaming Phenom — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:58:45 +0000

[...] um, Pamela, I hate to tell you, but over at Weary Parent the ‘cool mom’ cluelessness ratchets up an even higher notch with one parent dealing with a mom [...]

By: Isis Elfman

Isis Elfman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:45:04 +0000

I’ll mail your son a dollar if he posts here a copy of his ‘thank you’ note to mom for the porn. That’ll be the icing on this cake.

—Isis

By: Isis Elfman

Isis Elfman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:10:06 +0000

Come on Teresa, you’d mail it back? Certainly you’d have to watch it first, right?

—Isis

By: Teresa Gross

Teresa Gross — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:42:35 +0000

OMG! I am so glad that he forgot it at his mom’s! If it had been brought home it would’ve been taken and either put away or mailed back to the mom! What a irresponsible parent she is.

By: Isis Elfman

Isis Elfman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:03:41 +0000

Wow. I’m shocked. If my kid had porn, that is one issue. If my kid surfed the net and found porn, that is an issue. If a parent gives a kid porn, woah, WTF?

I’d be less surprised if my kid made porn than if my ex-husband gave our daughter porn. And, just to put this in perspective, my husband invited the stripers at the club where he bouces to Hope’s first birthday party. (Usually a kid’s birthday party is a lot of kids and moms and the rare dad. Ever Dad and male neighbor showed up for her birthday party.)

Any idea which porn star and which movies?

Cause, if it was a former porn star that had a New York Times best selling book and the DVD wasn’t a porno but one of her main stream films, maybe this would make more sense. Right?

—Isis

By: Shaping Youth

Shaping Youth — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:35:16 +0000

ugh. I’ve heard of porn-pushing trick-or-treat pranksters plopping dvds in bags, but the parent themselves?

Sadly, this ‘cool parent’ bit is insidious and hands-down is my biggest counter-marketing challenge…It extends to ‘mini-me’ fashionista-wear, thong-slung tweens, junk food treats for team snack to win favor and other ‘what were you thinking’ moments…

Any chance the ex is doing a ‘dig’ to your ex? Down and dirty, I know, but sheesh…just can’t fathom the motivation otherwise.

The errant grandparent/noisy drum set gift is looking pretty tame by comparison, ya know?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24842642

le sigh.

Amy Jussel
Founder/Exec. Dir.
http://www.ShapingYouth.org