Prime Parenting

You know, generally I feel like I’m a good mother. Sometimes I feel like a crappy parent when I’ve had one of Those Days where I end up yelling too much or when I have five deadlines all looming at once so I have to work while juggling the kids. But overall, yes, I feel like a good mother when it all comes down to it.

Then there are times when I feel like an absolute STELLAR parent when I read things in the news. Britney Spears is a good example of that – I think we can all feel like we’re doing okay if you read about things like how she took her very young kids to a big and late Halloween party at Lance Bass’ house.

But even regular non-celebrities in the news can be a perfect example of the fact that yes, you are doing a fine job in comparison. Such as the mother mentioned on Parents Behaving Badly who apparently not only smoked up in front of her two-year-old son but also let him smoke a bit too. According to that link, she used her camera phone to take several videos of him walking around with a joint:

In the videos her friends and her can be seen laughing at him as he staggers around. The 2-year-old walks around with a joint as they ask him “Hey buddy, are you stoned?”

Being stoned can be funny if it’s a skit on Saturday Night Live or in a Cheech and Chong movie. But there is NOTHING funny about a stoned toddler. At all.