In the News
Parent of the Week So Far
Aug 19, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Parent of the Week So Far
DRUNKEN DAD LETS SON, 12, DO THE DRIVING
Key quote: “He’s driving ’cause I had a little too much to drink. And he needs to learn how to drive sometime.”
Chocolate Cafe Not So Sweet on Breastfeeding
Aug 18, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: BIPS, Breastfeeding
Hold on to your Hooter Hiders: it’s another BIPS (Breastfeeding in Public Scandal)!
According to the New York Daily News, a Manhattan mom is suing a chocolate cafe for allegedly kicking her out for breastfeeding her 5-month-old daughter –
I’m sorry; let’s just back up a second here. Did they say CHOCOLATE CAFE? Dear God. Belinda Carlisle was right: heaven really is a place on Earth.
Pardon me as I wipe the drool from my chin and try to re-focus…
Okay, so, Julia Acevedo-Taylor claims she and her friend were breastfeeding their “hungry and tired” babies when Lily O’Brien’s Chocolate Cafe’s manager approached them and demanded they “stop doing that.” The moms — who say they were being “as discreet as possible” (their attorney’s translation: no nipple bared) — politely refused and were told to “leave and never come back.”
A tearful Acevedo-Taylor left the cafe immediately and now claims she’s lost her ability to nurse in public.
Huh. I wonder where she lost it? Under her car seat, perhaps?
Here’s the kicker: customers at the store are actually greeted with a small pink sign that reads, “Breastfeeding Welcome Here” and “Beautiful Breastfeeding.”
Ha, haaaa! Just kidding apparently.
When questioned about the incident, Lily’s owner, Cathal Queally, says he’s “all for breastfeeding” and explained that the manager had merely asked one of the moms to be more discreet in response to a few complaining customers.
Upon hearing the news, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger generously declared the ladies are welcome to openly breastfeed at his restaurant, Schatzi on Main, anytime!
Teens Go to Great Lengths to Legitimize Ignoring Their Parents
Aug 17, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Can You Hear Me Now?
"Huh?"
Listen up: A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that the proportion of teens in the United States with slight hearing loss has increased 30% in the last 15 years, and the number with more noticeable hearing loss has increased 77%.
The suspected primary cause of this trend? Earbuds.
Uh-oh (writes Candy as she turns off Ludacris and removes the iPhone from her ears).
One in every five teens now has at least a slight hearing loss, which can affect learning, speech perception, social skills development and self-image — as well as really important things, such as the ability to hear low-talkers like Alex McCord on The Real Housewives of New York.
Meanwhile, one in every twenty teens has a more severe loss.
On the bright side, teens now have a valid reason for not listening to their parents.
Deep Thoughts by Sasha Obama
Aug 16, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News,Politics | Tags: Barack Obama, Deep Thoughts, Michelle Obama, Sasha Obama
“Yeah, my dad may be kinda dorky, but at least he’s not trying to fist-bump me!”
Headline of the Day
Aug 14, 2010 | Filed Under: Headline of the Day,In the News
Da-da-da-dummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Actually, they can be used to help protect our country. Studies show threatening terrorist suspects with the “tuna surprise” is even more effective than waterboarding.
Parenting in Zero Gravity
Aug 13, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Weekly News Roundup
“Could you straighten that picture while you’re up there?” [AFP]
- Words that the mother of a daughter does not enjoy writing: Many girls now begin puberty at age 7, 8. [BusinessWeek]
- Jennifer Aniston shoots back at Bill O’Reilly over motherhood comments, facetiously calls him Prince Charming. In response, Bill said, “Jennifer Aniston thinks I’m Prince Charming? I have three words for her: How YOU doin’?” [People]
- Do these jeans make my diaper look big? The new trend of “skinny jeans” for toddlers. [WSJ]
- Angelina Jolie: Shiloh “tells me what she wants to wear.” In other words, suck it, naysayers! [Us Weekly]
- Safety Board tells FAA that parents should be required to buy separate seats for babies on planes. A great, safety-conscious idea… that should be immediately implemented after my baby turns two. [AOL]
- Kelsey Grammer expecting his fifth child — with four different women — with a 29-year-old British flight attendant, whose father is younger than Kelsey. I’m sure this time it is true love forever! [Daily Mail]
Donald Duck runs afowl, charged with groping woman
Aug 12, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Birds Gone Wild
Ducking responsibility for his actions
A woman claims that a Disney employee dressed as Donald Duck grabbed her breast and molested her after she sought an autograph at Epcot Center in Florida.
Also, it must be noted that Donald was not wearing pants.
After the alleged groping, Donald Duck made gestures — apparently with his snowy white hands —“indicating he had done something wrong,” according to a lawsuit filed last month by the 27-year-old woman who was visiting Epcot with her children and fiancé in May 2008 when the incident reportedly occurred.
That’s right — she was so traumatized by Donald’s grab-and-run that it took her two years to file the lawsuit. The alleged victim is suing Disney for negligence, battery, and infliction of emotional distress, and is seeking in excess of $50,000 in damages. According to the complaint, she has suffered “severe physical injury, emotional anguish and distress including, but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder” as a result of the run-in with Donald Duck. She also contends that the incident was “one of a long line of continuing, long standing, similar prior incidents” involving the groping of patrons by costumed Disney employees
Meanwhile, thousands of us parents continue to put our kids in the arms of these strangers in furry costumes. Sure, Donald may be a creepy pant-less breast molester in half of a sailor’s uniform, but think of how cute Donald and Junior’s picture will look in the family reunion slide show…! It’s all about priorities, people, priorities.
Lesson learned: NEVER cut off a mom on the road
Aug 10, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News,Weird But True | Tags: Ew, Philadelphia
Just showing the driver some Luvs.
If anyone knows how to fight dirty, it’s a mom. Case in point: a road rage-fueled woman recently walked up to another driver’s car… and smeared the contents of her kid’s dirty diaper all over the vehicle’s rear window.
Because, let’s face it, sometimes honking the horn just isn’t enough.
The diaper-armed woman, Jessica Hollis, 23, and Melanie Campbell started arguing when they were stuck in traffic leaving the Fayette County Fair in Western Pennsylvania (my home state — woot!) Saturday night, according to state police.
Hollis was charged with harassment. And unlawful possession of a sh*tty weapon.
