More Uses For Babies, Footwear Edition
Some years ago my husband gave me a pair of slippers for Christmas, shaped like puppies – puppies in whose nether orifices one was supposed to stick one’s feet – and he was pretty pleased with himself for having thought of such an awesome gift, because, as he reminded me, I had “always wanted a [...]
Bad Photo of the Week: Parenting, Ur Doin’ it Wrong
I started off writing this post in a snarky, satirical tone, but as I wrote I found myself becoming more and more bothered by this picture. It made me laugh at first – that equal parts shock/disgust/OMFG!/I’m-so-uncomfortable-I-have-to-laugh laugh, you know the one – but I can’t unsee this picture and I can’t get it out [...]
Doctors Agree: Guns And Parenting Don’t Mix
Here’s kind of a curious story out of Ocala, Florida: Amber Ullman claims her two daughters were discharged from their pediatrician’s practice because she declined to answer a question about firearms in her home. She and her ped were going through some questions when he asked if she had any firearms in the house. She [...]
Celebrities Say The Darndest Things
Full confession: I somewhat enjoy celebrity gossip. Gossip about people that I don’t know and probably will never know is a personal outlet that helps me NOT gossip about people I know in real life or at least I think it does. A recent celeb gossip story that keeps popping up on my radar is [...]
Bad Moms Wanna Know What Is Up With Madonna
Madonna is a fascinating case in the pantheon of celebrity mothers. You would think that she’d have asserted herself as the Mother Of All Bad Mothers, what with the pointy-bra’ed, Sex book-y, flirtation-with-heresy past and all, but instead she went and became all stiff and British and wrote some saccharine children’s books and bragged about [...]
Bad Moms Talk: All The Drinky Ladies, All The Drinky Ladies…
This week in Bad Moms Talk, Catherine wonders what we’re all supposed to think when people say that moms shouldn’t drink, like, ever – or joke about it! gods forbid! – and Katie cracks open a beer while she considers her response… The Question: The Answer: What do you think? Is it just never okay [...]
Bad Moms Talk: So You’re Raising A Princess Hater. So?
When Bad Moms talk, other Bad Moms listen. So we decided to put that to work for us. Today: Katie wants to know why some moms are so proud that they’re raising girls who don’t like everything frilly and pink, and Catherine’s got some thoughts about that. The Bad Question:
From The MamaPop Files: Lindsay Lohan, Bad Manicure Edition
So, yeah: Lindsay Lohan. WHAT WAS SHE THINKING? Or, to put it in Bad Mom terms: WHERE ARE HER PARENTS? (I know. She’s in her twenties now. And her dad is a twit and her mom is DINA LOHAN and that pretty much explains everything, but still. Every time that I see a story about [...]
Mother Surprised to Find Her Toddler on Google Street View, Naked
If you happen to see the Google Street View cam car driving by and your kids are playing on the front lawn, stick your head out the front door and make sure they’re fully clothed… or else. Claire Rowlands, a young mother from Britain, was shocked to see her naked three-year-old son on Google Street [...]
The Kim Kardashian Twitter Debacle: This Bad Mom Weighs In
Kim Kardashian recently sent the Internet all a-twitter after sending out a series of tweets about a woman who was seated next to her at a restaurant where she was having lunch. According to Kim, the woman both breast-fed and changed her baby at her table, and the celebutante/reality star took to Twitter to opine [...]
