Bad Moms Don’t Judge, Except For Maybe Sometimes, Like Right Now

By on January 5, 2010 8 Comments

We're on record as being pretty open-minded about different parenting styles. Attachment parenting? Great – been there, done that! Free-range parenting? Also great! Helicopter parenting, hyper-parenting, set-them-free-in-the-woods parenting – whatever works! Tattoos? We've got 'em! For the kids? Well, the rub-on kind are cool… No, wait, what? REAL tattoos? On kids? Um…

Bad Moms Wanna Know: Is This Ad Bad-Bad, Or, You Know, BAD?

By on December 22, 2009 19 Comments

Okay, so. I'm just gonna say up front that I kinda grinned at this commercial. And giggled. And snorted. And such. Which is to say: I thought it was funny. Sure, the water-tossing bit was a bit much, but otherwise, I could kinda relate a little bit, you know? Not everybody thinks so, apparently. The [...]

Kids These Days: A Tale Of Two Crosses

By on December 22, 2009 14 Comments

So you all heard the story last week, the one about the boy who drew a picture of himself on a crucifix – after being asked to draw a picture about Christmas, which, you know: the birth of Christ, the guy on the cross – and then his school went apeshit and sent him home [...]

Daycare Busted For Drugging Tots; Charges On Stupidity Pending

By on December 17, 2009 12 Comments

Wow, this story almost made me drop my beloved coffee mug (don't worry, mommy's little enabler is just fine). A daycare in Cincinnati is being investigated for drugging kids in order to get them settled at nap time. There is an allegation that daycare employees put melatonin in candy which was then fed to some [...]

Bad Moms Wanna Know: Should Our Girls Shake Their Groove Thangs… Like THIS?

By on December 16, 2009 9 Comments

The other week I went on the record as saying that I didn't think that it was such a big deal for little girls to shake their groove thang. I'd like to take that back now, please.

Bad Moms Wanna Know: Should Our Girls Shake Their Groove Thangs?

By on December 1, 2009 13 Comments

The ladies at Jezebel think that this Gap commercial – featuring the dance stylings of a horde of be-sweatered pre-tweens – is maybe a little on the disturbing, junior Pussycat Doll side. We say… well, we don’t know what we say.