Parenting in the 21st Century: When Your Kid Is Big In Japan
Imagine posting pics of your infant son and then discovering, ten years later, that he’s become an internet sensation in Japan – as a meme! That’s exactly what happened to Allan S. Rout, and he only found out when he decided to Google himself. After scrolling through 18 pages of results, he recognized his name [...]
File This Under ‘Do Not Want To Know.’
Remember how last week Bad Mom Shauna Glenn explained how safe sex should also include a sex safe? You know, so the relatives, in-laws, and kids don’t find out more about your bedroom habits than they need to know? Which for the record should be ‘none’.
Wifi Plus Sarah Palin Plus Kate Plus Eight Equals Camping Apocalypse
What does this post title even mean? It means that camping as we know it might be a distant memory if Ontario Parks or TLC have anything to do with it. Remember when camping was a fun, inexpensive, relaxing family activity that was relatively stress-free save for bears and mosquitoes? Now there are many things [...]
Bad Mom Solution For Troubled Teens
Hey parents! Have a troubled teen? Considering rehab? Well, before you go and stick them in just any old facility, I hope you will consider Sober College. Why? Well, first of all, it has the word “college” in it’s name so if you mumble it or say it real fast when people ask where your [...]
Bad Mom Weighs In On Baby Bong Incident.
So a mom posted a pic of her baby (apparently) huffing a bong on Facebook. Which: awww… his first bong hit. That’s SO cute! Not. Obviously, I have some serious issues with this whole situation… Firstly, marijuana is illegal in most places. Taking a photo and letting it get on the internet is just plain [...]
Bad Moms Love All Their Lovely Baby Lumps
Do I remember what it was like to not be a parent? Oh boy, do I ever remember what it was like to be a not be a parent. The absolutely stupid things I would say about becoming a mom that were really stupid? I REMEMBER THEM ALL. Like, how my life wasn’t going to [...]
Just Because You LOOK Smart Doesn’t Mean You ARE Smart: A Lesson In Poultry
Kids are dumb. And I can say this with great authority because I have four of them. So believe me when I tell you They’re Not That Smart. I guess that’s why they have parents. To undo the dumbness. It was only a few years ago that one of my daughters came to my bedroom [...]
From the WTF Files: School-Organized Fake Murder of Teacher Backfires, Big Time
There is nothing I love to do more than surf the ‘net in search of quirky news stories – thanks in part, no doubt, to my healthy StumbleUpon addiction. I get a kick out of those numbered, list-type posts – you know, the ones that list the Top Ten Things You Should Never Say to [...]
When Your Nethers Itch: A Cautionary Tale Involving Chicken Nuggets
I have totally failed in the serving the family dinner department lately. Not that we’ve ever lived a sort of traditional family life (meaning my big strong husband goes to work while I stay home and roll socks into balls). No. It’s always been like an accidental phenomenon if I prepared a meal and served [...]
From The Holy Crap Files: Six-Week-Old Infant Survives Bizarre Highway Accident
It’s something that I’m sure any parent who drives a vehicle has worried about at one point or another: getting in to an accident while your kids are in the car with you. Imagine, then, the horror of watching your newborn son fly out of your vehicle and shoot down the side of the highway [...]
