Teenage Car Safety: Bad Moms Have A Few Ideas

By on June 29, 2011 2 Comments
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Last week, I had the pleasure of heading to Dearborn, MI to check out some of the new trends that Ford is putting in them there motorcars. (I also got to drag race an F150, but that’s another story altogether). As a Mom, my interests in cars have naturally changed. No more are things like [...]

From The Um, What? Files: Fourteen-Year-Old Gets Cosmetic Tattoos With Mom’s Consent

By on August 30, 2010 8 Comments
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We’ve already covered parents who give their kids homemade tattoos here at the Bad Moms Club, so let’s move right along, shall we, to parents who allow their children to be tattooed professionally in the name of beauty. Sophie Watson, a 14-year-old from Britain who has her sights firmly set on stardom, recently had several [...]

Ten Things That Bad Moms Know

By on August 25, 2010 12 Comments

Things I know for sure: 1. If you have unprotected sex, you will get pregnant. All four times. 2. If you ask your husband to take the trash cans to the curb, he will do it, but not on your schedule — on his. And that’s usually after the trash men have already passed your [...]

So, You Want to Shop at the Mall? Can I See Some ID?

By on August 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
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If you happen to be in Cincinnati and you want to hit the Tri-County Mall on a Friday or Saturday night, make sure you have your ID with you. Folks who look 25 or under will be asked to show identification as part of the mall’s new Youth Escort Policy, which requires shoppers 18 and [...]

Sharks And Barracudas And Bad Dads, Oh My

By on July 30, 2010 2 Comments
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Picture it: you are out on a fishing trip with your 14 year old daughter. Everything is cool, you are having a great time, and the all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a barracuda viciously attacks your daughter, mauling her arm and making it look like ground beef in places. What do you do?

Teen Slang Decoded

By on July 1, 2010 10 Comments
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Are you up on your slang? Do you speak the language of today’s youth? I was at a concert with my (much) younger brother and some of his friends a while ago when I realized that I probably wasn’t as up-to-date on my slang as I prided myself to be. While we waited for the [...]

Since When Do You Call Me Shauna?

By on June 9, 2010 4 Comments
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Over the years I’ve learned some things from my teenagers. Besides being extremely annoying and narcissistic, they’re also acutely aware of how things “make them feel.” Major eye roll. I’m not sure if this holds true with teenage boys–I have the distinct pleasure of having teenage daughters. By the time my 4th child (and only [...]

My Only Regret Is That I Don’t Speak Chinese

By on June 2, 2010 11 Comments
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I recently came across this story of a dad in China who chained his 8 year old son to a light post and tried to auction him off. When I read the headline I was immediately outraged. I mean, what parent would do this to his child? Only the monster kind of parent, right? As [...]

Sack Tapping! Listen Up Kids: There Are Rules, You Know.

By on June 1, 2010 6 Comments
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Okay, so I didn’t know that there were rules for tapping sacks before I read this story AND, granted, I have no sacks to tap but I now understand that in the ‘game’ of scrotal slamming – why yes, there IS such a game; where have you been? – there are codes of conduct to [...]

Bad Moms Want To Know: Do You Think This Comment Is Real?

By on May 28, 2010 1 Comment
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Every so often we receive a comment here at the Bad Moms Club that makes us wonder if it’s real. Usually it’s obvious from the email address when it’s a fake but every so often we’re stumped. So I’m going to do a totally non-scientific poll right now and ask you, lovely reader, do you [...]