On the American Parenting Front
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing the Kellogg Company and the Nickelodeon TV network to stop the senseless marketing of “junk food” to children.
Companies are developing automatic monitoring devices that will limit the amount of time their children spend playing video games.
Lawmakers in Colorado are seeking to amend divorce laws to eliminate the 90-day waiting period and mandatory parenting classes that inform parents about the impact of divorce on children.
In other news, parents are relieved of all responsibility in raising healthy, self-sufficient children; spend evening watching the four-hour premiere of 24 on FOX.
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Webster’s Dictionary list of underused words and the word(s) that are replacing them. No - parents (and people) across the nation are afraid to say no. Instead they are replacing it with sue; as in “Who can I sue to take the responsibility and blame off of me?”
I can’t tell Tommy no, you can’t watch tv all day and eat junk food all day while doing it. Instead, I’ll sue Nickelodeon and Kellog for enticing you to watch tv and eat junk food all day.
If they eliminate the 90-day waiting period, parents won’t have that idle time sitting with their divorce lawyers who think up ways to bill those idle hours & screw, I mean, sue these corporations. That would be a shame. You have to get your name in the Bar Journal somehow! Oh wait, that law is supposed to benefit the kids?
I have a friend who used to be terrified of taking his children out in public. When I asked why, he would say things like “they won’t put up with it” or “it’s in the middle of their nap time” or “they’ll keep asking for things and I won’t be able to say ‘no.’”
Some parents let their kids drive them crazy, and then some parents just let their kids drive.