Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Farrah Abraham Fails at Parenting, Embarrasses Herself, Is the Worst


Sometimes, there are truly no words for how utterly ridiculous Farrah Abraham is.


It"s just too much.


But even in times like these, we have to soldier on — we have to try to wrap our heads around just how remarkably dumb she is.


Why?


Because it"s entertaining, it"s funny in its own twisted way, and everybody knows you can"t look away from a train wreck.


And if Farrah Abraham isn"t a train wreck, then who even knows what is?




1. Poor Sophia


Farrah and sophia kisses

Believe it or not, Farrah has been solely responsible for her daughter, Sophia, for over nine years now. And somehow, she’s managed to keep the kid alive.



2. Well …


Farrah and sophia in fiji

She has had several missteps, and there have been things that could have gone very, very wrong for poor Sophia.



3. Parenting!


Farrah abraham crying

Remember when Sophia was a baby and Farrah left her on her very tall bed to go do something in another room, and little Soph tumbled to the ground?



4. Also …


Farrah abrahams red hair

Or what about the time that she left baby Sophia in the sink during a bath, and Sophia turned on the hot water and burned herself?



5. Don’t Forget!


Farrah and sophia with flowers

Then there was that other time that she left her at the top of the stairs, and it’s a miracle nothing happened then.



6. Farrah, Farrah, Farrah …


Farrah abraham kim kardashian photo

Of course, although those were times when Sophia really could have been injured, there are many, many more examples of Farrah putting her emotional wellbeing in danger.


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Monday, July 30, 2018

Michelle Duggar"s Parenting Methods: Is She Messing Up Her Grandkids?


The Duggar children are nothing if not loyal.


Sure, Jinger decided to wear pants in violation of the family dress code, and some of her sisters have followed suit.


And yes, Josiah is rebelling against certain aspects of his father"s teachings, but at the end of the day, these are very minor acts of defiance.


For the most part, Michelle and Jim Bob"s offspring do as their told and dedicate themselves to preserving their family"s proudest traditions.


Unfortunately, as many have pointed out, by following in the footsteps of their elders, Jill, Jessa and company might be doing irreparable harm to their own children.


Here are some of the unsettling trends that fans have noticed in recent years:




1. Mama Michelle


Michelle duggar crazy eyes

For some, Michelle Duggar is a parenting role model. After all it’s not easy to not only raise 19 children, but to also over-parent them to the brink of insanity,



2. Stuck In Her Ways


Michelle duggar on 19 kids

Unfortunately, some of Michelle’s favorite techniques haven’t aged well. In fact, some have described them as downright abusive.



3. The Next Generation


Duggar girls

At this point, four of Michelle’s daughters are moms themselves, and they beam with pride when discussing how much they’ve learned about parenting from their mother.



4. Passing the Buck


Jana and michelle duggar

There’s an irony in this, as Michelle is famous for handing off her parenting responsibilities to her eldest children (most commonly poor, put-upon Jana), but we digress.



5. Mom of the Millennium


Josh and michelle duggar

Though they admit to resenting the amount of responsibility they were often burdened with during childhood, the Duggar kids concur that Michelle is the world’s greatest mom … Of course, that opinion doesn’t mean much coming from Josh.



6. Mixed Results


Michelle duggar and jim bob duggar

Now that they’re able to implement the tips and tricks they learned from Michelle, some of the Duggar kids are finding that their mom’s methods might belong in the past …


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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Jessa Duggar Posts Photos of Kids, Gets Roasted For Bad Parenting

Another day, another Duggar parenting controversy.


This time, it’s Jessa’s turn once again, as the mother of two is being harshly criticized for some innocent photos that appeared on her Instagram page this week.




“I’ve never known another little boy who’s more in love with mowers, tractors and skid steers,” Jessa captioned this pic of her unfortunately-named 2-year-old, Spurgeon.


“It makes his day if he gets to sit in the seat and ‘drive’ it.”


Not surprisingly, dozens feigned concern so that they could tear Jessa apart for allowing her eldest to play on farm equipment.


Obviously, the machine isn’t turned on, and the boy was being supervised, but that’s the sort of Duggar criticism that doesn’t even surprise us anymore.


What does surprise us is the fact that fans took issue with this photo of baby Henry enjoying a snooze:



“When this kid is deep in with his chubsy toddler hands behind his head,” Jessa captioned the pic.


“It’s literally just about the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.”


Surely, Jessa can’t be criticized for a photo of a sleeping toddler, right?


Wrong! 


Jessa got positively roasted for this pic, and shockingly, it wasn’t for her use of the word “chubsy.”


No, her followers had beef due to the fact that little Henry appears to be wearing a diaper.



When one follower remarked that the 1-year-old “should be out of diapers by now,” Jessa violated the Duggar rules by actually replying to an online critic.


Even more surprising is the fact that she was totally polite and good-natured in her response:


“My philosophy is that if they aren’t able to do the whole thing from pulling their pants down and getting themselves on the toilet, to pulling their pants back up, and washing their hands, then they aren’t ready,” Jessa replied.


“Otherwise it feels like it’s actually the parent who’s potty training and doing all the work. Lol!


“I’ve been around kids, and I’m aware of the signs of readiness. My two-year-old is getting close, but not quite there, so we’re not rushing it.”



Yes, Jessa says not only is Henry not potty-trained, his big brother isn’t either.


And she doesn’t care what you think about it!


And of course, legions of Jessa’s fans rushed in to help her slay the troll, even the original commenter probably got the point after the first few hundred clapbacks or so:


“My 3 1/2 yr old is just now starting. Each child is different,” wrote one fan.


“You are the mom and you will know when he’ready. Hope you and Ben are doing well. You have beautiful happy boys!”


Obviously, Jessa gets slammed pretty much every time she posts a pic of her kids, so she’s probably used to it by now, but seriously folks — it’s getting out of hand.


There are so many valid reasons to criticize the Duggars that we really shouldn’t get bogged down nit-picking their parenting choices.



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Thursday, June 21, 2018

Farrah Abraham Lies to Daughter About Her Arrest, Fails at Parenting AGAIN

Farrah Abraham’s daughter, Sophia, is nine years old, which means that it’s been nearly a decade now that she’s been in the public eye.


And somehow, against all odds, she keeps on getting worse.



Things keep going steadily downhill for Farrah, but they seemed to have picked up speed last year, when she decided to get big into those cam girl shows.


After doing a couple of them, Teen Mom OG producers sat her down to talk about them, as well as her anger issues and her habit of disrespecting crew members.


She didn’t appreciate the talk, and when she was offered another chance to stay on the show if she’d just quit the porn and act like a decent human being during filming, she declined and decided to cut ties with MTV instead.


Things got really bad after that — she went on all these delusional rants about being a victim of hate crimes, and she really seemed to be in a bad place emotionally.


She sued Viacom for many strange, nonsensical reasons, she lashed out at anyone she could think of, and she made some incredibly bizarre statements.


Will you ever be able to forget the time she said that she and Sophia take nude photos of each other and save them on their phones?


We know we won’t.



The point is that things have been extra bad for a long time now … and that they got even worse last week, when she was arrested.


You’ve probably heard this story a few times by now, but it’s still a good one: Farrah was at the Beverly Hills Hotel when she got into an argument with some people that was bad enough that a security guard asked her to leave.


It’s Farrah, so she didn’t listen. Instead, she allegedly hit the guard, which is what got her arrested.


Not surprisingly, the cops who arrested her reported that she seemed intoxicated, and witnesses said that during the altercation, she was yelling things like “you should know who I am.”


She spent a few hours in jail, then was right back to being just as insane as ever.


She’s said more than once now that all the reports, including the police report, apparently, are all lies, and that she’s being bullied because she’s famous.


You know, typical Farrah nonsense.



But in this new interview she did with Us Weekly, she’s explaining what she told Sophia about the arrest.


And it’s … well, it’s not great.


“I actually did explain everything to her,” she says. “As it happens, you gotta just say unexpected things may occur and you just gotta keep your cool.”


“You can be so nice to a certain extent and then it’s like, ‘Whew.’ People will try to ruin your career and you do nothing to have that happen.”


She adds that “I’m just working hard and we are on track.”


“I’m just thankful I didn’t get really in trouble because I really would’ve been sad about that, if it were my fault.”


It’s hard to understand exactly what she’s saying here, as always, but the gist of it is that after being arrested for hitting a security guard, she simply told her daughter that people were out to get her and that it wasn’t her fault at all.



Which doesn’t seem like the healthiest way of explaining something like that to a kid, you know?


Farrah doesn’t sound too concerned about how Sophia handled the situation though.


Instead, she says “It was very confusing for me and I wish that no other single mom or person in the public eye has to deal with that. It’s a confusing place to be in.”


So how confusing must it have been for Sophia, who doesn’t have another parent to fall back on if this one keeps getting arrested?


She’s got a plan for that!


“We had to go out last night for events and I was just very strict with my team about — hey, if someone has to go to the bathroom, we’re not leaving each other alone,” she says.


“Always have a buddy. Don’t be left alone and don’t be out until a certain hour.”



She really doesn’t believe any of this was her fault, does she?


Thoughts and prayers for Sophia, please, who has a long road ahead of her as Farrah Abraham’s child.


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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Jill Duggar Broke a Family Parenting Rule & Fans Are Shocked!

There was a time when Jill Duggar was one of the few members of her family was thought to be mostly immune to criticism.


Though she dutifully followed in her mother’s footsteps by marrying young and immediately starting a family, Jill was always considered more likable and relatable than either of her parents.



It looked as though she would continue to enjoy the role of designated fan favorite for many years to come – and then fans got to know Jill’s husband, Derick Dillard.


Back in November of 2017, Derick was fired from Counting On after launching a transphobic social media tirade at fellow TLC star Jazz Jennings.


Jill quit the show in a misguided gesture of solidarity, and now, she’s gone from the being one of most popular Duggars to being exiled alongside her disgraced brother Josh.


But fans can still keep up with Jill on social and millions of them do exactly that.


Although it often seems like they’re primarily interested in ridiculing her or criticizing the manner in which Jill raises her kids.



Yes, Jill’s parenting often sets off some intense debates in the comments section of her Instagram posts.


Sometimes, the complaints are foolish (such as the time Jill put a tortilla on her son’s head in order to protect him from the sun).


On other occasions, they’re a bit more legitimate (such as the time Jill made her kids walk to Chick-Fil-A … several miles from the hotel they were staying in).


But we’re guessing most fans won’t have much of a problem with Jill’s latest parenting revelation – even if they may find themselves a bit shocked by it.


Jill posted the photo below on Instagram this week” 




Peppa Pig Screenshot


“When your #3yearold finds your phone and fills up your photo library with #randomphotos of #peppapig lol #israeldaviddillard,” she captioned the image.


And what’s so shocking about Jill’s kids watching children’s television like Peppa Pig?


Well, you see, most enjoyable pastimes, television is something that Jim Bob staunchly opposes.


He expressed his views on the demonic powers of the flatscreen in 2011 interview in which he describes his shock upon watching television for the first time after a several-year hiatus”


“We couldn’t believe the content on TV we didn’t think was appropriate. This is detrimental to our marriage,” JB said.



“We prayed about it and felt we had to pull it out of our house, which we did. And I would say that is one of the best things we have done for our family.”


He added that he occasionally allows his children to watch DVDs of TV and movies from the ’50s and ’60s, but no broadcast TV:


“We do watch DVDs, The Andy Griffith Show,” Jim Bob stated.


“We are very selective about what we watch. We actually don’t watch broadcast TV.”


So you can imagine JB’s chagrin at learning that his grandchildren are being raised on secular hits as Peppa.


What’s next? Another generation of Duggar girls wearing pants?!


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Monday, April 9, 2018

Jill Duggar Accused of Abusive Parenting Methods

Another day, another Jill Duggar parenting controversy.


If you follow Jill on social media, you know that she’s constantly being critcized for the way she raises her two sons.



Sometimes, the concerns are justified, such as when Jill had her 2-year-old son walk for over an hour alongside a busy highway to get to a Chick-Fil-A location.


On other occasions, it seems as though fans are simply making Jill the target of the anger they feel toward the entire Duggar clan.


See the time that Jill put a tortilla on her son’s head to block him from the sun as an example.


We’ll leave it up to you to determine which category the latest controversy falls into.


Jill posted the photo below on her Instagram page over the weekend.



It may seem innocent enough, and well … it probably is.


But some of Jill’s followers are outraged by what they feel is an endorsement of a much-maligned disciplinary technique.


In the past, the Duggars have expressed their belief in “blanket training,” a practice in which children as young as 6 months old are seated on a blanket and told not to move.


The childcare “experts” who originated blanket training tell parents that they should strike their child with an object if he or she moves from the blanket.


It may be a stretch, but some fans think this photo is Jill’s way of sending the message to like-minded parents that despite the ongoing controversy, she still practices blanket training in her home.



“They were raised to start hitting your baby at 6 months if they go off the blanket they actually say spanking or throwing something at them!” commented one of Jill’s followers.


“Throw something at your 6 month of baby and they also raise their children to be respectful by beating them.”


Other fans believe (quite reasonably) that there’s no reason to believe this photo is an endorsement of any single parenting technique or style.


“That’s not punishment,” countered one such follower. “Some babies like being wrapped up.”


Obviously, this seems like a case of Jill’s photos being nit-picked to death, but it’s a reminder that she comes from a family in which behaviors that would be considered abusive by most parents are still practiced every day.


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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Duggar Family Blasted by Fans for Promoting Deadly Parenting Practices

Brace yourselves, folks. This is an upsetting story. Even in the context of the Duggar family.


Jim Bob and Michelle are promoting an ideology even more controversial than their own strict religious beliefs.


And fans are putting the Duggar family on blast.



The Duggars have been plugging an upcoming Marriage Retreat on social media.


“There is still time to register for this amazing marriage retreat! You will not regret it!”


The retreat is to take place as the Forsyth family’s Fort Rock. The problem is that this even will host Michael Pearl and Debi Pearl, authors of the deeply controversial book, To Train Up Your Child.


The book promotes forcing children to eat their least favorite foods until they “like” them, but also depriving your children of food as punishment.


Most significantly, the book encourages parents to hit their children with various objects, including plastic lengths of pipe. This abusive “training” is supposed to begin in infancy.


The methods described are a recipe for breaking a child and doing psychological damage that will last for a person’s entire life.


Except for those victims who die before they even reach adulthood.


As you can imagine, fans were horrified that the Duggars would condone such egregious child-abuse.



Fans on Facebook who are aware of the Pearls and the infamous “methods” that they promote felt crushed and heartbroken when they saw the announcement.


“This makes me so sad,” one wrote. “The Pearls literally promote hitting babies, actual babies.”


That is true. Among other things, the Pearls recommend the cruel “blanket training” that the Duggars practiced with some of their babies.


“They are child abusers. Why you would promote their evil and cruel practices is mind-boggling.”


Another disappointed Duggar fan commented, writing:


“Ahh yes, Fort Rock. Host and supporters of blatant child abusers.”



It’s difficult to argue with these commenters, even if you wanted to.


The “training” that the Pearls espouse to their followers involves using violence and fear to force children into submission.


And yes, it does begin when children are still babies.


The older that the child becomes, the harsher the physical punishments they recommend. Their pernicious book even suggests that parents might wear an object on their person as a constant reminder of the implied threat.


In recent years, police have linked three separate deaths of children to the Pearls, their book, and their ideology.


In each case, the abusive parents were convicted.


And that, of course, barely scratches the surface on the lifelong psychological damage that years of child abuse can inflict.



This isn’t the only time that the Duggars have been linked to abuse, and we don’t just mean hitting their own children or covering things up after Josh molested his sisters.


Member of the Duggar family’s church have shared shocking tales of abuse.


One survivor from the Duggar family church recently revealed that her father molested her as a child, and that the sexual abuse only stopped when he died.


That should have been the end of her suffering, but it was only part of her story.


Naturally, she suffered PTSD symptoms such as depression. Worse, in the eyes of her church and of her religiously devoted mother, she questioned her family’s beliefs.


She says that the church sent her to a “camp” where she was threatened, terrorized, and tortured for months in an effort to force her to fall into line with the church’s beliefs.



Unfortunately, it isn’t a surprise that the Duggars are promoting extreme ideology. Even though the Pearls recommend violence against children, that’s not a foreign concept to the Duggars.


Michelle has used a ruler to punish her very young children. Both producers and at least one of the Duggar children have mentioned that Jim Bob and Michelle keep a rod with which to hit their children.


There are heartbreaking, evil stories behind so many people’s broken childhoods.


The saddest thing of all of this might be that some people who come from these horrible backgrounds go on to repeat this cycle of violence with their own children.



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Monday, March 12, 2018

Jinger Duggar Flaunts Baby Bump, Shares Parenting Advice on Instagram

As you’ve likely heard by now, Jinger Duggar is expecting her first child.


For the most obsessive fans of her famous family, the news of Jinger’s pregnancy was a long time coming.




After all, Jinger was married to Jeremy Vuolo for more than a year before she announced that she has a bun in the oven.


That timeline might make perfect sense for most people, but Duggar women frequently get knocked up on their honeymoons.


Of course, Jinger has always been her family’s resident rebel, as evidenced by the fact that she was the first female of her generation to wear pants in public.


(Duggar women are typically limited to floor-length skirts, even while playing sports or engaging in other physical activities.)


So it’s not terribly surprising that when it comes to starting a family, Jinger has decided to dance to the beat of her own drummer.


 
Jinger Duggar and Friend


And when it comes to parenting advice, she’s also bucking tradition by accepting input from outside her own family.


Jinger and Jeremy were in Los Angeles over the weekend for an event called the Shepherds’ Conference, a gathering of male Christian leaders.


Jeremy posted the above photo of his wife sitting next to a family friend named Emma Hatter.


“‘The days are long, but the years are short.’ Wise words to my beautiful wife from Emma Hatter, a dear member of @gracecomchurch for 50 years,” Jeremy captioned the photo.


The quote, from author Gretchen Rubin, was apparently Hatter’s response to Jinger and Jeremy’s request for parenting advice.



The words of wisdom have become a popular way of reminding new parents to cherish their time with their young children.


Particularly in the era of mobile devices and social media, it can be easy to forget that what really matters is face-to-face time with loved ones.


For all their many controversial parenting techniques, the Duggars deserve a tip of the hat for prioritizing family time over screen time.


Of course, when you star on a reality show with your parents and siblings, family time often is screen time.


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Saturday, March 3, 2018

Kylie Jenner SLAMMED for New Photo of Stormi: Her First Parenting Fail!

Kylie Jenner is no stranger to criticism.


It’s actually kind of overwhelming how much hate she’s gotten, being just a tender 19 years old.




To be fair, she does deserve a fair bit of all that criticism, on account of all the really dumb, obnoxious, ridiculous things she’s always said and done.


Like when no one wanted to watch her reality show because she just whined about things that barely even made sense?


Or when she tried to sell a cheap set of makeup brushes for $ 300, then when people called her out for it, she defended herself by saying that other brands sell sets for similar prices?


Not even bothering to mention the fact that those brands have been around for years and years and she’s just a teenaged reality star with a dream?


Her gigantic lips, her new-ish curves that so many people swear have to be the result of plastic surgery, the alarming amount of selfies she takes … it’s a lot, and a lot of people aren’t into it.



But for just about a month now, Kylie’s been a mother.


And you know what that means …


It means that in addition to all that other stuff, she’s opened the door wide for some good old-fashioned mom-shaming!


Yes, now everything that Kylie ever does in regards to Stormi will be bashed all to hell, regardless of whether or not she actually deserves it.


It’s such an important part in the lives of all mothers, really, but for famous mothers in particular.


Yesterday, Kylie began experiencing her first true experience with this phenomenon after sharing some new photos of herself with baby Stormi.



In the photos, she had on her customary long acrylic nails — cute, but not so cute for changing diapers.


Many people saw her nails, thought about how difficult it would be to clean up baby poop and handle a delicate little newborn with such talons, and decided that meant she’s a bad mother.


One such person tweeted “Don’t wanna be a bitch but the length of kylie jenner’s nails tells me all i need to know about her parenting/lack thereof.”


“You know Kylie is not bathing or changing that child’s diapers by the length of her nails,” another person wrote.


Another asked “How does Kylie wipe Stormi’s ass with those longass nails, I’m shook.”



There were dozens of comments like this, both on Twitter and Instagram, because as everyone knows, the length of your nails is directly related to your parenting ability.


It’s just such an odd thing for people to fixate on, especially because as many mothers shared, they had similar nails and were able to tend to their babies just fine.


If someone would rather keep short nails when caring for little babies, that’s fine, and it someone prefers the look of longer nails and just takes the time to be more careful, that’s fine too.


And if she’s not doing diapers or baths at all, if she has a nanny to help with that sort of thing, that’s also fine.



We’re sure she’s still bonding with her daughter.


Like, this is Kylie we’re talking about — there will be plenty more chances to question her parenting skills, we don’t have to get in a hurry.


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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Jenelle Evans Has ANOTHER Parenting Fail: Could She Lose ALL Her Kids?!


To know Jenelle Evans is to know just what a massive, massive hot mess she is.


Really, it"s kind of impressive. Not admirable at all, just impressive.


This girl has taken each and every opportunity she"s ever been presented to mess her life up, and now that she"s on the brink of being fired from Teen Mom 2, she"s really going into overdrive.


So what"d she do this time?!




1. Our Girl


Jenelle evans with choker

This is Jenelle. Jenelle makes dumb choices.



2. … Really?


Really

For her latest dumb choice, Jenelle shared a couple of photos of her three-year-old son Kaiser playing with a toy gun.



3. Ugh


Kaiser griffith gun photo

It might not seem like a huge deal all on its own, but if you consider everything else that’s been going on with her lately, you’ll see that it was just an exceedingly bad idea to share these pictures.



4. Yikes


Jenelle evans gun photo

Earlier this month, Jenelle and her husband, David, got into a bit of hot water when he posted this photo of her online just hours after the shooting in Parkland, Florida.



5. David = The Worst


David eason on insta

It was definitely questionable timing, and it was also incredibly insensitive, but David refused to take down the photo. Instead, he sassed those who suggested he take it down.



6. So Long, Douchebag


Jenelle eason david eason

He continued arguing about guns on his Twitter page for several days until, for some bizarre reason, he felt the need to bring a little homophobia to his pro-gun stance. He was promptly fired from Teen Mom 2 for this.


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