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Unless, of course, he's bringing the action for less than stellar motives. Declaring your child custody intentions to "The Insider" may be evidence of that. As are his frequent references to his child as his "kid" instead of as his "son" or his "child." It's a small matter, but that's not the most loving of terms to use.
Unless, of course, he's bringing the action for less than stellar motives. Declaring your child custody intentions to "The Insider" may be evidence of that. As are his frequent references to his child as his "kid" instead of as his "son" or his "child." It's a small matter, but that's not the most loving of terms to use.
I dunno bigm, I tell people I have 3 kids. I find the word to be affectionate, I kid you not.
I dunno bigm, I tell people I have 3 kids. I find the word to be affectionate, I kid you not.
The great thing about parenting is that everyone who even suspects that you have or did have or might sometime have a child has no qualms about telling you how to go about it.
Have no fear: however you plan on performing prenatal care, giving birth, nursing, weaning, toilet-training, vaccinating, educating, diapering, disciplining, feeding, coaching, protecting, overprotecting, underprotecting, diagnosing, insuring, financing, housing, transporting, or mind-fucking your little bastard, there's someone in the next house, cube, blog, pew, or branch of the family tree only too happy to point out how you suck at it, at least vis-a-vis them.
It gets worse (or better if, like me, you see this as an ... view full comment
The great thing about parenting is that everyone who even suspects that you have or did have or might sometime have a child has no qualms about telling you how to go about it.
Have no fear: however you plan on performing prenatal care, giving birth, nursing, weaning, toilet-training, vaccinating, educating, diapering, disciplining, feeding, coaching, protecting, overprotecting, underprotecting, diagnosing, insuring, financing, housing, transporting, or mind-fucking your little bastard, there's someone in the next house, cube, blog, pew, or branch of the family tree only too happy to point out how you suck at it, at least vis-a-vis them.
It gets worse (or better if, like me, you see this as an opportunity to learn more about what assholes most people are) when your marriage/relationship falls apart and you have to somehow figure out who gets the kid when, how, and for how much. Then the floodgates of free advice open wide.
Is it too much to ask to leave these people--with all their public flailings and private failings--the fuck alone? Just because media (from talking heads to Cottle) make at least part of their livings exploiting the personal failings of others, it doesn't mean that the rest of us (who, last time I checked, have no shortage of personal failings of our own) have to sink to that level.