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The Key to a Successful Parenting Blog: Don't Take Yourself too Seriously

familyThe Birmingham News says that the best mom and dad blogs don't take themselves too seriously. I concur. Most of the parenting blogs that I read regularly lean toward the self-deprecating and sarcastic. This article named a couple of blogs that I'm sure everyone is familiar with (Dad Gone Mad, Breed 'em and Weep, Suburban Turmoil) and points out that you can tell just from the name that these people aren't afraid to laugh at themselves.

In my humble opinion (see, there is that sarcasm again) parenting is a tough job. It is a great job, but it is 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and let's face it - kids can be frustrating. If we weren't laughing at ourselves, we would probably be crying. Plus, no two children are the same (even twins) and those parents who are convinced that their way is the only way bug the shit out of us. Nobody likes a know-it-all. And so far nothing has convinced me that In don't really know anything as much as my daughter has. And she is not even three years old yet. I can't wait until she is a teenager.


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Comments

 

bes said:

Why in the world have you published a picture with your daughter holding her father's "penis"?

March 2, 2007 10:26 AM
 

Suburban Turmoil said:

I'm laughing so hard over that picture that I don't know what to say!  What the?!

March 2, 2007 10:37 AM
 

rebs said:

I, too, find this picture disturbing. Since when is it funny to have a girl holding her dad's penis, even if it's fake?  

Very disturbing.

March 2, 2007 10:57 AM
 

Disgusted said:

This whole picture is more than disturbing. How you are all dressed is ridiculous. You actually think this is ok? I would put up up for the worst parents in the world. There is nothing faintly cute or funny. You should be reported to Protective services.

March 2, 2007 12:19 PM
 

ZeitgeistMama said:

This isn't a photo of the blogger people, simmer down. It's an artist and her family in people suits that she knit.

I think it's a pretty damn funny picture.

March 2, 2007 12:53 PM
 

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah said:

Thank you, ZeitgeistMama. It isn't my family, it's art.

(ps - it's not a real penis either.)

March 2, 2007 4:10 PM
 

somebofy said:

totally inappropriate photo.

March 2, 2007 4:32 PM
 

Mamacita said:

Will the suits be available for Halloween? So much better than the typical "witch" costume I usually wear to greet the "Trick or Treaters"?

March 2, 2007 4:56 PM
 

Karen Murphy said:

Do they wear the suits in pubic, er, I mean public?

That's a LOT of knitting.  I have yet to finish a sweater.

March 2, 2007 5:13 PM
 

Whit said:

I guess you can tell by the comments who the owners of successful parenting blogs are.

BTW, I can't believe they bought that part about the picture being somebody else.  Nice save.

March 3, 2007 1:27 AM
 

Jill said:

Uptight people of the internet, relax!  Naked bodysuits, now THAT'S comedy!

March 3, 2007 2:32 PM
 

TrackBack said:

March 3, 2007 3:49 PM
 

Zandria said:

These commenters are hilarious!  I can't believe they thought those people in the picture were really naked.  (Helloooo, look at the baggy legs!)  Or that it was YOU and YOUR family.  :)

March 3, 2007 6:45 PM
 

creative-type dad said:

I can't stop looking at that picture - those kids are going to be scarred for life.

March 3, 2007 7:46 PM
 

niCk said:

The picture is hilarious, those serious comments are disturbing.  These kind of sickos (the commentors) walk among us, and I don't know who they are.  Those comments have emotionally upset me, I think I'm scarred for life, I need therapy, quick, before I start a life if disturbingly serious comments to comedic photgraphs.

March 4, 2007 8:17 AM
 

mom101 said:

Oh man. I'd have expected these comments on babycenter. Do you have a link to info about the photo? It's disturbingly hilarious (or hilariously disturbing?)

March 4, 2007 10:57 AM
 

Devra Renner said:

My first reaction wasn't even about  the girl touching the man's fake penis, it was "What's with the guy with the  Rorschach on his chest?" and then I got  distracted even more and thought "Well, maybe it's a Flor de lis."  Then I became highly suspicious that had been tricked into taking a Rorschach test. I then became quite concerned about who might be behind this ruse of making people take a Rorschach test when they didn't know they were even being tested.

I strongly believe in subjects giving informed consent! After seeing that picture I was preparing to leave Sarah a comment to rip her a new one for tricking innocent readers into taking a Rorschach unbeknownest to them.

Then I read the comments and realized how screwed up my thinking was.  This is an actual picture of Sarah's family with all of them age enhanced show how her entire family would look in a few years as  naked Doodlebops.

Sarah, if you are going to post that kind of pic of your age-enhanced family you need to at least photoshop your knee wrinkles and wear the brightly colored wigs so it's not distracting from the great stuff you said in your post about not taking ourselves so seriously.  

March 5, 2007 12:24 AM
 

mo-wo said:

Shit if Devra didn't beat me to it.  I mean that is soooo obvious.  And, I guess I could see how people might think it is your famly -- beg to differ with Zandria... Behold how they glow and all have really unique socks.

March 5, 2007 12:35 AM
 

mo-wo said:

Shit if Devra didn't beat me to it.  I mean that is soooo obvious.  And, I guess I could see how people might think it is your famly -- beg to differ with Zandria... Behold how they glow and all have really unique socks.

March 5, 2007 12:35 AM
 

Diana said:

Holy crap, I once knitted a scarf.... a BARBIE scarf. That is a lot of knitting, my friend. Seems like they would be scratchy - wonder what they're knitted out of?

Anywho, I'm also horribly disturbed - by the crazy ass design of his "chest hair"! ;)

March 5, 2007 12:38 AM
 

Anonymous said:

I agree with Karen, I wouldn't want to be

seen in PUBIC with those SKIN SUITS on!!

And that public hair on the lady is way too

thick and needs to be trimmed into a

landing strip and Diana, yes that chest hair

is excessive too & looks like a bat!  And are

the kids really going to Trick or Treat in

those suits for Hallo(teenie)weenie?LOL  

March 5, 2007 6:18 AM
 

cce said:

I just love that someone somewhere made those remarkable, fabulous, wild suits andddd now all the puritan parents out there are calling Human Services about it.  

Did these puritans not get the gist of your article?  Lighten up parenting Nazis and have a laugh. It sounds like you could use one.

March 5, 2007 10:52 AM
 

Shiz said:

Anne Lamott says that is Jesus' day, they used to stone a few 13-year olds. And that mothers were often at the front of the stone-throwing crowd, having to be restrained.

She says the practice also helped keep the other 13-year olds in line.

March 6, 2007 3:12 AM
 

Oksana said:

Did you try to put your banners into the desktop programs?  

Oksima team has a great offer. It is the pay per click, not for impressions advertising. To my mind – great offer. And they give first 5 free clicks. Why not to try? It is on http://advertizing.oksima.biz

March 13, 2007 2:54 PM
 

RunMumRun said:

Love the knitted naked suits. Pity it is too warm here in Australia (where we have a sense of humour)to wear them.

March 14, 2007 9:06 PM
 

KIDCASHCARD said:

Loans within these ceiling limitations are termed “conforming”  loans

March 17, 2007 4:50 PM

About Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah

I have three year old twins and a slight football problem. You can always read more about it at Sarahandthegoonsquad.com . That's right. You heard me. All Hail the Hypnotoad!

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