27 Mar
I Think I’d Make It…About Ninety Seconds: Do you have what it takes to quit complaining for 21 days? “They” say it takes that long for a behavior to become a habit. I ordered one of the cool purple bracelets today, and it should be here in 6 weeks. Cripes…they couldn’t offer expedited shipping?
Heather: 2, RoboLeg: 0: Charity case activist Heather Mills stunned America by doing a backwards walkover (isn’t that what Locke was denied on Lost?) in a green pantsuit with tassels. Is it wrong to be annoyed that a woman who is older than me and has one less natural leg is a better dancer than me? Billy Ray Cyrus, you should be ashamed she upstaged you the way she did. Hey, I don’t have the bracelet yet.
Good Morning America, Doing What It Does Best…Pander To The Stay-At-Home Mommy Contingent: This morning, the show dropped this bombshell on an unsuspecting America which, I suspect, was having a Good Morning:
The National Institutes of Health study, which tracked 1,364 children since birth, determined that preschool kids who spent time in day care were more likely to be reported for problem behavior later on in life by their sixth-grade teachers. But it also found that fifth-graders who went to day care had better vocabulary scores.
I’m sorry…but did anyone notice there are several years between preschool and the sixth grade? Anyone else care to wager a guess as to what else could cause “problem behavior” to increase during those 5-6 years? How about dismissive parenting, no boundaries, and a lack of consequences for poor behavior? I listened to the whole segment, and there’s a half-second portion of the show where…unless you were paying reallyclose attention…you’d miss it. Want to know what that portion said? It said the number of sixth graders displaying behavior issues was slightly higher amongst those who had been in day care. Uh huh. That’s what I thought.
Attention, All Military Wives: Support your troops by making an appointment to gather around the television next Monday, to make fun of the silly girls who think being married to a military man is all bulging biceps and starched uniforms! Alternately, every time they say there’s nothing like a man in uniform…drink!
5 Responses for "Snark Bites 3/27"
I am so playing that drinking game. That shows annoys me anyway, now this! *sigh*
Or how about the fact that 6th graders are becoming teenagers and many of them are now in Jr.. High school and influenced by the 7th and 8th graders? Could it possibly be just the natural progression of kids hitting “that age”?
I was never in pre-school/day care, and neither were my brothers. It just didn’t happen back in “the olden days” (thanks kids). Believe me, we can’t even count all the grey hairs my parents have because of us. And it had nothing to do with dismissive parenting. My parents were firm but fair. We were just little sh**s.
You’re absolutely right…when I was in the 6th grade, I was still in elementary school (junior high was just 7th and 8th back in California then) so I was at the top of the heap, but I believe I was working my way into obnoxiousness around then…in general.
I was also going to mention I was the biggest troublemaker in my kindergarten class (apparently, I was a chronic tattletale)…and my mom was at home with me for three years prior to that.
Of course, that was the mid 70s…but still. I blame General Hospital.
So my choices are, smart trouble-maker or dumb quiet kid?? Hmm…I think we are missing some shades of grey in that story…Those morning shows drive me crazy with their spin.
Oh and 10pm local news with their promos for that night’s show that say things like “Can sunlight kill you? We’ll tell you everything you need to know at 10″ And then, if you actually take the bait, it’s a story about how the sun is REALLY REALLY hot! So annoying!
Oh and as for the Bachelor, even as a Non-Military wife, that premise annoyed me.
I have to say that I am shocked that Heather Mills can move that well!
I guess I was expecting her to be really awkward…