Momfidence! - Read the Blog : Speechless

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Momfidence! cheers on commonsense parenting and sighs at the rest. How to worry less, wing it more. A.k.a. parenting by the seat of my mid-rise mom jeans.

About Paula Spencer

I'm the author of Momfidence! An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting, and a mom of four in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (where you cannot even buy Oreos at the two groceries nearest to my home).

A rare foto in which all six Spencers face the camera! by Charles Harris

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Speechless

April 28, 2008

From the Department of CommonNONsense: This is the most outrageous story I have read in a long time (and that's saying something). I can't even find the moral of the story or the slightest momfidence-boosting thing to say about it.

So much for humankind helping one another out.

Did you know there was such a thing as alcoholic lemonade?

NOTE UPDATED NEW LINK; NOT SURE WHY THE DET. FREE PRESS LINK DIDN'T WORK. Try here, too.

Comments

Steph says...

Awww, CRAP! The link doesn't work and I'm dying to know what that was all about!

Fantastic blog, by the way. I'm going out to buy your book as soon as I can get my grubby hands on it.

Molly Thompson says...

Here's the right link:

http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/COL04/804280375

Paula says...

Oops, Thanks for pointing out, after my big buildup!

Elizabeth says...

There is no moral to the story. It's just an example of what happens when society empowers a bunch of stupid bureaucrats with the authority to investigate, punish and pass ultimate judgment on innocent parents. It's exactly what we deserve for handing the government the power instead of insisting that it be kept in the hands of parents and families.

We got the government we voted for, and now it's biting us in the butt.

There was a similar story in the Washington Post recently recounting how the laughably incompetent DC Department of Child Welfare (or whatever it's called) got involved in a case of parents whose kid fell off the bed (like most of them do at one point or another). The responsible, caring parents took the child to the ER as a safeguard and as a reward for their maturity they were subjected to investigation, accusations and ultimately had the child taken from them. ALL THIS FROM A GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT HAS IGNORED PROBLEMS IN FAMILIES THAT RESULTED IN CHILDREN BEING KILLED. The whole thing is a sick joke, but again, it's exactly what we deserve for abdicating responsibility and giving it to a bunch of fools who haven't the slightest idea what they are doing.

Devra Renner says...

I guess my mother should have been carted off in handcuffs when I accidently drank spiked punch. She had no idea I was drinking it and I was too young and didn't know what "Non-Alcholic" meant. So I drank the one without a sign. Ended up falling asleep under the buffet table. Maybe I should mention this happened at the retirement party of the then president of Columbia University. Oh hey, maybe the moral of the story is kids of professors are more likely to drink booze accidentally and must be monitored carefully when out with their academic parents.

Jen Singer says...

It's absolutely crazy! Have you seen some of the labels for Hard Lemonade and Twisted Tea? At first glance, it's hard to tell they've got liquor in them. I feel for this family. It was a simple mistake.