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Celebrity Parents That Seem Normal
And now, for your viewing pleasure, here are two sets of celebrity parents that seem normal.
First up: Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and husband Pete Wentz, hanging by the water with little Bronx Mowgli. I’ve written before that Bronx is a rough name for a kid to have, but at least the Simpson-Wentzes seem to be normal parents. See photos at the Daily Mail.
Next we have Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale. She has an incredible career in music and fashion, and he used to be in a band called Bush that was sort of popular. (Rossdale and Bush are putting out a new album this year called Everything Always Now; you can download the first single here. Maybe it’ll be as big as ‘Hollaback Girl’. Trivia tidbit: according to the web site for No Doubt, the band Gwen Stefani started her career in, they used to open for Bush.) The headline is sort of odd: Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale leave their sons at home to celebrate eighth wedding anniversary. Should they bring the kids along? Stefani is gorgeous, and 40, which isn’t old but that’s older than I thought she was. I guess I think of rock stars as being young, but ‘Tragic Kingdom‘ came out in 1995, which was (gulp) 15 years ago. Again, pics of the happy family are at the Daily Mail web site.
Celebrity parents that seem normal are not, of course, a common occurrence. Or maybe parenting skills have an inverse relationship with a desire to seek the spotlight. Tough to say. Somebody study that, will you please?
Celebrity Parents, Celebrity Kids Paper Dolls [Paperback] image via Amazon.com
More Advice About The Lunch
First we had The Lunch as life lesson. Now we have more advice about the making of The Lunch.
Specifically How to take school lunches beyond peanut butter and jelly by Kathtyn Rem.
She suggests making a meal that you know will have leftovers, and then using said leftovers in tomorrow’s lunch. Great idea.
Other tips are good not only for The Lunch but also for general sandwich making. “To keep sandwiches crunchy, place a single layer of lunchmeat on each slice of bread. Then spread the condiments on the meat, which creates a barrier between the bread and the rest of the ingredients. Cheese also works nicely as a barrier.” (Oh, if I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard that last one…)
Other tips include “cutting a sandwich to look like a butterfly with carrot sticks for antennae.” Hey, if that works for your kids, more power to you. That would never fly in my house. (No pun intended.)
Also, the title is interesting, since every school I know of has banned peanut butter and all other nutty foodstuffs from the premises. In my case, it wasn’t so much about breaking away from lunch routine for the sake of variety. The one protein-filled food my son was willing to eat every single day was suddenly banned, so we had to come up with an alternative.
Toy Story 3 lunch box image via Amazon.com
The Lunch as Life Lesson
In a New York Times article about making The Lunch for the kids, husband Andy Ward offers the following advice when it comes to removing the crusts from sandwiches.
“Life has crust!”
Indeed it does, Andy. Indeed it does.
via Who Hates Making School Lunch? – NYTimes.com.
Toy Story 3 lunch box image via Amazon.com
41 Year Old Woman Meets Father For First Time By Chance
A 41 year old woman met her father for the first time. By chance.
Stories like this amaze me every time.
ABC News has a report about 41-year-old Wanda Rodriguez who had a chance meeting with her father at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx where she is the head nurse.
According to ABC, “Rodriguez said her parents separated while she was still an infant. She never heard from him again.”
And then, you know, poof. There he was. Bizarre.
A Daughter’s Chance Encounter With Father She Never Met
After a 41-Year Separation, A Nurse Meets Her Father At A Hospital (ABC News)
Hi Daddy movie on VHS from Amazon.com. You can buy it for a penny. Whoo-hoo! But you’ll need a VCR.
How to Organize a Child’s Locker [Helicopter Parenting]
This article from eHow.com is titled How to Organize a Child’s Locker. While this is, I suppose, a useful skill to acquire as the kids go back to school, I couldn’t help thinking that it was another example of so-called Helicopter Parenting (as in “hovering”).
Think about it. Who is the article geared towards? Parents, not kids. Why are parents organizing their child’s locker? Shouldn’t that be a kid’s job?
How to Organize a Child’s Locker | eHow.com.
Toy Helicopter image via Amazon
Dirty Cartoons And Wal-mart Parenting [Reading is Fundamental]
A quick DaddyTips link roundup:
- We all know that kids cartoons aren’t always for kids. Here are some moments from some that are, just not, you know, at that particular moment. 8 of the Dirtiest Sexual Innuendos in Children’s Cartoons [Asylum]
- Wal-mart is, you know, Wal-mart. And parents sometimes screw up. People of Walmart caught some egregious “parenting fails”. Plastic bag on your child’s head? Sure, why not? People of Walmart — Parenting Fails at America’s Superstore [Asylum]
- And now for something completely not funny. Deputies: Father Attacks Daughter, Son-In-Law [WYFF4.com]
Crazy Adults At Youth Sporting Events
Not a new post, but always worth remembering the crazy adults that show up at youth sporting events.
8 Psychotic Overreactions by Adults at Youth Sporting Events | Cracked.com
