Denise Schipani / 18 Comments / celebrity parents, in the news/media, kids and sports / Aly Raisman, London 2012 Olympics, Olympic gymnasts, Raisman parents /
Did everyone see this clip, of the parents of U.S. Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman? They are not just feeling what most parent would feel while watching their child compete, at any level: the sense that you hope like hell that she won’t fall/that he’ll save the goal/that she makes the point. No, Mr. and Mrs. […]
Denise Schipani / 4 Comments / bad parenting in the news, celebrity parents, parenting in the media / "What Really Happened", Elizabeth Edwards, EveryMotherCounts.org, George Stephanopolous, Good Morning America, John Edwards, Rielle Hunter /
As you might have gathered from this post I wrote about Octomom, or even this sort of tongue-and-cheek mention of Madonna, I’m not a celeb-worshiper. I like the actors and musicians and others entertainment types, or don’t enjoy them, based on their work, and for no other reason. (I might except some personalities from that […]
Denise Schipani / 11 Comments / celebrity parents, family finances, parenting controversies / DailyWorth.com, Nadya Suleman, Octomom, Yahoo /
So, I read this article on Yahoo’s homepage yesterday, about how Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, spent more than $500 on her hair, while her kids walk around half-dressed and her plumbing doesn’t work (the very fact that I got sucked into the story is why I stopped using my Yahoo email address for anything other […]
Denise Schipani / 6 Comments / bad parenting in the news, celebrity parents / Harry Smith, Lourdes, Madonna, NBC TV, strict parents, teens caught smoking, The Material Girl, Today Show /
So, I heard that Madonna, single mother of four, was on the Today Show the other morning, explaining to Harry Smith that while she believes she’s a pretty strict mother, she obviously can be tougher, given that paparazzi photographs surfaced recently of her 15-year-old daughter, Lourdes, smoking. Madge is not a fan of smoking (good […]