Wouldn't this make a lot of advertising illegal?

Huh.

Good for her. Good priorities.

It sounds like a great idea up until the Olivia Newton-John part. Then again, I suppose she could play Alicia Masters or something like that.

I think it's the media. Specifically, I see it in movies.

This was interesting:

The photos are really well done. Great composition and everything.

No, you can't make a law against calling people fat, for the same reason you can't make a law against calling people skinny.

Then the problem is probably in your own life — you are probably a boring person!

Having a daughter makes me a LOT less likely to vote republican.

But a bong toke is not reckless endangerment. The welfare of the child is not at risk. No harm will come to the child because of the bong toke.

Just positing: Is it possible that there are sometimes advantages to people being separated by that many years? And I would feel more comfortable saying that if the girl was eighteen, which is maybe silly and arbitrary of me, but I would.

That is how that works. I didn't see anything about a track record. I'll grant you that giving a toddler a bong toke is bad parenting and indicative of further bad parenting to come, but in and of itself it's not a big enough deal to take a kid away from its parents (or rather, it shouldn't be).

But taking a child away from its parents is not erring on the side of caution. To be cautious would be to keep the child with the parents. You're talking about interjecting yourself into someone else's family and making decisions for them whether they like it or not, as opposed to letting someone get away with an…

There is no objective harm in this case, at least from the evidence presented. Objectively, there's no reason to separate these parents from that child. The only reason is subjective — the general fear of marijuana resulting from the cultural indoctrination that is the War on Drugs.

Can you describe the objective harm that comes to this child from a bong toke?

But the evil of marijuana is also subjective. There's absolutely no harm coming to this child because of that bong toke. Zero. Zilch. Nada.

Okay. Let's try an easy one. Dressing their children badly. If parents force children to wear unfashionable clothing — that's not worth taking the kids away, right? Especially if we're talking about toddlers? Kid probably doesn't even understand the concept of fashion conformity. No likelihood of trauma. Agreed?

I take it you disagree. Okay. But what about my question? Can you give me examples of stupid things parents can do that shouldn't result in them having their kids taken away from them? I'm wondering where you draw that line.

Nobody should be paying that much attention to celebrities in the first place.