OMG, my sister does this too! It is maddening, but I've given up trying to argue about it.

Yes! I loved that line!

You win. I hope you and your family are recovering well!

Thanks for the info. That actually makes me feel a bit better. I'm not in the biz, but my sister is, so I don't have a first hand account.

Thank you - that helps.

I realize they check all the boxes that need to be checked as far as education goes (however I think childhood education was as much about socialization as education), but the parents who push their kids are generally assholes, and I think it's fairly well-established (if not well-known) that kids in the biz have a…

Thanks, me too!

I don't even know what to make of the Smiths!

I consider myself lucky, I was only moderately fucked up by my Dad, but I'm determined to be free. Therapy can help!

Especially if you have famous parents and/or your parents try to push you into fame. There's some kind of narcissism that just seems unhealthy and setting one up for disappointment and/or the wrong kind of positive reinforcement.

I usually assume they're more susceptible to pain and trauma.

As fucked up as it sounds, when this behavior is normalized and a child experiences it growing up, it is their "comfort zone." I put that in quotes, because obviously it's not comfortable and even if they know it's fucked up, it's still what they know.

Exactly. I'm pushing out a human being, the poop really didn't faze me.

Women do usually poop while pushing out a baby, unless you have an enema first. I preferred pooping.

I just addressed this in my own post, but here is the tl:dr

I've had a very difficult pregnancy and a very easy one.

Lead with the baby! Like a canary in a coal mine? It is so weird how entitled everybody is about the road. I know as a bike rider that if I collide with a car I will be the one hurt, regardless of whether I had the right of way. As a car driver, I know if I hit a biker they are going to be the one who gets hurt,…

Fucking amazing! In my city, they just push the strollers down the middle of the street and look annoyed when you want to pass them. Same with joggers.

I'm old... When I was 8 we would sing this all the time but replace magic with my dick. It was hilarious!!! (when I was 8)

As a biker (and a driver) thank you for stating this all so well.