Yep. There certainly are studies that show that children who are subjected to corporal punishment have higher rates of delinquency — which later leads to higher rates of incarceration. http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED196149

Also a vaccine denier.

Here in the US, any criminal defendant can waive his right to a jury and request a "bench trial" — which means a trial before a single judge, much like this one. Hardly any defendants elect to do this, for whatever reason.

Sesame Street is such a great show. I have a 2-year old (and a 7-year old who also likes it) and I honestly can't tell you who enjoys it more, me or him. We watch in the mornings as I am getting ready for work and I frequently almost miss the train because I'm watching something like this, or a Cookie Monster movie…

I'm an Old too, and I don't see this argument. Online shopping presents a risk too, but no one is telling Target hacking victims that they shouldn't have been shopping online in the first place.

Haha! Thanks for that link. "Wakefield is actually very respected and although it has been hidden by the press in this country he has been validated outside of this vaccine industry controlled country." That gave me a good hearty laugh.

I like it. Even more, I like imagining that we are in the same time zone and you are therefore drunk at noon on a Tuesday.

Jessica Williams!!!

A sloth and Dick Casablancas. (No, not Ryan Hansen, DICK).

I made it through S3 before I gave up. You'll have to make your own call, but I will warn you, it doesn't improve.

Oh, so ditto. After s3, I gave up. I couldn't watch Olivia (literally) fling herself at him one. more. time.

Ew. I can think of nothing worse than having everyone look at me. That was the one thing I HATED about my otherwise lovely wedding day — I even skipped the "first dance" we practiced for because I was DONE being looked at. :)

Haha! Too much to hope for: that the sound of the velcro is embarassing and therefore teaching him a lesson about being late?

Silent velcro has one useful purpose only: the ability to unswaddle your sleeping baby at night when he's soaked in pee from a leaky diaper without waking him up. Query though whether this rather limited application would result in enough buisiness to make someone as rich as Croesus.

Yep! I tend to send those people a very expensive gift. :)

I like Carter's and Old Navy for plain and striped tees and onesies. Lands End and LL Bean are good for bigger kids. Signed, a mom who is inordinately proud of never having dressed either of her two sons in anything sports related. (NASA and Star Wars tees are another story).

Probably! I'd just call and ask them for the length measurement. I shop for myself and my kids a lot at lands end and they have great customer service.

Thank you for pointing this out! The stats in the story are extremely misleading. I had a VBAC with my second baby and did a LOT of research. While VBAC after ONE C-section is indeed quite safe statistically, the risks are far, FAR higher for a VBAC after 3 prior c-sections.

And I support your complete ignoring of peer-reviewed studies while you judge people for doing something that has been demonstrated to have absolutely no negative effect.

I read it. Also no citations. And, since peer-reviewed empirical studies have proven you completely wrong, I am not too convinced. (Read: at all convinced).