So your experience was positive? When I see these stories I have the same reaction as Lady Heatherlee (give me all the babies!), but I’ve been reading a blog by a NYC foster parent, and I don’t think I could do it. I work, and I couldn’t take all the time off for parent visits at the foster agency, doctors appts,…

You should do foster care! My parents did it and I think it made life great in a lot of way even though sometimes it was hard.

Yeah it all depends on what/how they are taught. My daughter is 3 and can say her full name when asked, write and spell her first name, and knows my first when asked. But she goes to full time preschool and I reinforce education at home.
I agree, sounds like these kids weren’t receiving top notch care or education to…

My aunt gave me some great advice when I was a single mom with a newborn, and people were giving me shit because I let him sleep with me sometimes in his first year. She said, “If you and the baby are alive and you able to stay sane, then you’re doing alright.”

I concur.

I’m feeling pretty cool in comparison about my over reliance on Dinosaur Train to get these kids out of my hair. Winning!

I don’t think they were unable to say who their parents were, they were unwilling.

Dear terrible parents, If you have babies and don’t want them, please contact me. I have space for three and every intention of changing diapers, feeding regularly, and generally giving a crap.

I definitely suck at some aspects of parenting. But not loaded-diaper-highway-crossing levels of suck.

Well this story could have had a much more horrible ending so that’s something. When I read things like this it reminds me that when I’m too hard on myself about my shortcomings as a mom, I’m actually doing pretty well.

He said a lot of mean and stupid things in his Palinesque comments, but this is the phrase that most turned my stomach.

Oh, there’s a Marvin. Is there EVER a Marvin.

Thank you, Jeb, you asshole. I was starting to feel sorry for you when Trump tweeted that photoshopped picture that looked like you were picking your nose. “Jeb’s being cyberbullied!” I thought. And then you said this and now the tiny bit of my brain I was devoting to pity for your privileged ass has been freed up for…

what if u woke up one morning and u thought cleveland was chicago

Some of my closest grand juries are black!

I could maybe buy that with pre 9/11 W., but this asshole is a miserable asshole. He’s stupid and mean, but he also seems genuinely miserable, which is not much consolation, but some.

“I’m sorry, my bad,”

He’s a Bush. He has a shitload of money for doing absolutely nothing. He’s living la livda fucking loca.

Ffffffffffffffffuck.

What a monstrously cruel and ignorant thing to say. He’s such a vile, ugly person. It must be horrible to be him.