That’s sad to hear. You seem to have a repub level of empathy.

If I was in her shoes, I might feel the same way. Emotional/physical/mental trauma and anger doesn’t go away at a moment’s notice. Ask vets with PTSD - it takes time, and five years doesn’t mean SQUAT.

Does the kool-aid taste THAT good?

Why are you defending something which is pretty damned un-defendable? They refuse to do their job. Pressing palms should NOT take precedence over Zika.

My heart bleeds for them.

Yeah, sure. Right. Yupsters. They are working their little.... heads off.

So give us cites about this. Otherwise.... GET THE FUCK OFF THE INTERWEBS, PERSKY.

We bought red worms for compost - they didn’t look like that. I wish I had a photo of my kid’s face when I told her we had to name all ten thousand of them as they were new pets, tho. ;-)

A few of these had me LOLing. Gotta love Dr. Ruth!

I looked at Jamie Lee Curtis’ comment and my first, immediate thought was, “OMG, how does she wear such pointed shoes!!!!!!”

No, it’s hard to fit YOUR definition of a parent. Big difference.

I’m glad you are 1) not a parent and 2) not in our military. We don’t need you.

So you’d be totes okay with your wife going for more education to get a better job, amirite? No? Why not?

So? That has what to do with your basic premise?

Which just shows your limited intelligence/imagination.

Well, John, sometimes there’s not a lot of choice involved. And if you have a hard time understanding this, you have a very limited imagination.

Personally, I’d say what you lived through were bad parents. But blame it where you will. Would you be better off if your father was around? Cuz that’s what Wunderfarmeretc is saying.

It’s like the articles on breastfeeding. The guys are the ones saying that why couldn’t the kid just wait to be fed and such drivel.

Ah, you ARE a guy.

Thus sayeth somebody who thinks they can educate themselves on what every other family should be like without a lick of anything remotely resembling a learning experience.