Maybe this hat could be auctioned off to support OT's family? Ventura was a beast and a class act for this.

damn you're a scumbag

MLB isn't the NFL.

this isn't the nfl

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I work in the news industry (producer, not reporter) and I have to say I'm glad Radar elected not to release them. Reading a police report of child sexual abuse is horrifying and the details are sickening to say the least.

I'll choose to focus on the second story in Dirtbag and wait til I've had more coffee to tackle the first one.

Actually it's not that unusual* for a parent/guardian to take back someone who abused their kids. Sometimes they just live in denial, other times they were actually jealous of the "attention" the kid received (seriously this is what happened to me) and sometimes they just genuinely don't care.

*by that I mean as…

Don't lump them all in together, they comprise a family of many individuals and I'm sure there is some love there, but can I get a slow clap for Anna/Chickadee who is calling her mom out on her bullshit, who is encouraging that her own name be put out there as the one who the molester attacked so that this isn't…

10,000 points for the Bieber tale with the TLC reference.

Re: Honey Boo Boo

Jenny McCarthy gives me grumpy cat face every time she talks.

It doesn't really matter what you "seriously doubt". All humans have ownership of their own bodies, and kids have a much harder time learning that if they're constantly being forced to touch people or allow themselves to be touched against their will. No one here is advocating that kids be allowed to scream and yell…

By saying grandmother's exist to huge their grandchildren you are expressly implying that grandchildren exist for their grandmothers. That's not true. People and children exist for their own reasons, they are not large stuffed animals.

To the contrary, it's very important to send an early and consistent message that your kid is the boss of their body and bodily interactions, and if they don't feel like hugging or kissing today (even if they did yesterday) then that's the end of it and no one is going to make them feel weird about it.

1. As stated in the article, the kid is affectionate with her friends, sometimes w her dad/grandparents, and often with her mom. It's mostly about strangers. Those animal studies were touch v no-touch, not consensual contact v consensual + forced contact.

How is "you don't have to touch people you don't want to touch" dysfunctional?

My Italian family's gushy grabbiness is one of the reasons WHY I don't like gratuitous touching today. "As soon as I'm a grownup I won't have to put up with this shit anymore," I would mutter to myself, and as soon as I became a grownup I kept that promise. Being touched when you don't want to be touched doesn't do a…

Yes, but learning from the get-go that you show physical affection on your own terms based on how you feel about the relationship in that moment sounds a lot healthier than offering physical affection out of obligation based on a title one holds in the relationship, doesn't it?

There is a difference between denying a kid touch and not forcing them to touch people they are not comfortable with. If my nephew doesn't want strangers or even family to touch him, we honor that, but try denying this kid touch when he wants it. He is the cuddliest 2 yo alive, but we are teaching him that if…