Whew thank god I learned that. Its gonna come in really handy this upcoming Mitochondria season.

hooooooolyyyyyyy shit.

Right? They serve as repositories for too much mayo!

If it’s by the pound, then not really.

Sounds like the dude who sings down in the subway station. Sorry, man, got no change.

I would not have a discussion with the kid about it beyond maybe one “that is not nice” and I definitely I don’t think accusing the kid of being mean to mommy is the answer. I just don’t think positively reinforcing the behavior (maybe by laughing or giving the child attention) would help (see Don’t Shoot the Dog)…

Ok. You go ahead and ask them why they hate mommy if you want. They’re your kids, she was reflecting on how psychologists say not to use that language that is personalizing the experience because empathy is a mature concept and small children don’t understand it. And sometimes it is better to let them say something…

I’m just going to speak to the last Q: No one said you’re supposed to reinforce it. You can say “no, that’s not nice,” or “that isn’t acceptable,” or “that play is too rough” or whatever makes sense for the situation/age of the child, but these physical outbursts aren’t inherently mean. They can feel that way, though.…

Complete non-sequitur, but this reminds me of how, when my oldest daughter was born, I somehow started calling her Rufus Wainwright as a nickname (I honestly don’t remember how or why that started) and how livid that made my wife. Apparently Rufus Wainwright is not an acceptable thing to call a newborn baby girl…

Long live the McGarrigle/Wainwrights, in whatever form. There isn’t one of them that doesn’t have more raw talent in their little finger than most of us will ever have anywhere at any time. They are a goddamn national treasure.

I will not pretend
I will not put on a smile
I will not say I’m all right for you

Outstanding interview Kathryn; Martha is such a talent and a wonderful ambassador for our country.

Bruno Mars is probably the finest male performer of our generation. COME AT ME.

Plenty of room because they don’t have humanity, empathy, compassion, logic, common sense, intelligence, humility, hearts, hair or dicks.

Well, the important thing is that you managed to make this tragedy to be about yourself

I’m always saying this, but one of the really hard things about being a parent is knowing that there are men out there who want to do this to a child. Like that’s their greatest desire. My daughter is now 11 so it’s still bad, but when she and her brother a little younger I would just start to lose my shit in Target…

Slowly, over several weeks.

I cannot be the only one to see the resemblance here....

Because I’m against killing anybody, and I’m specifically against allowing the state to kill people.

Same. But I will pay to rent the movie on demand. So. I still lose.