The one that really sticks out in my mind was that the day before the famous Aspen slope slap, Marla showed up in the ski lodge. She basically made a scene with Donald, with Ivana and their kids right there. The way she described him, he wasn’t embarrassed and if anything, he was pleased that his kids saw this because…

In the grand scheme of life, be an Ivana, not a Marla. Ivana got a good chunk of his cash and didn’t sign a NDA.

As someone who’s read it, it’s fascinating. If half the stuff she wrote about is true, we’re more screwed as a country than we already think we are.

You are completely correct on all fronts. I’m sort of mystified by where all their money goes. I’d like to think that if my mom were paying my rent and my kids private school tuition, I’d have a shit ton in investments and saving accounts.

The comment you replied to was a reply of a reply to this comment.

Uh, I was referring to the daycare provider who murdered a baby last week. I posted about her upthread. I wasn’t referring to Karla Homolka.

This is one of the best comments I have ever read on Jezebel. You’re an amazing parent and my heart breaks for you.

I get where the parents are coming from and there is a part of me that thinks what harm can come to let them take him to the US but after reading a little more, they wouldn’t be bringing him to the US for a cure. It would basically just extend his life but his quality of life would not get better. I don’t blame them…

I feel the same way about our daycare. I will say though that my daughter was on the waitlist for the daycare where the murdered occurred. It’s not a cheap daycare and they came off as really engaged and really caring during the tour. We met the woman who ended up torturing that baby to death and if you had told me 2…

I just started on part 2, corporal punishment. I got sidetracked by one of the linked stories where a toddler drowned in a baptismal font. I need a glass of wine now.

Wow, that is absolutely insane. My in laws live in Florida and they are always encouraging my brother and sister in law to send their kids to private schools (which all happen to be religion affiliated) instead of public schools. I’m about to send them that link.

It’s heartbreaking. The GoFundMe has super exceeded its goal but they’re keeping it going so the parents can take as long as they need off of work to grieve Reese’s death. If anyone feels like contributing, here’s the link: https://www.gofundme.com/reese-bowman-our-angel

I didn’t think you were disagreeing with me and I do appreciate you explaining that often the state mandates that charges can’t appear in background checks. Sorry if I came off as hostile, I was really rattled by this story and have been unreasonably passionate when talking about it.

I would bet money your friend is not the only woman he’s done this to. This is why it baffles me when people insist someone couldn’t have done something awful because they “know them.” Do you really expect people to look like monsters?

I can see that and really, I agree with it 90% of the time. I see how hard it is for ex cons to get jobs and how it increases the rate of recidivism. Buuuuuut working with children is a privilege, not a right and if you have violence related charges, I don’t think you should be allowed to work with kids. If my kid’s…

She pled one down to a misdemeanor assault charge and the other was pending. I would hope a daycare would shell out for the thorough background check but clearly not all do. If the state took over doing the background checks, I’d hope they could get access to things like that. And yes, I know it’s a pipe dream and the…

I get that feeling and my first reaction was to go get my daughter and snuggle the shit out of her but I never thought about taking her out of the daycare she’s in (which says a lot about them.) She’s always smiling when we walk in the door and her daycare providers are so patient with her. When I picked her up that…

One of my uncle’s was a prison chaplain for a looooong time and he saw some serious shit. I posted upthread about a daycare worker in my city who tortured and murdered an 8 month old in her care. I posted a link to the GoFundMe for the family on Facebook and my uncle commented that in cases that are extreme like this,…

My state has incredibly strict rules about daycares but last week, a daycare provider murdered an 8 month old at nap time. Someone in one of my baby Facebook groups ran the daycare provider’s name through the system and found she had been charged with assault twice in the past 5 years. The state will shut a place down…

Are we talking of the Trump kids? Big Donald is clearly the worst but of the kids, Ivanka is the worst because everyone else is just acting out for daddy’s love. She doesn’t even need to try. But clearly Tiffany is the best Trump. Because she obviously barely knows the rest of them.