Having read the comments on a couple articles I shouldn't have this morning, I can say that this seems to be the right-wing racist talking point on this one. Rappers swear and use vulgar language and somehow the Fox News types have convinced themselves that that's EXACTLY THE SAME as an entire fraternity laughing as…

How are we making fun of homeless people? We're making fun of the idiots who named the place, who presumably are non-homeless church staffers of some type.

So is she still doing that virginity-until-marriage thing? 'Cause I'm not sure how this song will play to the promise ring crowd.

It's more likely she doesn't see it in her community and therefore thinks it's over everywhere. Kids (and adults) can be short-sighted that way.

I'm not shocked, but I am disappointed we aren't better than this.

Yeah, they just don't do anything for me on anyone. But now I feel like a jerk for saying so in the comments here, since clearly other people are attracted to her and I don't want to pee on the party.

I don't even think her body's that amazing. I have literally zero desire for big boobs, and if I was going to put that much work into my tummy I'd want more visible abs to show for it.

What kinds of attitudes do the 6th graders have? I know that when I was in school saying someone was gay was absolutely the worst thing you could say about a guy, a sure way to get into a fight, and I hope and pray we've moved beyond that.

Looks like what that shows is that not as many people trust Fox, but the ones who do are very loyal. If you add together "a lot" and "somewhat," Fox is at 55, where NBC gets 60, ABC gets 64, and local TV news gets 71 percent. (Which worries me because every time I turn on local TV news it seems to be trying to scare…

They could have brought in a nonwhite character as a stepparent or one of Mason or Samantha's romantic interests without it seeming too forced and unrealistic. But even that wouldn't be totally non-problematic,either. (E.g., if Mason's high school girlfriend was black and she still cheated on him and broke his heart,…

Yeah you're picturing something so totally different from what's happening it's not even funny. First, this isn't something they do ALL THE TIME or even often — if it was, we wouldn't take them out. And they aren't crawling all over the place, and they aren't going where they could trip anyone or be spilled on…

Only if he asks for it nicely.

Okay. Thank you for your concern.

For me, getting to three means the kid stops having a choice. Like, if I'm counting down because I want the kid to stop watching TV and get their shoes on, "three" is where I turn off the TV and place the shoes on the child's feet myself. Which admittedly isn't the most terrifying punishment in the history of the…

I agree being sent to your room isn't much of a punishment, but that's not how I do time outs. Time out for us = you sit still someplace boring (usually our bottom step) for as many minutes as you are years old.

Oh, man, that is sad. Just let your kid eat! There will be plenty of time to drill him on table manners later.

You know, I hadn't thought about the fear-of-strangers/being overwhelmed aspect, but I bet that's part of what it is. My daughter isn't really capable of articulating her emotions to that point —she just says she's tired or bored.

Why not? I personally don't want to hang out under there, but I think the modern paranoia about germs is worse for us than a little shoe grime would be, it makes them happy, and I wouldn't let them do it if they were in anyone else's way. And I hope my kids are smart enough not to eat old food off the floor, ew.

Dude, seriously, you're already in the middle of a pile-on over your parenting practices and your reaction is to make a chaining kids to radiators joke? This is not stellar judgement.

Yeah, it's something where I used to be more in line with the author but my husband's approach of saying yes as long as whatever-it-was wouldn't hurt anybody so clearly worked better than my nos that I was converted.