That makes more sense. I guess I just assumed that "suckle" meant milk was coming out.

THE FATHERS EVEN SUCKLE THEIR CHILDREN.

I would be in serious trouble because I still can't whistle at 42.

Depends on how highly you regard your parents' child rearing skills. Personally, I would like for none of my potential children's grandparents to be responsible for their care for more than a couple of hours.

My brother and I were taught from a very young age to sit silently, with a napkin in our laps, and practice fine dining manners (like signaling the server by putting the fork and knife at 5 o'clock or tearing off and individually buttering each piece of bread). If we acted up we were given one warning, then abruptly…

I always think that every time I judge another parent, I am doomed to be in that same scenario with my daughter. Feeding your 2 year-old an entire chocolate bunny while grocery shopping at 11PM (true story)? Not optimal, but I don't what led up to that.

In China, when you are grown, you take care of your parents, and your retired parents take care of your children while you work. Everyone wins.

America was founded on the individual pursuit of happiness, no? I think we are independent in a way that makes us more concerned about our individual success than the success of our society as a whole. If you are too concerned with everyone having a quality life then you are labelled a socialist. But it's part of the…

The walking to school thing really gets me (especially because I live across from an elementary school). Parents insist on driving their kids right to the door or walking them right to the door, often with the parents carrying their backpacks. This is a very safe neighborhood, so letting them walk even the last block…

Vietnamese parents save hella dollars on diapers because their children are potty trained before they are even 1 thanks to an elimination communication method that involves whistling when it's time to pee.

I have had this conversation with my family (wife, parents, brother, son) on many different occasions when someone questions the parenting style of other parents. I've been cautious about trying not to judge other parents except in cases where clearly common sense dictates that nothing good can come from that…

Successful parenting in America = raising a child to become an adult who is a good consumer. So, yeah, independence is not as important as SAT prep classes in kindergarten or whatever they do with kids now.

Some visuals. Seriously, how great would this be if we were allowed to leave our babies peacefully sleeping outside while we ate or shopped? We need to push for legislation to not arrest non-helicopter parents (what a sad state we live in that this needs to be legislated). Childless and Child(full?) would all…

Gotta say I'm in the independance side. I let my little one go and play on her own, and have since she was 7. I give her 'check-in' times, which means she has to come home and update me with who/what/where, but other than that she's good to go.

Yeah, I know this show is all about "weird families" and whatever, but most of the families look pretty cute and the kids look normal. I'd feel totally relaxed coming to work in their homes (or tents) with my equipment bag and doing a sports medicine session. But the Machenberg-Ney family would make me feel pretty…

Or, at the very least, they're mortified that they're going to be on television with everyone seeing it.

I thought the same thing, crossed arms = defensive postures.

I truly feel for that kids future girlfriends...

Yeah, it really struck me how off something looks about that picture. I'm sure you're right that it's the kids' body language.

Now I'm not an expert photo analyst, but I have worked with LOTS of families over the years, and I will pride myself on being able to spot some weirdness. And I'm telling you: the Machenberg-Ney family is not doing so well. The mom hypnotizes the three kids? Yeah, well, from the body language of those three kids, I…