Michele Cheplic's comments

New Products That Help You Keep Track of Your Toddler - Blog Entry

03 Aug 2009 02:13 PM

Hear, hear Samual!

Is Your Toddler at Risk For Skin Cancer? - Blog Entry

03 Aug 2009 01:34 PM

A major environment problem, how?

Southerners Spank Their Kids More - Blog Entry

03 Aug 2009 09:00 AM

Interesting info Mino--thanks for sharing! I agree with you and bridge02 about spanking being more about the parent's inability to properly diffuse the situation than it being an issue about the child's behavior (or misbehavior).

Is Your Green Thumb Harming Your Preschooler? - Blog Entry

03 Aug 2009 08:57 AM

Why would using pesticide mean that you don't have a green thumb? If you are using it to kill bugs I would think that means you actually have something growing for critters to munch on, ergo if you have something good enough to eat you must be doing something right.

Gisele Bundchen--Loving Stepmother or Insensitive Troublemaker - Blog Entry

29 Jul 2009 08:46 PM

Actually, I think a biological parent's worse fear is having his/her child being exposed to ANY individual who tries to undermine the child's relationship with him/her. This blog addressed Gisele's latest comments regarding Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady's biological son. The key word being "latest." The supermodel has a history of making inappropriate comments about Jack's mother (see blog paragraphs 9-15) in a public forum no less.

When one parent (or in this case the child's parent's spouse) undertakes a deliberate campaign to vilify the other parent, then I would say it warrants concern. At the very least I would say it warrants the type of backlash Gisele received after her interview was published. Including the comment made by one Vanity Fair reader who advised Gisele to remember her role in Jack's life: "Gisele," wrote the commenter "remember that to Jack you are nothing more than his father's bed warmer. Let his father and real mother parent the child and keep your opinions to yourself."

It bears noting that Bridget refused to comment on Gisele's public remarks. To me her silence speaks volumes in regards to not wanting to use the media as a vehicle to further draw attention to the innocent child caught in the middle of this less than desirable situation.

In regards to your comment about Gisele scheming to "steal your children," I doubt Bridget worries about that much given that it will never happen. Still, please know your comments are always welcome here. I'm sure Gisele appreciates your interpretation of her remarks. Moynahan, maybe not so much.

Toddlers and Tub Injuries - Blog Entry

29 Jul 2009 05:17 PM

Hope she wasn't hurt too bad.

A Mother No Matter What - Blog Entry

29 Jul 2009 05:15 PM

Couldn't agree more fittothefinish, I was in the hospital recently getting a CT scan and all I could think about was my daughter and her complaints of a sore ankle.

Summer Fun for Toddlers - Blog Entry

28 Jul 2009 04:45 AM

Great idea Ruthann! Thanks for sharing!!

Do You Let Your Child Run Around Naked in Public? - Blog Entry

25 Jul 2009 06:28 AM

Good idea Andrea. I guess slathering their bare butts with sunblock would be encouraging the behavior. Some parents are enablers, though. :)

Southerners Spank Their Kids More - Blog Entry

25 Jul 2009 06:27 AM

Did you feel as though you were in the minority if all your kids' friends were getting spanked by their parents?