"You Will Never Stand Taller Than When You Stoop To Help A Child" - Dr. Phil

I was in Target the other day with Laura and as we were in line to check out, there was a mother with 4 of her children at the end of the aisle. This mother was being so loud and so disrespectful to one of her youngest sons. You could tell he was so beaten up inside about whatever it was he did, but she continued to badger and intimidate him in front of everyone. I felt so sorry for him and now I'm kicking myself for not saying something to the mother. You could tell she was just doing this to get a reaction out of the people shopping in the store more so than she was trying to teach her son a lesson. She liked being seen as the person standing tall over her child yelling and pointing her finger in his poor little face.

After leaving the store, Dr. Phil's quote ("You'll Never Stand Taller Than When You Stoop To Help A Child") popped into my head. I'm all for lessons and correcting a child when they have done something wrong. However, do we always have to do it by standing tall over them and watching them cringe with fear as we yell at them? I looked at this poor kid and thought to myself, this mother will never earn the respect of her child unless she learns to respect them first. I'm not saying kids shouldn't be disciplined or corrected, but shouldn't their be a mutual level of respect between one another? Isn't that how they learn respect in the first place?

Something is wrong with this picture.....

My little one is in dance and I'm all for shakin' what your Mamma gave you, but this is too much. These kids look to be Laura's age or maybe even younger and they are being way too sexy. I could not have even dressed Laura like this to go to her dance recital in the first place, but if I saw her shakin' it like these little girls, she would be yanked right off the stage? What children's dance instructor teaches their students to dance like this and be OK with it?

Wonder what Beyoncé thinks? She wore more clothes in her video than these little girls are. Too grown!

What a voice for a 12 year old...

I am so amazed by this voice. This is Greyson Michael Chance performing Lady Gaga's song Paparazzi. Such a pure tone to his voice and he's only 12! Keep in mind, this is in a school auditorium so just think what he'll sound like with the right acoustics.


This is Greyson performing a song he has written called Broken Hearts


And this is another song Greyson has written called Stars

Miles Brown on Ellen Degeneres

Check out this little cutie shakin' his groove thang on Ellen. Isn't he so adorable?

Octuplets

What are your thoughts on this whole situation with Nadya Suleman, mother of the Octuplet babies? Hear her interview with Ann Curry from the Today Show and then weigh in.

Is age just a number?

Should a 70 year old give birth as this woman did? Is age just a number when it comes to this topic?

Nostalgia

The Electric Company made Stephanie and I come up with lots of other shows we used to watch as kids. Too funny!

Anyone remember Schoolhouse Rock?
How a Bill becomes a law.

Conjunction Junction.


What about Land of the Lost?
Land of the Lost Theme Song


Mister Rogers?
Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood.


Was that great television, or what? They need to bring back some of these Oldies But Goodies.

What are some of your favorite kids shows?

Did anyone ever watch The Electric Company?

This is so funny looking back at things I used to watch as a kid.

Now this is a playhouse!

Check out more photo's of this amazing playhouse: http://home.aol.com/new_in_home/photogallerytall/_a/a-dream-playhouse/20081030154709990001