Tina Fey: Sarah Palin offered Bristol to babysit her child at SNL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Condescending and self-righteous, not hilarious.

If a parent from metro DC got on this board and said that she'd offered up her 7 months pregnant teenager (whom she hadn't told about birth control) for babysitting on said kid's birthday, the person would get flamed into the next time zone.

And nobody on this board would wish that kind of shitty parenting on their own kid, much less act on it.

One hopes.

You are WAY overreacting. The equivalent situation is, a parent from metro DC is at a school board meeting, and happened to bring her 17 month old daughter along. (The fact that she is pregnant and that it was her birthday is completely irrelevant. For whatever reason, this pregnant teen IS at the school board meeting, sitting aaround and not doing much of anything.)

Someone on the school board is there and brought her 3 year old b/c she couldn't find a babysitter. DC urban Mom is there with her 17 year old, and says, "Hey, my daughter loves kids... she's just hanging around back there, I'm sure she'd be happy to watch your little one for a while at the back of the room."

You have got to be kidding me that you think this is an example of shitty parenting. I accuse Palin of a LOT in the way of shitty parenting, but this particular instance just isn't one of them.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, this is also one of those things that happened after the kid had gone home. Like, you might think later that your daughter might not want to babysit a kid during SNL but it's easy enough to say she could have when the child has already left.

That is, I'd try to be polite and helpful at that point in time without it occurring to me that maybe Bristol wouldn't want to babysit and it wouldn't matter anyway because the moment has passed.

Hope that's not too convoluted to be understood.

[Anonymous]

not really an issue..
For a teen to se the making of a big comedy show seems like a great place to spend her birthday...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Condescending and self-righteous, not hilarious.

If a parent from metro DC got on this board and said that she'd offered up her 7 months pregnant teenager (whom she hadn't told about birth control) for babysitting on said kid's birthday, the person would get flamed into the next time zone.

And nobody on this board would wish that kind of shitty parenting on their own kid, much less act on it.

One hopes.

You have to help me out here -- where the bad parenting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Condescending and self-righteous, not hilarious.

huh? With regard to the following post? "Then again, my kid is going to know how a condom works, so she'll go to college instead of the OB ward at Wasilla General. "

If so, get over it. It's funny. And as a parent, I'll be damned if I shelter my kids so much that they can't protect themselves from pregnancy and disease. What's so condescending about having high hopes for your children?

Lifelong Democrat, too, who has a sense of humor

New poster: No, it's just mean. i have sense of humor, too, thanks. I generally don't find nasty comments like this funny. There isn't anything witty or clever about the statement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Condescending and self-righteous, not hilarious.

huh? With regard to the following post? "Then again, my kid is going to know how a condom works, so she'll go to college instead of the OB ward at Wasilla General. "

If so, get over it. It's funny. And as a parent, I'll be damned if I shelter my kids so much that they can't protect themselves from pregnancy and disease. What's so condescending about having high hopes for your children?

Lifelong Democrat, too, who has a sense of humor

New poster: No, it's just mean. i have sense of humor, too, thanks. I generally don't find nasty comments like this funny. There isn't anything witty or clever about the statement

nasty comment? It's a truthful comment.

How much longer do we continue to enable this type of behavior by either making excuses for poor parenting or coddling children to such an extent that they have no sense of responsibility?

Do I feel sorry for Bristol? somewhat - But I truly feel sorry for the child she'll be "raising" with her teenage husband.

Who will be proper role models for that baby? two teens forced into a marriage?

I have higher expectations for my daughter. She'll be visiting the OB ward when SHE'S ready.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Condescending and self-righteous, not hilarious.

huh? With regard to the following post? "Then again, my kid is going to know how a condom works, so she'll go to college instead of the OB ward at Wasilla General. "

If so, get over it. It's funny. And as a parent, I'll be damned if I shelter my kids so much that they can't protect themselves from pregnancy and disease. What's so condescending about having high hopes for your children?

Lifelong Democrat, too, who has a sense of humor

New poster: No, it's just mean. i have sense of humor, too, thanks. I generally don't find nasty comments like this funny. There isn't anything witty or clever about the statement

nasty comment? It's a truthful comment.

How much longer do we continue to enable this type of behavior by either making excuses for poor parenting or coddling children to such an extent that they have no sense of responsibility?

Do I feel sorry for Bristol? somewhat - But I truly feel sorry for the child she'll be "raising" with her teenage husband.

Who will be proper role models for that baby? two teens forced into a marriage?

I have higher expectations for my daughter. She'll be visiting the OB ward when SHE'S ready.

Haha. Sure, you have high expectations. We'll just have to wait and see what your teenager does to surprise you! Hysterical.

I'm sure that YOUR child won't rebel against your "high expectations."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Condescending and self-righteous, not hilarious.

huh? With regard to the following post? "Then again, my kid is going to know how a condom works, so she'll go to college instead of the OB ward at Wasilla General. "

If so, get over it. It's funny. And as a parent, I'll be damned if I shelter my kids so much that they can't protect themselves from pregnancy and disease. What's so condescending about having high hopes for your children?

Lifelong Democrat, too, who has a sense of humor

New poster: No, it's just mean. i have sense of humor, too, thanks. I generally don't find nasty comments like this funny. There isn't anything witty or clever about the statement

nasty comment? It's a truthful comment.

How much longer do we continue to enable this type of behavior by either making excuses for poor parenting or coddling children to such an extent that they have no sense of responsibility?

Do I feel sorry for Bristol? somewhat - But I truly feel sorry for the child she'll be "raising" with her teenage husband.

Who will be proper role models for that baby? two teens forced into a marriage?

I have higher expectations for my daughter. She'll be visiting the OB ward when SHE'S ready.

Haha. Sure, you have high expectations. We'll just have to wait and see what your teenager does to surprise you! Hysterical.

I'm sure that YOUR child won't rebel against your "high expectations."

I'm a public high school teacher - have been for years. Nothing surprises me. And I set my expectations for each student VERY HIGH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/29/tina-fey-sarah-palin-offe_n_138799.html

Tina Fey appeared on Conan Tuesday night and talked about 3-year-old daughter Alice, having Sarah Palin at SNL with her pregnant daughter Bristol and how great it was to hug Oprah on camera for "30 Rock." (Hugging Oprah is "everything you want it to be... it's like going to a spa for a week.")

According to Fey, when Sarah Palin ("she was nice") guested on "Saturday Night Live," she asked Fey where Alice had gone as the show approached. Fey told Conan:


"Gov. Palin was like, 'Oh did Alice go home? Oh, cause Bristol woulda babysat.' She offered Bristol Palin to babysit Alice... And it was Bristol's birthday, too. I was like yeah, that's exactly what 17-year-old Bristol Palin wants to do at SNL is babysit the toddler of the lady that gooks on her mom... but they're a nice family"

Goofs. Not gooks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No big deal.

So, when your daughter is 18 and 7 months pregnant, you'll volunteer her to babysit for a 3-year-old at 11:30 on her birthday? Or think it's a good idea for her to take that on, seven months pregnant, late at night, even if she asked for it?

Wow.

I guess my kid's lucky that I think it's a big deal.

Then again, my kid is going to know how a condom works, so she'll go to college instead of the OB ward at Wasilla General.

Must be so nice to have this "perfect well educated" child. Im sure as a parent you're child will be a perfect reflection of you. Good luck with that.

[Anonymous]

Must be so nice to have this "perfect well educated" child. Im sure as a parent you're child will be a perfect reflection of you. Good luck with that.

No one claimed to have the "perfect" child, nor did anyone add that s/he was perfect as a parent. Obviously you're not perfect since you don't recognize that I'm is a contraction for I am and you're is the contraction for you are. You should have added an apostrophe to "Im" and used the possessive pronoun, your, to modify child. Good luck with your grammar.

[Anonymous]

Ah yes, the ultimate argument: grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another mom (Fey) was there with a 3 year old, so first mom says, essentially, "My daughter could have watched her for you if you had needed it, she's just hanging around waiting for the taping to be over." It is somehting my own mother would have said, and I certainly would have done it for another mom in such an instance.

In defense of SNL, the L stands for LIVE!

Oh, so they don't tape the show? How on earth do I watch the skits on You Tube the next day?

[Anonymous]

Ok, can all of you who are against what Palin did in volunteering Bristol to watch the 3 year old please tell me how you are 100% certain that Bristol herself did not offer to do so. YOU DONT KNOW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No big deal.

So, when your daughter is 18 and 7 months pregnant, you'll volunteer her to babysit for a 3-year-old at 11:30 on her birthday? Or think it's a good idea for her to take that on, seven months pregnant, late at night, even if she asked for it?

Wow.

I guess my kid's lucky that I think it's a big deal.

Then again, my kid is going to know how a condom works, so she'll go to college instead of the OB ward at Wasilla General.

Must be so nice to have this "perfect well educated" child. Im sure as a parent you're child will be a perfect reflection of you. Good luck with that.

There's plenty of daylight between "perfect" and a completely avoidable pregnancy that will change the course of this child's life, and very likely prevent her from having an opportunity to find the success that mother has. And if you don't think that helping your kids avoid pregnancy is part of good parenting, or celebrating their birthday, or getting their pregnant, school-skipping butts off of your campaign trail even if they are a good pro-life accessory, then you have pretty low standards.

Some parents have high hopes for their daughters. I do. My mother did, too. I can't remember a time when my parents didn't stress to me that I needed to work toward a future where I could be independent, educated, and living to my potential-- which for them meant college. I think that it's a reverse-elitism to pretend that "real people" not striving for their children's future (and her older son, Track, went into the military after dropping out and losing an athletic scholarship) is somehow "authentic." Anyone on this board want their daughter to be pregnant in high school and screw herself out of a future? Anyone want their son to impregnate a girl and then marry her at 18 before even spending the college funds you've been saving since his birth?

I will accept my daughter no matter what she does. But if she were to get pregnant at that age-- and carry the baby-- I would know that I had failed her on some level. And if would most certainly not be a "gift."

Oh, and on her birthday, I wouldn't offer her up to someone else to work so that I could score points with them.

But if that's unreasonable, or elitist, or bitchy, so be it. I'm proud to be a bitch who wants my daughter to have a future.