Good parent hall of fame - as an antidote to the Bad Parent Hall of Fame

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Anonymous wrote:Katie Holmes

+1

She really did go to the mat for her daughter.

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Anonymous wrote:Tom and Rita Hanks
Jennifer Garner

No. Tom’s kids from his first marriage (e.g., Colin) are doing ok but his kids with Rita are a bit messed up, particularly Chet.

Chet in running point is really good though.

Isn’t he is playing a messed up addict? Not a reach.

[Anonymous]

Why do we need an antidote to the bad parent hall of fame? How childish - grow up, OP!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have no way of knowing this. The publicists and image managers manipulate what we see about their lives.

+1. People are just assuming these kids are good because they got into a good college or they weren’t arrested before age 18. Have any of these identified kids done anything special? Any volunteer work? Helped an elderly neighbor? Just because your kids stays out of the news doesn’t mean you were a great parent.

+1. I think Jennifer's and Ben's kids are very odd. Some of the stuff their daughter Fin posts isn't appropriate. They are too liberal with their approach

Isn’t Fin now a boy? Their daughter was named Seraphina. But she no longer exists.

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Eminem, Jamie Foxx, Pamela Anderson

[Anonymous]

What happened to the Bad Parent Hall of Fame thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eminem, Jamie Foxx, Pamela Anderson

Not sure how great of a parent Pamela Anderson is - her two sons don't seem to do anything or have any education beyond HS. They do however, know enough to jump on the Ugly Mustache Trend. Brandon only works on projects connected to his mother, so Nepo Baby. Dylan modeled and formed a band nobody's heard of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happened to the Bad Parent Hall of Fame thread?

It's there

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1263538.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do we need an antidote to the bad parent hall of fame? How childish - grow up, OP!

They’re both interesting threads. This forum does lean very harsh and negative. I don’t see a problem with introducing some positivity as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Tom and Rita Hanks
Jennifer Garner

No. Tom’s kids from his first marriage (e.g., Colin) are doing ok but his kids with Rita are a bit messed up, particularly Chet.

Chet in running point is really good though.

Isn’t he is playing a messed up addict? Not a reach.

No, he plays Bugg, a player on the team. Justin Theroux plays the addict brother.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we need an antidote to the bad parent hall of fame? How childish - grow up, OP!

They’re both interesting threads. This forum does lean very harsh and negative. I don’t see a problem with introducing some positivity as well.

Big plus one -

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Dax shepherd and Kristen Bell

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have no way of knowing this. The publicists and image managers manipulate what we see about their lives.

+1. People are just assuming these kids are good because they got into a good college or they weren’t arrested before age 18. Have any of these identified kids done anything special? Any volunteer work? Helped an elderly neighbor? Just because your kids stays out of the news doesn’t mean you were a great parent.

NP. True, but people were doing the same thing on the "bad parents" thread. NO ONE has any idea what kind of parents these people are - good OR bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no way of knowing this. The publicists and image managers manipulate what we see about their lives.

+1. People are just assuming these kids are good because they got into a good college or they weren’t arrested before age 18. Have any of these identified kids done anything special? Any volunteer work? Helped an elderly neighbor? Just because your kids stays out of the news doesn’t mean you were a great parent.

NP. True, but people were doing the same thing on the "bad parents" thread. NO ONE has any idea what kind of parents these people are - good OR bad.

No, but kids who have gone on to have fruitful careers, get degrees, seem close and functional with their parents ... Of course, one can only guess, but some people are clearly doing well thanks to good parenting!!

Conan's kids go to Harvard and Yale, respectively; a friend knows them and says they are lovely.
This may seem odd, but Mick Jagger -- despite having kids with several mothers -- has kids who are genuinely very close to him and are kind (again, based on a friend who works closely with the family). Eldest kid went to Yale and just won many awards for the "High on the Hog" docuseries.

David Bowie's son is also lovely; a very down-to-earth director when he has every reason NOT to be down to earth whatsoever. Marianne Faithfull's son is an esteemed London economist (Nick Dunbar). Graham Nash's daughter is a midwife/NP. Jodie's Foster's kids are both grounded and smart; the youngest is a Princeton-trained chemist.

[Anonymous]

The true hall of famers are unknown because their lives are private and so are their kids.