Comments on: Planet’s meanest mom now the coolest

By: Carnival of Family Life

Carnival of Family Life — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:43:15 +0000

[...] Planet’s Meanest Mom Now the Coolest Being mean, in the name of love. [...]

By: Diary of 1 » Carnival of Family Life: Well-Read Life Edition

Diary of 1 » Carnival of Family Life: Well-Read Life Edition — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:37:38 +0000

[...] presents Planet’s meanest mom now the coolest posted at Principled Discovery. Would you have the [...]

By: JHS

JHS — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:06:09 +0000

If only more parents were that mean! Thanks for participating in this week's Carnival of Family Life, hosted at Diary of 1!!

By: Janine Cate

Janine Cate — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:11:50 +0000

While the mom’s name is now know, in the original ad she didn’t use her real name just “meanest mom.”

Yes, a friend would recognize the phone number, but a friend would probably have heard about the incident already.

I haven’t seen the son’s name used in any of the original story. So, he is still relatively anonymous.

If he goes on tv with his mom or is interviewed, then he has no expectation of privacy anyway.

As a general rule, I think privacy is important but embarrassment can be a good thing too.

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:53:32 +0000

Well, if I had any thoughts of grandeur, they’d definitely be delusions, LOTP!

Sunniemom and Embejo, I tend to agree. The fact that he is older and the seriousness of what he did should be taken into consideration when thinking about this. This probably varies by state, but here he would be old enough for the police to publish his name.

Nice reality check to teenagers who think they have the meanest parents and no one else’s parents would ever sell their car over a friend’s alcohol!

By: Embejo

Embejo — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:51:21 +0000

I think what she did was great …selling the car, having firm consequences. The public discussion of transgressions?? Hmmm…not so sure. It seems in this case it turned out ok, and maybe son is enjoying or amused at the unexpected publicity, but I wonder if in some children it would be overly humiliating.
In saying that though maybe I’m more thinking about younger children.(He’s proabaly old enough to live with the consequences…as someone rightly pointed out he could have faced public charges) I was raised by an aunt and all my problems and transgressions were discussed with the aunts grown up daughter (and others). I felt betrayed and ashamed and humiliated and was never able to have a real relationship with her who could have been like a sister to me. Also the aunt (who is really like a mother) I still cannot trust fully because I know. I’m careful not to gossip about my children.

By: Life On The Planet

Life On The Planet — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:34:30 +0000

I just checked and I had six, count’em six, comments on the meanest mom post. (I got six comments! Happy dancin’ in progress!)

Anyway, all were in favor of her tactics.

By: Sunniemom

Sunniemom — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:34:11 +0000

Well, ifn’ he’d wrapped himself around a telephone pole, or killed a mother and her three children, he’d've had his transgressions made public.;)

I hope he is proud of his mom, standing up for his welfare in spite of the fact that many parents cave in. She is a good example, and he might be making a small sacrifice now (a bit of embarassment) but what a story to tell the grandkids, eh?

By: Life On The Planet

Life On The Planet — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:19:20 +0000

Dana, it more than made up for it! I think I got 3 or 4 (maybe 5) comments on it, not sure that qualifies as a discussion.

I have no delusions of grandeur.

Now, about moms publicly anouncing transgressions…oh, the stories I could tell about my mother. I guess I’ll have to write a post.

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:10:07 +0000

LOTP, I saw it passing around the internet, and thought it funny just how much people latched on th the story. Sorry I missed your discussion. : ( Does your free classified listing in my virtual paper make up for it?