Let me start this off by admitting I’m a bad parent myself. Every day I try to figure out where the line is between protecting my children and forcing them to grow up, between goofing off and setting a bad example, between spoiling them and being good to them. I’m constantly erring on one side or the other, but I only find out when it’s too late. How can you be a perfect parent? By the time you figure out how to do it, it’s already done. Somehow most kids manage to grow up anyway. The mistakes we make along the way may be good for a few laughs, if nothing else.

 
KidStoned

Peyton Manning for the United Way. (Thanks, Jan!)

A baby is playing with a cobra, and the adults are giggling about it! It’s a family of snake charmers, and the cobra is defanged, but still... I’ve heard snakes can grow their fangs back.  (via Arbroath)

Bad Parenting Penguin video. (via Theater of the Absurd)

Child Mullets. (via Arbroath)

Strange Celebrity Baby Names. (Thanks, Barbara!)

If bad parenting is a crime, this guy is a crimefighting superhero.

Tube Attack! 

Nominations for Parents of the Year.

11 Celebs Who Shouldn’t Have Any (More) Children. (via Look at This)

Parents manage their daughter’s porn career. This is seriously bad.

DISCIPLINE

(Thanks, Evajane!)
Most of America 's population think it improper to spank children, so I have tried other methods to control my kids when they have one of "those moments."

One that I found effective is for me to just take the child for a car ride and talk.They usually calm down and stop misbehaving after our car ride together.

I took a photo of one of my sessions with my son, in case you would like to use the technique. 

AT THE BROTHEL

(Thanks, Rich!)
Little Johnny heard the word "whorehouse" during recess and later asked his father what it meant.

Dad was shocked. "Well, uh, John, that's a place where men go to, uh, to have a good time.”

Johnny replied, "I wanna go there.! I wanna go there!"

Dad insisted that Johnny was too young.

But on Saturday night, when Johnny's dad and some of his friends headed to Mable's for "a good time," Little Johnny secretly followed them. Once Dad and his buddies had been inside a while, Little Johnny knocked on Mable's front door. She opened the door and was surprised to see an eight-year-old standing there. "Yes?" she asked.

"I'm here for a good time!" said Little Johnny.

Since Mabel had a heart of gold (of course!), she invited him inside, gave him three donuts, and then sent him on his way home.

Johnny took his time going home and arrived home well after his dad.

"Johnny, where have you been? It's late!" demanded his father.

"I went to Mabel's whorehouse, Daddy!"

Dad blanched. "You did? Umm, how was it?"

Johnny said, "Well, I managed the first two with no problem, but I just licked the third one!"

To end this on a serious note, Father and Daughter is a beautiful but sad short film by Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit.  (via PAgent’s Progress)

Previously at Miss Cellania: Bad Parenting

Thought for today: No matter what the critics say, it's hard to believe that a television program which keeps four children quiet for an hour can be all bad. - Beryl Pfizer

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