Comments on: How To Treat The Screaming Magenta Two-Year-Old http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old Seriously, this could not be more beta Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:02:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: C-Plus « I'm Sure He'll Be Just Fine http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-7120 C-Plus « I'm Sure He'll Be Just Fine Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:47:32 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-7120 [...] at the start of a shift away from attachment parenting (which has been recently described by Tom Scocca as “the worst, most backward mother-abuse, expanded to include the caring father”; and [...] [...] at the start of a shift away from attachment parenting (which has been recently described by Tom Scocca as "the worst, most backward mother-abuse, expanded to include the caring father"; and [...]

]]> By: sallytomato http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-4164 sallytomato Fri, 08 May 2009 17:14:38 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-4164 Tom, I love you. Apparently you are the only person in the metropolitan area who subscribes to the benign neglect philosophy of parenting. You are a welcome respite from the hysterical parents that have overrun my neighborhood. Tom, I love you. Apparently you are the only person in the metropolitan area who subscribes to the benign neglect philosophy of parenting. You are a welcome respite from the hysterical parents that have overrun my neighborhood.

]]> By: Cliff Spab http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-765 Cliff Spab Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:47:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-765 Also, if any of you people ever 'lol' I am burning this bitch down Also, if any of you people ever 'lol' I am burning this bitch down

]]> By: Cliff Spab http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-762 Cliff Spab Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:46:14 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-762 Reading that post was too much like raising actual kids, so I had some tequila. My kid did, too Reading that post was too much like raising actual kids, so I had some tequila. My kid did, too

]]> By: JV http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-564 JV Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:39:24 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-564 As the parent of 3 boys, let me say that this post was refreshing. Helicopter parenting? Fuck that noise. As the parent of 3 boys, let me say that this post was refreshing. Helicopter parenting? Fuck that noise.

]]> By: Peter Kafka http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-562 Peter Kafka Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:25:50 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-562 If Scocca really is going to have a column then I would like him to have his own RSS feed. Thanks in advance for your help. If Scocca really is going to have a column then I would like him to have his own RSS feed. Thanks in advance for your help.

]]> By: hockeymom http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-549 hockeymom Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:29:09 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-549 This brings back bad flashbacks. Lack of sleep IS torture and the brain cells you lose never come back. My personal low moment was when I was on deadline writing for some TV show and my son who could only roll at the time, rolled out of the office, down the hall and then down two flights of stairs. I couldn't figure out what all the bumping was about because I had forgotten about him. Then he started screaming and I remembered that I had a kid. This brings back bad flashbacks. Lack of sleep IS torture and the brain cells you lose never come back.

My personal low moment was when I was on deadline writing for some TV show and my son who could only roll at the time, rolled out of the office, down the hall and then down two flights of stairs. I couldn't figure out what all the bumping was about because I had forgotten about him. Then he started screaming and I remembered that I had a kid.

]]> By: saythatscool http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-530 saythatscool Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:41:11 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-530 I am not a number. I am a free man! I am not a number. I am a free man!

]]> By: saythatscool http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-528 saythatscool Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:40:21 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-528 You are Number 6. You are Number 6.

]]> By: ronniedobbs http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-516 ronniedobbs Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:29:43 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-516 This weekend I had friends over and they brought their kid. He's cute, so I held him for about a minute until he got squirmy and I remembered that I hadn't finished my glass of wine. When I traded (upgraded?) the kid for the Riesling, I thought it underscored how unprepared I was for child-rearing, or even babysitting. But now I'm thinking I stumbled onto a Parenting Philosophy. This weekend I had friends over and they brought their kid. He's cute, so I held him for about a minute until he got squirmy and I remembered that I hadn't finished my glass of wine. When I traded (upgraded?) the kid for the Riesling, I thought it underscored how unprepared I was for child-rearing, or even babysitting. But now I'm thinking I stumbled onto a Parenting Philosophy.

]]> By: #56 http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-514 #56 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:26:24 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-514 so who's number one? so who's number one?

]]> By: meave http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-513 meave Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:23:41 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-513 This is a baby story so realistically told as to trigger a person's au pair-related PTSD. Man there is nothing like being forced to ignore a screaming kid until it shuts up to give a person sympathy for adults in such situations in public. Or at least cure oneself of a sense of shame. This is a baby story so realistically told as to trigger a person's au pair-related PTSD. Man there is nothing like being forced to ignore a screaming kid until it shuts up to give a person sympathy for adults in such situations in public. Or at least cure oneself of a sense of shame.

]]> By: jennie http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-510 jennie Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:12:29 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-510 Thank you, Tom. That was fantastic. Thank you, Tom. That was fantastic.

]]> By: Jaynut http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-495 Jaynut Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:32:03 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-495 This story is a prime example of why I have a dog. I can lock her up in a wire cage - not a play yard, not a pen, a fucking WIRE crate. I can then proceed to shout "mommy loves you!" on my way out and consume all the tequila I'd like. When I come home, I am always sure the state will not come and take her away the next day. Kids are rewarding, they say? I'd say a night out is its own reward, really. This story is a prime example of why I have a dog. I can lock her up in a wire cage – not a play yard, not a pen, a fucking WIRE crate. I can then proceed to shout "mommy loves you!" on my way out and consume all the tequila I'd like. When I come home, I am always sure the state will not come and take her away the next day. Kids are rewarding, they say? I'd say a night out is its own reward, really.

]]> By: SarahHeartburn http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-476 SarahHeartburn Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:01:03 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-476 Sure. That's why nobody ever gets knocked up from drunken canoodles. Get thee to a CVS fast, honey. Latex is your best friend. Sure. That's why nobody ever gets knocked up from drunken canoodles. Get thee to a CVS fast, honey. Latex is your best friend.

]]> By: SarahHeartburn http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-474 SarahHeartburn Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:59:11 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-474 A friend of mine (single dad to the kid he had with his ex girlfriend, plus the next kid she had with a ne'er do well who skipped)said that the problem with modern families and chlidrearing is this: Used to be that there were 2 or more kids to one parent, and now there's one parent to each kid, at most. Too much attenion (Okay, he grew up in Franco era Spain in a family of 7, but I think he has a point). We survived for eons without our emotional needs met every bloody second. I don't have kids, so I must be an expert. A friend of mine (single dad to the kid he had with his ex girlfriend, plus the next kid she had with a ne'er do well who skipped)said that the problem with modern families and chlidrearing is this: Used to be that there were 2 or more kids to one parent, and now there's one parent to each kid, at most. Too much attenion (Okay, he grew up in Franco era Spain in a family of 7, but I think he has a point). We survived for eons without our emotional needs met every bloody second.

I don't have kids, so I must be an expert.

]]> By: Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-468 Balk Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:44:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-468 Direct your speechlessness at Tom Scocca, who writes this column. Direct your speechlessness at Tom Scocca, who writes this column.

]]> By: karion http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-465 karion Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:16:26 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-465 Christ, Balk, that was amazing. I am speechless. Christ, Balk, that was amazing. I am speechless.

]]> By: saythatscool http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-464 saythatscool Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:14:26 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-464 You're giving too much responsibility on his first day. But if he's making a run anyway, tell him I like mine with extra urine. You're giving too much responsibility on his first day.

But if he's making a run anyway, tell him I like mine with extra urine.

]]> By: TheHonJudgeSmails http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-463 TheHonJudgeSmails Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:13:14 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-463 Another reason I pray that the alcohol has rendered temporarily sterile for at least the next few years. Another reason I pray that the alcohol has rendered temporarily sterile for at least the next few years.

]]> By: Choire http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-460 Choire Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:06:08 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-460 Neil Pollack is out fetching me coffee right now. Neil Pollack is out fetching me coffee right now.

]]> By: saythatscool http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/how-to-treat-the-screaming-magenta-two-year-old#comment-459 saythatscool Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:57:43 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=1309#comment-459 Thanks Tom. The only thing better than taking care of my two year old is reading a blog about another man taking care of his two year old. Was Neil Pollack too busy at Coachella making his sure his kid had a heat stroke? Thanks Tom. The only thing better than taking care of my two year old is reading a blog about another man taking care of his two year old.

Was Neil Pollack too busy at Coachella making his sure his kid had a heat stroke?

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