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Should 'Cool' Parents Be Punished for Underage Drinking? {Lemondrop}

Jun 26th 2010 3:38PM When I was younger, maybe in junior high, when my family would go camping, my step-mother and I would share a wine cooler or two. When we were at home she would make virgin margaritas for the kids before adding alcohol for herself and my father. As I got older she would ask if I wanted any and I'd almost always say no. At parties she would make a giant bowl of sangria and a smaller bowl of punch (made to look like sangria) for the kids. I was always allowed to choose which one I wanted and I almost always chose the punch. I went to a few parties while in high school but I rarely drank at them and didn't really feel the need to. It was never difficult for me to turn it down as alcohol wasn't some shiny new toy I'd never been allowed to play with before. I've learned that the more someone tells you that you can't have something, the more you're going to (ab)use it when you finally are able to. Alcohol was never a taboo in my house, but it always wasn't something that was passed around freely. I've always been aware of all of my friends that drink heavily and from what I gather, they were never allowed a single drop of it at home. In protest, I went my entire 21st year without having so much as a sip of alcohol, not even wine at church. I had everyone from friends I've had for years to people I had just met at parties (still went to some, didn't have trouble not drinking) tell me I was ABUSING the AGE, which I still find completely ridiculous. They said I'd waited all that time to be able to go out whenever I wanted to and drink and now that I could...I wasn't? It didn't make any sense to them. My response was always that drinking is not and should not be a huge deal in my life or anyone elses...AND that almost every single person I know had been drinking since 16 or sometimes younger, so what difference (besides being able to buy it legally) is there between 20 and 21? I don't want to say that alcohol wasn't a huge deal in my house, we were all taught about the dangers, but it also wasn't held up on some pedestal of taboo honor that would make it seem more enticing to me. I am lucky and thankful that alcohol was treated the way it was in my household because I have been able to have complete control over myself when it comes to it in certain situations that I know a lot of my friends couldn't.

Oh yea, for my 22nd birthday I had a single wine cooler with a friend.

How People Reacted to My Baby's Name {ParentDish}

Jun 10th 2010 5:50AM my middle name is jacqueline (i'm french too!) and i CAN'T stand when people say jack-a-lin. i feel (you and) your son's pain!

Celebrity Baby Names: The 100 Weirdest Names {ParentDish}

Apr 6th 2010 4:23AM My middle name is Jacqueline. It's also my younger sister's name and she goes by Jackie. We pronounce it the french way (because we are french) as opposed to 'Jack-a-lin', which I also disliked (sorry if that's how you say it!) and I used to get so annoyed when people would mispronounce it. I love it though, but I was born in second half of the 80s so it probably wasn't all that weird. We were actually named after my father James (which is my brother's middle name), by way of the french version Jaques, so maybe my dad was a narcissist!

Celebrity Baby Names: The 100 Weirdest Names {ParentDish}

Apr 6th 2010 4:16AM son*

Oh and I always wanted a girl named Madison. And it would be amazing to have Lyric as maybe a middle name. I have an old timers name (have only known 3 other Claires who were born within 30 years of me) but I love it.

If you have a normal name you get called boring. If you have a "weird" name, you get called a freak.

Name calling is name calling is name calling.

Celebrity Baby Names: The 100 Weirdest Names {ParentDish}

Apr 6th 2010 4:09AM I went to school with a girl Tajalei Belle and a Scott Land. There was also siblings who were Dakota (boy) and Montana (girl). I also knew a mother once whose name was Dawn and her son's name was Skyler and her daughter's name was Stormy. My high school librarian's name was Robin Swallow. My middle school principle's song was Michael (Mike) Hunt.

Some of these names are a bit over the top, but I think unique names are great as long as they aren't a result of one or both of the parents' narcissism. Celebrities aren't the only narcissists, people!

My children will probably be named one of the following, Scout, Olivia, Chelsea, or Paige (girl) or Holden, Dade, Avery, Reid, River or Finch (boy).

If I were to go the stereotypical "normal" name route I'd probably have to chose from James, Ian, Chad, Anthony, Jacob or Matthew for boys and Rachael, Katie, Erin or Stefanie for girls.

I'm so bored just reading that second list.

Let Them Eat (Wedding) Cake -- Why Prop 8 Made Me Believe in Love {Lemondrop}

Feb 3rd 2010 1:53AM Redacted,

You are my hero.

Private school principal forbids blogs and myspace profiles {ParentDish}

Jan 1st 2006 5:08AM to make your myspace private, set your birthdate so that you are age 15 or younger. there is no other way to do it.