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It worked, good job!!! :clap_1:  Britney needs to take some "Mommy" classes!!!!!  :eek:  :eek:  :roll:

It worked, good job!!! :clap_1:  Britney needs to take some &quot;Mommy&quot; classes!!!!!  😱  😱  :roll:

dbuck

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I'm not a Britney fan but I think the press should just lay off.  Personally, if I had a baby I would have a hard time putting them in the back seat facing the rear.  You can't see if they are choking or what.  Unfortunately, having a baby doesn't come with an instruction manual.  She is young and just doesn't understand all the things that can go wrong, which is probably a blessing.  I was 31 when I had my son, and I had heard way too many stories about freak accidents.  As a result, I was overly protective and a nervous wreck;  the main reason I had only one kid.   Sometimes I joke with my mom and tell her she didn't love us because they allowed us to sleep in the floorboard or climb up in the back window, sometimes we would ride in my dad's truck sitting on the tailgate swinging our legs.  :eek:   How did we ever make it.  :idontno:

I&#039;m not a Britney fan but I think the press should just lay off.  Personally, if I had a baby I would have a hard time putting them in the back seat facing the rear.  You can&#039;t see if they are choking or what.  Unfortunately, having a baby doesn&#039;t come with an instruction manual.  She is young and just doesn&#039;t understand all the things that can go wrong, which is probably a blessing.  I was 31 when I had my son, and I had heard way too many stories about freak accidents.  As a result, I was overly protective and a nervous wreck;  the main reason I had only one kid.   Sometimes I joke with my mom and tell her she didn&#039;t love us because they allowed us to sleep in the floorboard or climb up in the back window, sometimes we would ride in my dad&#039;s truck sitting on the tailgate swinging our legs.  😱   How did we ever make it.  :idontno:

InletBchDweller

SoWal Insider

well said, thanks for making me think....[QUOTE=dbuck]I'm not a Britney fan but I think the press should just lay off. Personally, if I had a baby I would have a hard time putting them in the back seat facing the rear. You can't see if they are choking or what. Unfortunately, having a baby doesn't come with an instruction manual. She is young and just doesn't understand all the things that can go wrong, which is probably a blessing. I was 31 when I had my son, and I had heard way too many stories about freak accidents. As a result, I was overly protective and a nervous wreck; the main reason I had only one kid. Sometimes I joke with my mom and tell her she didn't love us because they allowed us to sleep in the floorboard or climb up in the back window, sometimes we would ride in my dad's truck sitting on the tailgate swinging our legs. :eek: How did we ever make it. :idontno:[/QUOTE]

well said, thanks for making me think....<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="dbuck">I&#039;m not a Britney fan but I think the press should just lay off. Personally, if I had a baby I would have a hard time putting them in the back seat facing the rear. You can&#039;t see if they are choking or what. Unfortunately, having a baby doesn&#039;t come with an instruction manual. She is young and just doesn&#039;t understand all the things that can go wrong, which is probably a blessing. I was 31 when I had my son, and I had heard way too many stories about freak accidents. As a result, I was overly protective and a nervous wreck; the main reason I had only one kid. Sometimes I joke with my mom and tell her she didn&#039;t love us because they allowed us to sleep in the floorboard or climb up in the back window, sometimes we would ride in my dad&#039;s truck sitting on the tailgate swinging our legs. 😱 How did we ever make it. :idontno:</blockquote>

audie

fartblossom

[QUOTE=dbuck]I'm not a Britney fan but I think the press should just lay off. Personally, if I had a baby I would have a hard time putting them in the back seat facing the rear. You can't see if they are choking or what. Unfortunately, having a baby doesn't come with an instruction manual. She is young and just doesn't understand all the things that can go wrong, which is probably a blessing. I was 31 when I had my son, and I had heard way too many stories about freak accidents. As a result, I was overly protective and a nervous wreck; the main reason I had only one kid. Sometimes I joke with my mom and tell her she didn't love us because they allowed us to sleep in the floorboard or climb up in the back window, sometimes we would ride in my dad's truck sitting on the tailgate swinging our legs. :eek: How did we ever make it. :idontno:[/QUOTE]
 
actually i agree with you on this - no one is perfect as a first time parent, and this is probably the first time she has had to be responsible for anything, including herself.  you brought back fond childhood memories of riding in the car with mom standing in the front seat beside her :shock: and riding in the hatchback of papaw's vega :shock:  the press is so bad about just waiting for these celebs to make a mistake.  they are only human like the rest of us.  
tom cruise on the other hand doesn't count - he isn't human !:rolling:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="dbuck">I&#039;m not a Britney fan but I think the press should just lay off. Personally, if I had a baby I would have a hard time putting them in the back seat facing the rear. You can&#039;t see if they are choking or what. Unfortunately, having a baby doesn&#039;t come with an instruction manual. She is young and just doesn&#039;t understand all the things that can go wrong, which is probably a blessing. I was 31 when I had my son, and I had heard way too many stories about freak accidents. As a result, I was overly protective and a nervous wreck; the main reason I had only one kid. Sometimes I joke with my mom and tell her she didn&#039;t love us because they allowed us to sleep in the floorboard or climb up in the back window, sometimes we would ride in my dad&#039;s truck sitting on the tailgate swinging our legs. 😱 How did we ever make it. :idontno:</blockquote> 
actually i agree with you on this - no one is perfect as a first time parent, and this is probably the first time she has had to be responsible for anything, including herself. you brought back fond childhood memories of riding in the car with mom standing in the front seat beside her :shock: and riding in the hatchback of papaw&#039;s vega :shock: the press is so bad about just waiting for these celebs to make a mistake. they are only human like the rest of us. 
tom cruise on the other hand doesn&#039;t count - he isn&#039;t human !:rolling:

peapod1980

percy

[QUOTE=audie]actually i agree with you on this - no one is perfect as a first time parent, and this is probably the first time she has had to be responsible for anything, including herself.[/QUOTE]
True, but what's different now from when we were growing up is the laws--there are safety laws now that didn't exist then. So, even though so many of us survived in a more lax time, those of us who are parents now are forced to do things differently.
I have a friend who has a phrase when someone complains about something that can't be changed--"Sucks to be you!" That's what I say to Britney--with the fame comes public exposure, which means, fair or not, you'd better not do something foolish (especially invovling a child), or the whole world will see it and critique it! Sucks to be you. :idontno:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="audie">actually i agree with you on this - no one is perfect as a first time parent, and this is probably the first time she has had to be responsible for anything, including herself.</blockquote>True, but what&#039;s different now from when we were growing up is the laws--there are safety laws now that didn&#039;t exist then. So, even though so many of us survived in a more lax time, those of us who are parents now are forced to do things differently. 
I have a friend who has a phrase when someone complains about something that can&#039;t be changed--&quot;Sucks to be you!&quot; That&#039;s what I say to Britney--with the fame comes public exposure, which means, fair or not, you&#039;d better not do something foolish (especially invovling a child), or the whole world will see it and critique it! Sucks to be you. :idontno:

ktschris

:lolabove:  :floor: Which law lets you feed beer and brats to a baby!!  :floor:  :floor:

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[QUOTE=dbuck]I'm not a Britney fan but I think the press should just lay off. Personally, if I had a baby I would have a hard time putting them in the back seat facing the rear. You can't see if they are choking or what. Unfortunately, having a baby doesn't come with an instruction manual. She is young and just doesn't understand all the things that can go wrong, which is probably a blessing. I was 31 when I had my son, and I had heard way too many stories about freak accidents. As a result, I was overly protective and a nervous wreck; the main reason I had only one kid. Sometimes I joke with my mom and tell her she didn't love us because they allowed us to sleep in the floorboard or climb up in the back window, sometimes we would ride in my dad's truck sitting on the tailgate swinging our legs. :eek: How did we ever make it. :idontno:[/QUOTE]
 
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's ! 




        First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while
they 
        carried us. 




        They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't
get tested for diabetes. 







        As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. 




        Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special
treat. 




        We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. 




        We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE 
        actually died from this 




        We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with
sugar in it, but 
        we weren't overweight because 


        WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING...  

         and we knew we'd better be inside 
        when the streetlights came on. 




        No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. 




        We would spend hours building our go-carts out of ! scraps and then ride
down 
        the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the 
        bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. 


        We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at
all, no 
        99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell 
        phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat 
        rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! 


        We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no 
        lawsuits from these accidents. 


        We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in
us forever. 


        We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, 
        made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it
would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. 

        We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or
rang the bell, or just yelled for them! 


        Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who
didn't 
        had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! 


        The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They 
        actually sided with the law! 


        This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem
solvers 
        and inventors ever! 


        The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. 


        We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned 


        HOW TO 
        DEAL WITH IT ALL!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="dbuck">I&#039;m not a Britney fan but I think the press should just lay off. Personally, if I had a baby I would have a hard time putting them in the back seat facing the rear. You can&#039;t see if they are choking or what. Unfortunately, having a baby doesn&#039;t come with an instruction manual. She is young and just doesn&#039;t understand all the things that can go wrong, which is probably a blessing. I was 31 when I had my son, and I had heard way too many stories about freak accidents. As a result, I was overly protective and a nervous wreck; the main reason I had only one kid. Sometimes I joke with my mom and tell her she didn&#039;t love us because they allowed us to sleep in the floorboard or climb up in the back window, sometimes we would ride in my dad&#039;s truck sitting on the tailgate swinging our legs. 😱 How did we ever make it. :idontno:</blockquote> 
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930&#039;s 40&#039;s, 50&#039;s, 60&#039;s and 70&#039;s ! 
 
 
 
 
 First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while 
they 
 carried us. 
 
 
 
 
 They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn&#039;t 
get tested for diabetes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. 
 
 
 
 
 Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special 
treat. 
 
 
 
 
 We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. 
 
 
 
 
 We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE 
 actually died from this 
 
 
 
 
 We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with 
sugar in it, but 
 we weren&#039;t overweight because 
 
 
 WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING... 
 
 and we knew we&#039;d better be inside 
 when the streetlights came on. 
 
 
 
 
 No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. 
 
 
 
 
 We would spend hours building our go-carts out of ! scraps and then ride 
down 
 the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the 
 bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. 
 
 
 We did not have Playstations, Nintendo&#039;s, X-boxes, no video games at 
all, no 
 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell 
 phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat 
 rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! 
 
 
 We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no 
 lawsuits from these accidents. 
 
 
 We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in 
us forever. 
 
 
 We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, 
 made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it 
would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. 
 
 We rode bikes or walked to a friend&#039;s house and knocked on the door or 
rang the bell, or just yelled for them! 
 
 
 Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who 
didn&#039;t 
 had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! 
 
 
 The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. 
They 
 actually sided with the law! 
 
 
 This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem 
solvers 
 and inventors ever! 
 
 
 The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. 
 
 
 We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned 
 
 
 HOW TO 
 DEAL WITH IT ALL!

[QUOTE=ktschris]:lolabove: :floor: Which law lets you feed beer and brats to a baby!! :floor: :floor:[/QUOTE]:clap_1:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="ktschris">:lolabove: :floor: Which law lets you feed beer and brats to a baby!! :floor: :floor:</blockquote>:clap_1:

[QUOTE=peapod1980]True, but what's different now from when we were growing up is the laws--there are safety laws now that didn't exist then. So, even though so many of us survived in a more lax time, those of us who are parents now are forced to do things differently.
I have a friend who has a phrase when someone complains about something that can't be changed--"Sucks to be you!" That's what I say to Britney--with the fame comes public exposure, which means, fair or not, you'd better not do something foolish (especially invovling a child), or the whole world will see it and critique it! Sucks to be you. :idontno:[/QUOTE]
 
true pea, you be true.... i guess i kinda feel sorry for her in this respect because i can't imagine what a horrible mother i would be.  there's a reason i dont' have kids......

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="peapod1980">True, but what&#039;s different now from when we were growing up is the laws--there are safety laws now that didn&#039;t exist then. So, even though so many of us survived in a more lax time, those of us who are parents now are forced to do things differently. 
I have a friend who has a phrase when someone complains about something that can&#039;t be changed--&quot;Sucks to be you!&quot; That&#039;s what I say to Britney--with the fame comes public exposure, which means, fair or not, you&#039;d better not do something foolish (especially invovling a child), or the whole world will see it and critique it! Sucks to be you. :idontno:</blockquote> 
true pea, you be true.... i guess i kinda feel sorry for her in this respect because i can&#039;t imagine what a horrible mother i would be. there&#039;s a reason i dont&#039; have kids......

[url="http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=31feca49-7ace-4361-b038-820fee142c66&f=06/64&fg=copy"]oops[/url]  :eek: 
 
 
Britney is going to have another one????
 
(this is the first time I linked to a word, hope it works)

<a href="http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=31feca49-7ace-4361-b038-820fee142c66&amp;f=06/64&amp;fg=copy" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">oops</a> 😱 
 
 
Britney is going to have another one???? 
 
(this is the first time I linked to a word, hope it works)

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