Fire in the Wind

So, there are some small minded people who believe that famous porn star, Jenna Jameson, should not be "allowed" to have children.  You can read HERE pretty much how I feel about the ignorant fuckers who said that. 

If you actually think that a woman's promiscuity or sexual background tells us about how good of a mother that woman will be, then let me introduce you to today's winner of "People most deserving of a severe beating."  If you read the next paragraph and don't really see what the problem is, then please send me your home address so i can come over and personally beat you to the point of losing fertility.

Today's winner is a lucky lady who came up to return something at Target today.  She had her son with her (I later learn he is 4 years old), and she wanted to exchange a toy that was "defective".  The toy was a stuffed dog with buttons on the paws and ears.  She said that the toy cut-off the songs that were suppose to play when the buttons were pressed.  To demonstrate to me she starts pressing buttons, but they all seem to work.  Her son speaks up and says, "Try the purple one."  To which she quickly tells him to be quiet.  I take the boy's suggestion, and sure enough, the purple button demonstrated the "defect".  (The reason I quote "defect" is because we later learn it is not defective, but that is not important) 

I smile and tell the boy, "You were right." and he smiles back.  His mother is too busy digging in her purse to notice.  I can only hope that my small affirmation will encourage him to continue to speak his opinion when he knows he is right and maybe even learn the importance to listening to others as well, but that is probably too much for which to hope. 

I notice this type of dismissing of children very often when out in public.  People almost NEVER listen to their children.  They treat them like pets, not people.  They tell their children to be quiet or even to "shut-up" when they dare to ask innocent curious questions.  The natural curiosity and confidence that children have are squashed at a young age by their parents. 

I usually notice, such as in today's case, that children are WAY smarter than their parents.  This 4 year old kid knew what his mother didn't about the toy.  (Although this shouldn't be too surprising.  After all, even though I learn the toy was for a younger sibling, he probably played with it and noticed the problem to begin with.)  His mother was probably once an inquisitive child too, but her parents also subscribed to the "seen and not heard" tenets of child rearing, and thus, the mental midget standing before me today.

Reflecting back on Ms. Jameson.  I wish her the best of luck getting pregnant and having healthy children.  I think she will make 10x the mother the "respectible" bitch I met today currently is.  Sexual background has no coorolation to bad parenting.  Then again, maybe the lady I met today is actually a real slut.  I shouldn't make assumptions.