In case you are fortunate enough to not be addicted to basic cable, "WE" is the "Women's Entertainment" channel. A large part of me is offended by the crap that is broadcast on 'television for women' - Lifetime women in peril movies and WE series like Bridezillas. Not that I haven't watched that crap, of course.
But last night when I was watching "WE" I had the worst experience yet. I was watching a new show called 'Party Mamas', which basically shows women who go to EXTREME lengths to host the perfect parties for their children. The episode I saw was about this woman planning her son's bar mitzvah. I was expecting the excessive costs involved. I was expecting the parents to be a little psycho in the planning. I wasn't surprised that the boy was having urban dance lessons so he could perform at the bar mitzvah.
What horrified me was the mother's reaction to the boy's dance skills. Instead of being proud of her talented son, she was dismayed to discover that SHE might not be the center of attention (Guess every bar and bat mitzvah I've attended had it wrong, since they all seemed to be about celebrating THE CHILD). So this mother took dance and singing lessons so that she could upstage her son. She kept going on and on about how she had to be the center of attention. When the son's dance routine went well, she was worried that SHE wasn't the best performer there.
Didn't this woman get the mommy memo? The one you get when you bring your baby home and suddenly it takes people an hour to notice that you are the one holding the baby? When you become a mom, your time at center stage is over. You can look fabulous, you can run a company, you can write a book but YOU can't be more important than your children. Why do you think celebrity babies are such a big deal? Even the paparazzi considers getting shots of them more important than getting photos of their famous parents.
And to think "WE" gave this woman a forum to share her bordering-on-psychopathology level of narcissism. I'm not watching that channel any more. No matter how many polygamists they interview on 'Secret Lives of Women.'
7 comments:
I love that people look at my cute baby before me - gives me an excuse not to change out of my sweatpants!
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That's just sad and scary. But hey, if you are thinking of raising your kids to be psychologists or psychiatrists, it appears there will be no shortage of people in desperate need of their services.
i have never watched that channel, or show. it would, most likely, piss me off too! i'm in the process of planning a bar/bat mitzvah...mine will be having one, next year! and...you're right...it's not about the parent...not even about how the kid can dance. it's a celebration of becoming an adult! (if, you can consider 13, an adult!). stupid woman!!!
i haven't even signed my kids up for their dance classes...i don't think that they even care about the dancing part...it's all about the presents!
Some women need serious therapy. I can't imagine wanting to make your kid second to you. That's deranged. I so agree about how WE sucks you in
I've never been more happy to be on the sidelines. I'm all about my girl...and soon, my girls! I think most moms are about their kids. The rest are on shows like that.
I've never been more happy to be on the sidelines. I'm all about my girl...and soon, my girls! I think most moms are about their kids. The rest are on shows like that.
That's just sad and scary. But hey, if you are thinking of raising your kids to be psychologists or psychiatrists, it appears there will be no shortage of people in desperate need of their services.
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