Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Recap: Party Time

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   alicecarroll13
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 9:33 am

   not to sound dirty or anything but i’d like to crown Miss Georgia 2011….nice!!!!
   when all that snot came out and then she tried to suck it back in..i laughed and screamed out darn you tlc !!!!
   its bad anoth that ms abby miller is saying things about boo boo childs weight but watching snot but when boo boo child is wearing a dress and is climbing something ..do they have to have the camera pointing up her dress..seriously tlc? “you guys are behind a show because that happen on the next show..so a big shame on tlc!!!

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   ellemenop
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 9:51 am

   june needs some emergency glasses sent to here ASAP if her eyesight is THAT bad. i have TERRIBLE eyesight, and while i’m pregnant i can’t wear contacts, so doing my makeup with no vision aid is a pain, but it looks normal — nothing like how june did it! granted, i probably get closer to the mirror than june got to hbb’s face, but still … woman, get some glasses!

   i played bingo on my last cruise and it was soooo fun, so even though i’m not southern, i got all excited about the bingo game, too! it also got me thinking that it is wonderful that they go out and do activities together. my mom was a stay-at-home mom with 2 full-time helpers (one was supposed to be basically a cook, but still), and she just ditched us to take art classes, culinary classes, and hang out with her friends. june has no household help and she’s doing all of it AND spending time with her children. this is part of why i love this family. no amount of money can buy the fun they have as a family, ever, my mom being a prime example.

   as for bingo, while i never went to these sorts of communal bingo things (i played sometimes in school or with a few friends, though), i went to one of these big communal for-prizes games for the first time on my last cruise and it was soooo fun. i wanted to do it again but my husband was being all grumpy about it.

   back to parenting, i actually think it’s great that they support alana in her dreams. my parents never let me do anything i thought was fun, and forced me into activities i hated. they also shot down anything “unrealistic” i wanted, even when i was really little, and even now, my mother scoffs at me like i’m an idiot — she even scoffed “you’re not pregnant!” after i told her i thought i was pregnant again (turned out i was right) after i had had a recent miscarriage, like i was an idiot for being hopeful. so maybe it’s my experience with growing up with a woman who always put me down, but i would have been thrilled to have a mother who told me i could be whatever i wanted to be, even if she thought it wasn’t realistic.

   i would have more comments but my keyboard is acting up, so i’m going to post and continue reading.

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   PlathAddict
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 12:03 pm

   @alicecarroll, I think I discussed this in the comments of the last recap – I have no idea whether or not I am behind because I really can’t figure out TLC’s schedule. I’ve been working from the Wednesday @10pm EST airing as that is when I watched the very first episode. But, then they show a newer episode later, that isn’t available on iTunes until the following week and then they show that newer episode on Monday nights, and it still isn’t available on iTunes. And, since I use iTunes to actually recap the show – yes, I am one of those people who still does not have a DVR – I am always confused about where we are in the schedule. All I know is that baby Kaitlyn should be arriving in the next episode and I am excited.

   @ellemenop, I always go back and forth on the supporting of dreams thing. On the one hand, my parents told me that I could do or be anything as long as I was willing to work for it. On the other hand, my mother was quick to point out how realistic my dreams were. So, instead of trying to become some great musician (since I have no discernible musical talent other than enjoying music), I focused on getting into a good college and getting an education. So, I say being a parent is a double-edged sword in every regard. We did lots of family activities growing up – all of them centered around education – but, most of our activities either cost very little money, or we had to use our allowance (and later our after school jobs) to prove that we were serious before our parents would cough up the cash. But, yes it would totally suck to never be encouraged in any dream you would have in your childish imagination.

   I think I was lucky in that my only real dream as a child was to be Tina Turner, and a ballet dancer. And since, I can’t sing, and enjoy carbs, neither was that a big deal to give up on.

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   sagittariuskim
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 12:09 pm

   Apparently I’m not very good southerner because I hate bingo. Bingo and shyness do not mix. We used to play it a lot in elementary school, but when I had bingo I was always too scared to yell it out. So I never won anything. I could never play it communally those old ladies are aggressive.

   Alana’s birthday party looked so much fun. I’m jealous since my birthday is at the end of November. I could never do anything like that when I was her age. She’s lucky she has a summer birthday.

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   blueberryPancake
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 12:27 pm

   its like TLC was holding on the close up of the sneeze to see if she would do something “expected’ like lick her nose, or wipe them on her shirt, but Alana threw them for a loop and took the classy route ( polite well mannered route) and walked away. i love that about her- the set up from TLC was unnecessary

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   Pat Ledoux
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 1:14 pm

   Here’s what I saw this episode. Alana is getting annoying, I think the Producers are perhaps coaching her too much. I’m sorry, but these people are nice enough, but gross as hell.

   I would rather see the Gosselin kids than this bunch, at least they have some manners. I have plenty to say about the last episode, but I will wait for your take on it, Plath.

   This is beginning to remind me about the Anna Nicole show on E, a train wreck that just fizzled out eventually. I am seeing changes in this family already, subtle but most definitely there.

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   kthxbai
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 1:25 pm

   The good manners are real. I’d noticed it too. If you’ve been a lot of places. Or even watched a lot of documentaries. You can see even people that tv presenters call stone age. But are more gracious and well mannered than anybody’s stuck up UK relatives. Because it’s natural. I mean it’s home training. But it’s natural for them to pass it to their kids.

   It might be something we recognize in each other or not, depending. I can’t explain it beyond that. I sure do wish everybody was born with it though.

   I guess my thinking about supporting dreams must not be too far off from June’s. At the age she’s at now, she’ll keep on her to practice enough to learn her routine. Or keep her word. Like when they got that coach.

   As she gets older, she won’t need June to tell her she needs to practice a lot more. No matter which way she wants to turn her talents.

   Everything’s work. No matter how much natural potential somebody’s got. So there’s no point in teaching kids to hate it for its own sake. Or they’ll never learn the fun of doing work they love.

   If June took Alana to an acting class right now. She’d walk out the door with 20 times the work to do. Than she’d ever have for a pageant.

   For now Alana’s getting the lesson that her family’s 100% in her corner. And love to watch her just be in the pageant. But her routines etc, she’s got to learn for herself. And how much effort she wants to put where. She’s got to figure out and decide that for herself too. Which I think’s an important separation. For responsibility and self esteem reasons.

   So I’d lots rather see people do that. Than the Toddler Tiara moms that put a bad taste in the kid’s mouth about work from a young age. And make everything about the moms. And 0 about the family just enjoying each other.

   And they don’t teach that separation. Between how your family feels about you. And what the world writes down on some card. Maybe they don’t know it to teach.

   I know they’ve said all they’ve bought was a car and a 4 wheeler. And put the rest of their $ up for the girls. But I wish they’d take some out and get Sugar Bear some teeth. And give some to an eye doctor to look at June.

   Because she’s near about blind. I hope they’ve set Kate Gosselin’s old bodyguards to do the driving for now.

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   ellemenop
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 3:31 pm

   @plathaddict — i do think at some point parents should pipe in on the reality of things (but not harshly), but i thin someone who is 7 is too young for that. most 7-year-olds don’t have any freakin’ clue what they actually want to be with their lives — the know 3 or 4 people who did, and they’re all in the medical field. i don’t think my dreams to be a ballerina and a model and a children’s author were realistic, but they’re also things (other than ballet, if i’d stuck with it; my parents didn’t much care for it so they let me quit) that i would absolutely find to be HORRIBLE careers. i am way shy about having my picture taken to begin with, for instance, and would be mortified about having every inch and hair and piece of skin criticized constantly, so hell no i wouldn’t want to be a model now! but at 6/7 i think there’s no need to even question whether that’s a realistic goal. idk, i’m sure my views will be altered once i actually have children, but from where i stand now, i’d rather treat my children like june does (and have happy kids) than be like my mother was (i have a sister who is 11 years younger than i am, though, and she DID learn to be a better mother/more reasonable & supportive by then; i just got the crappy experimental years).

   what’s interesting is that i would have had a fit if my parents had made me get an after-school job, but in retrospect, i see the value of having one and even starting off paying for your activities with that money, like you did — i guess that would really make you differentiate between what you wanted and didn’t! it sounds like your parents had the right idea. none of my siblings nor i had jobs in high school (and for the most part, college), so i’m torn between asking my kids to get one when they’re that age or not. then again, i suspect a well-adjusted kid might not resent the idea as much as i would have, lol. i was angry at my parents already, so a job would have made me more mad.

   actually, i think a lot of my motivational problems come both from never being allowed to pursue anything i wanted (so i rebel against having to do things i don’t like, which is just ADULT LIFE), and probably only having worked part-time for a few months before i was almost 24. damn you, mom.

   your last sentence cracked me up, though (re: tina turner & carb-loving). i love when kids have goals to be a specific person; it’s so cute.

   @kthxbai — yep, june does need to go see her eye doctor. hell, if you have vision insurance, it’s practically free. or she can come see my brother-in-law and i’ll talk him into it.

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   Kate
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 4:44 pm

   Plath, you are usually 1.5 weeks behind. Thanks for explaining why.

   TLC was just obnoxious for holding that camera on her sneeze. She’s a little girl who was doing her best to handle it and no one helped her. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. Alana showed way more class than they did. If I was June I’d have been livid when I saw that. Alana CLEARLY was uncomfortable and embarrassed and TLC just exploited her, as usual. Ugh!

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    wcsdancer
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 7:50 pm

    Many years I ago I went with my then MIL and her friend, along with my SIL to bingo…SIL and I were a little bored so started talking (softly) and laughing some…man, lot of those players were glaring at us! We were making so much noise that we drowned out the caller, but that was serious stuff for them! Which only made us laugh more…

    Yeah, June really needs to use some of that $ for a visit to the eye doctor.

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    wcsdancer
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    edited to add, we *weren’t* making so much noise as to drown out the caller. That *would* have deserved glares.

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    alicecarroll13
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 1:54 am

    wow!!! tlc just reported that honey boo boo and family did get a fat raise plus extra expenses..like the free bodyguard….free driver for sugarbear…the shows a hit..now tmz’s reporting it also………

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    Helena Handbasket
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    Not to be a total beotch, but the “tabloid updates” from the same person all the time are getting kinda old.

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    kloewent
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    It looks like June just needs reading glasses, you can get 3 pair for $18 at costco, probably cheaper at Walmart!

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    TurtleGirl93
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    On T&T (which I know is a separate show, but still…) TLC arranged for little SamiJo and her mother to meet Mrs. whatever-state-they’re-in for a shopping date. I guess respective pageant PR reps feel that any publicity is good publicity?

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    Madani
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    The Onion has an “article” by Alana that is funny and sad, but mostly sad: This Is Going To End Badly

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    Madani
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    I can’t seem to make a hyper link to The Onion – just go to http://www.theonion.com and it is on the current front page. http://www.theonion.com/articles/you-do-of-course-realize-that-this-is-going-to-end,29734/

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    ellemenop
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    @turtlegirl — omg, that episode … any episode with samijo’s mom, tricia, really. i can’t stand her. i don’t think miss whatever-state liked her, either.

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    PlathAddict
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 4:56 pm

    @ellemenop, I loved having an after school job. Even though, I was working in the food court of “Southwest Florida’s Largest Flea Market,” I got to meet people (all kinds of people – seriously, crazy people) and make 149 bucks a week (after taxes). That was a huge amount of money for a teenager back then and, I assume, would still be a pretty respectable now.

    I paid for all of my high school activities, learned the value of a dollar, and even helped out my siblings when they were short from their allowance (of course, I kept a record to make sure they paid me back – my mama didn’t raise no fool).

    The best part was all of the long-timers (elderly folk who either liked to hang out at the flea market, or worked there for something to do) knew who I was. Plus, the owners of the flea market had a very tiny scholarship available to high school employees (based on grades and extra curricular activities). It was barely enough to pay for books (I was an English Major so I could check out a large number of my books from the College or local library), but I loved having that extra bit of cash each semester. I would come home for a holiday break, and work as many hours as I could so that I could still qualify for the scholarship.

    I’m pretty sure, that whole experience is why I am such a cheapskate now. But, I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

    I do agree that a parent shouldn’t be too harsh when deflating a dream. Especially, when the child is really young. But, I also think that, at some point, it’s best to be honest. Honestly, being a parent has to be the sharpest of double-edged swords. You don’t want to destroy a kid’s dreams. But, sometimes, you have to call their bluff.

    @Kate, Thanks for that! I don’t have a DVR to keep track of this and am relying on TLC and iTunes to keep track of when a new episode comes on. Plus, I need the iTunes episode to be available (I bought the season pass) in order to get the screen grabs. I also totally agree with you regarding Alana’s sneeze. For some reason, TLC finds sneezes funny. I don’t. I especially don’t when it’s obvious that the kid is embarrassed and is looking for an out to get herself together.

    @kloewent, You would think June would be all over that bargain!

    @TurtleGril93, It’s entirely possible. I can’t see how Miss Georgia 2011 was harmed by appearing on the show. But, I still suspect she was looking for some extra word of mouth so that she could get some extra fame.

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    rebecca pressley
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 5:25 pm

    I thought Miss Georgia was a bitch. June needs to get to an eye doc ASAP, maybe an eye doc will fix her eyes for free. by the way, those blow up slides only hold like 140 pounds.

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    PlathAddict
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    @kthxbai,
    I think their predilection for saying, “Please” and “thank you” is genuine too. Most times, it rolls off automatically and I love that it is so natural.

    There have been so many times where I was IRATE with a business or vendor, and I would still find myself saying, “Please” and “thank you” while explaining exactly what they did that made me so angry. It’s ingrained. I can’t be rude to someone’s face or over the phone with them.

    It’s that whole thing about catching more flies with honey.

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    ellemenop
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 8:23 pm

    @PlathAddict — i grew up in miami, and for some reason i’m confused as to what area is southwest florida — is that around tampa-ish, or is that too far up? a LOT of my friends have wound up in tampa, though, and i think i remember there being a lot of flea markets in the area (and then all the antique-y stuff when you get up to around gainesville).

    i think it’s cool that you liked your job for the reasons you listed; i really do think it seems like kids who have a job while they’re still kids are more likely to succeed at working in general (regardless of field or pay, just the experience of working) when they get older.

    i totally do agree with you that kids do need reality once they get to a certain age. parenting seems a lot more complicated than i ever expected, though, now that i may actually have to do it in the near future and am actually having to consider all this stuff. it seems kind of exhausting! i actually told my husband (i had to go to the ER for an ultrasound), “great, all that just so in 15 years some brat can scream at me about how they hate me and they wish they’d never been born!” and it’ll probably be at least partially my fault. oy.

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    Robin
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    “So, it’s B.I.N.G……..O. This is much more of a trait of her attention span than it is her spelling abilities, in my opinion.”

    Oh for goodness sakes! They haven’t taught them “There was a Farmer had a Dog, and Bingo was his Namo? B I N G O, B I N G O..”?

    They should be ashamed of themselves.

    TC, Robin

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    TurtleGirl93
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 3:47 am

    @Elle #18, yes! Tricia! Holy trainwrecks, Batman! (Although I’m not crazy about her ex-husband’s career. Lol)

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    PlathAddict
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 6:50 am

    @Robin, she spelled it just fine. My point was she just lost interest because how can you be sassy spelling BINGO? It was like she started out thinking this would be cute and then, realized, “this is totally lame, oh well…I’ve already started spelling it, I should just say O and get it over with.”

    @ellemenop, I’m not sure if Tampa is considered Southwest Florida (when we lived there for a year, we never heard it referred to that way). The area I am referring to is Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, all of those cities about halfway between Tampa and Miami.

    And, hahah about the ultrasound! At least you know it’s coming in a few years.

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    ellemenop
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 7:12 am

    ah, yes, ft. myers. i do know that area, because i went once with my friends for some curfew protest? which is really odd because we didn’t live anywhere near ft. myers and took the trirail (first and only time) from miami, and i thought it was the coolest thing ever, since miami’s “public transportation” is a joke (i still loved the metrorail, but it doesn’t go anywhere). so my memory of ft. myers is some youth protest full of “punk” kids, people on stilts, fire eaters, stuff like that. i had totally forgotten about that, though!

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    kthxbai
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 7:26 am

    @PlathAddict and @ellemenop You guys laid out 1 of the reasons I wouldn’t have kids even if I had a maternal instinct. Too many tight ropes like that to walk.

    Most of the 7 yr olds I know have dreams like being Spider Man. But they swap it off for something else over time. All by themselves. Not always though. 1 of my friends in UK went to school with this girl Kate, that was into her teens and still dreaming about being a Princess. Oh wait..

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    PlathAddict
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 7:39 am

    @kthxbai, Hahaha!

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    Helena Handbasket
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 9:05 am

    @ellemenop, I have two teenage girls, and unfortunately no matter how you raise them, there will eventually be one day where they scream at you about what a terrible parent you are. I am given to understand that teenage boys are a little kinder to their mamas, though.

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    ellemenop
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    @helena handbasket — believe me, i definitely expect if i have any daughters they WILL scream at me about how much they hate me, no matter what i do or don’t do. i know i told my parents i hated them plenty (except i always got unreasonable punishments like getting my internet access taken away for a year for calling my dad a jerk … lol, they were kind of stupid at parenting). my husband claims his sister has never told his parents she hated them as a teenager, and i just laughed. a lot.

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    Bitchylady
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 1:20 pm

    As the mother to an (almost) teenage daughter who was the cutest, sweetest, most lovable little girl ever, I can say with certainty that teenage girls are the devils spawn. My friends with older children tell me that she will eventually be normal again, but right now I keep waiting for her head to spin around and green goo to spew from her mouth. Just opening my mouth to say something completely innocent to her starts the eye rolling, foot stomping, smart mouth talking alien who has overtaken my child’s body. Every injustice she feels in life (and believe me, there are a TON apparently) is my fault. I would like my little princess back please.

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    PlathAddict
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    You guys are cracking me up! I never screamed that I hated my parents as a teenager. I definitely mumbled it under my breath and told my friends and siblings how much I did, but I never screamed or even said it to them. I think my mother’s Trifecta of Discipline worked really well, because while we did do all of the crazy rebellious things that teenagers do; we never showed any outward disrespect to our parents. I don’t think it would have even occurred to us to do that. We kept that shit to ourselves. And, now we joke with our parents (over drinks of course) about all of the stuff we found just too unreasonable and stupid about their parenting.

    What’s really funny though, is how much my parents go out of their way to spoil my nieces and nephews. They actually try to negotiate with children – something that they had never done before and have always looked down on parents for doing.

    My mom told me once that, looking back, the toughest thing about being a parent for her was that she rarely got the chance to just enjoy her kids (of course there were the normal things like first steps, first words, teaching us to cook, watching my dad teach my brothers to shave, teaching us to drive and all of those things). She and my dad were so busy trying to raise us to be decent and good people, while working to feed, clothe, and shelter all of us, that she didn’t get the chance to just enjoy us being kids as much as she would have liked. It would have never occurred to either of my parents to indulge a tantrum or argue/negotiate with any of us as kids – mainly, because there were so many of us and only a certain number of hours in the day. But, also because they weren’t raised to be indulgent themselves and couldn’t understand why my grandparents were constantly trying to spoil us.

    And, so now she and my dad make up for that by spoiling the hell out of their grandkids. They especially get a kick out of seeing how similar their grandkids’ temperaments are to their now adult children when we were the same age.

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    Mimo
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    @Plath – are you my child? Cause it sure sounds like you’re describing me. The first time I held my grandson in my arms I was so overwhelmed with love I broke down and cried. I felt almost guilty because I don’t remember having those feelings as a parent. (Of course, it was a lot of years ago) As a parent you have to do all those things you mentioned. But as a grandparent, your only responsibility is to love.

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    ellemenop
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    @bitchylady — lol! your post made me giggle.

    i do not have any children yet, but i’m 29 and my sister is 18; when she went through her bitch period around 13-16, i think i got a mini-taste of your grief. i was like, “no way, bitch; i did SO much for you — i bought you so much crap, took you places, CHANGED YOUR GROSS DIAPERS, and you think you’re going to mouth off to me for nothing? nah-uh.” but, yes! teenage girls are the devil.

    @plathaddict — because my little sister is so much younger than the rest of us, my parents totally did the ol’ switcheroo when she came around, and i’ve definitely seen them do the negotiation thing your parents do with your nieces and nephews. but even as i type this, i think — in horror, of course — “oh, god, i will be a bitch and then be all nice to MY nieces and nephews.” circle of life, i guess!

    and, wow, i didn’t think there were teenage girls who never directly told their parents they hated them! that’s amazing.

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    Lenoru
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    They just posted on their facebook fan page that they are going to be on Southpark.

    Well not their actual voices, but their likenesses. They totally captured June, btw.

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    PlathAddict
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    @Mimo, I don’t think so, but it’s cool that my parents aren’t aberrations. My grandmother (she passed 5 years ago in a really freak car accident), went out of her way to spoil me. I was the first grandchild (and she had 12 children), so I totally get the grandparent instinct to spoil. My parents refused to let her spoil me completely though. So, now that I am in my 30′s I can say I’m grateful to them for that – but damn, I really hated them for not just letting her get me whatever I wanted at the time.

    @ellemenop, I am 10 years older than my youngest brother. So, I know what you mean. Except, he was a boy so I didn’t have to deal with a “bitch period” from him. My sisters and I fought all the time, but my baby bro would just do whatever I told him to do.

    Yep, even though I have no children, I do believe boys must be easier than girls to raise. Girls want to prove that they are right, while boys just want to be told what to do. At least, that has been my experience with siblings, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

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    sagittariuskim
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    I never told my parents I hated them. Or went through that period. I think went through it maybe wenrt I was 13 but that was it. I think went through angry period enough for both us. I think I was the sad mopey teen instead of the angry one.

    And for all the parents there was actually study done that showed that teenagers apparently hear things differently than a thoughts. They process it differently or something. So whenever they accuse you of yelling at them when you’re not, it because they actually really do hear it as yelling. So yay for the mess puberty makes your body,

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    Gwen
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    I am a teenage girl, and I am definitely not always pleasant. I have, on one or two occasions, screamed at my mom that I hated her. Sorry, Mom!

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    kthxbai
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 5:55 pm

    Growing up it always seemed to me like older people were just more relaxed about it. Now I know it’s because they’d already been through worrying about fucking up. And their kids turned out ok anyway. So they might as well let you stay up and eat ice cream all night.

    Plus by then they’d found out their kids snuck around and did it all the time. And lived.

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    Robin
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 6:34 pm

    @Robin, she spelled it just fine. My point was she just lost interest because how can you be sassy spelling BINGO? It was like she started out thinking this would be cute and then, realized, “this is totally lame, oh well…I’ve already started spelling it, I should just say O and get it over with.”

    No, I really meant it Plath! They should be ashamed of themelves for not teaching her “There was a farmer had a dog”..

    Take care, Robin

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    PlathAddict
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 7:35 pm

    @Robin, I got the impression that she did know the song. She sounded like she was doing a sassy version and realized, it was stupid – because who sings BINGO to be sassy?

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    Robin
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 8:07 pm

    I have a feeling that she could make it Sassy if she wanted to

    Although, I still surprised at myself that I am OK with a little girl that says “A Dolla Makes Me Holla” and the mother that lets her say that, and a broadcast company paying them.

    The Bingo song also teaches math if you clap. Kinda like a kid version of 99 bottles of beer on the wall. lol

    TC, Robin

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    ellemenop
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 8:08 pm

    @sagittariuskim — damn it, well, apparently no one gave my body the memo, because i still hear everyone as yelling at me when they swear they aren’t!

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    PlathAddict
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 8:45 pm

    @Robin, exactly! To me, it seemed like she just decided it was lame and not worth the effort. I’m off to google the expression “A dolla makes me holla” because I honestly have no idea what it means or if I should be upset by it.
    @sagittariuskim, I voiced my opinion on the mental state of teenagers when I covered Teen Mom and got a lot of flack for it. For some reason, everyone assumed I was using a scientific term as a pejorative, so I won’t repeat it. I will say that between the hormones, the lack of empirical experience, and the simple fact that they are still children, means that teenagers need more guidance and parenting than children of any other age. It’s temporary (in most cases), but, still hellish for anyone who has to live with them.

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    Robin
    Posted October 2, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    Plath,

    I have no clue if Dolla Makes Me Holla means anything according to google. Or, if it is even googleable. Or if googleable is a word…We should google it

    It just sounds kinda like a thing a stripper would say. Always thought that.

    TC, Robin

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    Helena Handbasket
    Posted October 3, 2012 at 7:03 am

    Showing my age here…but the things my kids say to me, if I said even half of that to my parents I would have gotten my ass beaten or my face slapped. That’s just the way it was and you learned to watch your mouth a bit. You lay a finger on kids nowadays and they are screaming they will call the DCFS on you. Taking away privileges or grounding your kids does have its place, but it sure never puts the fear of God into them like getting whooped always did to us.

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    ellemenop
    Posted October 3, 2012 at 8:46 am

    i’m sure “a dolla make me holla” is totally a hit you’ll get on google, but just in case, alana said it on her first appearance on toddlers & tiaras.” more specifically, she shouted, “A DOLLA MAKE ME HOLLA, HONEY BOO BOO.” and, thus ….

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    KJN
    Posted October 3, 2012 at 9:30 am

    I was a total horror as a kid/teenager. My dad used to try to put a future curse on me, saying “I hope your kid is exactly like you!”. Well, I did have a daughter, and she was a easy, happy baby. Then she was a good little toddler/kid. Then she was a fairly reasonable pre-teen. Then an incredibly good teenager. Now, she’s 20 and a junior in college. Guess what? Still awesome! Ha, suck it , Dad! Just kidding, I love my parents and I am sorry I was such a little beast. It’s just when you’re a kid/teen, you just can’t seem to help yourself. I couldn’t, anyway.

    I also had a younger brother and that did not help matters at all. I didn’t have to hear the nonstop fighting and “quit looking at me /touching me/breathing the same air as me!” or “Mom, get him out of my room/away from my friends/out of my stuff!” constantly. Man, I’m glad I only had one.

    Once I was out of the teen years, I became an awesome daughter. My brother, on the other hand, was a better kid and teen, but as an adult he’s been a bit of a nightmare. A total nightmare, actually.

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    KJN
    Posted October 3, 2012 at 9:40 am

    Oh, and as a teen, my friends and I would go to bingo at the local VFW and American Legion. We lived in a small Northern Minnesota town and it got deadly cold and boring in the winter. We needed something to do. If we were lucky, we’d maybe win enough for a pizza from Pizza Hut and a few movie rentals. That was on weekdays. On weekends, we were definitely at a party somewhere.

    We also did turkey bingo at the local Moose club around the holidays when we were kids. My dad was usually the caller and it would crack me up because he’s not the most patient person in the world, so he would call the numbers too fast and all the old people would start yelling at him. They took their bingo very seriously. We just went cause my dad would buy us chips and pop in the glass bottle from the bar.

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    Robin
    Posted October 3, 2012 at 9:50 pm

    Lookie Here!

    http://social.entertainment.msn.com/tv/blogs/reality-tv-blogpost.aspx?post=fb52ce52-3a78-47f3-a615-08d7f7e93731&ocid=ansent11

    TC, Robin

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    Lenoru
    Posted October 4, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    You can watch the whole episode at http://www.southparkstudios.com . I’m loving this, I haven’t watched southpark since high school.

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    pageantmommy
    Posted November 14, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    Awww, I finally got to watch this episode and I felt bad for poor Alana at the end. No one offered her a tissue, no one cut off the camera, she was obviously embarrassed and you can see her turning red. Bad on you TLC. That made me uncomfortable to watch