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post #1 of 20
1/18/09 at 4:03pm
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Anybody watch?

It was AWESOME

It's up on youtube if you wanna watch it.
post #2 of 20
1/18/09 at 4:06pm
I loved that family!
post #3 of 20
1/18/09 at 4:12pm
link?
nak
post #4 of 20
1/18/09 at 4:25pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEQlh...eature=related
post #5 of 20
1/18/09 at 4:26pm
Is this the one where they traded with the pageant mom? I was horrified when she made the tearful admission that she would yell at her young son when he didn't win a pageant!!!! What kind of mother DOES such a thing???

At least she was sorry about it, I guess. The dr. mom made me laugh, I loved her demeanor.
post #6 of 20
1/18/09 at 4:30pm
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Yeah, that's the one. She was also putting makeup on her 13 month old daughter. And her daughter's favorite food was hotdogs.

Reading the manual was pretty cool; the feminist doctor roller derby mom's family is also vegetarian and they buy organic and such. So cool.
post #7 of 20
1/18/09 at 11:31pm
OMG that pagaent family made me wanna barf.

The dad admitted that he is okay with his daughter growing up and being an "accessory" for her husband :

I kind of wonder if the unschool family ever visits MDC
post #8 of 20
1/18/09 at 11:41pm
I saw that one too. I was blown away when the Dad and son were actually crying when the baby didn't win the pageant. Crying!

I enjoyed the "inner beauty pageant" at the end too.
post #9 of 20
1/19/09 at 12:55am
that family lives in the same city I do (I live in a burb town on a hill above and about 10 minutes from the city they live in anyway) I was watching because I just happen to like all the drama on that show and I thought to myself, "is that the clocktower at riverfront park?"... and sure enough it was. Weird. Now I'm wondering what medical office she works in.

Both families had thing to gain from one another IMO. Sure I'd rather end up with the MDCish type family but, I prefer neither.
post #10 of 20
1/19/09 at 12:58am
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Originally Posted by hollytheteacher View Post

The dad admitted that he is okay with his daughter growing up and being an "accessory" for her husband :
That comment actually stunned me so much that paused, backed it up, and made dh come in and hear what he said. Both dh and I wanted to punch that guy in the face when he said that!! I honestly dont know if anything on that show (on any episode) has irked me that much.
post #11 of 20
1/19/09 at 3:10am
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That comment actually stunned me so much that paused, backed it up, and made dh come in and hear what he said. Both dh and I wanted to punch that guy in the face when he said that!! I honestly dont know if anything on that show (on any episode) has irked me that much.
The comment stunned me too. But I do think he started realizing about halfway through what he was actually saying and that's why the last word was sort of mumbled out. At least I hope that's why the last word was mumbled out.
post #12 of 20
1/19/09 at 4:19am
Wow, I just watched it on youtube and that was some crazy stuff!
I was in tears when that poor little boy was crying because his baby sister didn't win the pageant. Well, I was watering up in several spots...especially the part where he painted how he felt when he was wrestling.

The other family was awesome (of course)! They seemed quite well-balanced, though I was glad that the dad ended up taking some time for himself; something that can be hard for sahparents to do.

Really happy that the pageant family seemed to mellow out a bit too, I hope it lasts.

Thanks for sharing, I live less than 2 hours away from the family in WA
post #13 of 20
1/19/09 at 2:52pm
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FondestBianca, what do you think that the MDC-like mom had to learn from the other family? I think she always wanted to spend more time with her kids, but she's in her last year of residency - that means that she works about 3 30 hour a days a week usually, meaning yeah, she'd be away for 3 full days a week, and likely sleeping some of the other time, but she'd also get to spend some full days at home.

And if you read her manual, she does roller derby one saturday night a month - I don't think that that's too much to ask.

Lastly, though, they didn't learn that *from* the other family - the other family had nothing about mom working less, unless they meant mom quitting her job to stay home full time while they subscribe to the patriarchal culture that the pageant family lived in. But somehow I don't think that that was one of the rules.
post #14 of 20
1/19/09 at 3:26pm
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FondestBianca, what do you think that the MDC-like mom had to learn from the other family? I think she always wanted to spend more time with her kids, but she's in her last year of residency - that means that she works about 3 30 hour a days a week usually, meaning yeah, she'd be away for 3 full days a week, and likely sleeping some of the other time, but she'd also get to spend some full days at home.

And if you read her manual, she does roller derby one saturday night a month - I don't think that that's too much to ask.

Lastly, though, they didn't learn that *from* the other family - the other family had nothing about mom working less, unless they meant mom quitting her job to stay home full time while they subscribe to the patriarchal culture that the pageant family lived in. But somehow I don't think that that was one of the rules.
reguardless of someone views I don't think one can be balanced when they aren't open to other things... especially regurading children. I personally tihnk that if the other mom hadn't been there the girls wouldn't have been able to participate in some of the activities they enjoyed that week. It annoys the crud out of me when kids are supposedly encouraged to be indivuals but at the same time discouraged from doing popular sorts of things. That doesn't mean they aren't an indivual anymore, it simply means they enjoy something that lots of other people enjoy as well. Very, very, honestly, if the girls expressed wanting to start something like cheerleading to their parents (before actually trying it and without that other mom there to allow it) I don't think they would have been allowed to do it. I could see a closed minded nature in all 4 parents. Yes, I said it... ALL 4 PARENTS. Doesn't matter whos worse... just that they both needed improvement.

Wether we choose to believe it or not kids will naturally only tend to bring up new things they think their parents would be ok with in the first place. Chances are, those girls wouldn't have even asked to do something or an activity they've heard their parents speaking negitivly about. They don't want to be lumped in with the people their parents talk about as being something negitive. Just as the kids in one family were pushed too much to do things they didn't want to I think the girls in the other family were quietly discouraged from doing things they may have interest in.

We can't look at the key points of a person and judge, yeah or ney, based upon that alone. I didn't look at either family and see "balanced".

maybe they didnt learn anything "from" that family's lifestyle but I think they took away some valuable things and became aware of positive changes they could make by being exposed to the other family.
post #15 of 20
1/19/09 at 3:28pm
i read the pageant mom's rules and her entire perspective made me feel really sad. i realize people have different values for their life and family but to base everything on appearances ....
post #16 of 20
1/19/09 at 3:32pm
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I could see a closed minded nature in all 4 parents. Yes, I said it... ALL 4 PARENTS. Doesn't matter whos worse... just that they both needed improvement.
yeah, those are exactly the kind of parents they want for the show otherwise it would be really boring.
post #17 of 20
1/19/09 at 4:01pm
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yeah, those are exactly the kind of parents they want for the show otherwise it would be really boring.
yes, and thats why I watch! Someone was asking me what I thought the washington family could have learned from the other family, and I took that as saying that she thought they didnt have anything to learn. So I was just mentioning that I could easily see issues in both families.
post #18 of 20
1/19/09 at 5:18pm
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No, I asked what you thought they learned from the family, not what I thought they had to learn. I think they have a lot to learn. I think they have nothing to learn from the pageant family.
post #19 of 20
1/20/09 at 12:09am
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Thank you! :
post #20 of 20
1/20/09 at 12:16am
Pagent Mom scares me. Even looking at her scares me.

Why would you want this for your child??? Why????


Hi-lighting a baby's hair??? WTF????


OK...did they really just put concealer on the 6 year old before he went to school?
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