Outrageous Kid Parties

[happylabs]

Kid parties have really gotten out of hand. It seems parents want to one-up each other.

I wouldn't watch this show and if I had younger kids I wouldn't let them watch it either!

When my kids were little we would rotate between the two kids every other year they got to have a kid party at the skating rink or bowling alley or some place like that. I would bake cupcakes and maybe get a pizza for the kids.

[Taz_Zoee]

I caught the end of one of these shows. And they are ridiculous!! I mean, there are so many other things one could spend their money on. But I guess it is THEIR money.........so they can do with it as they please.

[Lady's Human]

Never even heard of the show before this post.

Just remember, ANY publicity, good or bad, is good publicity, or, to quote Oscar Wilde, the only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about.

It's the parent's money, granted, but why do they insist on making shows about bad parenting? Now to add to the one-upsmanship, parent's will be spending a fortune to try to get on a television show(Don't laugh, look at the astounding critical thinking involved with"teen moms").

[pomtzu]

Yup - it's their money alright. I wonder if they're thinking of what real good that this money could do, if only spent in the right place, instead of using it to screw their kid's head up by instilling in them, the importance of extravagance and material crap. What great roll models these parents are, don't ya' think???
And as far as Toddlers and Tiaras goes too - those parents are pimping those kids - IMO. Just put them on t.v. for the world to see (and the world includes a lot of sickos that like pretty little girls, if you get my drift.) and never give it a second thought! Just look at what happened to Jon Benet Ramsey, poor kid.
Some of these parents need to wake up and smell the coffee, or be prepared to suffer the consequences.

[moosmom]

I didn't even spend that much on my WEDDING!!!! Whatever happened to backyard parties with balloons, slip 'n slide, bouncy houses, birthday cake and ice cream??? That's utter BS!!

I watched Toddlers and Tiaras last week. There was a 31 (you read right!!) year old woman COMPETING in ages 10+!!! Her mother was there with her asking her if she wanted a valium!!! Can you say dispensing pharmaceuticals without a license??? These reality shows are totally out of control. I watched "Jerseylicious" the other night and, while I liked it in the beginning, I'm sick of Olivia and Tracy going at each other's throats and if I were the owner of Gatsby, I would've fired both of them!!

This TV sensationalism is SO outta control! TV is nothing but CRAP these days.

[Karen]

There is plenty of good TV, if you look carefully - National Geographic, History channels, there are several Discovery Channel off shoots that have good stuff, and there's always CSpan - your government in action - or NOT, depending.

There will always be people willing to spend stupid amounts of money, it's just now they get rewarded by TV appearances. But we don't have to watch them!

[pomtzu]

There is plenty of good TV, if you look carefully - National Geographic, History channels, there are several Discovery Channel off shoots that have good stuff,

You're right Karen - these stations are basically all I watch anymore, with the exception of network stations for the news and a few other decent shows like 20/20 or Dateline or 48 Hours Mystery etc. If I didn't have cable and only got the network stations, my t.v. would almost never be on.