Money Does Not A Good Parent Make

I saw this the other night and haven't stopped thinking of it since. I often find myself leaving the TV on HGTV as the programming does not necessarily require you to give your undivided attention to it to understand what is going on. The other night there was a new show on called........... Property something or other...... or Realestate whatchamahoozie.... not important. The show is in reality format, and follows the life and work of Tatiana. She opened her own "Property Shop". She is a mother and a wife and a business owner. Good for her. Anyway, near the end of the episode, she was shown on the phone really late one night trying to make a deal. Then the next day on the phone trying to figure out why the deal didn't go through. Then in her office talking to an apprentice / protege about how to spend your time with clients. And as the show was ending it showed her getting in her car talking about being late for her son's birthday party. She walked in late to a place like Joker's where her son was celebrating his birthday with friends and family. And finally as the credits were rolling she was shown getting back in her car (son not in tow) talking about there being a master plan and that it wouldn't always be like that. She said that she did have a plan and that "it is not schlepping crappy properties" for the rest of her life. Okay. So the plan is to leave your children with a feeling of abandonment for their childhood. And then when they are off at college, or out in the working world, or have children of their own, they feel what? Oh Mom has time for me now, I should drop my stuff to spend time with her? Unlikely. I mean she is teaching them that her job is more important than they are. Having more free time when the kids are grown may not necessarily be the same. I bet that show "My Sweet Sixteen" on MTV shows parties thrown by wealthy parents trying to make up for the 15 previous birthdays that they couldn't attend or were late to. The kids on that show are generally the type that act as though someone owes them something........ maybe someone does. I am not knocking having a career, or having to work. I know stuff has to be paid for, I know sacrifices have to be made. What I am saying is that all of that time spent on a deal that didn't go through was not worth being late for her son's birthday. Even if she "saved the deal" and the business made all the cash, is that worth being late for your own kids birthday? I don't think it would be. Someday I will be able to look at my kids and say "This is why I chose to do things the way I did them..." and be proud of the example I set.
So needless to say, I will not watch "Property Shop" as doing so will only go to validate the example she is setting for her children.

Looks like we were all wrong about Obama afterall

Three words........ Considering a Labradoodle.

I don't know why I thought he wasn't an idiot. He is a politician and he is considering a labradoodle. That's twice the idiot that G.W. is.