I really enjoyed it. HH is right--anger and name-calling do have a place in parenting. I've seen too many parents who absolutely refuse to get angry or show their kids the consequences of their actions. It's pretty ridiculous. On the flip side, my mother can't force herself to say anything nice at all to anyone. My siblings and I avoid her as much as possible and she lives a very lonely life. She doesn't know why and when I've tried to tell her she becomes pretty hysterical.

About Alec Baldwin tho, he really screwed up. He's the adult. In this case it wasn't about name-calling or discipline, it was about getting personal, losing control, and trying to hurt his daughter as much as she hurt him. That never works with adolescent girls.

I am the mother of 3 daughters, and at one time or another none of them wanted anything to do with me, especially at about age 13 upward. My 15-year-old now lives with her dad, but our relationship is better than ever. My oldest daughter is now 30, and we have a very good relationship. You really can't force anyone to like you or want to spend time with you if they don't. Screaming at them and calling them names is pointless and doesn't make you look good either.

I grow tired of seeing SC so buttoned up all the time, and miss the wild side of him we used to see on the Daily Show. While this was not that funny, I felt he kinda saved it with that ridiculous snapshot of him and Fonda at the end of the segment. It was not a yuck moment at all.

To his interview which I had not seen before. Joan, did you see him hold up the kiss the host apron and say he hoped that it was scotch-guarded? Talk about crude. He so had it coming, and watching the interview again, I thought Fonda was great.

And no, I have not seen this movie, but the trailers and all the promotions I've seen for it do not intrigue me. What is really too bad, IMHO, is the waste of talent for a so-so story with (from what I've seen in clips)dumb dialogue. Maybe Lindsay Lohan is not that talented, but I'm sure she can do this part. The sad thing is that I remember JF in The Dollmaker, one of the few movies I've ever seen that gets motherhood right, with one of the least maternal-seeming actors ever, Jane Fonda. I wish this was more in keeping with something like that, w/o the sensationalism and over-the-top drama and more the day-in, day-out realistic struggles of intelligent people who don't make their points with baseball bats and soap.

And it was just awful. It was not a smart movie, it was incredibly stupid. The review was right-on, and this movie was so awful I don't know where to begin.

which reminds me of episiotomy. You make some good points. I'll see this movie because even if it's stupid it's still funny which is the whole point anyway. There is a movie with a similar plot to this one from about 45 years ago which starred Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood. If you want to see this subject treated seriously back when people really could find themselves in this situation without options, watch this movie. It's not at all entertaining.

This crying, screaming horror had happened to George W. Bush years ago, would we all be in this predicament now? If we had footage of him peeing his pants when he got his draft notice like I know he did right before he called HIS mommy, that would have crushed his chances to be the maniacal, power hungry monster he is now. But that's not what the news used to be about.

Thank you so much for pointing out that we as a society have not asked for this in the least. I am old enough to remember watching the news when it was dry as toast and not supposed to be entertaining, and it wasn't. News has definitely not changed over the years because I wanted it to. Like everything else, it's about what's cheap and easy.

As for Paris Hilton, I watched a documentary on PBS (where else besides HBO) the other night about juveniles in prison for life without possibility of parole. I won't go into the details except to say that it seemed pretty unfair and just plain crazy. Those are the stories the mainstream media should be salivating over. Those are citizens of the US, whether they're young, old, poor, middle class or rich. And they are COMPELLING TRUE STORIES. What the hell is going on. Paris Hilton is boring.

but I absolutely HATE this letter writer. A woman's T-shirt threw him into such a tizzy that he confronted her about the word "kitty," complained to her supervisor, and then wrote to Cary for advice. I am glad Cary brought this letter to light, it needed to be brought to everyone's attention that when you work in an office with what appear to be reasonable people, there are lunatics lurking everywhere, SO WATCH IT. I won't say anything more about this turd because I can't be insulting enough. I hate his guts and I hope he dies. I can't believe that supervisor named her child after him. Puke.

you are so right. Mind your own business for God's sake. I am an older woman of 48, and if a man wore a T-shirt I didn't care for to work, I might think to myself that I don't care for that T-shirt, and then I would forget about it. Certainly there would be no cause to set in motion the chain of events you describe in your letter. You're an absolutely ridiculous individual and a noseynate. I don't hate you anymore, but acknowledge your stupidity and wise up.