Because it's Monday, by now you've probably seen 27 stories about Britney's bad parenting, and perhaps some bizarre celeb has also held a baby over a pit of vipers or something. And we all know that most of the beautiful people swore off child safety seats and vaginal births and so on. But I guess no one is exempt from the celebrity parenting police. Brad Pitt, described with a certain tone of righteous glee in the coverage as "superdad" is the latest famous person to be spotted doing things Dr. Spock would not recommend. And I'm trying to stifle a yawn here.
What were Mr. Pitt's crimes? He made four-year-old Pax ride on his lap in an ATV-like thingie with no seatbelt or helmet and witnesses say Pax was all unhappy and he also had the kid on a cherry picker with no safety gear. Mmm hmm. Look, that's real bad and all, and I'm also no fan of the beatification of the Jolie-Pitts, but c'mon. Do we have to hear about it every time a celebrity parent does anything unsafe or not recommended by leading child-rearing experts? I'm so bored with what seems like a quest to tear down famous parents who do stuff that I do not care about at all. I mean, if the rich and famous turn out to make parenting blunders it doesn't make me feel like a better parent, it just takes up space that could be devoted to stories on what a completely dreamy and hawt dad Johnny Depp is. So there.
