I don't mean to interrupt your Friday evening plans or anything, but before the weekend I just had to make sure you got this very important piece of news. Melissa Joan Hart, who played Sabrina the Teenage Witch, has signed on to do an online journal and video diary about her son Mason's potty training. While the phrase "teamed up with Pull Ups" might sound the death knell for a showbiz career, I'm sure Hart doesn't feel that way about it at all. And after all, it is in honor of (really) Potty Training Awareness Month. And you thought June was Whack Yourself in the Forehead With a Big Stick Awareness Month!
But this is sort of priceless: In a statement, Hart said, "When Mason first showed signs
that he was ready to use the potty, my husband and I were really
excited and--more than anything--proud." Um, really? Proud? I mean, I know when our kids use the toilet we say things like, "I'm so proud of you. That's such a big kid thing to do." But I sort of thought that was the kind of bullshit we spout as parents, along with "No, mommy isn't angry you spilled that" and "I'm sorry, but in this house we only eat one dessert." It's pooping in a toilet, not a Nobel prize. But I probably can't talk, because when my kid potty trained, my overwhelming feeling was vindication--hey, it was totally worth it to enroll her in that somewhat expensive preschool because they did all the potty training work for me.
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