Taking a call in the White House with my personal assistant Theodore. ❤

Taking a call in the White House with my personal assistant Theodore. ❤ pic.twitter.com/7BY5jef0gw

— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) February 7, 2017

Baby Theodore learns to Crawl in the Oval Office

This is super cute --->> It's a Parent Thing. Look Who Learned to Crawl in the Oval Office | RedState https://t.co/PhCj3r6xwB

— Andrea Ruth (@AndreaNRuth) January 28, 2017

The National Education Association takes aim at homeschooling. Should parents have a right to educate their own children?

Safe at Home? Teacher #Union Targets #HomeSchooling by @ldsand http://t.co/sppi8QyLjz #education @hslda

— Cal Policy Center (@CalPolicyCenter) August 18, 2015

Baltimore “Mother of the Year” Speaks Out

◼ This morning, she came forward, and it's even better than you'd think... - Stephen Crowder

Even the Baltimore Police Commissioner saw the video and said, “I wish I had more parents who took charge of their kids tonight.”

Flashback:

The shocking statistic about Baltimore everyone is AFRAID to mention http://t.co/KH7VstlpEp pic.twitter.com/U86Uk2Su3l

— Allen West (@AllenWest) April 29, 2015

WashPo tries to & fails to dismiss @RandPaul comments on my show abt lack of responsible fathers in Baltimore. http://t.co/DIgyRRIpo8

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 29, 2015

Urban rioters lionized as "resisters" are resisting a system they voted for, as did their parents and grandparents. http://t.co/Vc3yUlxMEC

— John Hayward (@Doc_0) April 29, 2015

‘Who is we?’ Obama says being a stay-at-home mom ‘not a choice we want Americans to make’

Obama says about stay-at-home-moms:"That's not a choice we want Americans to make." http://t.co/PVn2M7nZEg

— lumasimms (@lumasimms) October 31, 2014

Wow. Obama disses stay at home moms. "That’s not a choice we want Americans to make." http://t.co/QohcSEmXr6

— Conn Carroll (@conncarroll) October 31, 2014

Moms staying home with the kids? @WhiteHouse says “That’s not a choice we want Americans to make.” http://t.co/LkJ60UUKz7

— RandyC (@weimdog) October 31, 2014

◼ “Sometimes, someone, usually Mom, leaves the workplace to stay home with the kids, which then leaves her earning a lower wage for the rest of her life as a result,” the president told his audience. “That’s not a choice we want Americans to make.” - Twitchy

◼ 3 Reasons President Obama Is Wrong About Stay-At-Home Mothers - The Federalist
◼ ‘That’s Not a Choice We Want Americans to Make’–Obama Slams Stay at Home Moms - Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion

What happened to being pro-choice?

Um, ok. I’m interpreting his remarks to mean that women shouldn’t have to choose between lower wages or being stay at home mothers. Sounds noble, but it’s not realistic, at least not in most cases.

Condescension aside, aggravating is the constant drum beat of the modern “feminist” lie that women can have it all. It’s simply not true. Those with successful careers and families are routinely put in a place of choosing one or the other. Men with families also find themselves in the same dilemma, yet no one wants to talk about their struggles, because “feminism.”


Beyond perpetuating modern “feminist” myths is an even nastier issue with the President’s poorly worded statements: are we really in a place culturally where it’s acceptable to demonize a woman’s choice to stay at home as, “not a choice we want Americans to make”? Evidently so.

Of course, being a stay-at-home mom is not the right decision for every woman or for every family; but the blatant labeling of that choice as somehow inferior or “lesser” is just the latest statist assault on the family unit.

How Love For A Child Can Bring Back A Mother’s Memory With Alzheimer’s If Just For A Moment

◼ It just goes to show that love for a child can work small miracles…if just for a moment. - IJ Review

Glenn’s dad-to-dad message to Billy Ray Cyrus

This happened at the #VMAs. We're not sure what to say about it, but figured you should know http://t.co/spkpCMHYI7 pic.twitter.com/hUSmvLJ8Ho

— USA TODAY Life (@usatodaylife) August 26, 2013

◼ Last night, Bill Ray Cyrus tweeted “Thanking God for so many blessings tonight. Continue to pray for world peace. More love …less hate.”. A follow up tweet suggested he was talking about Syria, but Glenn said he needed to focus on helping his daughter more than anything else. - Glenn Beck

...“Can we talk dad to dad here? Your daughter is screaming for help. Your daughter is screaming for help. Just like Angelina Jolie was screaming when she had a little vial of blood around her neck, screaming for help. And her best friend is not what she needs.”

“She needs her dad. And I don’t know you as a dad and I’m certainly not one to judge, but based on what you told me in the interview that’s we posted, this is in 2006 or 2007 – You knew you weren’t a dad back then. You wanted to be her best friend and I warned you, this is exactly what would happen.”

“Stop being her friend. Start being her dad. It may be too late. But this is a cry for help. And we certainly don’t hate you or your daughter by any stretch. This is a cry of help from Viacom. Please watch me. Please notice us. And it is a cry of help from Miley Cyrus, and it is a sad commentary on today’s America.”...

It could always be worse, Billy Ray: http://t.co/CZX7kSOExU

— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) August 26, 2013

◼ Does the ‘power of twerking compel her’? Greg Gutfeld slams Miley, consoles Billy Ray Cyrus as only he can [pics] - Twitchy
◼ ‘What the hell am I watching?’ Twerking Miley Cyrus, giant teddy bears, Robin Thicke and more
◼ ‘Sweet Jesus!’ Did Miley Cyrus spark a new definition for ‘twerking’? Is there a cure?
◼ After his daughter twerks at VMAs, Billy Ray Cyrus thanks God, prays for world peace
◼ #Ew: Yes, Robin Thicke is old enough to be twerking buddy Miley Cyrus’s dad
◼ From Sweet to Sordid: The corrupting of a DISNEY starlet... - Daily Mail
◼ Miley, Go Back to School - Cyrus’ derivative stunt reveals an artistically bankrupt music culture - Camille Paglia/TIME
◼ Does Anyone Really Still Want Their MTV? - TIME

Parents fighting for kids; SEIU fighting for more money

◼ A modest rally at the Capitol this morning supporting a state audit of Child Protective Services competed with a humongous rally held by the SEIU. - Katy Grimes/Cal Watchdog

On the South steps of the Capitol, the CPS audit rally was made up of parents and families who are victims of overly aggressive Child Protective Services divisions.

On the West steps of the Capitol, the SEIU rally was made up of thousands of purple t-shirt-wearing SEIU members demanding raises. Their t-shirts were made up for today’s rally and said “2013 CONTRACT TOUR.” The back of the t-shirt said “YOUR CONTRACT STARTS WITH YOU,” and listed the cities for the SEIU “Townhall Circuit” for 2013 contract negotiations.

Yet what should have overshadowed the small gathering of emotional parents, did not. Although, the contrast was stark.

It was mothers and fathers who said their children had been stolen from them by Child Protective Services, versus well-compensated state employees balking at Gov. Jerry Brown telling SEIU and other labor unions currently embroiled in bargaining talks, that new labor contracts need to be “cost-neutral.”

‘You’re really going to love mom’

"Our society has let [children] down by not being supportive of mothers, and even fathers, who dedicate their time and often their lives to their children."

◼ (Rick Santorum) fights what he calls "radical" feminism, but he's expressing a feminist position. - Althouse
◼ Santorum on women in combat: What "other types of emotions" was he talking about? - Althouse

What "other types of emotions"? I'm guessing that Rubin is worried that he's stuck on some stereotype about women — they're too "emotional" — but I think he's referring to an argument about the way men feel — that is, an urge to protect women that would skew decisionmaking and performance.