Comments on: Oh, Dear Lord! Jenny McCarthy Gets an Oprah-Approved Soapbox

By: Aubrey Marchionni

Aubrey Marchionni — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:54:09 +0000

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By: Terrie Cooper

Terrie Cooper — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:18:06 +0000

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…On Celebrity Endorsements. « “That you may ruminate” — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:16:12 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:21:41 +0000

I’d have used gender-neutral language showing my disdain for all parents equally, but that wouldn’t have worked with the TY4S quote. ;)

By: didionsmommy

didionsmommy — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:46:57 +0000

MD … the wiki page on mccarthy says that her son likely has a form of epilepsy that is often misdiagnosed in toddlers as autism.

that indigo crap is amazing … google it for more … crazy stuff … like kids who go on shooting rampages are indigo … special … too special for this world … or something like that …

***
steve … i caution against carrying the mothers knowing “squat about what’s best for their children” thing too far … for several reasons, not the least of which … *i* am one of them.

; )

(thanks for the TY4S reference!)

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:51:36 +0000

Regarding whether or not mothers know squat about what’s best for their children, I always find this exchange from the great movie Thank You for Smoking applicable:

“Oh, is your mommy a doctor?”
“No.”
“A scientific researcher of some kind?”
“No.”
“Well, then she’s hardly a credible expert, is she?”

By: MarshallDog

MarshallDog — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:34:56 +0000

Wow… thanks d, it’s actually far worse than I thought. And just so we’re all clear, what all that means is Jenny thinks her son’s mental disorder is actually a sign that he’s a highly advanced human, in fact the next step in evolution. At least that’s what she thought before she hitched herself onto the whole autism/anti-vaccine bandwagon. Also, maybe I’m mistaken, but I remember hearing from somewhere that Jenny’s kid might not even be autistic?

By: didionsmommy

didionsmommy — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:37:04 +0000

no, he’s a crystal …

SHE’s an indigo MOM …

I was walking hand in hand with my son down a Los Angeles street when this women [sic] approached me and said, “You’re an Indigo and your son is a Crystal.” I immediately replied, “Yes!” and the woman smiled at me and walked away. I stood there for a moment, because I had no idea what the heck an Indigo and Crystal was, but I seemed so sure of it when I had blurted out “Yes!” After doing some of my own research on the word Indigo, I realized not only was I an early Indigo but my son was in fact a Crystal child. From that point on things in my life started to make sense.

(my bold, but her glorious words.)

http://childrenofthenewearth.com/free.php?page=articles_free/mccarthy_jenny/article1

By: MarshallDog

MarshallDog — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:34:07 +0000

Autism? I thought Jenny McCarthy’s son was an indigo child?

By: Gotchaye

Gotchaye — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:18:48 +0000

Hear, hear. Also worth noting that she’s not just spreading inaccurate information about autism – she also blames vaccines for causing autism, and is a big figure in anti-vaccination circles. In addition to encouraging parental misdiagnoses, her books encourage parents to keep their children from being vaccinated.