Monday, June 23, 2008

James Wilke Broderick curious about his parents smoking

Matthew Broderick told New York Magazine, "He's already curious. I can just see the little budding gene of a smoker in there. He'll see a cigarette butt and say, 'What is that? Why do people smoke?'"
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Matthew admits that he and his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker have tried to cut down on smoking, but, haven't stopped. They go outside to smoke. James Wilke is one of my favorite celeb kids because of the stories they tell about him. He's so mature it's hard to believe he's only five. He questions everything. I like how he asks his dad, "what is that?" when he knows damn well what it is. It's guilt inducing and probably works like a charm.
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Man, you ARE going to screw up your kid no matter what you do. I'm not even kidding. Have a cocktail before dinner? Screw up your kid. Drink beer at a ballgame? Screw up your kid. A teeny bit of road rage? Screw up your kid. Flipping someone the bird, telling a spouse to shut up, being to tired to cook, calling a phone solicitor an asshole, kicking Jehovah's off your porch, imposing different bedtimes, not buying the right designer jeans..I could go on forever. Even if you're the perfect parent, then the kids will say they can't live up to your perfection and YOU SCREWED THEM UP. Just give up, go outside and have a smoke. Jeez. It is a right of passage to be screwed up by your parents. That's why therapists have jobs. Get over it. Unless you're a grand parent..then you're perfect. Heh.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

maybe they should start stocking up on 'patches' and nicotine gum for him now???

just tell the kid smoking is bad, it's addictive and you hope they never start....

Anonymous said...

I asked my daughter who is 22 (her bf is also 22) what would happen if they got married and when their son turned 14 he comes to dad and says "I have been smoking pot dad". I asked her what would he say and her response was this (He'd say)> "And?' Needless to say I don't know a young guy that doesn't smoke cigs or pot or both. Thankfully neither of them smoke cigs but HE does like his pot. I doubt they marry anyway, he has a fabu career and is nice looking. But at 22 you can't get that serious. She's madly in love with him but doesn't partake. So, I have to say having been a child of the 70's and a teenager back then, a kid is gonna do all kinds of sh** before they are done trying it all. I did!! This kid will smoke cigs, of course. Maybe he won't like it. But he might like pot. Who knows? By then it will be his decision, right now they do need to strongly adhere to the "DO NOT SMOKE" policy. But being a hypocrite isn't my style, so this is a hard one. "I hope you don't smoke" is a way better way to handle as said in a prev post. They will do what they want anyway. I like The Family Stone...their kids smoke pot and 1 son is super sweet gay guy,her daughter is totally messed up etc...but they love their family and dad even gets stoned with son (Luke Wilson) and mom (Diane Keaton) knows it. Adults are adults.Dayum, kids! I tell ya'. We(kids born in the 50's) are the 1st generation of "Rock & Roll" parents and our kids show it. It's OK. It's not our fault. We turned out OK! Gawd...sorry for the soapbox today!

Anonymous said...

Could someone please get this kid and Kate Hudson's kid to a barber!!!

Anonymous said...

I've got another one...

"Murder a mother and her daughter because you were drunk driving..."

Screw up your kid!


BTW, anon/6:43-- take a fuckin' breath already.

Anonymous said...

Smoking is THE most useless activity/waste of health and money ever. And if you never start, you never miss it. And the tobacco corps are extremely greedy bottom-feeders which I hate to see supported. I'm lucky I never started, since I would have probably never be able to quit.
It took me 25 years before I could quit coffee! Now I drink tea (chai) but don't try to take that away from me!

So my 20 yr old daughter smokes despite my anti-smoking ranting all her life.

DD you are absolutely right about parenting.

Anonymous said...

LOL. You ought to go on Tyra with that parenting rant DD, it's right on the money!

Of course grandparents are perfect, we just can't figure out how great grandparents raised such screwed up parents :P.

Anonymous said...

If he's going to be curious about anything, it should be why his mother whinnies every morning when she wakes up.