Max would like to file a report with CPS based on this article.

Majority of Parents Abuse Children, Children Report.

"According to the report, a shocking 100 percent of children who claimed to have been abused said their parents repeatedly answered "maybe" to a request, and then withheld from them a definitive answer for hours or, in some cases, days."

Comments

[BOSSY]

Knock Knock. (who's there?) It's Child Protective Services for Bossy.

[BOSSY]

Wait a minute, did Bossy comment first? Where is everybody? Out in the daylight?

[Sarah de la Casa]

Oh, the horrors!

My son actually called an agency trying to put himself up for adoption after we a) moved and his bedroom was too small. and b) decided not to replace the broken TV.

[SUV Mom]

Friggin great. Mine will be filing charges too. If I say "no" to anything they consider that abusive.
Ungrateful offspring!

[Lisa V]

I think when the jury sees the video tape of my kids saying "Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom..." even after I yell "What?!" I will totally get off with probabtion.

[Jessica]

HHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAA!!! Is it too late for me to file charges against my parents, even though I'm 40? They used to do that to me all the time. Plus my mother would say things like, "If you don't like my rules, complain to your therapist when you're 30. For now, it's my way." Which I now find, of course, freaking brilliant!

[beanblossom]

OH man...I use "Maybe" a lot, too. Mostly because my dad's favorite word was "No!" without even listening to what I asked (which sometimes worked in my favor if I worded my request correctly: "Do you mind if I take $20 from your wallet, daddy?).

Actually, I now usually just ignore them hoping they'll go away. (seriously, my kids are good kids...they just are teenagers who have revereted to 2 year old status with all the dang questions).

[jenB]

Today, Mark was putting on Charlotte's shoes and she yelled DON'T HIT ME! Great.

[CouryG]

My 5 yo wants to know when I will go away so that she can have her nice mommy back. She told her friends that I was her evil stepmother. This the child that had colic for the first 3 years of her life. Little brat.

Can I report myself? I mean, by the time they figure out that I do not abuse her, I would have at least a month alone, right?

[izzosmom]

Heh. My friends and I used to always joke, "I'm gonna call 241-KIDS on you..."

Then, my friend's seven-year-old DID call while in time out. TIME OUT!!

Anyway, I guess that's what we get for saying the number so often. It shouldn't be so cute.

[Melizzard]

Hopefully then my "We'll See" will get me off scott free. Although the Pud already wanders off mumbling "That really means no."

[jonbeckett]

This is all the fault of America, and letting people file class action law suits against each other for everything from swearing at somebody to looking at them in a threatening manner...

[mildred]

I am not a stalker....I promise. I read you all of the time but have never commented (anywhere)before. But, I totally saw you at the pool today!!! It was a strange combination of feeling as though I had sighted a celebrity and an old friend. Just wanted to say "hi". That's all.

[Melissa Summers]

Mildred, how funny! Were you blinded by my very very white thighs?

[mildred]

No. But I did like your swim suit.
Is it strange that I'm still so excited to have spotted you?! It's just like the time I saw Molto Mario (from the Food Network)at the grocery store Up North! Still not a stalker thou....

Congrats on the house.

[superblondgirl]

Oh, no, CPS is coming to my house, then, too. I guess I might as well beat the kid so at least it's worth their time to come over.

[KYouell]

Lordy, I didn't get it until I actually clicked over & saw it was The Onion. Next time I'm going to hover over your links to see where they lead before I read.

Oh, and if I had been in Mildred's position I think I would have asked for your autograph.

I'll go hang my head in shame now. :-)