Oh..I thought she actually raised a hand and slapped one of the kids. I was off trying to find it (spanking and hitting aren't done in our home and I hated when Kate spanked one of the little kids). So she moved him away from the fridge with the back of her hand. His head turned, so that's considered a slap. See, that's the type of stuff I hate to see reported, and considered something bad that Kate did. She was moving him away from the fridge, and now it's a slap. So, has anyone else here every moved your child away from you with the back of your hand? (How about when Jon pulls them by the arm, which he does a lot..is that OK? I never see anyone talk abut that).
Oh, no -- it was definitely a hit. I guess you have to see it, which is why I'm ticked that I can't find the video right now.
It was no harder than I've seen her hit Jon, but with the back of her hand. Some people might find it acceptable, some not -- which is why I used it as an example of how we don't know what their motives are -- we can't.
It's certainly something I would never do, but then again I'm not a spanker. There are so many other alternatives. But pulling a kid up by the arm to put them in their time out spot, I have done (following the threat "if you won't move your body, I will move it for you"). Probably I do things differently because I spent a lot of years taking care of other people's kids before I had my own. Moving them by pulling their arm is a method of redirecting a child that is considered acceptable here, whereas hitting under any circumstances is not.
she was a reporter for Star.
Life & Style is somehow connected to the National Enquirer, I think.
I was trying to follow up on this the other day, after your post about Star and National Enquirer, and somebody asking whether they might be connected to TLC (so far nothing on that)
But American Media Inc. own National Enquirer, Star, Country Weekly, and Globe plus a bunch of fitness magazines including Shape and Fit Pregnancy. Apparently they don't own Life & Style.
Not defending Kate or anything but my DM does this to my DDad. She spent almost her entire adult life in NJ. They got transferred to CO in their late 50s and she has no intention of pumping her own gas. She will if she has to but really tries to either go to a station with an attendant or have DDad do it. He loves her and just does it. And I hate pumping my own gas too. When we're out of state I always let DH do it if he's with me. If he's not, I will pump it.
We still have a few gas stations here in the city that have 1 lane with an attendant, but all have self-serve. In the country where we spend our summers, most still have an attendant. I got to know which ones had an attendant, and which ones I could pay at the pump when I had my DD -- I just refused to have to take her out of the car to go in and pay, so I only went to the ones where I didn't have to do that.
AIyiyi , I just. don't. get. it. 
. I just might not see things the same as you. If you think my not viciously tearing apart or hating Kate (or Jon) like some like do, is a fault of mine, it's one I'll wear with pride.
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Very smart move, I bet they see an increase in sales. Now if all the others would do the same.
