Comments on: Mad childhood

By: MrsMasterChief

MrsMasterChief — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 06:21:20 +0000

Absolutely loving those shoes to death!!

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Good dogs, or, Why you should be watching Terriers « The Idler — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:01:07 +0000

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By: ana

ana — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:38:48 +0000

In reply to Tim Carmody. yes! i really like how that little boy has become involved with sally. i thought that episode of bizarre rebellion was smart and it makes me wonder what's going to happen next with these kids.

By: Tim Carmody

Tim Carmody — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:54:45 +0000

There’s also the little boy from the first season whom Betty baby-sits (while his mom’s working for the Kennedy campaign); he walks in on Betty in the bathroom, then asks for a lock of her hair. His mom confronts Betty for giving it to him, and Betty slaps her; later, she confides in him, left alone in a car.

The kids are already strange, just like their parents. They’re our parents. They’re us.

By: ana

ana — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:39:57 +0000

Thanks. Yeah, sometimes I just laugh out loud at what a beast that mama is and other times I fantasize about the kids’ awful futures. Therapy, so much therapy. On another note, I kind of love how the parents don’t care because it shows that maybe we aren’t all wired to be good parents. The Drapers seem to have a family because they’re “supposed to”–and that myth is still floating around today.

By: Kevin Mattison

Kevin Mattison — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:59:19 +0000

My wife and I have often laughed about the fact that the Draper school of child rearing seems to be distilled into asking the children to please go into another room.

Nice article, Ana.