Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe, separate

I'm sad too. From what I've read they seemed to be able to make it work, but I guess not...

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Come on.... What's the deal with these posts? I understand that some people have an insatiable hunger to pry into other people's lives, but is this really necessary here? Perhaps you'd like to start a celebrity blog? I'm not sure if there are any of those...

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I can't believe MY reaction to reading this post... I was like 'WHAT?!?!!?' Like you, this makes me sad... they did seem very family-oriented and, while young, really good parents.

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Tor- plz take it easy. Tons of moms look to celebs to see how they handle parenthood. Is it prying? I don't think so. Pop & celebrity culture is a reflecting pool for our society. When a young successful family like Reese & Ryan's goes thru a split I think it helps people take stock in thier own marriage. I think it is good to learn something from the life experiences of others.

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'Cause lots of other families are dealing with the stress of being followed by the press, tons of money, traveling constantly and all the other issues that celebrities face. It may be good to learn from others, but celebrities are often not good models, and there are tons of other parents out there setting great examples.

They're separated. My understanding of the purpose of this blog was to provide information to help us be better parents. Not to make us feel better because such a nice celebrity couple is getting separated. This article doesn't even link to something about the stress of separation ok kids...

Its as if the fact that they have two kids was just enough of a rationalization to post it here...

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I think your understanding of this blog is a wee bit skewed, then, Tor. Honestly, if you're looking to a *blog* to help you be a better parent? Well, that's kind of sad. It's a news snippet blog, not Dr. Spock.

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Hee Hee What Kimberly said.

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I hope they find a way to work it out. This is just sad. If you look at the attached picture though, they don't look happy. :(

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Blogging Baby: "Weblog offering parenting tips and information about baby products."

Yeah - I'd say parenting tips are one way to *help* you be a better parent. Of course, telling my kids that the star of Harry Potter will soon be on broadway naked, or that Reese Witherspoon broke up with whoever she married will be just as helpful as a new organic baby food, or a product recall for a popular toy.

It's interesting - from the comments to this post, the more stars you have, the less you seen interested in 'parenting tips' and the more interested you are in celebrities dirty laundry. So that's why I don't have any stars...

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No, you don't have any stars because a) they don't give out stars
anymore, and b)you're kinda nasty.I rarely comment, or even read, the
celeb stuff. And you'll notice my comment had nothing to do about
Reese and Ryan and everything to do with the notion that BB is
designed to make me a better parent. (insert eyeroll here). BB is
certainly out to make me a more *informed* parent. But a better one?
I'm thinking if I need help in that area I might go seeking it from
actual trained professionals, not a bunch of mommy(and daddy)
bloggers who are trawiling news feeds (no offense guys, you know I
love you!). So, how about you get off your high horse, take the site
for the fluff it is, or take your misguided search for better
parenting elsewhere. Judging by your holier than thou attitude, sense of superiority and need to be a better parent through internet usage, I'd say mothering dot com should be right up your alley.

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I don't know why you feel sad either. It's not like you know them, you only know what the papparazzi have taken pictures of and what their publicists and agents have pushed into the media. What you know is a cardboard cut-out, not a three-dimensioned couple with two kids.

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Kimberly - I guess if you think that a more informed parent isn't a better parent, your comment makes sense. Beyond that, you'll notice if you look at my comments that I did not attack anyone directly, nor did I call them, "kinda nasty" or comment on their "holier than thou attitude, sense of superiority and need to be a better parent through internet usage." That's because I don't think ad hominem attacks are effective, nor to they reflect well on the person who made them.

Yeah - the people here trawl news feeds for comments, and I understand that there is pressure to make a certain number of posts a day. In dealing with that pressure, I've noticed that the subject of the posts has broadened, from 'parenting tips and information about baby products' to other things, including increased coverage of celebrities.

I'm sure that I'm not the only one here who actually knows a celebrity or two, even if the are minor, and I'm positive that I'm not alone in knowing that the 'coverage' of them is often skewed and usually incomplete. So the fact that Reese Witherspoon has broken up with whatshisname, if it is even true, and without any other details (true or not) is effectively useless to anyone who doesn't get a prurient thrill from digitally looking through someone else's dirty laundry. Obviously you do enjoy this kind of stuff, along with the other defenders of this post - as no one here has really made an argument that this does provide information that fits with Blogging Baby's mission, or that it is even useful, other than to help "take stock in thier own marriage."

Yeah, if you are coming here in hopes Blogging Baby will show you how to be a good parent, you are SOL. Similarly, if you are looking at celebrity news to help you with your own marriage, you are SOL. I come here for "parenting tips and information about baby products." Which I think makes me a more informed parent, relatively speaking, and therefore a slightly better one. For example, I wouldn't have a personal dislike of Bratz dolls without BB, as I wouldn't have heard of them. But now that I know about them, when my daughter is older an asks for one, I will be better prepared. The same for product recalls.

I'm sure Rachel posted this with the best of intentions, thinking others were interested in it. And clearly people are. But similar to the 'Harry Potter nude on stage' post, I don't think this is the place for it. My vote counts the same as other readers here - which isn't much - but it won't be counted if it isn't heard.

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Tor, I'm with ya. This celebrity news is fine, as long as it's left to Go Fug, TMZ, etc. There are PLENTY of blogs and sites dedicated to everything celebrity. Some argue that if a celebrity post goes up, I can scroll right past it. True, except that the writers are paid to post a certain number of RELEVANT, PERTINENT articles, and everytime a celebrity item pops up, that's one less BB-appropriate story for the day.

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Gail - Thanks. I haven't minded the posts about so-and-so having a baby, which are arguably relevant, or a few posts among the others, but I've noticed a trend over the past few months of fewer interesting posts (like the one earlier about odd baby and birthing related patents) and more celebrity type posts.

And I know it must be tough to find interesting posts for every day of the week, and sometimes there isn't a lot out there. But Rachel also has 107 posts over the past 30 days, so where I might have understood 'I have to make my quota' (if there is one) - in this case it seemed gratuitous.

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I know somebody who needs a nap.

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I do need a nap. I mean, is there anyone out there who wouldn't like to take a nap in the middle of the day? Naps are great.

Oh! I just got it. Rather than deal with what I wrote, you'd rather just imply that I am a four year old.

Excellent choice.

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Tor,

I guess that depends on the value of the information. Advice on issues that pertain to my childrearing needs from accredited experts? Sure, that's information that will help me to become a better parent. A bunch of product reviews and child/parent realted news snippets presented in an infotainment format? Not so much. And nowhere do I see BB claiming that I will be made a better parent by visiting their site. I stand by my original assertions that 1) if you're looking to BB to become a better parent, that's just silly, and 2) looking to an infotainment blog for advice and guidelines on childrearing is just sad. Go buy a book. And really, if you need BB to tell you what to think about Bratz dolls rather than going to the store and making up your own mind about them, well....actually, anything I could say here would be nasty.

And no, you didn't flat out call anyone a name. You just implied that people you don't know, and whose posting empty headed, sychophantic celebrity whores, while you of course were a serious minded individual who only has the good of your children in mind when you log on to this site. I'm a bit more direct than that: you're tone, and your implications, were nasty. If you don't want to be called nasty, don't act nasty.

And yes, your vote counts. But you don't need to be nasty about it. Many people who read this site *would* be interested in Reese and Ryan or Harry Potter. Their votes count too. The simple solution is read what interests you and leave the rest.

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Kimberly:
"silly... sad... actually, anything I could say here would be nasty... empty headed, sychophantic celebrity whores... nasty... nasty... nasty... nasty."

I'm glad you're so direct. Do people usually respond well?

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Hey....star delegator....Tor wants some stars. She can have mine. Sounds like she's a little bitter.

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1) Back to the post, I am sad about the break-up in that there are too few young Hollywood stars, who seem to be good role models for young families.
2) I don't mind the odd "non-parenting" news now and then. Yes, it has nothing to do with my being a more "informed" parent, but this is sometimes the only place I get any news all day (sad, but true, I know). That's my small vote for news from the weird and not-necessarily-related-to-parenting.
3) What ARE the stars for? I used to know, but I've slept since then.
4) Tor - as valid as your points may be (and some of them were), people generally are a whole lot less likely to consider your comments when you come across as strong as you have.(Trust me, I've been there on a bad PMSing, with no chocolate in the house, and baby decided no naps were a good idea, day. Jumped right in the middle of a baby sling vs baby "bucket" debate. Did NOT mean to go there!) And you did come across kind of strong, girl.

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