Brooke Shields Feels Like the 'Odd Mom Out'

I get the same response from the mother's in my neighborhood and the PTA moms, because I dress like a hippy and I'm strict with who my son hangs out with. My son is easily led to do things that get him into trouble so I stay on top of it and I like for him to play with other kids who parents have the same values and morals.

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as i do. sorry forgot that part but i agree with Brooke I can only worry about my kids and their future making them into great parents and great people.

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Agreed. I get the same looks from other parents. What must be understood is that we know our own children. My son is VERY easily led astray and will cross the line before you can blink an eye. I keep on top of him now so that hopefully, as he grows up and learns to moderate his own behaviour, he'll always have that little voice helping him to make the "right" choices.

And, anyway, I think that parents are far too lenient with children as the current trend. Which is causing backlash in the form of people being intolerant towards children in general -- in restaurants, airplanes, shops, etc. It doesn't aid in the development of our children as successful people to let them run wild without structure or regards to rules, nor does it help parents and families when a large segment of society is turning against them in reaction to out of control kids. End of rant.

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Amen, Brooke! I have always admired you and it's obvious you and your family are doing it right.
Now, get that crazy Hollywood to start having manners! To you mothers out there, especially with daughters....your daughters do NEED to be loved,but with strict love. Make no mistake. The are few role models out there. Stand up and ba a strict, loving
mother!

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Brooke is a classic.....a classic beauty....a classic mom.....a classy lady!

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Amen I have to agree as a mom there is no other job that comes first. My son whom just turned ten is currently serving house arrest ( grounded) for being on the roof of his grade school. I don't know wha hit me first the fear that he could have been seriously injured, or loss of a good school (right adross the street) and rated highest in education. Or the fact that if he did this what else will he think is okay to do. I rather be there so that he can be there in the future. We have to teach or kids there is right and wrong, and how respect themselves. I have daughters too and have seen their friends parents through out rules til something bad happens and the parents flip out on the kids.
I'm an entertainer by career choice, but being a mommy well that is who I am. True I have lost a lot of gigs, but I have been able to see the fruit through my kids.
Brooke keep up the good work.

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my parents were on me,so much that i had no life ,had anxiety disorder and mutism they wouldnt treat cause of the fashist"war on drugs"and am left a misrable wreck of a person with little life.screw brook sheilds,she had post partum depression probly cause she doesnt love her kids and just likes 2 order them around.she kn ows she had a nice life in the more free atmosphere of the '70s.lindsay lohans father physically abused her,thats wat was bad not that her mother didnt stop her from drinking so she could feel all the horror like i had 2.i think brook sheildses dauthers should be allowed 2 drink 2.im sick of the american child abuse iz fashonable garbage.america sux.evry iz not partying (not enough neway)and parents no how 2 be mean they dont need constant encouragment.

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Okey, Brooke, you may not want to name names but I will...candidates for worse mother of the year:
Dina Lohan, Lynn Spears, ex-Mrs. Ritchie, Kathy Hilton, Joe Simpson's other half, Virgie Arthur ( mother of ANS ), Mrs Winehouse, Kate Moss, Courtney Love, Olsen twin's mother, and now that they're mothers themselves, Britney Spears, Nicole Ritchie...

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those that look at you and sneer are the ones who let there children do way to much and there children are the ones who will get into trouble

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To: todd lissner

Bitter much?

Good God... you don't even know the people that you skewered in your little rant. THAT is truly ugly. Grow up. S&*t (crap) happens in our lives that is out of our control The good thing is that once we are adults, we can choose to walk away from the people that have hurt us, and to learn to deal with the anger/hurt that is left over. If you are an adult, I suggest that you do that. Otherwise, you have nobody to blame for your current nasty attitude but yourself.

You can choose to live in your nasty past or ditch it and smell the roses with the rest of us.

Good luck.

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I agree with brooke!! It's all about parenting! If you don't teach your kids the value of hard work, self respect and respect for others, they will walk all over you and everyone who stands in their way! Just look at these starlets running around the tabloids! And they make it harder for parents that are trying to do the right things raising their children! How can you teach your kid not to drink and drive when these stars are drinking and driving and not suffering the consequences?! And these starlets parents are sticking up for their out of control kids saying "kids will be kids". Give me a break! Children need love and discipline!

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Todd Lissner, I feel so very sorry for you. You are a very bitter individual. To be siding with those unfit parents and thoughtless starlets, etc. is very sad. I was a single mom. I was strict. I wanted to know when, who and how. But,I was also my son's best friend. We had respect for each other. My son is now a doctor. I never got support and was a secretary and server (part-time) to make sure he had a good life. He learned respect for himself and others. I feel sorry for you (who have no respect for yourself or others) Blame everyone else. May God give you comfort.

P.S. I am a young mother of a doctor. so don't be thinking I am so kind of "old frump". Were you drinking when you typed your comment? It seems very disoriented.

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Oh, by the way, Go Brooke!!!!!!

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Go Brooke

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Parents are too easy on their children today; and, too often the children do not come first. If a child is allowed - ever- to disrespect their parents, then they will go on in life to disrespect authority of any kind. Parents MUST teach their children values, integrity, honesty and self-respect and these teachings must be led by example. This is the ONLY way to really raise a child in today's world.

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todd lissner - you write like a 7 year old. No wonder your parents were tough on you. Also, "screw you" for not taking post partum depression seriously enough. If you'd take your own illness more seriously then maybe you wouldn't be a grown man still blaming all his problems on his parents. Grow up and take responsibility for your own happiness.

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I can understand Brooke wanting to be on top of her kids, but overbearing is never a good thing. Regardless, what really upsets me is how she blames only the mothers of the Hollywood starlets. As if their fathers (or possibly the lack thereof) had no effect on their children. Lindsay Lohan's dad ring a bell? Paris's dad spoiling his "princess"? Britney openly saying she doesn't get along with her dad? Jessica Simpson's dad is her manager and pushed his daughters into stardom (though I'm not sure why she was mentioned since she doesn't compare to Brit, Lind, or Paris) Or how about Michael Jackson's dad! Anyone think he should get father of the year? Brooke, give me a break. As a woman you should know better than to resort to the traditional "blame the mother" routine. If your child screws up one day, I guess we should all be pointing the finger at you.

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I agree with Brooke..she has always presented herself as a caring mom...I was seen as a bad mother because I tried to instill morals and good manners in my children..the other moms told me I was too strict with my kids...well now one is living on her own and living life by the seat of her pants, and the other one is at a PARTY college...you can do what you can as a parent, but once kids get a mind of their own and TURN LEGAL age..thats it...you can only hope that what you taught them they will remember and USE!!!!

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I think it's cruel to bash Todd, especially since you just criticized him for the mean things he said about Brooke. Don'y assume you know everything about a person. Maybe his parents were really unloving and it impacted him. Everyone should be responsible for their own happiness, but we can't deny the impact parents have on our well being. Let's show a little compassion, the world could use it.

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"Overbearing and controlling" are way different than teaching your kids right from wrong. She might be more like her mom than she cares to acknowledge. Why does she say "it might look that way from the outside"? Maybe she's worried she really is that way. We have no proof what kind of mother she is, we have to take her word for it. We can't observe her parenting skills from photographs and tv commercials. Yet she's so quick to criticize other celebs' moms. Only time will tell as her children grow up!

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