Posted by
Shogrensus on Friday, April 18, 2008 10:31:46 PM
April 11, 2008 (cont.)
The last segment opens with a pan shot of Chris Rock’s mom, Rose Rock, on the couch with all 5 women. She is promoting her new book- Mama Rock’s Rules. After SS introduces the guest, EH stands up to welcome her from the side- completely oblivious to the fact that she has been sitting 4 feet away from her since the break…
EH: Oh my gosh! I didn’t know you were there. How did you get there? (She goes over to give Ms. Rock a hug and says “Obviously I need to get some sleep as a parent”
If it weren’t so sad it would be funny…
To Elisabeth’s delight, they moved quickly onto Mama Rock’s parenting suggestions: She says she would rather a person spank a child than use hurtful words as the words reverberate and the spank goes away. I would rather parents did neither. I wish she would have said that parents should always apologize when they do step over the line with hurtful words. My Dad used to say everything’s a memory but kids remember the bad much more clearly than the good.
Her best points:
· Parents aren’t friends.
· It’s not a popularity contest.
· You only get one shot to raise a good child.
· Every action has a reaction.