What Kind of Parent?

September 28, 2009

in The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

This summer, my friend/teacher/rock star neighbour asked me if he could use my kid in a music video for one of his band’s latest songs. His charming daughter and my boy have been good friends since they were tiny babes, and they’re both cute as the dickens, so his idea of “kids gone wild” was a good one. Plus, I adore my neighbour and his family, and I would do anything I can to help him, anytime. So I left my kid in his capable hands, and here’s what happened:

There are all kind of haters of this thing, admonishing our parenting skills, and giving us crap about wrecking little kids, and the problems with evil, and blah, blah, effing blah… you know what kind of parent lets her kid do this kind of thing? Well, THIS kind of parent would and did. The kind that feels secure that her kid knows what “pretend” is, and he had the time of his life being “the bad kid doing bad things” because he knows the difference between right and wrong, and anyway, I have it on pretty good authority that heaven will still have my sweet baby when he’s a very old man, despite his mother’s shenanigans with neighbour-cohorts. I am not worried. (The baby Jesus only has a thing with me, and not the children, as far as I can tell.)

And the video is awesome, as well as the song… Five Oh, by Boo Hoo. It’s rad, dudes.

And anyone who doesn’t like it can just suck it.

G.G.

  • http://www.facebook.com/annyr Anny Rail

    What kind of parent? Pfft! The ROCKING kind!!!

  • http://www.smacksy.com Lisa Rae @ smacksy

    I was watching this video of your gorgeous kid with my three year-old. His comments:
    “What are they doing?”
    “Are they driving a car?”
    “Where is their mama?”
    “I want to do that!”
    “Can I know them?”
    So, he's on board with the concept.

  • Grumble Girl

    I like you. xox

  • Grumble Girl

    Your kid sounds awesome… I love awesome kids. If he tries to steal your neighbour's car, please don't blame me. Okay, you can blame my kid. It's the reason we had kids in the first place. We almost named him “The Fall Guy” but it was too long for the monogramming…

  • janiseriksen

    OMG! That was the CUTEST!! I just loved the video! Your baby boy is a star!(and GORGEOUS I might add) Can I just tell you how much I look forward to your blogs!

  • Cat

    Ha ha Awesome!!!!

  • Grumble Girl

    That warms my cockles, Janis… miss you!! Thanks SO much for reading!!

  • Grumble Girl

    Thanks, chica… dem kids kill me, mon!

  • http://www.womenonthefence.com/ Erica Diamond

    At least it was the little girl smoking and not Oliver. You must be proud!
    xoxo

  • Grumble Girl

    Um, my kids was smoking the JOINT! Yeah. I suck. And, I rock.

  • Tony

    This rocks..sounds like you're raising a well balanced kid…Kudos!

  • dragonflyb

    I think the video rocked – and you're son is adorable!

    Anyone that can't tell the difference between that and reality needs the reality check themselves – not you!

  • bdsigel

    I've watched it too many times. Those are my kids too you know.
    Love Olivers' expression in the passengers seat as Fran drives the car away and Olivers' grin when he has the joint in his lips…kills me every time.

    Love the song too.

    :)

  • http://dufmanno.wordpress.com/ kelly duffy

    That video is spectacular! Love the song and the kids are fantastic in it. Never let any one tell you otherwise.

  • Grumble Girl

    I'm doing my best, but I think he just got an “awesome” gene, and likely from his dad.

  • Grumble Girl

    Right? Thanks lady…

  • Grumble Girl

    And you are THEIR mum too. Hey! where the hell have you been? And where's dinner? I'm freaking STARVING!! Oy.

  • Grumble Girl

    Oh, that is so nice to hear… I'm not in the habit of letting the haters get me down, but I've got my fingers crossed that we won't have to save our petty-cash for therapy later, just in case.

    That song SO rocks, doesn't it?! I looooove it!! And my kid's a badass… just like his mama. Awesome.

  • rachelboyle

    This is the best video I have ever seen. Hands down. Okay, I'm biased because Oliver is in it but still. Kanye should have been upset about *this* not winning a VMA.

    Keep that rock-and-roll attitude GG. We need more Moms like you!!!

  • http://negativelane.blogspot.com jen @ negative lane

    I love the song and I think the kids are great in the video. I agree with you that if your kid knows he's pretending, and also knows the difference between right and wrong, there's no harm. Everyone likes to “play” at being bad once in a while. In this case the results are hilarious and entertaining, without the nasty side effect of possible jail time.

  • http://negativelane.com jen @ negative lane

    I love the song and I think the kids are great in the video. I agree with you that if your kid knows he's pretending, and also knows the difference between right and wrong, there's no harm. Everyone likes to “play” at being bad once in a while. In this case the results are hilarious and entertaining, without the nasty side effect of possible jail time.

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