Coco Scene! Oh Where do the Wife Swap moms come from!?

Coco follows several stories and series in the evenings. Some are very entertaining and others are, well, time killing guilty pleasures.

When the I want to see how life is on the other side of town, I tune into ABC's Wife Swap. Yes, most of the stories are so over the top on Wife Swap they sound like they can only be found in fiction or Britney Spears life.

A recent episode I recorded (who has time during the day or dinner time to watch TV!), had some anti-soccer mom (it's in the press release for the episode) named "Donna" who ran her own coffee shop/art gallery/club. Oh, and she also had six kids she raised part-time. What a case.

Basket case dad/artiste ran the household so "Donna" could fulfill her fantasies of being some sort of creative person when in fact she came off as just an angry old hag who should have been sterilized and left in another country entirely populated by mimes.

Donna's best line was at the end when her husband Milquetoast gently let her know the youngest kids liked playing soccer and he would like them to continue playing. "Donna's" response was a snappy and smug, "Great. You can take them".

I hope Donna's kids remember this. I know my kids would. Someday "Donna" will be in the hospital terminally ill from inhaling too many espresso grounds and listening to really bad poetry and unfortunately, no one will be there to see her. Her children will be too warped or off doing something equally creative and selfish (apples and the distance they fall, "Donna") or perhaps so bitter they may have better things to do.

Dear Donna... get used to the word..dysfunctional.. this will be the kinder.. gentler word your children will use in describing their childhood with you when they are sitting on the Oprah-esque show of the era as adults suffering from the woes of the life you never prepared them for!

Don't you love television?!

Toodles!

Coco Scene! Scary parenting!

Before ....

After...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- It's a case that shocked Houston. A mother, Andrea Yates, drowned her own five children in a bathtub. And now, Eyewitness News has learned her ex-husband has taken another important step in moving on with his life.

In June, it will be seven years since Rusty Yates lost all of his children. And now, he's starting a new family. He told Eyewitness News he has a new baby. He confirmed for us today that his new wife, Laura, recently had a baby. He wouldn't tell us much else about the child.

We don't know exactly when the baby was born or the child's gender. He does tell us mom and child are doing fine.

Rusty and Laura married in March of 2006 following his divorce from Andrea. The wedding took place just days before Andrea's second trial in the drowning death's of she and Rusty's five children.

An appeals court threw out Yates' first conviction due to false testimony from a key prosecution witness. The second trial ended in her being found not guilty by reason of insanity. She's since been sent to a state mental facility.

George Parnham represented Andrea Yates at trial. While he worries about any negative effect on her therapy, he says the news of this child's birth doesn't Seem to have affected her.

"She is at peace with the issue," said Parnham. "She only wants the best for Rusty, his wife and their new child. Andrea's position is that that life goes on."

Talk about a person who should have a license to be a father!! His current wife is old enought to know better...but that sweet baby....Poor Kid.

Toodles!

CocoScene! Kid Nation - What were they thinking?

Lord of the Flies is back! Welcome to Kid Nation! CocoScene is after all, celebrity news for moms. I am sure loads of mothers will be watching this gem from CBS!

CBS is taking a beating on this fall reality series about 40 real life children left in a desert ghost town with the job of creating their own society and government.

Apparently, safety was not a factor. Children suffered burns and at least four drank bleach by accident! And it gets better as children as young as 8 were required to clean outhouses, find food and allegedly left unsupervised for days at a time!

But don't worry! CBS (Children's Broadcast Service - don' think so!) had the children's best interest at heart!

In addition, CBS insisted in its statement that the show was "extraordinary" in its "behind-the-scenes support structure." That included "...an animal safety expert and a child psychologist, not to mention a roster of producers assigned to monitor the kids' behavior," the network said.

Well, it's good to know that an "animal safety expert" was on hand as well as the "roster of producers". We wonder what CBS describes as monitoring kids' bleach intake?

But... we admit... our darlings will very likely get to watch a little of this show... after all.. nothing is better than when you sweet children suddenly realize how lucky they are that you are their parent... and not some fame hungry, irresponsible "would be adult" who would sell their children off for their fifteen minutes media spotlight.

We remember from the movie years ago, Parenthood:


"You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any bu**-reaming a**h*l* be a father. "

We think this can apply to many that call themselves parents....

We know, not every Mom can be Coco....

Those poor darling children!!!

Toodles!

Angelina Jolie - Stay At Home Mom???

From wenn.com:
Angelina is taking a long break from her film career to focus on caring for her four children.
The actress has just adopted Vietnamese orphan PAX THIEN, three; adding to her large brood with partner Brad Pitt.
Jolie and Pitt are now full-time parents to four children under the age of five: Cambodian MADDOX, five; Ethiopian Zahara MARLEY, two; and their sole biological child SHILOH NOUVEL, 10 months.
Currently in Ho Chi Mihn City, Vietnam, where she formally adopted Pax yesterday (15MAR07), Jolie told local newspaper Ho Chi Minh City Law she was happy to be a full-time mother.
She says, "Now, I will stop making movies and will stay home to help Pax to get used to his new life.
"I have four children and taking care of the children is the most important thing for me at the moment. I am very proud and happy to be their mother."

Okay it only took her fourth child besides having one her own to decide to spend time with her kids? Well, we know who won't be getting nominated for Mom of the year.


Despite her plans for time out, Jolie recently signed on to play railroad executive DAGNY TAGGART in the big-screen version of Ayn Rand's novel ATLAS SHRUGGED.

Do you ever get the feeling that Darling Angie is all about "saying" the right things rather than "doing" them???

Toodles.