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Post by greer on May 29, 2014 2:00:20 GMT -5
I mentioned this in the Karen's New Year thread about LS, but then I realized that terrible parenting decisions in Stoneybrook are not limited to Little Sister.
First one that comes to mind is easily when Jessi was left home alone for the weekend and in charge of Becca and Squirt at age eleven. And then we were supposed to regard Aunt Cecelia as being soooo awful and strict for wondering what the hell Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey, whom I normally like as parents, were smoking.
What else can you guys think of?
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on May 29, 2014 11:37:40 GMT -5
Elizabeth and Watson leaving charlie in charge while they go on their honeymoon in Kridty's big day. I know charlie is older than jessi was, but geez Andrew and Karen were there as well.
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Post by booboobrewer on May 29, 2014 15:07:12 GMT -5
Didn't Sharon and Richard also leave MA and Dawn alone for their honeymoon?
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Post by zoar3 on May 29, 2014 15:31:10 GMT -5
I thought a friend of Lisa's picked up Karen and Andrew to (I think) stay with them? If not, that really wasn't too good a move. There are some sad LS parenting moments and to me one of the worst is in Karen's Angel with Watson being so focused on the money about he store angel and that his two young kids were to buy it. He totally forgot that they (all his family) were as Andrew said, the angels who should count most. I also am sad to say I did not like Seth who normally I think is so awesome in Karen's Tattletale when he and Lisa seemed to put total responsibility on Karen and Andrew to see the animals did not escape, similar to how they foisted the bunnies care on them in Karen's Bunny and yes, the Sadie the puppy incident always makes me sad, too. I don't think Lisa or Seth truly gave much thought to either the animals or their kids in those tails. The very worst LS parenting example that I can think of right now maybe is a tie between Karen's Birthday and Karen's New Year--if that is the book where all the adults in her life decided to teach her a lesson by attacking her from all fronts (not physically thank goodness but with words and jokes). And I just remembered how angry I was at Jack Schafer when it sounded like he pushed Dawn back in her chair when he and Sharon were announcing their divorce. I can never be a fan of his for that because of the abuse connotations. Of course, Mr. Nicholls in the BSC does not count as a parent. :''''( And in different ways the Addisons and Hills were awful. Yes, the Ramsey's lack of childcare is always As was the parenting move with that cousin of Dawn's Amy? When her parents left her with Dawn and MA and their parents, people Amy had never met, I felt so badly for her. Boo Boo, I think Sharon and Richard spent one night at a local hotel? I think they did leave MA and Dawn alone but Jeff either stayed with the Pikes or flew back to CA, I don't remember. Might have been interesting had he stayed in Stoneybrook.
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Post by candykane on May 29, 2014 16:34:28 GMT -5
First one I thought of was the Newtons letting Jamie go with Claudia and Dawn on their first-ever boating trip with no adults present.
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Post by greer on May 29, 2014 17:41:59 GMT -5
Which books are the LS ones where animals go missing/die (besides Karen's Goldfish) so I never read them?
Island Adventure is a disaster on so many levels. 13-year-olds sailing alone on the open ocean with small children on board, racing?
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Post by zoar3 on May 29, 2014 18:39:20 GMT -5
Off the top of my head these are the 4 books I can think of, Greer:
Karen's Tattletale (the book where Seth takes forever to replace the screen door and poor Midgie is almost hit by a car)
Karen's New Puppy (Sadie book)Lisa and Seth insist on getting a puppy but then have little interest in taking care of Sadie. :/
Karen's Leprechaun has a sweet dog named Lucky in it. When my books are unearthed I will reread it. I think in that Seth and Lisa take a little role in trying to help Lucky be accepted by Rocky and Midgie but for the most part poor Lucky is in the garage. I always had hoped Karen or Andrew would have asked their dad if Lucky could live there or even Nancy.
Then there is Karen's Mystery when Emily, Jr is "rat-napped" by David Michael
ITA about Island Adventure though I still enjoy the island parts just not as much as I once did but just because it is one of the few mostly Stoneybrook SS's.
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Post by greer on May 29, 2014 19:33:31 GMT -5
Thank you! I thought they lost Midgie or something, but maybe it's Sadie I was thinking of. Weird Ann would use her own dog's name for that plot. :/
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Post by zoar3 on May 29, 2014 19:51:19 GMT -5
Glad I could help Midgie did run away in Karen's New Puppy which is why Lisa and Seth decided to get Sadie. babysittersclub.proboards.com/thread/628 I never thought of her name choice before in that context. Perhaps the ghost writer (I don't have the book in front of me so am thinking it was probably not written by Ann) used Sadie's name as surprise for Ann?
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Post by Honeybee on May 29, 2014 22:21:33 GMT -5
What about Elizabeth & Waston, left Kristy in charge, with the kids? Cause, a friend had heart attack. Kristy, was suppose do outing with Mary Anne.
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Post by scrounge on May 29, 2014 23:03:00 GMT -5
How about when Mallory had mono and couldn't even get out of bed long enough to go to school, yet the Pikes left her alone in charge of Claire and Margo for several hours? That was a disaster waiting to happen if Mallory had fallen asleep and the little girls decided to use the oven to make themselves a snack or something.
Oh, or Kristy's Book, the chapter where Mrs. Thomas gets a new job and just lets her 6, 8, and 10 year olds be home alone after school for several hours a day, and then when she realizes things are out of control, she gives them all a ton of chores, including making one of them (Charlie?) responsible for bathing infant David Michael every night.
Karen's Bunny grosses me out because of the parts where the kids were completely responsible for cleaning up after their bunnies and it makes me cringe thinking of how little kids have good intentions but not the best skill, and shouldn't be the ones cleaning up animal waste. Plus the book never mentioned them washing their hands after playing with the bunnies or cleaning up urine. Then of course there's Karen's New Year where Karen's other set of parents had her clean up Emily after she wet her pants and also change the sheets on Emily's bed. And the aforementioned part where her parents purposely get people to spy on her and humiliate her.
Greer, avoid Karen's Movie Star. It's the book where Boo-Boo dies.
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Post by zoar3 on May 30, 2014 0:00:04 GMT -5
All of those mentions, Scrounge I do like Elizabeth much better in a lot of the LS stories than I do BSC and definitely Kristy's Book is a reason why! On the Mal front, it also seemed to me that Mal was feeling ill and tired for a while before her mom finally took her to the doctor. That always bothered me and remind me not to read the Emily parts or maybe most any part of Karen's New year--how absolutely awful. I did recently read Claudia and the Middle School Mystery and still think her parents were horrible for not supporting their daughter and not immediately going to SMS.
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Post by candykane on May 30, 2014 7:59:21 GMT -5
Here's another one - Watson and Elizabeth adopting Emily but not telling the kids about it until ONE DAY before Emily comes home.
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Post by greer on May 30, 2014 8:17:47 GMT -5
Here's another one - Watson and Elizabeth adopting Emily but not telling the kids about it until ONE DAY before Emily comes home. I do not understand how that whole adoption worked. I am wondering if Ann did ANY research at all. Or if in the 80s in Vietnam it was just like, here's a kid. I had always thought you had to spend some time in the home country to work through bureaucratic matters, etc.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on May 30, 2014 12:07:12 GMT -5
Watson had an affair with Emily's real mother and that's how they got her so fast. The only explanation I can think of.
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