Billy Ray Cyrus Needs to Grow a Pair and YOU have to Parent Your Own Kids

The story that’s making all the headlines today has Grandma all worked up again about parental responsibilities and role models. So, how does the story about Billy Ray Cyrus blaming the hit show Hannah Montana, starring his talented daughter Miley Cyrus, for ruining his family life play into it?

Grandma has stated time and time again that parents should act as their own role models for their kids and not expect sports stars or movie and TV personalities to set the example. As a parent, it’s your responsibility and your responsibility alone to portray the values you want your child to base their lives on.

Grandma is upset that Billy Ray is trying to wimp out of responsibility for the problems in his life by pointing the finger. Theresa Leschmann presents the case very nicely in her article  "Billy Ray Cyrus Blames “Hannah Montana” for Ruining His Family” and Grandma encourages you to read it.

Why does Billy Ray feel he has to justify his parenting skills to anyone anyway?

Miley Cyrus is all grown up. In grandma’s opinion, she’s grown up well compared to a lot of other young celebrities we’ve read about in the news. But now, papa Billy Ray is getting a divorce, has been chided for parenting mistakes he may have made during the past few years, and is pointing his finger at the hit show Hannah Montana for his ills.

Grow a pair, Billy Ray. Your daughter was spotted smoking salvia from a bong and irate parents blamed you because they expect your daughter to be a role model for their young child.

Kids grow up. Your daughter is no different.  It’s only natural that she would want to be portrayed as a young adult during those years that the show kept her character a ‘tween idol. Grandma doesn't agree with a lot of the choices you made, but, I guess it's none of my business. I'm not her parent. Nor yours.

Own up to your own mistakes, but don’t deflect blame that shouldn’t be hurled at you in the first place. Pay attention to your own family.

Grandma rambled a bit here. Hard to believe Hannah Montana caused such a big problem with her day.

Before you comment, that was meant as sarcasm. 

Warning About High Energy Drinks

High energy soft drinks puts kids at danger, but instead of admitting it for the safety of the kids who unwittingly drink the stuff that is so easy for them to get because it's legal, the people who profit point to the caffeine content. This really ticks grandma off.


Sure, a lot of these high energy drinks don't have that much more caffeine than coffee or other caffeine drinks, but the danger is not only in the caffeine. Stimulants that grandma and others who care about the health of the kids never even heard of are also in the drinks, but the smoke screen has gone up and the argument is about caffeine.


Meanwhile, kids are being put at risk. Even the risk of death.


According to this article at YCN: 

The overused drinks can cause strokes, heart palpitations, seizures or even sudden death from caffeine or like ingredients in the drinks, which the authors of the report claim are under studied. Nausea and diarrhea often results in young people who use the energy drinks.

 Sales from the drinks are supposed to top $9 billion dollars this year. Good reason for putting our kids at risk?


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Going to Wal-Mart? Grandma Says Wear a Bra

The only thing Grandma likes about winter is that she can leave the house without a bra. This piece might fall into the too much information category, but you know that Grandma doesn’t give a rip about things like that.

Putting on layers of warm clothes to fight the freezing temperatures allows me to cover up what I don’t want the world to know. Who can tell what shape a woman really looks like she’s in when she’s swaddled in a cocoon of wool and microfiber, anyway?

Once you reach the crone age, physical comfort is a really big reward that should be enjoyed as much as possible.

The only time Grandma puts on a bra in the winter time is if she’s going somewhere with friends or family who might be embarrassed if she took off her warm winter wrap.

And, of course, if Grandma is going to Wal-Mart.

Grandma has laughed, scowled and forwarded dozens of emails of pictures taken of Wal-Mart shoppers dressed, or something that can be loosely defined as dressed. Sometimes Grandma even throws up in her mouth a little bit as she sees how some people go out in public. Previous to the shoppers of Wal-Mart craze Grandma got her best fashion chuckles at the public beach.

Now you know more about Grandma than you probably want to. Sorry about that. But, hopefully you’ll never see my picture included in those shoppers of Wal-Mart photos you see in your email. Feel very thankful for that.