i know for a fact..denise will barely have her children in the show…it is not the type of show charlie is trying to portray..he will be eating crow when it airs..

This is gross, disgusting, and exactly why I haven’t watched prime time television in years. I am not a fan of reality shows. They were all ready out of control, and to expose your children on the pretense of examining a day in the life of a single mother is just wrong. There are other ways to make a living, and Dina Lohan especially can’t claim any June Cleaver award, as screwed up as her daughter is. I hope the shows get canceled soon after they air.

These women are not the norm, and in my opinion do not represent even a tiny percentage of single moms. Follow me through carpool lines and dust bunnies for the true reality.

Yea it pretty well disgusts me as well. Look at it this way. IF Dena Lohan had spent more time being a mom instead of trying to make money off her kids, her eldest would probably be a little more upstanding. She is going to do it again and we will see the next batch of Lohan kids passed out drunk for the camera.
Denise Richards should take a lesson from all of that and the drama that will come upon her and her kids and at least make an attempt to “protect” her kids.
If she wants to help single moms or help us be better parents, She should donate some of her million dollar wardrobe to women in need, go and teach a class on parenting, open a daycare center with reasonable hours so some of us can do more that what is minimally required to keep our jobs.
There are thousands of other things that these women can do to show their spirit for helping and elevating the status of single moms. But the truth is they are not doing it to relieve the stigma, they are doing it to earn a paycheck. Unfortunately in the process they are damaging their children, violating their privacy and feeding the public’s appetites for “down and out Celebrities”
On the flip side…Maybe it will be an eye-opener for Single moms out there. Maybe they will realize that they are not as fucked up as every says they are. They are not as screwed up as these idiots on TV and they will learn more of what not to do.
(I don’t have much faith that that will be the case)
Anyway..I WILL NOT BE WATCHING THIS GARBAGE
Sorry for the long rant

Amy: Here’s to single moms, carpool lines, and dust bunnies. Love that.

Jessica: That’s a great point re: a show in which celebrity single moms really DO something meaningful. How about a show in which Dina and Lindsay get hard-core mother-daughter counseling? Your idea about Dina and Richards opening a daycare center is a brilliant one.

Jennifer: The Richards/Sheen saga truly seems to be about their angst and anger… not about whether or not to a TV should air. Do you agree?

Legal Editor: I hear you about TV. Let’s see how long the Dina show lasts.

I can’t say much for Dina’s show, but I have met Denise before and I have to say that she is nothing like the person that the press and Charlie like to portray. She is a really sweet person and very dedicated to her girls.

There are a ton of reality shows that have kids on them today, and it’s so pathetic to me that people are targetting Denise as a bad mother for having the girls play a minor role.

From the little snippit E showed last night, I doubt I’ll be able to stomach the Lohans. Ali was being a diva ordering her mother around. Can’t wait to see how else Dina represent single motherhood.

I have about the same feelings about Denise’s show. I applauded Charlie’s effort to keep his girls little girls not tv stars. I’m tired of their divorce drama. If Denise needs to make a living she should do it the way the rest of us do - get a job.

On most of those shows they say it’s so we can see how they really live or something. I guess I just don’t need to know, if they’re so normal why do they want a camera following them?

Maybe I can live vicariously by club hopping with Dena and Lindsey — you know, cause that’s what we single moms want to do.

Not.

My reality “dream show” — show a mom (single or not) who can just get a decent night’s sleep without interruption!

I don’t know about Denise Richards, but as a single working mother, the last thing I want is Dina Lohan representing me. That makes it too easy for people who are anti-single parent families to say “Look how Linday turned out”.

ugh. I wouldn’t be caught dead giving ratings to either show. Children should be protected, not exploited. I don’t care if Denise is nice or not…keep your private life private (what you can of it anyway) and let your little girls grow up without cameras and lights in their faces…

I don’t have anything against them doing that. I think it’s fine either way. I mean, they’re constantly being hounded by paparazzi anyways, so how’s this any different?

Except less yelling and battering of camera guys, one would hope.

I don’t plan on watching them anymore than I watched the Ozzies or Jessica Simpson or whoever else had a show about their lives. I prefer fiction TV to reality.

If you’re constantly hounded by paparazzi anyway, all the more reason to NOT show the world the inside of your home and how you and your kids live; maintain what little privacy you DO get. I agree wholeheartedly with protecting your children. If they want to get into show business, let them decide that when they’re old enough to. Not because mom wants/needs to make a buck.

I’m with LEM here all the way. The first rule of adulthood & parenting should be ‘I’ll not subject my family or my children to useless degrading situations even if it’s to further their ‘fame’ or mine.” This is only ‘entertainment’ in the same manner that Jerry Springer’s ‘freak shows’ were, and that’s the sad reality here.

These people are certainly Not ‘good’ or even ‘adequate’ role models for single moms, or well functioning adults. They’re still children in grown up bodies. Those that are not and Still do this need to be condemned all the more. It’s our constant fascination with ‘fame’ that feeds this PR monster, and we’ll forever be getting this crap served up to us instead of inspiring stories about Real people doing Useful things for others. Not just looking fine and preening for the camera. Sure we can’t stop looking. They’re all so pretty. But at a certain point we can all acknowledge that pretty does not necessarily mean smart, wise, helpful, sympathetic, useful or even talented.

They’re about as average representatives for single moms as Bush is for your average ‘rancher’, with No cattle or livestock, and a few spare acres he likes to imagine as his ‘ranch’. Truly delusional, but that’s Hollywood image makers at work for you!

Cheers & Good Luck, ‘VJ’

Ugh. I’m so OVER the celebrity ‘reality’ shows. And now, they want to represent single mothers? The reactions to this post don’t surprise me in the least - in my experience, single moms are a pretty proud bunch, and rightly so. Being associated with the likes of Dina Lohan isn’t my idea of a compliment. Count me out.

Hmm, I won’t be actively boycotting the show though it will be unlikely that I’d watch it. Even more unlikely that my TiVo will decide to tape it for me based upon taping episodes of Man vs. Wild or Survivor.

I have a hard time believing that anyone could find inspiration on how to be a good single mother from these shows. I’ve no doubt that both of these women may have some qualities in common with excellent mothers - I’m just not sure that this show will showcase them.

I have no experience as a single parent so I feel unqualified to fully address this issue but I will say that this quote from Lynn Moore came to mind (although it is about a grandmother and grandchild, it seemed appropriate):

“One night when my two and half year old granddaughter was staying with me…we were at home taking a bubble bath together and singing, “Here we are taking a bubble bath, a bubble bath,” etc. All of a sudden, no one was singing and I experienced both of us looking deeply into each other’s eyes and there was no sound at all. It lasted but a few moments and I felt shivers up my spine. That was intimacy.”

It seems to me that these moments would be lost with a camera crew present and is no small loss.

-R.

How could Dina Lohan justify that she is qualified to show the rest of North America how to parent. What a joke!

Instead she should be speaking about the problems that young actors face and how difficult it is for the parents to control them.

I doubt the TV show is going to show that she was incapable of handling her daughter. and she is going to make money on this? How said the US is today, giving TV shows to bad parenting…..especially when it is not fbased on fiction,but sadly, on reality

Charlie Sheen doesn’t pretend to be anything than himself. He even makes fun of himself on his sitcom. Denise Richards knew all about him when they hooked up. He was an easy target and she played him well. She’s disgusting using her children on her show and crying over her dead mother. Her crap about being a single mother raising two small children. Give me a break! She lives in a four million dollar home and has the best of everything. As usual, just another pretty woman using her looks as a weapon. I’ve been a single mom raising two kids for 13 years, working 2 jobs, at times and that includes waiting tables. Charlie, take her to court, I think you could win!! You are the primary parent and have an extended family who don’t seek the limelight. Denise, quit whining and get a job!!

yes i will be watching the show because they have all shows helping people with money what abot the single mothers trying to make it with 5 teenagers which 4 is my own and hardly making it i dont want them to worry just finishing school and do better than me