It's Time to Sign Up for 'Parent Class'
Filed under: Comedy, Deals, Scripts
Oh, how I've dreamed of parent class. Some kids are the paragon of good behavior, and allow the kiddie cuteness to shine bright, but others ... the hellions that scream through a restaurant throughout dinner, ride over the toes of unsuspecting pedestrians with their tricycles, crawl all over you on a plane where you can't escape ... Or the parents who think corn chips are a healthy vegetable meal for their kids, or think boredom needs to be rectified by medication ... For them, I've always wished there was a mandatory parent class.At least there will be one on the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Overture has picked up a pitch called Parent Class from Toni Kotite and Marty Scott. The project will focus on "a divorced couple who are deemed unsatisfactory parents and must enroll in a class on how to improve their child-rearing skills." Producer James Gibb says that he once attended a child-rearing class, so they do exist, but I don't know about the mandatory aspect.
If done right, this could be a fun flick, between learning how to deal with the energy of a kid, and having to go through this all with an ex. Side note: I wonder -- do they have finals? Do they lock an ADD kid high on sugar in a room with the students and see how they handle the situation?
Have you ever taken a child-rearing class? What goes on at these things? And is there detention?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-26-2008 @ 11:38AM
Jennifer said...
As a parent, the best child rearing classes are thru other ppl's kids. For example, my niece and nephew eat practically nothing healthy because they're parents didn't make them eat what was on the table when they were smaller. Now with our daughter, we always make sure to make at least one dish that she likes and then she at least has to try everything else.That way they get to have something they like amongst something they may not like, but they at least have something they like to eat that is indeed healthy.
Also, as mentioned the screaming kids at restaurants and other establishments (this includes Wal-mart). I hate these kids/parents so much that I sometimes threaten my child loudly enough for them to hear, that if she ever behaved like that she wouldn't be able to sit down for a month. But now my 6 yr old is also intolerant. She's been known to ask me loudly- "Mommy why isn't that kid's parent making them behave?" or "I'll never act like that but if I do please spank me." Which I have to admit is actually funnier than me saying something and is usually more effective.
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6-26-2008 @ 3:28PM
Jason said...
They really could turn this into something funny...and sad at the same time...borderline offensive?
First day in class, the teacher asks for a show of hands "A show of hands...how many of you in the room know where any of your children are right now" A look out reveals many blank stares and a timid hand slowly rises from the back, the teacher calls on him and he phrases "at home?" in the form of a question to which the teacher responds "and who is watching him right now?"..."someone has to watch my 7 year old?"
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7-05-2008 @ 1:43PM
James said...
Yes they are mandatory ! these classes are court ordered.
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