Today was one of those parenting days. I think there are tracks on my back from where the parenting bus ran me over. I could use a little laughter and parental inspiration, but I also find myself missing some good 80’s sitcom rants.
Designing Women’s Julia Sugarbaker offered some fabulous rants that called people and injustice out with great intelligence, passion and wit. Tonight, though, I was in the mood for something that reflected some maternal frustration, more along the lines of The Cosby Show’s Claire Huxtable setting the younger generation straight.
Her no nonsense attitude kept her family in line. And how can you not love how she would draw clear boundaries that people crossed at their own risk that she also delineated at the same time she smiled a charming smile.
This clip from The Cosby Show of Claire schooling Elvin, her eldest daughter Saundra’s boyfriend about the role of women, feminism, macho attitudes, and how marriage works was just what I needed tonight.
Take a look:
Were you a fan of The Cosby Show? What character currently on television do you think comes the closest to being today’s Claire Huxtable?
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Julia says
LOVE this clip, plus your wise perspectives. Thanks for sharing. Hope your day improves. And, I also was a huge fan of Designing Women – haven’t thought about that show in years…
Melisa says
My entire repertoire of parenting methods is based upon “What Would The Huxtables Do?”
ALL OF IT.
Timeless!
Shannan Younger says
Your fabulous young men are testaments to your parenting. If that’s your method, then it’s obviously a good one! Thanks for testing that out for us 🙂
Carla Heaslip says
I do like Claire is very good actress. But she does go over the top of rant and raving and carry on that really tact me of. In my fantasy I couldn’t stand it and I have to do the right thing to take her children away from her and give the children a better life than she can and give them everything. I don’t like the way Claire treat her children. What kind of a mother would do that to her own children? Treat them badly like that? No mother wouldn’t do that to their children. All the children around the world who would choose lots of mothers if they are allowed to. They would choose their mothers but there is one
mother nobody doesn’t want is Claire Huxtable.