I usually turn on the TV while getting ready in the morning to check the weather forecast. While the TV was on and I waited for weather, watched these two stories on ABC’s Good Morning America. I was just standing there and shaking my head in disbelief.

The first sotry was - To Cry, or Not To Cry: ‘Ferberizing’ Clarified - about Dr. Ferber, a child sleep specialist. He wrote a book 20 years ago with guidelines for parents to teach their infants sleep on their own. It talks about letting a child cry for longer and longer periods of time before going in to pat or comfort the child. This teaches the children how to become self-reliant. He claimed that this method worked in 7 days. Dr. Ferber was interviewed on the show and he said that his method is one of the things that can be useful but, he didn’t claim that it will work with every child and people should decide depending on how kids react.

As a parent, I had read this book and had tried out this method but, soon realised that it was not working, as we couldn’t just sit and listen to our daughter cry. So, we chose to do something different. There were a couple of women on the show who were very angry. They had followed the Ferber method and now feel that they may have harmed their children. Why did these people HAVE to just follow what they read in a book? Couldn’t they think and decide for themselves as a parent after reading the book and trying it out. Is it too much to expect people to think? Is it so hard?

The second story was: Pregnant 37-Year-Old Charged With Molesting 15-Year-Old Husband. This was really bizzare. This 37 year old woman got involved with her son’s friend. The only problem is that this friend was only 15 years old. Even more bizzare twist is that State of Georgia issued a marriage license for them and they got married. There is a loophole in the age requirement for marriage if the girlfriend is pregnant. Now, that woman is being charged for molesting her own husband. The interview of 15 year old’s grandmother was worth watching. It was quite hillarious.

At this point, I had had enough of news. Final conclusion: The morning news shows are turning into the likes of Oprah and Jerry Springer.