The mom of a toddler who watches “Real Housewives of New Jersey” says the “mom-shaming mafia” can take a hike.<\/p>\n
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“Screen time is bad for children,'” Laken Rand, a mother in Massachusetts wrote on a\u00a0TikTok video\u00a0with 2.5 million views. “My 2 year old catching up on RHONJ (‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’) after school. She loves to hear the tea.”<\/p>\n
Rand showed her daughter watching a season 4 episode of the Bravo reality show on her iPad, while eating and wearing sunglasses.<\/p>\n
Rand tells\u00a0TODAY.com\u00a0she deleted comments that said she was “ruining” her child’s brain cells with reality television.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was unnecessary,\u201d says Rand, asking TODAY.com to omit her daughter\u2019s name for privacy.<\/p>\n
Scores of TikTokers said the little fan has good taste.<\/p>\n
“Real Housewives of Orange County” star\u00a0Tamra Judge\u00a0wrote under Rand’s video, “This is hilarious,” while the Bravo TikTok account added, “She\u2019s just doing her #BravoTV homework!”<\/p>\n
Rand, a daycare worker, tells TODAY.com that her daughter’s favorite TV shows are “Bluey” and Mickey Mouse content. If Rand is watching her favorite show \u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey,” however, so is her daughter.<\/p>\n
“She has watched ‘Real Housewives’ since she was a baby,” says Rand. “It was my comfort show while on maternity leave … I was a stay-at-home mom for a year and we’d have it on in the background all the time.”<\/p>\n
“We’re Team Melissa (Gorga),” adds Rand of the New Jersey star.<\/p>\n
Rand recorded another TikTok\u00a0video\u00a0dedicated to the “mom-shaming mafia.”<\/p>\n
“They are loud and proud,” she said in the video. “I’m just here to remind everyone that the way I parent my daughter … I am the best mom that I can be for my child. And you, my little love, are the best … mom you can be to your babies.”<\/p>\n
Rand continued, “We just need to accept and respect that other people’s lives are different. And once we come to that realization … maybe we’ll … collide and then moms will stop hating each other and we can all be friends.”<\/p>\n
What’s the harm in kids watching reality television, rife with drama, arguments and partying?<\/p>\n
“One concern would be any adult themes that children are exposed to without the cognitive capacity to fully understand what’s going on,” Erika Stapert of\u00a0Manhattan Psychology Group\u00a0tells TODAY.com.<\/p>\n
“There’s also the modeling aspect, even if people in the child’s home aren’t arguing,” says Stapert.<\/p>\n
She endorses “educational content that matches the developmental level of a child. The absence of that, she says, can leave young children “feeling discombobulated.”<\/p>\n
If children consume reality TV, parents could clarify on-screen conflict, Stapert suggests.<\/p>\n
“When there’s arguing, say to your child, ‘Those people look really angry at each other. When I’m angry, I try to talk to someone calmly and express my feelings,'” says Stapert. “Talk about what you agree or disagree with and how you would handle it differently.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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