REESE WITHERSPOON IS RIGHT

Reese Witherspoon’s new film, "Penelope", is about a girl who lives her life as an outcast because she has pig ears and a snout. And now Reese is saying in interviews, like this one on Good Morning America, that she thinks a little bit of childhood teasing is good for kids.  She says:

“Those are sort of formative experiences. I wouldn’t want my children to miss out on any of that teasing and bullying. Don’t you think it kind of makes you who you are — when you don’t make the soccer team … I was always really short and really underdeveloped and had big Coke bottle glasses. I think that’s where I got a personality from, man. I wouldn’t give any of it back, not a day."

And… 

"That's the thing that drives me crazy about today: Everybody wins the award, everybody's the MVP?  No!  They're not, OK? I distinctly recall the two weeks of crying because I didn't make the volleyball team. But it made me interesting, you know?"

Well, it didn't make you interesting, it just made you the kid who sucked at volleyball, and that's not as fascinating as you might think.  But still, Reese is 100 percent right. Kids who get handed everything are just fucking brats.  Kids should be told no, they should be disappointed every now and then, they should have to earn things.  Most kids.  Not me though.  I'm a big winner.  Always have been.  But other kids.  Like the heavyset goth girl we teased until she killed herself.  I bet she had an amazing inner drive.