In a provocative new column for PJ Media, veteran communications consultant Tim O’Brien takes aim at what he describes as a disturbing social media trend of mothers openly mocking or disrespecting their children, linking the behavior to the ongoing Lindsay Clancy case and broader cultural shifts.
O’Brien’s piece, published Thursday, offers an immediate and blunt answer to its own headline question: he attributes the trend to what he calls “self-centered, attention-seeking, theater-kid, narcissistic, self-absorbed” tendencies, often rooted in poor parenting and reinforced by schools, media, and culture. He argues these women have been able to “cruise along in life, driven by selfishness, without paying a price” until facing the responsibilities of parenthood.
Viral Videos Sparks Outrage
The column cites recent viral posts, including a Florida mother who filmed herself pouring hot candle wax on her daughters and later set her kitchen on fire while they were inside, and another mother who aggressively tossed ice cubes into a bathtub in a moment of frustration with a toddler. O’Brien also shares examples of mothers complaining about marriage and having a healthy baby, calling such posts “really awful and entitled.”
He expresses particular concern about the performative nature of these videos, noting how many mothers appear “well-groomed and ‘prepped'” for their on-camera meltdowns, suggesting the incidents are staged for attention and sympathy. He adds that the filming of distressed infants compounds his unease.
Parallels to Lindsay Clancy
O’Brien draws a direct line from these videos to the Lindsay Clancy trial, in which the Massachusetts mother admitted to strangling her 5-year-old, 3-year-old, and 8-month-old children. He notes that a “mob of moms” recently appeared in pink outside the courthouse in support of Clancy, which he cites as evidence of cultural desensitization.
The columnist argues that decades of abortion normalization have blurred distinctions between pre-born and living children, framing the Clancy case as the logical end of a “slippery slope.” “Conservatives have known all along that if you don’t protect life from the moment of conception, you start down that slippery slope where, once the killing of innocents is acceptable, the age of the child becomes arbitrary,” he writes.
Criticism of Medical Establishment
Beyond the livestream videos, O’Brien broadens his critique to include what he calls an “entire ecosystem” of leftist moms and medical professionals inflicting “permanent damage” on children over transgender issues, though he offers no specific evidence for this claim beyond his own commentary.
He frames the trend as proof of a mental health crisis that drugs and therapy are “only exacerbating,” and asks whether society is “creating more Lindsay Clancys right in front of us.”
The column concludes with a promotion for PJ Media VIP memberships, and the piece carries a bio noting O’Brien’s work as a podcast host and author of The Essential Crisis Communications Plan.
Source: pjmedia.com — https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/08/27/why-are-leftist-women-such-lousy-moms-n4956614
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