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Mad Mom Who Tossed Kids From Car a Global Sensation!
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John Del Signore
Published Apr 23, 2009
Modified Apr 23, 2009
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Moms as far afield as Australia are tut-tutting over the Park Avenue lawyer who left her 10-year-old daughter left behind on a White Plains sidewalk as punishment for misbehaving with her 12-year-old sister. Details are still scant on what exactly sent Madlyn Primoff into such a rage, but you can bet she had no idea she'd become, overnight, an instantly-recognizable symbol for bad parenting. The Post has been all over her—nicknaming her the "Mother Chucker" and photographing her outside her office—and warped right-wing columnist Andrea Peyser, mother of a ten-year-old girl herself, naturally admits "to harboring some secret admiration for Madlyn, The Mother Who Means It." Meanwhile, the beleaguered Times blames the usual suspects—the all-consuming Internet and Twitter—for blowing the story out of proportion; "Our Towns" columnist Peter Applebome sees the roots of Primoff's new-found notoriety in "the right combination of demography and the omnivorous, viral quality of the online news beast." Whether you're starting to feel sorry for Primoff or still think she's a self-centered, modern-day Medea, one thing's for sure; Scarsdale soccer practice is going to be just a little awkward for her this weekend.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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