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The average Park Slope parent (not verified) says:
I live in Park Slope and I'm SO tired of these subtly snide observations of parents who live here.
I went and looked this up on one of the Park Slope parents Yahoo groups - not the one where people sell their bouncy seats, you know the one were parents actually talk to each other - and the only comment on this was someone making the point that, given The GAP's track record on child labor, maybe they ought to choose some kids from New Deli to be the "Face of Summer 2008" and actually pay them a decent wage to do it. Which seems a fair-enough point.
Not everyone would take their child to a GAP photo shoot, but there's an implication here that there's something wrong in parents, though pride or vanity or love, thinking their child is extraordinarily cute. and seeking some public recognition of that. Honestly, is that any better or worse than the legions of individuals sticking their lives up on Face book or My Space or YouTube?
If I sound defensive, you're damn right I am. I'm fed up with wondering if my toddler misbehaves in public whether we're going to end up featured in some blog or fluff piece in the New York Observer. Surely there are better things to write about.
I live in Park Slope and I'm SO tired of these subtly snide observations of parents who live here.
I went and looked this up on one of the Park Slope parents Yahoo groups - not the one where people sell their bouncy seats, you know the one were parents actually talk to each other - and the only comment on this was someone making the point that, given The GAP's track record on child labor, maybe they ought to choose some kids from New Deli to be the "Face of Summer 2008" and actually pay them a decent wage to do it. Which seems a fair-enough point.
Not everyone would take their child to a GAP photo shoot, but there's an implication here that there's something wrong in parents, though pride or vanity or love, thinking their child is extraordinarily cute. and seeking some public recognition of that. Honestly, is that any better or worse than the legions of individuals sticking their lives up on Face book or My Space or YouTube?
If I sound defensive, you're damn right I am. I'm fed up with wondering if my toddler misbehaves in public whether we're going to end up featured in some blog or fluff piece in the New York Observer. Surely there are better things to write about.