Rebel Alliance Starts Free 'Other Park Slope Parents' List
Last week’s news that the popular Park Slope Parents list and website was considering charging members a $25 annual fee elicited a wide range of response from its users and others (see the poll we ran here) as well as plenty of news coverage. And now there’s another response: A band of dissenters has started…
Last week’s news that the popular Park Slope Parents list and website was considering charging members a $25 annual fee elicited a wide range of response from its users and others (see the poll we ran here) as well as plenty of news coverage. And now there’s another response: A band of dissenters has started a new free list targeting parents in the Park Slope area called The Other Park Slope Parents list. The group describes itself as “Fall off of parents who were a part of the Park Slope Parents list and believe that community lists should be FREE.” For now, moderation is “light” and they’re hoping that people “think twice before you post on a potentially flammable subject (ie vaccinations).” This should be interesting.
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Rob – I dunno
I remember growing up and we had maybe 1-2 “no so bright” kids that went to “Resource Room” when we all went to other classes. It just seems to me now the autism levels are out of control, I mean 1 in 4 – that’s insane to me
I could be totally wrong – and I know this and you might be right – it could be we just are into “labeling”.
Is it just that we recognize and diagnose autism better? Or is it really on the rise?
I blame Nutrasweet.
um i have a degree in psychology (shocking i know) but like 90 percent of mild autism diagnoses today are just labels for well, not so bright kids. there’s been not so bright kids since the dawn of man, but parents these days will just not accept that. levels of autism have NOT increased, just the willingness to give a label and place blame for why little dakota and cody aren’t in the top 1 percent of their class.
*rob*
What’s wrong with vaccinations?
My whole generation had them(born in the 70’s) and none of us have the levels of autism that kids today seem to
I personally think it’s all the anti-bacterial crap people today overly use that may cause autism
*please note I am not a dr or parent, but just have my opinons*
Wow – I think that’s funny there is now an “Other” Park Slope parent website – good stuff!
Or, to put it more even-handedly, periodically someone posts something about how vaccines are poisoning our children and posters like me and james bong go terminator on their ass.
I just answered another one…”Is this to (sic) young to a family (sic)?”
I think I gave pretty compelling advice.
they should just rename the list Park Slope Helecopter Parents cuz that is essentially what it is. there is soon to be an entire generation to come of whiney bratty entitled adults (not that there isnt that already but it will get worse!)
*rob*
Ah, bxgirl, if I may begin to answer that question…
Because there’s a school of thought, (in New York it’s sort of under the cult guidance of this guy called Palovsky or something like that, who is an MD opposed to vaccinations), that they’re Bad, and that the risk of brain damage outweighs any social responsibility one might feel about infecting others. Also, at least according to one PSP poster back when the list was more fun, things like whooping cough are just natural expressions of our immune systems and, really, not that dangerous at all! (Unless you’re an infant, but surely if you breastfeed your snowflake should be just fine.)
Plus, you know, corporate Big Pharma and all of that.
Note: I may be a little biased.