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.
Majority of Park Slope Parents Won’t Pay to Play [Brownstoner]
Park Slope Parents to Start Charging for Membership [Brownstoner]
Rob: tsk tsk, you should have known better than to insult older parents in New York City. To quote George Carlin, that’s like walking into the headquarters of the National Organization for Women and yelling, “hey, which one of you cupcakes wants to come home with me, cook me a steak, and give me a BJ?” You kind of asked for it Rob. (early to mid 30s parent here, by way of full disclosure)
And the IQ obsession just cracks me up. It comes from the same place as the infinite supply of “gifted” kids around here. IQ scores are regularly used for social validation by white people across the Northeastern United States (and parts of California). They are also almost impossible to verify, which makes them very subject to grade inflation (how many times did you have to take that online test to get 150, bxgrl?). I love watching insecure idiots buy expensive things that promise to raise their kids’ IQs.
In case anyone missed by judgmental posts the other day about how to raise kids, here’s a recap:
– Stop thinking your kids are gifted. Chances are they are no more gifted than you are (although your parents may have started the chain by lying to you and telling you that you are gifted). Your kids are probably normal. Get over it. You might be able to help yourself adjust by teaching them to beat up kids who have been convinced by their parents that they are gifted.
– DIBS is right. Let your kids eat dirt.
– You kid does not want to learn French. You want your kid to learn French because you are an obnoxious social climber. Your kid wants to jump in mud puddles and eat cookies.
– Hey hippie – I vaccinated your kid when you weren’t looking.
– Whether your kids’ elementary school has great “academics” will probably have no impact on whether they grow up to be happy and healthy and well adjusted adults. When your kid grows up he will remember whether you taught him how to bait a fish hook or balance a check book or throw a baseball or whittle a stick or bake a potato. He will clearly remember if you just loved him for who he is. But he will also remember (perhaps over and over again on a therapist’s couch) if you pushed him too hard in academics and made him feel dumb because you are an obnoxious social climber who insists on holding your child out to the world as academically gifted.
Coming to this thread late in the day.
I have to say that it reads worse than the PSP itself.
No joke.
Italiana71 sounds right on to me.
The Rebel Alliance? Does that make the original pay-to-play PSP group the Death Star? Who are the Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine (sp?) of this galactic battle?
I got my laugh of the day here. Once again, people spouting off to hear the sound of their own voices.
Is everyone from park slope a fucking moron?
me either, but I’m looking for a good cat analyst, if you know one. 🙂
You didn’t allude to it but others did. It just sounded so hypocritical because we’re doing the same thing on this board as what the park slope parents are doing their board – just different topics. But honestly I really could care less because I don’t really take to heart comments about parenting from people who never had children.
The same way a person who owns dogs should not take any comments I make about dogs too seriously because I have never owned a dog in my life. And believe me dog owners can be just as bad as parents – yoga for dogs, organic food for dogs, strollers for dogs, psychotherapy for dogs, doggie day care, doggie school, etc. I find a lot of it ridiculous, but who am to say – I’ve never owned a dog.
italiana- I alluded to no such thing. Nor did I sling mud (except at rob). I have no idea what you are referring to but i didn’t take what you said as an insult. I was just wondering why you got so annoyed with the blog in general.
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rob- I can’t account for your ignorance- I can only attest to it. In fact, the principal called my parents in for a consultation about it. Since you don’t know me or anything about me, let me just say i don’t waste my time or intelligence on people like you. Frankly, in looking at your posts these past months I can hardly credit you with having a degree in anything except self puffery and mental diarrhea.
rob- we need to take this to the open thread. Someone posted complaining that there isn’t enough angst on there today.