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]
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i dont know how to place myself in the old egg thingie and the whole nature versus nurture issue. i came from a teenage egg but was raised by and old woman lol
*rob*
Nokilissa, he seems pretty well adjusted when you meet him in person at the brownstoner get togethers.
oh dear, i disagree. I had an older mother and an older father. That must explain it 🙂
But I think there are useful things to be said by us non parental units. None of us live in a vacuum so it’s in everyone’s best interest to hear each other out, I think.
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. They also seem to give birth to kids with very high IQ’s,
no. they just THINK their babies have very high IQ’s. big diff!!
*rob*
(Head in hands, rocking gently back and forth…)
rob!
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children with older mothers generally performed higher on the cognitive measures?
yeah but they’re still mad weird. seriously!
*rob*
My parents had my sister and I when they were in their 40’s. Yes there is research that says parents in the 40’s may have a higher incidence of babies with problems. They also seem to give birth to kids with very high IQ’s, proportionately more often. I don’t really know if that’s biological or a function of their greater life experiences.
On the other hand, I have yet to see any proof that the most well-adjusted and healthy kids come from younger mothers. Younger, and less experienced isn’t a plus in raising a child. Love, dedication and caring are.
dave, just pointing out that your superior attitude about the terribleness of the opsp site was badly misplaced. i’m not trying to monitor anything — i would never presume to try to stop this incredibly useful dialogue of non-parents discussing child-rearing approaches with other non-parents!
rob, did you know that schizophrenia, autism and lower IQs are correlated with older fathers, and that children with older mothers generally performed higher on the cognitive measures? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/health/10dads.html
“most of us- even those like me without kids- were kids once (except for DIBS who sprang full blown from the brow of Zeus)”
QOTD. No need to look further folks!