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]
sorry. my old egg theory always seems to ruffle feathers 🙁
*rob*
italiana71- very true. But since most of us- even those like me without kids- were kids once (except for DIBS who sprang full blown from the brow of Zeus), we still have experience to draw upon. And even childless folk are impacted by other people’s kids, as family members, friends, community members and even as taxpayers. I’ve done probably more than my share of parental pontificating to my own sister (who has finally forgiven me) but I’m one of the first people she’ll call with parenting issues when she feels she can’t see things objectively as a parent and wants another viewpoint.
People within groups bounded by common issues or cultures seem to increase a sense of self-validation. Even in marriages- I’m sure we all know married couples who have skewed viewpoints that each of them keep validating to the other. So sometimes fresh eyes ( like dave’s, even) can be helpful.
rob, sometimes I think you are flat out, out of your mind. I let your “research” on autism go (90% ??? of kids diagnosed with autism or placed on the autistic spectrum are simply mentally disabled or, in your words “slow”) but this is just too much.
The most well-adjusted and healthiest people come from eggs of women who are 15 to 25? In what nugget of research did you pick up THIS one? Good lord.
My mother had me in her 40’s…I guess according to Rob, that speaks volumes about me!
Rob – gee! – thanks
am 33 – hahahaha I guess b/c my eggs are old – my kid’s gonna be MAD WEIRD! -hahaha
I don’t think thats true
or they talked to their friends who also had kids.
Are we that sheltered as a society that we talk about important issues with total strangers on the internet?
15?
Or they asked their parents on how to raise kids!
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Having kids later in life
who knows but i agree with you. but on the topic of having kids later in life, ive always noticed that kids who were made from older eggs (like 30+ are mad weird and have strange mannerisms and not as hearty). the healthiest people and most well adjusted seem to come from eggs of women who are about 15-25.
*rob*