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OK, sorry but I'm annoyed with alternative parenting. Our kids are going to grow up and endure years of therapy to figure out why how we parented them was wrong and then they are going to invent their own new paradigm for parenting and their children will endure years of therapy figuring out why that paradigm was wrong. And so on.

And yes, I know what Rebecca Wolff's book is about, but that's entirely beside my rant.

Paul, I hear you about names. Ahh, the joys of childhood taunts.

It must've been hard, being named PopTart in elementary school.

But how is the years of therapy different from parenting now? Was there ever a time when parenting was done really well? And who judges?

@2, Totally but I fared better than my sisters Toaster Strudel and Eggo. They left my brother, Bear Claw, pretty much alone though.

It's not so much that I think there was ever a halycon time of parenting but more that I am annoyed at all the self absorbed parenting books out there right now.

And parents are judging each other non-stop these days, just look at the flak about the woman who let her son ride the subway alone.

Of course *I* am a perfect parent. And my son, Bacon Bits, is exceptional in every way. Hey, maybe I should write a book...