The New
Zealand publication Stuff has its panties
all in a bunch over forward-facing strollers, seeing them as nothing more than the
latest torture device for innocent youngsters everywhere.
Remember the recent study
that found that babies who are walked in forward-facing strollers could be “emotionally impoverished” because they are denied facial contact with
their parents, and are forced instead to familiarize themselves with, uh, the rest of the world? Well, Karl du Fresne has covered the study under the
headline “Babies Paraded as Parents’ Fashion Accessories.” I’m not sure what
kind of childhood this du Fresne character had, but he seems to think that
parents are universally, egregiously selfish and vain, and the forward-facing
stroller is just one more example of this mass parenting travesty.
Du Fresne sees it as “no surprise” that being “propelled toward a
procession of bewildering, and possibly frightening, strangers” would impair
children’s development. And naturally, the only possible reason he can imagine
for such horrific parenting is—fashion. He
feels that parents everywhere see their children as nothing more than “a
fashion accessory to be shown off for maximum advantage. This is accomplished
far more effectively when the unfortunate infant is facing forward.”
Take that, forward-facing stroller users! I’ll bet you force
your kids to wear diapers with those cutesy animal prints on them, too, you sickos.
Photo: Little Baby Guide
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