Hip Generation X parents have once again come under heavy fire for doing things differently than our predecessors and peers.
Time Magazine reporter James Poniewozik writes a
gentlemanly but scathing piece about the depths of narcissism to which our craven parenting souls have fallen.
Like someone straight from a 1950s parenting book he gently reminds us, "Once, it was understood that raising kids was about subordinating
yourself, recognizing that, at least as far as Darwin and the gene pool
were concerned, you were no longer the star."
He assumes that the raft of parenting memoirs and blogs, as well as on-line magazines like Babble
prove our unwillingness to put our kids first. By turning parenting
into an intellectual, social, and critical exercise we fail to
see that we are no longer the center of the universe. In this analysis,
parents are to be seen and not heard.
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