After reading this article on tween consumerism, I barfed all over my keyboard. Thank you, New York Times for that umpteenth peek into the microcosm of the spoiled and overprivileged. You hear that? That’s my consciousness EXPANDING.
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Jenna said,
April 23, 2007 at 7:17 pm
This is a joke, right? Please?
“They get to select and survey a world of identities and selves that are presented out there,” he said. “It almost has a sense of ritualistic or magical timeout”
Pardon my French, but WTF? Its not so much the girls described in the article, although I will confess my fears of starting a family seem a little more grounded in reality…. but why in the world is the mother calmly detailing this decent into spoiled behavior? If not possessing enough of a backbone to instill some values of real… I don’t know VALUE into her children, shouldn’t she at least be a tad bit embarrassed to admit to the world at large she is nothing more than a checkbook and a means of transportation in her child’s life?
I think I’ll join you in needing to clean my keyboard.
Julieanne said,
May 1, 2007 at 1:02 pm
BARF is right. That article was completely disgusting. How about taking her kid to a museum, aquarium, book reading, or a vacation to a country where she can see children who would give anything for any kind of functional clothes that fit, nevermind the brand or color. god help these clueless, consuming kids when they discover someday how empty their lives really are. The photo of these vapid girls should be the cover of a pamphlet given to all the new moms and dads leaving a hospital with a newborn: How NOT to parent.