04 April 2006

My favorite holiday

Since people keep congratulating me about the NY Times gig I mentioned in my post of April 1, I thought I had better mention it was an April Fools Day prank. I mentioned that in the comments, but apparently some of you are not as obsessed with this blog as you should be and *gasp* don't read all the comments. I'm telling you, you're missing out. The comments are where the action is.

Speaking of which, I think the famous Dooce may have set a record on her blog with 475 long and passionate comments when she posted about what is apparently the most controversial of subjects: How to Get Your Kid to Freaking Sleep Already."

The funny part to me, as a non-mom, is that Heather's kid sleeps good and wakes up good and is normal, but that isn't enough for some people - nope, they claim she wrecked her kid's life by letting her cry alone for a some nights until she learned to sleep by herself.

Sounds like fundamentalist parenting at its best - if you don't do it our way, you - and your offspring - are damned for all eternity.

But that's just me, and what do I know? I didn't even have kids because I KNEW that, with me as a parent, they would be messed up for all eternity.
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5 comments:

Janet Evening said...

Teaching a 5 year old boy water balloon technique is not recommended Mommy behaviour. Aunties are necessary.

7:56 AM
IzzyMom said...

I read dooce's thing on sleep, and some of the nutty comments. It made my head hurt ;-p

8:02 AM
Christina said...

Isn't it amazing what small issues people can turn into wars?

I think the argument for "whatever works for the person" is an argument I believe in for most topics. Crying it out vs. no-cry? If it works for them. Dogs or cats? Whichever works for them. Meat-eater vs. vegetarian? If it works for them.

Murderer? OK, maybe not so much there, but you see my point.

12:25 PM
noncommon said...

oh my friend, you have it all wrong! it's people like you - the ones that actually THINK about what the impact of being a parent means - that are the good ones. it's the one's who don't that screw a child's life up! and as far as all the hype over at Dooce's place. i'll have you know, i was the perfect parent before i had kids. it was after i had them that i realized there was no right or wrong in this occupation (barring the obvious). so for those looney ones out there that think THEY know it all- fuck 'em if they can't take a joke. they need to get a life! and if they are so concerned about abuse, maybe they should stop reading blogs, and get proactive!

3:08 PM
MrsFortune said...

I second what Cameo said. I was the perfect teacher before I had to manage my own classroom. The perfect doggy parent when all I had to do was baby sit for the weekend (well, I still am the perfect doggy parent actually, of course). I haven't read through those comments but people sure get their titties twisted over lots of stuff but I'll stay out of it.

5:07 PM

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