Saturday, March 27, 2010
Social Fad?
I noticed this trend when my youngest child was in grade school. It all seemed silly to me and I let him be "free range". Lots of other mothers were dragging their kids around to activities all day long. I would have hated that, so I just wouldn't buy into it. My daughter apparently holds it against me that I was not doing this 35 years ago with her - when no one was. I think it is mostly female social competition that is really being exploited as a consumer trend. It is also part of the mythology being pushed that mothers have a huge influence on how their children turn out - part of "blank slate" psychology and the push to get women back in the home by conservatives.
We'll see how these spoiled and pushed children all turn out, won't we?
I noticed this trend when my youngest child was in grade school. It all seemed silly to me and I let him be "free range". Lots of other mothers were dragging their kids around to activities all day long. I would have hated that, so I just wouldn't buy into it. My daughter apparently holds it against me that I was not doing this 35 years ago with her - when no one was. I think it is mostly female social competition that is really being exploited as a consumer trend. It is also part of the mythology being pushed that mothers have a huge influence on how their children turn out - part of "blank slate" psychology and the push to get women back in the home by conservatives.
We'll see how these spoiled and pushed children all turn out, won't we?
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