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The 5 Creepiest 'Progressive' Parenting Fads [WARNING: They're not kidding!]
Cracked.com ^ | March 25, 2012 | Dawn Morrow

Posted on 03/25/2012 9:38:03 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows

We've shown before how nightmarish and cruel good intentions can be when parenting. You don't want to be your old-fashioned, neglectful parents; no, you're the wave of the future, and your kids are the waviest of the future, and you know it.

And then that entire line of thinking gets completely out of hand and ridiculous stuff like this starts happening.

(Excerpt) Read more at cracked.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I’m not sure whether to be glad or sorry that I missed that oe.


21 posted on 03/25/2012 10:09:19 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Lighthearted? Look at progerssives, ping.


22 posted on 03/25/2012 10:13:56 AM PDT by OneLoyalAmerican (In God I trust, all others provide citations.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

23 posted on 03/25/2012 10:17:12 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: VictoryGal

I’ve heard about 2 and 3 yr old kids being breast-fed, and that freaked me out, but 6yrs old? That’s... that’s... well, you know, VG.


24 posted on 03/25/2012 10:20:05 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (I'll "vote for an orange juice can", over Barry 0bummer and another 4yrs of his Regime From Hell!)
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To: EEGator

Pretty much, yeah.


25 posted on 03/25/2012 10:30:32 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: VictoryGal

Imagine the long term effect/consequences this will have on the kid as he grows up having been “nutured” in the utopian collectivist hippie world. What kind of work does mommy do? Just curious.


26 posted on 03/25/2012 10:37:32 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Slings and Arrows

Indigo Children, How apropos.


27 posted on 03/25/2012 10:40:26 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mlo

No, it isn’t. Cracked is actually correct on these hare-brained trends.
* There is actually a TV show or special on “Indigo Children”, where parents talk about their “indigos”.
* I’ve seen 3 year olds breastfed. I stopped when mine had teeth at six months.
* I had a doula tell me about “orgasmic childbirth”, but after trying regular drug free childbirth, I demanded an epidural.
* “To train up a child” is the anti-Dr. Spock “never discipline them” book. Not always right, but not as wrong as this article.
* This Cracked.com left out “Elimination Communication”, where parents claim to be diaper free and watch their babies and toddlers endlessly for when they’ll pee and poop and then say that every incident is an accident. Parents become child centered because failure means a big mess on the floor. And unlike letting a 2-3 year old child run around outside sans diaper to notice when they go while merely fertilizing the grass, some of these “elimination communication” idiots expect to bring their children into public or your home.


28 posted on 03/25/2012 11:11:57 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Starboard

My guess is that they grow up to become OWS.


29 posted on 03/25/2012 11:13:49 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Slings and Arrows

Unbelievable.


30 posted on 03/25/2012 11:37:35 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (Time for brokered convention)
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To: Darren McCarty
All too believable, IMO.
31 posted on 03/25/2012 11:49:05 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I’m surprised they didn’t mention the trend of the mother “eating the placenta” that was popular about 10 years ago.


32 posted on 03/25/2012 6:49:40 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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I’m surprised they didn’t mention the trend of the mother “eating the placenta” that was popular about 10 years ago.

I'm glad I already finished supper.

33 posted on 03/25/2012 7:24:35 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: VictoryGal

I imagine you have heard how many Mexican/Latino moms raise their young sons up to the age of 6-8 right?
It’s to build up their “Macho”.

Pretty sick.....


34 posted on 03/26/2012 9:02:38 PM PDT by mowowie
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