Posted on 14. Apr, 2004 by Brian Reid in General
The source of today’s link is again Daddy Types, which is the best new dad-centric blog on the face of the Earth. If you haven’t bookmarked it, please do so. Now.
Greg’s latest post links to this gawd-awful New York mag cover story on “Tot Therapy.” Naturally, it’s written by Ralph Gardner, Jr., who wrote the worst at-home dad story, ever last year and well-botched a “Mommy Wars” story a year earlier.
Leaving the legitimate criticism to others (I suspect Gardner again wrote a story that will ring true to the two or three hundred wealthiest NYC parents and will sound like absurdist fiction to everyone else), his characterization of dads toward of the end of the piece (as Daddy Types notes) is reason enough to pound my head against the wall.
Let me belatedly link to this Echidne post about a new study of the marriage market, which suggests that it’s getting better and better for educated women. Why do I care? The researchers (read the release here) think that this reflect more egalitarian marriages … and, perhaps, a more even distribution of household roles.
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15. Apr, 2004
um…It is New York magazine, after all. It’s never been exactly famous for the quality journalism. Or the egghead readership.
I read the at-home dad story. Gardner’s an ass. I suspect though that most of his readership is the kind that enjoys watching whatstheirfaces, the ones that took over from Chris Matthews, screaming at each other redfaced like pre-Nazis on CNBC. No percentage in pounding head against wall.
greg from daddytypes
15. Apr, 2004
YOW, thanks for the plug, and for the link.
And for the tip: NY Magazine has a knack for reporting the inanities of a single (ok, a handful of) Manhattan zip code ; I’d just blocked out the parent-related stupidity. Until 2 months ago, anyway.
Gotta run. The kid’s sensory integration consultant’ll be here in a few minutes.