• Have Gifted Children
  • Test Their Kids for ADD
  • Help with Homework
  • Hire Excellent Babysitters
  • Bubblewrap Their Kids
  • Throw Fabulous Parties
  • Sanitize Everything
  • Sleep with Their Kids
  • Interview Their Kids
  • Buy Nice Things
  • Ensure Productive Playtime
  • Feel Conflicted about Gaming
  • Get Their Kids to Princeton
  • Don’t Waste Time
  • Eat Food That’s Healthy
  • Homeschool Their Children
  • Live in Their Cars
  • Upgrade Old Games
  • Pay to Play
  • Choreograph Play Dates
  • Buy Trophies for Everyone
  • Obsess about Vaccines
  • Provide Excellent Snacks

    • Top This Parenting is a project about childhood in America. By collecting outrageous tales of over-stirred, joyless childrearing practices, we are opening a space for discussion about what is happening to our kids and why. We are a poet, a psychologist and a geographer who study, observe and celebrate the lives of children and parents from different perspectives. Together, we’ve been exploring how today’s American children have fewer opportunities to play in non-governed spaces and non-consumerist atmospheres. By describing ourselves and others caught up in these trends, we hope to raise questions, incite conversations, and inspire change.

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    Don’t Waste Time

    Parents hate to waste time. There isn’t even time to pull kids out of the car seats for a visit. Play dates are planned and enrichment programs are planned and all the in-between time is used up. An eleven-year old neighbor of ours has the Odyssey piped in while he sleeps. My sister alternates the kids’ placemats between the periodic table, state capitals and math facts.

    Don't Waste Time!

    This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 at 9:04 am and is filed under Uncategorized.



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