William wants a doll, so when he has a baby some day, he'll know how to dress it, put diapers on double, and gently caress it, to bring up a bubble, and care for his babay as every good father should learn to do...
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
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Laga - Mar 03, 2010 3:53:53 pm PST #11949 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Hil R. - Mar 03, 2010 4:02:47 pm PST #11950 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
These boys who play with dolls also sometimes t gasp help their mother bake!
Vortex - Mar 03, 2010 4:04:51 pm PST #11951 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I just realized. This family cosleeps, and they don't diaper the baby at night.
That's commitment.
Steph L. - Mar 03, 2010 4:14:21 pm PST #11952 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Attachment parenting is totally within the range of upper-middle-class suburban parenting styles I'm seen from my friends, and unschooling is a bit further out there, but I've met several people who do it.
Well, I was going with the example you cited, of not just attachment parenting, but attachment parenting with extended breastfeeding.
Also, I too know people who took/take the attachment parenting route, but just because you or I know people who do it doesn't make it the norm.
Again, I think "radical" might not be the right word for how I would classify unschooling and attachment parenting w/extended breastfeeding -- "radical" makes me think of the Symbionese Liberation Army or something. I'll just stick with saying that those 2 methods of parenting are definitely outside the norm.
Hil R. - Mar 03, 2010 4:15:51 pm PST #11953 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, unschooling and extended breastfeeding are outside the norm, but I would think that something would have to be much further outside than that to be called radical.
-t - Mar 03, 2010 4:19:57 pm PST #11954 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I guess they aren't using it like the TMNT
javachik - Mar 03, 2010 4:21:29 pm PST #11955 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, they're not radical. "Unconventional" in more industrialized countries is pretty much it.
ETD: Edward Said taught me that "Western" is not an apt description unless I'm talking about John Ford movies.
Steph L. - Mar 03, 2010 4:24:03 pm PST #11956 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Unconventional! That's a better word for what I mean.
P.M. Marc - Mar 03, 2010 4:42:55 pm PST #11957 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I will say, extended breastfeeding is the norm in AP communities. Sometimes, I feel like a weird person for parent-led weaning at 3 years, 11 months rather than letting her self-wean. It doesn't honestly feel that unconventional, but there are a lot of APers in my neck of the woods.
Stephanie, IIRC, did EC with Ellie in PR.
flea - Mar 03, 2010 4:49:04 pm PST #11958 of 30000
information libertarian
Stats I found suggest about 6% of women are breastfeeding at all at age 2. I would say among the mainstream well-educated, upper middle class, crunchy but not too crunchy population (i.e. shops at Whole Foods but not at the food co-op), the standard is to reach 1 year and then wean.