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Old 12-27-2013, 07:50 AM   #10994
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
It's so weird, I almost think it's a hoax, but she apparently writes parenting articles all the time.
Yeah, she writes parenting articles all the time... as in, she has a regular deadline and enjoys not getting fired. She had nothing to write about, so she conjured up some "typical" parent dilemma, and called up a psychologist for a quote in the article. It's a bad article, but I don't for a moment believe this woman actually paid for a therapy session over this. The psych quoted in the article is a professor, not a practicing counselor.

Glatt's right though, cheap kids' bikes are painfully gendered one way or the other. It's all black lightning bolts and skulls, or huge pink hearts with enough sparkles to make your eyes hurt. But even then, there are light blue bikes covered in girly flowers and purple butterflies. I know, because I tried to talk my stepdaughter into choosing that one, but instead she went with the gaudy pink monstrosity.
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