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Oh dear. Oh no. It seems today's anti-spanking, "pregnancy-flaunting, soccer-cheering, organic-snack-proffering generation of parents" have a dark secret: sometimes they yell at their kids. More »
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Sometimes it seems as though yuppies are all in on an elaborate plot to keep others from procreating and providing more parental competition. The latest evidence: the child foodie movement. More »
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Here's a list of the most popular "hipster baby names" as defined by aging-hepcat areas like Brooklyn, Madison and Austin. As one might expect, the rents either kick it old school (Olive, Orson, Violet, Sadie (ugh), Silas), literary (Atticus, Dashiell), musical (Lennon, Kingston) misleadingly ethnic (Leopold, Stellan) or frankly pet-like (Butch, Ike, Elvis, Dixie, Duke.) Oddly, "Sarah Palin McCain" has not made the list. We just can't wait until all these poor tykes are doctors and lawyers — not that their parents would want such a square fate for their offspring. [Nameberry] More »
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Yes, he can rock a suit. And the man pitches a mean cigarette slogan. But Mad Men's resident mystery cad Don Draper "cheats on his pre-Friedan-ized wife, Betty, going through mistresses like packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes. He is stoic, handsome, emotionally stunted." So, why, according to the Observer's Irina Aleksander, are liberated, independent women whose own supportive husbands happily stay at home feeding baby Thelonius Walnut organic applesauce dreaming of their own emotionally unavailable dick? More »
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In the organic farming world, Amy Hepworth is a rock star. According to New York magazine, apparently foodies at Brooklyn's uber-smug Park Slope Coop are so obsessed with the farmer — known for her apples — that they line up before dawn to meet her truck and go to meet-and-greets. Although her family has farmed upstate since 1818, Hepworth is a rarity in the male-dominated world of farming. Unlike many farmers,Hepworth didn't have a father to guide her. But she sees her father’s absence as freeing. “Traditionally, fathers indoctrinate their sons. I didn’t have to follow anybody," she says. This autonomy has allowed Hepworth to pursue often-controversial methods of sustainable farming. The results speak for themselves in her rabid following. She, of course, takes this with a grain of salt; writes Susan Burton: "Hepworth comes home most nights streaked with hydraulic oil or rotten squash and is frequently reminded by her mother to comb her hair. She finds it entertaining that her job has become glamorous." [New York] More »
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As we know, yuppies enjoy spending money. And when it's environmentally responsible products that might be better for their children's health?! Giddy-up. Accordingly, high-end baby skin and hair care is booming. As any Whole Foods employee can tell you, lines like California Baby, Nature's Baby Organics, and Noodle and Boo don't come cheap - on average about $20 a bottle. Maybe we're just defensive because we were raised on the yellow stuff (gentle to the eyes as water itself!), but it does seem like in a recession, the organic rosemary-scented baby oil would be a pretty early casualty in our hypothetical nurseries. [The Street] More »
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The latest must-have for the terminally busy and frivolous is a baby planner. According to ABC, moms like hospital administrator Jennifer Rein hire companies like inBloom Baby Planners to "help set up her baby registry and nursery, arrange private CPR classes for Rein and her husband, do product research to make sure her babies' new toys are safe from things like lead. And, last but not least, the company will help Rein find the right baby nurse and nanny." Curiously, the inBloom website does not offer its pricing system. [ABC News] More »
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