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Hipster Daddy Throwdown A Vortex Of Do Not Want

Alternadad and struggling writer Neal Pollack (pictured, right) has, of course, his own "alternative online parenting publication" called Offsprung, and the site in turn has a chat section called "the Playground," and Pollack figures no one else should be allowed to ever use the word "playground" in the name of a parental discussion board. But that's exactly what Nerve.com founder Rufus Griscom (pictured, left) has gone and done, with his "Babble Playground," attached to his existing hipster parenting site Babble. And so the hipster parent flamewar is on. Cue the requisite nauseating, passive-aggressive bickering over which site is authentic and which site is derivative and tacky. To make things more fun, lawyers are involved. More »

9:51 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Ryan Tate
2,375 views, 27 comments

Latest by Kona: The whole Brooklyn hipster parenting culture is a big part of the reason that as soon as I found out I was pregnant, I started making arrangements to move from Brooklyn to Jersey City. more »

we hate your children

Frank Gehry Designs Playground

What goes together better than titanium panels and razor-sharp edges than hundreds of small young dumb human beings engaging in running, skipping, falling and playing? Nothing! Or so thinks Mayor Bloomberg and the Battery Conservancy, who announced that Frank Gehry, the world's trickiest one trick pony, will be bestowing his whimsical architectural derring-do on a one-acre playground in Battery Park. Seriously, I used to babysit in TriBeCa and those kids will injure themselves on like, grass. They're rich but lack motor skills. But hey, it's TriBeCa, the land where parents barely even notice as their kids skid across their loft's whitewashed hardwood floors and slam into the Mies Van Der Rohe daybed with a impish sickening thud before returning to peruse the latest issue of Architectural Digest. More »

3:17 PM on Thu Jun 7 2007
By Joshua Stein
1,691 views, 15 comments

Latest by WorldWarYou: "Less is more" applies here.Less children, more money, more free time, more room for us educated, much bigger people. I say, let 'em climb that very sharp edge, maybe they'll slip and fall. They die, you get the lawsuit dallahs. more »

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Trend Alert: 2 Year Old Aleksey Vayners!

If we've read one 'rich Manhattanites will do anything to get their kids into preschool' article, we've read a hundred. The one in today's Sun is different, though, for two reasons: 1) It's not in New York magazine and 2) it mentions a new weapon in these toddling overachievers' arsenals: r sum s. Also, video r sum s. One preschool director even received a "media kit." But don't worry—she found it "distasteful." Some parents are undaunted, though, and defend their choice to pimp their children however they think best: "'There's such a supply-and-demand imbalance,' the Greenwich Village resident, who asked not to be identified, said. 'It seems like the chances of getting into an Ivy League school or graduate program are better. You can't imagine the stress it creates for parents.'" The stress it creates for people who are just trying to cling to their last shred of hope for humanity was not mentioned. More »

10:50 AM on Wed Mar 7 2007
By Emily Gould
1,320 views, 10 comments

Latest by Bon Jour, Pee Wee: I think we all should have media kits. It would make dating a lot easier. more »