Comments on: The Stupid Rich Parents Pages

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:14:56 +0000

I would have loved a class like that when I was a kid. Alright, maybe not when I was three, but I wasn’t much older than five when I learned to roll my own pasta from my grandmother’s next door neighbor. She did it at her kitchen table and it made it easier for her if I rolled it because I was just the right height relative to the table.

It was a hell of a lot more fun than “playing” or being “out in the fresh air” “where kids belong.” Thank God my parents didn’t make me do sports.

I was precocious. I taught myself to read by age three, without going to school or being taught by anyone else. I *hated* listening to the other kids learning to read in grades 1 & 2. In fact, school kind of blew all the way through.

Good for these kids if their parents can treat them to something nice like this.

By: Dr. Click

Dr. Click — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:50:28 +0000

I spent some time growing up in New York City, remain in contact with some of the people whom I grew up with in NYC, and can say that none of us resembles the people in the articles.

I suspect the stories are more a reflection of the social lives and attitudes of the staff of the New York Times, or maybe of a segment of Manhattanites. There’s a lot of New York outside of Manhattan that isn’t like Manhattan.

By: David

David — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:54:47 +0000

I should just link people to this entry when I get asked why we moved from NYC.

By: peterb

peterb — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:21:52 +0000

It’s the “at a party” part that’s really funny, moreso than the “coming out” part.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:48:41 +0000

Ha. psu at a coming out party. That’s got to be the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.

By: Stewart Clamen

Stewart Clamen — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:01:25 +0000

psu’s offspring won’t be discussed publicly until their Coming Out parties

By: Alex Groce

Alex Groce — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:54:23 +0000

To zp (who I think already gets this) — it is possible that, despite blathering their opinions all over the web, psu is one of those sensible people who would not be written up in the NYT who retain a sense of, well, you know, personal life. And distinguish it from consumption habits or from publicity.

By: kim

kim — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:01:21 +0000

This is why I avoid doing yoga.

By: zp

zp — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:55:18 +0000

You are a parent!?!?!?! How did I miss this? Where are all the pics of your adorable offspring? Where are all the charming stories? Where is your list of ongoing child-focussed consumption?