oh boy

[lauralh]

"Humorist" writes about 2-year-old getting kicked out of preschool. HILARITY ENSUES.

edit: more hilarity! although, not quite as funny.

Comments

[bitchness.livejournal.com]

When this kid is 18, and being arraigned for assault and battery, and the judge asks him why he is the way he is, I hope he has a copy of this article to show the court. Making something seem funny is one thing, talking about your child as if he's from another planet and acting as if parenting is a burden that was thrust upon you through no fault of your own... that's a whole other issue.

[perich.livejournal.com]

I thought the reason everyone was upset is because the father is ducking responsibility, and that's a bad thing. So why would the 18-year-old kid ducking responsibility suddenly be a just thing?

And I never said it was a well-written or funny essay. I just understand what the author's trying to do. I'd bet that Pollack doesn't actually think his child is some monstrous puzzle, like the box from Hellraiser. He's exaggerating for comic effect. It doesn't work, but that's why he's doing it.

[bitchness.livejournal.com]

I don't see a lot of exxageration here. I see a parent trying to put the responsibility of raising his child on someone else, and then blaming that someone else when the child develops problems. The main thrust of this article seems to be that preschools expelling two year olds for violent behavior is wrong, not that ignoring your kids and rolling your eyes when his tachers tell you that he's inflicting bloody wounds on other children is wrong. He's handing the blame for his son's poor behavior over to the preschool, instead of accepting it himself.

[bitchness.livejournal.com]

Damned typos, 'exaggeration' and 'teachers'. I shouldn't type fast when I'm annoyed.