To our friends expecting or already blesed with babies, today’s headlines are just for you …
Because anything less is child abuse: If you’re going to parent, parent big! In the money = love department, we offer “the Cadillac of child care.” The cost of day care is exploding in the Birmingham area, driven by demand for the “very best” in entertaining 4-year-olds. Guilty parents (who can ill afford the tab) can blow their food money on such amenities as “Internet monitoring for parents, daily written reports on each child, state-of-the-art playgrounds with sprinklers for summer fun, organic lunches and advanced educational programs with foreign languages.” We’re all for improving child care and educational facilities for Alabama’s children, but we’re guessing the money’s not so much for Junior’s benefit as it is for salving parental shortcomings. But what do we know — we were raised by wolves. Unlicensed wolves, at that.
• Parents dig into pockets for top-quality child care [Birmingham News]
Condo U: Forget those drab cold cinder block dorms. Today’s collegian needs something to suit his/her upscale lifestyle (and mounting tuition debt). How about an off-campus condo, starting at a bargain $139,000? Birmingham-based Capstone Development is creating a $53 million Seaside-style gated(!) community near Auburn University. The 370 condos on 50 acres will include “granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, oil-rubbed bronze fixtures, security systems. … a clubhouse with a 30-seat theater, a fitness center, tanning beds, pool tables, a computer center, copier. … a three-level pool.” We wouldn’t be caught dead in anything less than the $229,000 five-bedroom unit. But that’s because Mummy and Daddy love us more.
• Plain living gets fancy [Birmingham News]
Object lessons: All is not lost. We present three examples of sanity regarding kids and their rearing (that didn’t come out right).
See, the kids are all right. It’s the parents that are messed up.
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