Why I Have a ‘Parenting Insanity’ Category on This Blog
The CNN headline says all you really need to know:
“$10,000 for child’s birthday?”
Do not wipe your glasses. Or refresh your screen. You read it correctly.
Ten. Thousand. Dead. Presidents.
The CNN article discussed a company that makes kids’ birthday cakes for the tidy sum of $1,000, and told the tale of a mother who threw $5,000 party for her 3-year-old.
A few years ago, I tried to pitch a column to an editor who thought I was out of my gourd when I argued that there was a good reason to run my piece, saying that someone needed to plead with these people to put things into perspective and to reign in pediatric birthday party madness. At that time, the high-end price for such soirees was a mere $1,000.
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