02-07-2012, 01:40 AM
Chakravartin wrote:
The WSJ piece seems to be related to that campaign. I wonder which wealthy corporation/lobbyist/political-candidate/PAC is blowing scads of money to get this BS in the press and what message they think they're promoting with it.
It may be much more simple than that. Parenting is a highly emotional, hot button issue in which a majority of American adults are invested. As we are about most things, American parents are competitive and we want to know what the competition is doing and thinking, lest we fall behind and somehow disadvantage our progeny.
What better way to drive clicks than to write about it, especially in a provocative way?