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BATTLEGROUND: TRANSIT
Posted on May 7, 2008 by Baby Wars
The “Baby Wars” feature would be better positioned as a piece exposing the differences between considerate parents and inconsiderate ones. Has it not occurred to these self-involved “love me, love my baby” hipsters that there is not a conspiracy against them? I’m a city-dwelling mom of three, and being a “hip” downtown parent has a lot less to do with being entitled to frequent your old haunts than it has to do with taking kids places that are appropriate for kids. As for the woman who is now “paying back” fellow TTC riders by cramming her “big honkin’” stroller onto the streetcar because she couldn’t get a seat when she was pregnant: Get over yourself. You were pregnant, not dying. People were managing to have babies and thoughtfully raise families for centuries before Toronto’s urbanites decided it was cool. Continue...
Baby Wars
In the May issue of Toronto Life, Katrina Onstad’s in-depth feature “Baby Wars” examined the growing tension between the city’s hipster parents and its childless masses. The wars are being fought on a number of battlegrounds, some of which are listed on the left. In this forum, we invite you to read some of the letters we received in reaction to this piece and to share your own opinions, ideas, experiences and advice.
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