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Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:00 AM

"Shut up, parents"

Moms and dads are posting the disgusting details of child-rearing on Facebook. One blogger fights back

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  • Wednesday, July 1, 2009 07:07 PM

    Yeah, parents can be tedious, but...

    are they uniquely tedious? That's what this blog and some posters above seem to imply.

    It is indeed boring to hear constantly about someone's toddler's antics (and that's true whether they are updating over facebook or just monopolizing dinner party conversation). But it's also tedious to hear about someone's cats, or their commute, or their umpteenth break up with boy/girlfriend....if these experiences are related without a real effort to engage the listener. In other words, we all have the capacity to be dull and self-involved, whether we are parents or not!

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