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How about an article about the many many many American couples who'd like to have children but can't imagine having the financial ability to do so? I wish I was in this dude's position, with that stylish New York DINC lifestyle that is so incredibly fun and amazing that he can't imagine messing it all up with kids. He represents a minute (and continuously shrinking) percentage of the population. Congratulations.
Now, how about talking to the dual-income families who, despite working every waking moment, can't afford to buy a home, can't afford to have children, can't afford to take a vacation, and can't afford to have $10 margaritas in the East Village? The ones who can't have kids because they don't have health insurance? You know, those ones? The ones who are actually facing an actual problem?
These would be the people I could relate to. I would actually like to have a child. But our financial position is so precarious, I'm not sure we could manage it. And what would I do about work? Taking away one of our incomes would put us frighteningly close the poverty line. But who can afford child care? This article did nothing but break my heart. These people have what I so desperately want.
This continuous string of stories about priviledged people living charmed lives is really getting old. I understand that every person's personal problem, to them, is the biggest problem in the world. But in journalism, perhaps a little objectivity is called for.
