Sadly, however, they are not. Seems that out-of-control parenting has gotten further out of control, as News.com.au reports that two-year-olds have started handing out business cards.
I’ll let that sink in for a minute.
This is not a joke. Apparently something has happened in Australia to make parents completely lose their minds. In what the article calls “a phenomenon that has taken the country by storm,” It seems that these Aussie whackjobs “are investing in business cards for their children.” Business cards. For kids. And they pay about $50 for 50 of them (yeah, it’s Australian dollars, but they’re pretty close to equal to US dollars).
“Ethan feels very important when he trots off to give someone his business card,” says one of the nutjobs who thinks this is a good idea.
I’m not too keen on violence, but this is one of those times when I think people maybe need to have some sense smacked into them. Thankfully, I’m not alone in recognizing that this is insane:
Parenting experts have dubbed the notion “preposterous”, believing it to be a classic example of obsessive parenting.
* * * Parenting expert Prof Matt Sanders from the University of Queensland, said kids should be kids.
“Giving children business cards is totally unnecessary,” he said. “There is nothing they could possibly gain. It’s just a silly gimmick.”
Now, normally, I’d be skeptical of someone calling themselves a “parenting expert” for many reasons, but here, I think they’re 100 percent correct.
(Via Dave Barry’s blog.)
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