Dopes Raise Bratz

Matthew Mehan (aka Downto) at Down to the Piraeus recently had a controversial post on bad parenting styles in which he dubbed parents of a particular style, "Dopes".

Just this week, my kindergarten-aged daughter received a birthday invitation to a Bratz-themed birthday party for one of her classmates. I repeat, this is for kindergarteners; five year olds turning six. A kindergarten at a Catholic parish school, mind you.

If you are setting the bar this low for your child at such an early age, why not plan ahead and rather than paying into a pre-paid college tuition, use the money for some thing she might really need? Does the Betty Ford clinic accept advance bookings? How about the Whitman-Walker clinic?