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Madness of Modern Families had MNHQ Carrie on it!!

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princessmel · 20/02/2007 19:32

Or maybe it was Justine?

I love that programme. Its very funny. Its like Mn on tv.

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FluffyMummy123 · 20/02/2007 23:01

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Tamum · 20/02/2007 23:03

Nah, her children are older than Aitch's, aren't they (why am I suddenly obsessed with knowing everyone's children's ages, can anyone tell me?)

FluffyMummy123 · 20/02/2007 23:03

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hatjam · 20/02/2007 23:03

well the book is abso-bloody-lutely fantastic. and that's a completely unbiased view. of course the programme presents an extreme view - the clue's right there in the title - 'madness' - but competitive parenting is a creeping and insidious trend and it's time people woke up to it. i don't think anyone is immune. i had a 3rd hand buggy for my twins, but the expectation among lots of younger women i meet - and they're not especially affluent - is that they have to have it all new because they have celebrity parents as a model. and the same goes for parenting advice and wisdom - new parents are encouraged to distrust anyone but the latest childcare guru (naming no names) and the advice is contradictory and coming from all directions. parents are being manipulated into feeling insecure to make them vulnerable marketing targets. and the same applies to our kids too.

Tamum · 20/02/2007 23:04

She is odd, isn't she? I sometimes really like stuff that AA Gill says though, he can be amazingly insightful. Sometimes.

UnquietDad · 20/02/2007 23:06

I think this just proves that hatjam moves in very refined circles!

NOBODY that DW or I know has "celebrity parents as a role-model". Most people we know think they are all poncy twats. It's quite normal to get things second-hand - we've all passed clothes, toys, etc. on to people with younger children.

AitchTwoOh · 20/02/2007 23:06

doesn't apply to mine, hatjam, thanks very much.

and i won't have a word said against Gill, cod, he's a surprisingly lovely man. no, really. always good for a febrile quote if you need one in a hurry.

AitchTwoOh · 20/02/2007 23:08

although he does drive me round the twist with that Tristrams shite. you can tell he's got a headache when he trots that out.

FluffyMummy123 · 20/02/2007 23:09

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WanderingTrolley · 20/02/2007 23:09

Oh blinkin' flip - it was supposed to provoke discussion and give insight into the complexities of modern parenting?!

I thought it was just a middle class freak show.

I pointed.

I larfed.

I switched orf.

Tamum · 20/02/2007 23:09

Oh that's nice to know Aitch. He can write so movingly.

Unquietdad, that summed it up beautifully. I don't know anyone in RL who buys into any of this competitive parenting business, really.

hullabaloo · 20/02/2007 23:10

I read the book and thought it was very funny. Not much of it related to me here in Sctland but I could imagine my friend in london being in LOADs of those situations. I was shocked when i met some of her friends and their kids and heard the way they talked about schools and clubs and the names they had for their kids!!
My Dh bought it for my Christmas after noticing the chapter Trial by Party Bag!! I have a bit of a thing about them!!

AitchTwoOh · 20/02/2007 23:10

i've got news for you cod...

mrs mills isn't even a mrs.

Tamum · 20/02/2007 23:11

cod That disposed of the whole of the Style section very neatly.... Mrs Mills used to be written by AA Gill, I thought, but it's clearly changed hands a long time ago.

FluffyMummy123 · 20/02/2007 23:11

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hatjam · 20/02/2007 23:12

yeah - ever so refined, me. no - i mean the cult of celebrity where you see baby accessories in fashion mags - designer baby slings - wtf! - bugaboos (bleargh) and so on. having kids has become a merketing opportunity.
aitchtwooh - i sincerely hope it won't apply to your kids - dunno what age they are - but i read a really interesting document from an advertising agency about how kids were beig targeted in ever smaller and more precise agegroups. infact i blogged it. if i could work out how to do urls on this site, i'd link to it. kids are frighteningly brand aware now - they're being groomed to be good little consumers. and it scares the bejaysus out of me!

FluffyMummy123 · 20/02/2007 23:12

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Tamum · 20/02/2007 23:14

Cod we are as one on all this

FluffyMummy123 · 20/02/2007 23:14

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AitchTwoOh · 20/02/2007 23:14

i don't think it was written by Gill, tbh. might be wrong about that but it wouldn't make sense, given the surname.

i simply DO NOT see the point of Christa D'Souza. what is that piece supposed to do? she looks possessed and haggard in her photo byline. i keep hoping she'll get the sack and be replaces by caroline phillips of london tornado fame.

FluffyMummy123 · 20/02/2007 23:16

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Tamum · 20/02/2007 23:16

No I'm sure you're right Aitch, you are clearly in a much better position to know than I am The Christa wotsit columns are incredibly tedious, but at least they got rid of that old slapper who was always having plastic surgery. Well, not really, obviously.

hatjam · 20/02/2007 23:17

it's half price cos it's selling by the shedload - whereas mine is slumped in the doldrums! thanks hullaballo! my starving children - who don't even have the right kind of pesto - salute you!
one thing one the programme that was absolutely on target - what is it with effing butter nut squash?

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