Comments on: Hyper-Aggressive Parenting: 25 Snow Whites, No Dwarfs and No Witch

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:29:02 +0000

It used to be El Niño. Now everyone blames Americans. What a cop out. When I’m at the Liverpool Street Station, that McDonald’s is heaving every time. Funny that, and this American hasn’t set foot in a fast food place in the two years she’s lived in the UK.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:23:46 +0000

“America’s influence in the world is largely voluntarily cultural; nobody’s forcing McDonald’s on anyone”

That’s probably debatable. Especially the “voluntarily” part. If McDonald’s restaurants spring up all over Iraq, will you still be sticking to the “voluntarily” argument?

As far as how it relates to this story, I don’t know if it’s really American influence at all. I thought Japan had a highly competitive society anyway. This is just taken to the extreme: parents competing to make their child #1 (even if everyone else’s child is also #1).

By: smak

smak — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:48:31 +0000

Larry, I hope you’re joking. Otherwise, you’re just as pathetic as these parents’ children.

There are plenty of toxic cross-cultural influences out there. The greatest forced proliferation of Western culture came via the sword and the gun and thanks to the Spanish, Dutch, French, Portuguese and English empires.

So before you start complaining about how horrid America’s influence is, I remind you that America’s influence in the world is largely voluntarily cultural; nobody’s forcing McDonald’s on anyone.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:26:46 +0000

Its just cultural lag. New ideas spread faster than the rational responses to them.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:29:22 +0000

That’s right!
All these countries had perfectly reasonable cultures until America starting infecting the rest of the world with it’s putrid influence!
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I wake up in the morning and scream, “Why me!? Why was I born AMERICAN!?

By: Joel Falconer

Joel Falconer — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:51:49 +0000

It was only a matter of time before these poisonous American attitudes spread to other societies

By: Parker

Parker — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:53:45 +0000

Yeah parents seem prouder of their boring kids than previous generations. My parents never thought I was extraordinary enough to bully teachers into giving me what I wanted even when I showed some skill. And I turned out to actually not expect things to go my way..how about that? My mother also worked and wasn’t bored enough or had the time to conspire with other mothers to make a teacher’s life hell even if she wanted to.

By: Barbwire

Barbwire — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:14:33 +0000

My daughter was thrilled to death to be the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz. She felt it was a much meatier part than bland Dorothy. Another year, the youngest was a Munchkin. That’s life.

By: Lea

Lea — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:54:28 +0000

This happens in america all the time. We call them helicopter parents.

Here’s an idea.
Try common sense for once.

By: gibson8or

gibson8or — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:12:16 +0000

Children need to be taught that they have to work for rewards. Feelings of entitlement in children create greedy and cruel adults.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:11:12 +0000

Reading the article, the Snow White story sounds like an urban legend. The school isn’t named, no quotes, and it’s not the story, it’s just an intro to the story.

By: ted

ted — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:57:03 +0000

They probably sang and danced around a little. I think it’s a cool concept, but for all the wrong reasons.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:41:24 +0000

I’ll bet that was one boring play. How can you have a plot without a villain? What did all these Snow Whites do? Just stand around on stage?

By: Tony LaRocca

Tony LaRocca — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:50:54 +0000

They think they’re protecting their kids, but it’s going to hurt the kids when they enter the real world and find no one is giving them trophies and hugs to celebrate their mediocrity.

By: Davves

Davves — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:46:53 +0000

So what happened to the boys who wanted to be a dwarf?

The really sad thing about this is that the school actually did it. Here’s the thing it’s not fair for one girl to be the main character so they decided to make all the girls the main character thus rending said main character a minor character, no more main character for anyone.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:12:08 +0000

This is just a sad, sad thing. Parenting is such a joke these days with the loser getting a trophy too, and now 25 Snow Whites. This generation is going to grow up to be soft and pathetic, and not just in Japan, but in the UK and the US too.

By: Peaches

Peaches — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:48:54 +0000

This reminds me of what happened at my school.
The parents (and even some of the teachers) were really angry at the Principal, so they kept complaining to the board and he actually got fired! He’d only been at the school for 2 and a half school years.
I don’t feel bad for him. I didn’t like him all that much.