I have to say, i originally opened this thread because i was a little taken back by the title. I agree w/ another poster that hopefully the OP meant no harm and just couldn't think of another way to title it (mainstream parenting or something to that affect would have probably been what she meant), and since she saw the AP thread, kind of just went off of that and typed non-ap. It's not like AP and non-AP are the two only ways to parent... there are parents who think beating the %^&* out of your kid is best for them, but hopefully we won't see that thread started here (although it might unite the ap and non-ap posters).
As i was reading posts, I was again a little taken back by some comments such as (and i'm not exactly quoting):
"send kids to public school... GASP!"
"baby slept in crib from day one... GASP!"
I very much felt like those gasps were directed at AP moms, because if not, they would have simply said "send kids to public school" without the gasp at the end.
I posted my hello here to be a part of this thread to show people who think that all AP parents are hardcore and judgemental are not. I described myself as *ap-lite* and i'm very similar to many people here in many ways, and I just wanted to show that.
Hopefully both threads will become what they were intended to be, just a friendly place to chat with like-minded people, and I think a lot of us have a place on both threads.
As i was reading posts, I was again a little taken back by some comments such as (and i'm not exactly quoting):
"send kids to public school... GASP!"
"baby slept in crib from day one... GASP!"
I very much felt like those gasps were directed at AP moms, because if not, they would have simply said "send kids to public school" without the gasp at the end.
I posted my hello here to be a part of this thread to show people who think that all AP parents are hardcore and judgemental are not. I described myself as *ap-lite* and i'm very similar to many people here in many ways, and I just wanted to show that.
Hopefully both threads will become what they were intended to be, just a friendly place to chat with like-minded people, and I think a lot of us have a place on both threads.