It's no surprise that hippies raise their kids differently. They name their kids something ridiculous like Snowpepper and let them have boy/girl sleepovers in junior high.
East bay hippie parents raise their kids to be snobbish baby-hippies. They wear matching Crocs and go grocery shopping together.
Monterrey Market (my favoritist market) is baby bonanza. All the progressive East Bay parents come out with their kids and babies in strollers or, better yet, one of those snazzy hippie baby slings. You know, the kind that you'd see in those National Geographic images of subsaharan African mothers.
I was in the bread aisle and this typical East Bay mom (glasses, kind of greasy but stylishly messy hair, rolled up khaki pants, tribalish necklace) walks by with her kid. This little boy was YOUNG, like could barely walk YOUNG, maybe 2 or three.
Mom says: Sweetie, what kind of bagel do you want? White? Wheat?
Baby says: Uhhhhhhh....sesame.
Mom says: Alright we'll get the sesame.
Joanne says: Whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??!!
Sesame wasn't even an option! He wasn't just repeating what mom wanted! He was asking for what HE wanted.... because he actually KNEW what kind of bagel he was in the mood for!
This is all very dangerous. The day will come when Mom will ask, "Will you take care of me now that I am old and vulnerable."
Baby will say, "I can't. I'm currently focusing on all of the business ventures I had the confidence to pursue thanks to my first rate upbringing. Sorry ma!"
4 comments:
did i tell you that i actually own a pair of crocs, courtesy of marco?
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- kt
Don't worry, I will shift the balance of the universe when I start poppin' 'em out. I'm gonna raise an army of monsters.
whats up have you been to the sf park? where all the hippies gather and play drums?
kt - what!? why?! when?!
mj - Will this army be led by a lieutenant by the name of Frank Frankenstein?
E - My dad wants to visit the hippie drum circles. I think its part of his midlife crisis
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