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Jay,
I am not sure if is parodying Progressive Ed as much as it is making fun of most of us middle-class parents!
That is a really clever skit. It makes me long for the good old days, where my parents made it clear that “children are to be seen and not heard.” Then, I was quite aware that most things I said were silly and not useful and I believed I had little to offer society! (perhaps somewhere in the middle is the right place …)
“I have commented and therefore no one should criticize me.”
Jay,
I am not sure if is parodying Progressive Ed as much as it is making fun of most of us middle-class parents!
That is a really clever skit. It makes me long for the good old days, where my parents made it clear that “children are to be seen and not heard.” Then, I was quite aware that most things I said were silly and not useful and I believed I had little to offer society! (perhaps somewhere in the middle is the right place …)
“I have commented and therefore no one should criticize me.”
Progressive parenting and progressive education are two branches of the same tree.
“I’m Twitter famous.” He even looks like his dad, Stuart Smalley.