Neal Pollack Launches Online Humor Magazine For Alternadads And Alternamoms
Fresh from his Alternadad book tour (a hilarious book), Neal Pollack just launched an online blog community for alternaparents: Offsprung
A new generation of parents is currently reinventing the very notion of parenthood, and, for that matter, of generations. Never before have human beings reproduced so interestingly, with such skepticism, and with such clever nicknames for their progeny. This important sociological development has only thus far been the subject of about 500 articles in the New York Times, and many far less important media outlets. That’s why we, a group of sexy and relatively clever parents, decided to start Offsprung Media.
Forget Dr. Phil.... if you need parenting advice you can know consult Neal Pollack:
Do you have questions for Neal Pollack? Well, then, here are your instructions: Um, email Neal your questions. He’s more likely to answer a question about parenting than anything else, and is especially well versed in the cultural aspects of parenting. So those are preferred types of questions. That said, Neal likes to hear himself talk, so he may just answer questions about other stuff as well.
We're terrified of this creepy gem, that was submitted to the site by Amy Davis:
Before they became the slick, mass-marketed group that many of today’s parents know so well, The Wiggles had the production values of a bad cable access show. And some freakishly scary puppets.
And we love this advice Pollack offers "W"
Dear Alternadad: My five-year-old son is a real people person. He likes everyone, and he thinks people are genuinely good and kind. How do I cushion him for a tremendous let down without crushing his youthful idealism?-W
Dear W:
First of all, do you really want to go around referring to yourself as W? ... There’s no reason why you can’t make it fun for a kid to learn that the world is complicated. To wit: One of Elijah’s major villains is the “Bush Man,” and he’s the only one that my wife and I made up ourselves. Elijah asked us one time if there were any real villains in the world, and we told him that the Bush Man took away people’s money and then tortured other people.
