The most talked about parenting news this week, hands down, has been the backlash over the recently consciously-uncoupled Gwyneth Paltrow's declaration that movie star moms such as herself have it harder than average working moms.
But superstar kids have been all over the news, too, including an 8-year-old Japanese girl/future rock legend, whose mind-bending heavy metal guitar solo has made her a YouTube sensation and earned her a reputation as a major shredder.
Then there's the Pennsylvania 14-year-old who figured out how the U.S. Government could save $400 million simply by changing the typeface it uses on its printed documents.
And The New York Times has a profile of a 15-year-old chef, who works in the kitchen of one of Los Angeles's best restaurants and hosts a supper club, at the house he shares with his mom and grandmother, where members of the LA elite pay $160.00 a head for such dishes as Beet Wellington and smoked egg yolk with ember-roasted carrot gelée.
With examples such as these, it's no wonder that a lot of parents are taking a look at their own kids, thinking WTF?, and then turning to the internet for such advice as How to Raise Kids Who Have Rock-Star Confidence, Even When You Don’t.
But, as Kelli Catana at the Huffington Post wonders, with all the listicles, blog posts, and assorted online advice about raising kids, Have We Taken the Common Sense Out of Parenting?
Maybe, when it comes to parenting, we live in an era of TMA (Too Much Advice). Sarah Miller at The New Yorker seems to think so. In this blog post, she reveals a new (fake) study which finds that if American parents read one more article about parenting "they will go f**g ape s**t."
Parents, tell us about your own rock-star kids. And let us know what you think: Could you always use more advice, or have you had enough?
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