The Culture Clash

Do you remember back when you were single and occasionally going bar hopping? Perhaps, you're still single and enjoying the night life. Well, imagine if you stepped into your favorite urban bar anticipating a cold beer with your rowdy crowd only to be confronted by a room full of babies. It could be a virtual worst nightmare.

I just read an interesting article in the Washington Post. I'll post the link below. It discusses the culture war between kid toting parents and hip singles. For generations couples migrated to the suburbs when they found out they were expecting, leaving singles free to navigate the city without accomodating young children. Now as commutes grow longer many families are opting to stay in the city. This phenomenon has produced some tension.

Singles complain that parents can be tyranical in their demands that their children be accomodated. Common examples include parents who refuse to fold their strollers on the metro thus blocking the aisle for other passengers.

Equally frustrated parents feel they have a right to the city. Other restaurant patrons can tolerate children for a few hours. It is very difficult to fold a stroller and then refold it while lugging your child off the metro.

This was an interesting article. Are both sides just oblivious? Is it possible for them to happily coexist? Read the article and tell me what you think.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/15/AR2010051503637.html