new Atlantic article on child anxiety quotes DCUM thread!

[Anonymous]

The new Atlantic cover story on anxiety is great imo though will I am sure annoy some on here as it's critiquing our way of life and all
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/05/childhood-in-an-anxious-age/609079/

Anyway, I was amused to see that it quotes a DCUM thread by its title -- “Super Fudge book outs Santa as fake.” I thought that sounded familiar so I looked and here it is:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/769978.page

Here's the part of the piece where it comes up:

In my experience, this cloistering extends to everything from the Holocaust to sex. I’m surprised by how many of my friends think their fourth and fifth graders don’t know how babies are made. Meanwhile, the efforts parents make to promote belief in, for example, Santa Claus seem more fervent than ever, via tools like Elf on the Shelf and apps that supposedly show Santa’s visit to your home. One of the more revealing mommy-board threads I’ve encountered began with an irate warning titled “Super Fudge book outs Santa as fake.” More than 100 people jumped into the outraged fray that followed, all over a revelation in a classic Judy Blume novel that’s aimed at third-to-sixth graders and that came out four decades ago. So we find ourselves with a bizarre mishmash: Some adults think their fourth graders believe in Santa Claus and don’t know how babies are made while other adults—or maybe some of the same adults—think fourth graders should have smartphones. In another era, the desire to keep kids in the dark might not be a problem, but it’s a strange combination with the easy access many of them now have to Pornhub and viral videos of real-life violence.

[Anonymous]

Does this mean we’re cool now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean we’re cool now?

No, it means the Atlantic is circling the drain of writing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean we’re cool now?

No, it means the Atlantic is circling the drain of writing.

Er, in this tableau, is the drain DCUM? Have a little pride, lady!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean we’re cool now?

No, it means the Atlantic is circling the drain of writing.

Well, have a heart, the poor writer is stuck at home and hurting for stories, apparently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean we’re cool now?

No, it means the Atlantic is circling the drain of writing.

It means Kate Julian hangs out on DCUM. Hi Kate!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean we’re cool now?

No, it means the Atlantic is circling the drain of writing.

Or the author of the article is a poster on here.

[Anonymous]

Funny thanks for telling me.

[Anonymous]

I feel so seen! I wonder how she feels about Executives! And what’s tacky! And siblings at birthday parties!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean we’re cool now?

No, it means the Atlantic is circling the drain of writing.

Er, in this tableau, is the drain DCUM? Have a little pride, lady!

No pride. I know I’m circling the drain with y’all.

[Anonymous]

Oh we have better examples of cloistering and hovering and protecting. Wait until they write about all the parents doing their kid's distance learning work and attendance checks...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this mean we’re cool now?

No, it means the Atlantic is circling the drain of writing.

Well, have a heart, the poor writer is stuck at home and hurting for stories, apparently.

Apparently.

God, googled her and she’s a “senior editor.” The Atlantic started in 1857 and featured writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe. My but how the mighty have fallen.

[Anonymous]

I haven't read the article, but it sounds like she has a fair point. Some posters here really are certifiable - it's got to be some sort of delusion disorder for people to think that someone that age still believes that Santa is real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the article, but it sounds like she has a fair point. Some posters here really are certifiable - it's got to be some sort of delusion disorder for people to think that someone that age still believes that Santa is real.

Agreed. And that thread was a perfect example of the collective nuttiness that exists here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read the article, but it sounds like she has a fair point. Some posters here really are certifiable - it's got to be some sort of delusion disorder for people to think that someone that age still believes that Santa is real.

Agreed. And that thread was a perfect example of the collective nuttiness that exists here.

She’s not wrong, but she totally outed herself and we all know the first rule of DCUM is to never admit you know it exists.