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[quote=Anonymous]STEREOTYPES OF HILL PARENTS

(1) Perception: bubbly wine & cheese fraternizing in halls of power. 
Reality: dashing to Eastern Market in pajamas.

(2) Perception: House = ATM frenzy in 2007, settling for DCPS. 
Reality: decent income & great take-out near-by, DCPS elementary ain’t half bad.

(3) Perception: Walking / biking / Metro. 1.5 vehicles (minivan, Zip Car). 
Reality: The car just works better for our life.

(4) Has one, two or three kids – never more.

(4) Supplements school with “enrichment activities.”

(5) South mountain Creamery / CSA / neighborhood garden.

(6) Two Rivers, Watkins, Brent, Maury, Cap Hill Day, St. Peter’s.

(7) Someone you know has a weekend home in the country, and it’s awesome.

(8) Same sex (a-la Modern Family), single, bi-racial, Mongolian, female breadwinner, no biggie.

(9) Complaint about visiting the Air & Space Museum “again.”

(10) Nationals games are actually fun.  And you can bring food in.

(11) Where is Kingman Park?  Payne’s field?  Marine field?  Watkins multi-sport?

(12) When we’re at 8th Street, I get coffee, you get doughnuts.

(13) “I am not taking the kids for 8 dollar hamburgers on Pennsylvania Ave.”

(14) Dads do serious stroller research.  And then tell you.

(15) CHAW is not chewed.
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