Comments on: Your heard it here first . . . uh, second: Parents, are you Tweenabees? http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/ Blog of Parents for Ethical Marketing Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:52:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Shaping Youth http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-173 Shaping Youth Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:36:39 +0000 http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-173 p.s. OH! I'll add that I TOTALLY AGREE with you that the 'tweenabee' bit is ALL 'manufactured buzz'... the 'wannabe' bonding that I'm referring to is simply "bad parenting" in a desperate act of outreach/cluelessness under a misguided attempt to stay connected somehow...bleh. bleh. bleh. p.s. OH! I’ll add that I TOTALLY AGREE with you that the ‘tweenabee’ bit is ALL ‘manufactured buzz’… the ‘wannabe’ bonding that I’m referring to is simply “bad parenting” in a desperate act of outreach/cluelessness under a misguided attempt to stay connected somehow…bleh. bleh. bleh.

]]> By: Shaping Youth http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-172 Shaping Youth Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:32:09 +0000 http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-172 It'll be a cold day in hades that I try to bond with my tween as a peer...There's a difference between enjoying shared interests (see Gilmore Girls post on Shaping Youth here: http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=934) and communicating by opening relevant dialog to see what resonates with your kids (yeah, I'm more conversant in some of her music choices than I care to be, but all the better to deconstruct for media literacy!) but to 'brand' the notion that we're all 'one' so to speak, harkening back to lost youth in some tweaked way is downright scary... Sadly, I DO see this time and again among parents. I keep thinking it's 'midlife mania' kicking in when some parents try to dress/act/speak in middle-school madness...personally one time around was plenty for me in those years. bleh. "Adultescent" is a classic...right up there with "Affluenza" for my faves... It’ll be a cold day in hades that I try to bond with my tween as a peer…There’s a difference between enjoying shared interests (see Gilmore Girls post on Shaping Youth here: http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=934) and communicating by opening relevant dialog to see what resonates with your kids (yeah, I’m more conversant in some of her music choices than I care to be, but all the better to deconstruct for media literacy!) but to ‘brand’ the notion that we’re all ‘one’ so to speak, harkening back to lost youth in some tweaked way is downright scary…

Sadly, I DO see this time and again among parents. I keep thinking it’s ‘midlife mania’ kicking in when some parents try to dress/act/speak in middle-school madness…personally one time around was plenty for me in those years. bleh.

“Adultescent” is a classic…right up there with “Affluenza” for my faves…

]]> By: Juliet http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-148 Juliet Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:44:49 +0000 http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-148 "Adultescent." Apparently that's a real word. It's distressing that there are two words that mean childish adults. “Adultescent.” Apparently that’s a real word. It’s distressing that there are two words that mean childish adults.

]]> By: Lisa @ Corporate Babysitter http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-147 Lisa @ Corporate Babysitter Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:40:20 +0000 http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-147 Exactly, Amber. I consider this bit of "advice" from marketing consultant to clients to fall under the cateogory of "interfering in the parent-child relationship." That's nothing new, coming from marketers. I don't think this consultant has children yet, either, so even though she may have her finger on the pulse of marketing trends, she certainly doesn't know about responsible parenting. Otherwise, she wouldn't be giving this advice to her clients. Exactly, Amber. I consider this bit of “advice” from marketing consultant to clients to fall under the cateogory of “interfering in the parent-child relationship.” That’s nothing new, coming from marketers.

I don’t think this consultant has children yet, either, so even though she may have her finger on the pulse of marketing trends, she certainly doesn’t know about responsible parenting. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be giving this advice to her clients.

]]> By: amrolih http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-146 amrolih Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:52:22 +0000 http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2007/12/31/your-heard-it-here-first-uh-second-parents-are-you-tweenabees/#comment-146 Wouldn't acting like your tween take away some of your credibility as a parent? I don't have children in that age group, but the theory of trying to act like your child seems to me the opposite action you would want to take to earn the respect of your children. Wouldn’t acting like your tween take away some of your credibility as a parent? I don’t have children in that age group, but the theory of trying to act like your child seems to me the opposite action you would want to take to earn the respect of your children.

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