ADULT EDUCATION PRESENTS: "AMBIVALENT PARENTING 101"
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - 8 pm (doors at 7:30)
Union Hall in Park Slope
702 Union St. @ 5th Ave
$5 cover
Adult Education is a Brooklyn-based useless lecture series. Each month is
devoted to a given theme, and 4 or 5 speakers address some aspect
of that theme using visual aids. This month we present a primer on Ambivalent Parenting.
GREG ALLEN, "TV, Education, & Kids: Three Of These Things Belong Together?"
Forty years ago, researchers created Sesame Street to tap the vast educational power of television for the benefit of "ghetto kids." How's that working out? A brief, illustrated history.
GARY DREVITCH, "Widespread Abuse of the 'Put the Oxygen Mask on Yourself First' Metaphor Among Contemporary American Parents"
Drevitch discusses how a small but critical piece of the standard airplane-safety lecture has been expanded upon and embraced as the foundation of a popular parenting philosophy. But will Mommy really be a better Mommy after she has her daily glass of merlot?
ILANA GLAZER: "Upper-Class Upbringing as Seen Through the Lens of a Middle-Class Jew"
This presentation will explore the upper-class attempted anti-snob movement in Manhattan compared to the culture vacuum that is growing up in the suburbs of Long Island. We will also discover the inadequacies of trusting a college student with your children.
ANDREW HANELLY AND MIKE MCCARTHY: "The Guilt-Free Guide to Parenting"
Raising a child can be a stress on one's social life, physical fitness and emotional well-being. But, the speakers argue, parenting, done right, can be a blissful experience and allow you to focus on the truly important aspects of life, such as yourself.
DANIEL WRIGHT: "Mothers of Invention: A Brief Guide to Child-Rearing Devices"
A survey of American patent literature reveals parents' desire not to be parents.
With your host, CHARLES STAR
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GREG ALLEN is a writer and documentary filmmaker. He publishes Daddy Types: the weblog for new dads (http://www.daddytypes.com/), and he writes about art and filmmaking at greg.org. He stepped down last year as the co-chairman of the Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art because with two kids, the"junior" thing was really starting to feel like a stretch.
GARY DREVITCH is the senior editor of the website Grandparents.com, the producer of the blog Freelance Dad, an author of nonfiction books for children, and a frequent contributor to many parenting and children's magazines. He spoke at Adult Education last year on the topic, "How Princesses and Pokemon Conquered America."
ILANA GLAZER co-produces High School Talent Show, Baby Steps, and New York Shitty with her brother, Eliot. She does improv and stand-up around New York and is graduating from NYU this Spring.
ANDREW HANELLY AND MIKE MCCARTHY, the co-creators of ReallyBadParentingAdvice.com, work in the publishing industry together in the D.C. metro area. But more importantly, they coached a team of 10-year-olds to a league title in basketball in 2008.
CHARLES STAR (HOST) is a lawyer sans portfolio and a stand-up comedian sans recognition who lives in Brooklyn with his excellent wife, his awesome cat, and a newborn baby genius. He's on the web at www.charlesstar.com.
DANIEL WRIGHT is the author of Patently Silly: The Daftest Inventions Ever Devised (Prion 2008, Lyons Press 2009) and the co-producer of Ariel Harrington Wright. His website, PatentlySilly.com, has been hailed as one of PC World's "Best Places to Waste Time on the Web" and one of PC Magazine's "Top 99 Undiscovered Web Sites." It has the unusual distinction of being named in US Congressional Testimony on Patent Reform. He is too lazy to invent.
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Carrie McLaren
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