Messed-up parents beget messed-up kids

These people give me the pip:

Linda Pelzman appreciates the beauty of the outdoor world, sometimes

pulling her children into the yard to gaze at a full moon or peer into

a dense fog. An educator and founder of a summer camp, she only wishes

her enthusiasm was fully shared.On a recent nature walk near her home in Gaithersburg,

her younger son, 6, was unimpressed, pleading, "I just want to go back

to civilization." Her older son, at 13, has made it clear he prefers

PlayStation."Kids don’t think about going outside like they used

to, and unless there is some scheduled activity, I don’t think they

know what to do outdoors anymore," Pelzman said.

I bet Linda Pezman doesn’t spend much time gardening, or bicycling with
her kids, and she certainly was dopey enough to buy them a PlayStation.

This is just another manifestation of an overly materialistic popular culture that’s obsessed with what David Liss calls "moochie" — stuff you don’t need bought with money you don’t have. Buy off your kids with tattoos, cell phones, fad clothes, video games, and all that other crap, and then wonder why they turn into whiney punks. Dumbassess.

Tip from the Instapundit.