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Members of the much maligned Gen X now have another vice to add to their titles of Dot-com Nouveau Riche No Attention Span Slackers: Excessive Braggarts (about our kids). The New York Times reported on this unattractive trend on the front page of the Style Section today. It seems that the Baby Boomer “My Child is an Honor Roll Student” bumper sticker isn’t enough anymore. No, for our generation, we have computer albums full of our progeny, blogs about their accomplishments, and even lawn signs and garage door banners (!) honoring their achievements.

In all honesty though, all the competition between parents does seem to be getting out of hand. This was part of what nearly drove the protagonist of our novel over the edge. In the immortal words of Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along?”

--Kelly & Melanie

P.S. In case you’re wondering, according to the article, bragging on your own blog is okay, but bragging on other people’s blogs or online forums…not so much.