Parenting? Oh, It's Kid Stuff

Once, the phrase “proud parents” denoted the pride people took in their kids. Nowadays, it could as easily refer to the pride parents take in themselves. One gathers as much from a poll commissioned by The Dr. Spock Co. and excerpted in the chart below. Despite all the monstrous children one sees, just a handful of today’s parents think they’re doing a poorer job of child-rearing than their own parents did—while 41 percent believe they’re doing a superior job.