Are you @#$%ing kidding me??

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I think there's a difference between this and "helicopter parenting," the latter I clearly detest. Whether we like it or not, when one becomes a parent, some aspect of their identity is wrapped up into being a parent. That doesn't mean that your whole life revolves around your kid--it's just that you can't disassociate it.

You're making a non-functional distinction here - "can't dissociate" is "your identity is your kids" and the shades of gray you're trying to draw really only obfuscate that main point.

Again, this doesn't bother me so much because I can't imagine handing a kid's coach my work business card. It wouldn't say "Mommy," but it would be a personal card. I see it as a way of setting boundaries between personal life and professional life.

I agree in principal and in general, but the difference you're drawing here IS the functional difference. Personal cards have been around forever. This is a change to the personal card, one that appears rooted in the kinds of wrong-headed thinking that lead to more pernicious elements of helicopter parenting.

Buy personal cards. Not "Mommy Cards."

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Buy personal cards. Not "Mommy Cards."

So, if this thread wasn't about "mommy cards" and these were just personal cards that some parents distribute to other parents and schools, there wouldn't be a problem. Everything in moderation.

Yeah, people in this thread are jumping to extremes because of their own interpretations of what it means to have a parent card; and how silly that website conveyed the point as far as some people are concerned.