Saturday, March 22, 2008

Parentonomics

First there was Freakonmics, now there is Parentonomics by Joshua Gans... Economists going mainstream...

Here is an amusing post from Gan's blog

360 degree parenting evaluation
While the children were having breakfast this morning, the following discussion took place:

7-year old: "When I become a Dad, I want to be one who exercises every day and is fit like Mum is."

9-year old: "Actually, Dad is not too big given that he doesn't do any exercise." [Hmm, heroically thin, I like that argument.]

7-year old: "But so and so's Dad is really quite strong." [You know, I am standing right here!]

9-year old: "Yeah but our Dad's a better parent, no matter how large." [Guess who's getting an extra cookie!]

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