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Hipsters Won't Grow Up

For Generation X, Y, and Z, having a child no longer marks entry into adulthood: From time to time, Sasha Raven Gross can be seen teetering around a neighborhood drinking hole. She flirts with strangers, talks gibberish and sometimes spins in circles for no apparent reason until she falls down. In one hand is her liquid of choice -- watered-down orange juice in a sippy cup.The 14-month-old toddler is the sort of barfly who's at the center of a recurring and heated debate: Should parents be allowed to bring their babies and children to bars?As a libertarian, the question is grating: Bar owners should be allowed to decide whom to allow onto its private property.  As a student of culture, it's disturbing when grown "men" and "women" want to bring their children into a bar...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 04, 2010 (boomark / email).