It's the histrionic piety that's the problem, not the particulars of the facts. It's in the context of watching parents killing themselves to prove to other parents how their children are their sole focus in life, and that anyone who would do less is an unworthy parent.
It's evident in an argument of the form "we wouldn't think of X," wherein compromise is simply declared out of bounds of any possible discussion.
Prior generations of parents did not do this; they struck a balance between their children's needs and their own needs. That's why there are new terms to describe the modern excess: helicopter parenting and even "snowplow" parenting[1]. These are not healthy developments for parents, children or society as a whole.
Well, the good news is that you've completely misunderstood my comment. There's no histrionics, nor piety. I don't care what other people do for their kids (I said this elsewhere in the thread), and I can imagine that other people, especially people with disabilities, might find the magnets to a useful option. But for me, zippers are easy and work just fine. Therefore there's no need to take even a small risk to replace something that works just fine.
Another consideration is the flood of cheap counterfeits on Amazon (commingled at times), which means that you can't actually trust that the item you purchase is the genuine article (i.e., that it's as well-built as the descriptions say). So
I'm not sure what snowplow/helicopter parenting has to do with any of this, but I'm right there with you that people do too much of that.
If anyone out there decides not to have kids because I don't buy baby clothes with magnets, I think they care too much about what other people do (with their own babies).
It's evident in an argument of the form "we wouldn't think of X," wherein compromise is simply declared out of bounds of any possible discussion.
Prior generations of parents did not do this; they struck a balance between their children's needs and their own needs. That's why there are new terms to describe the modern excess: helicopter parenting and even "snowplow" parenting[1]. These are not healthy developments for parents, children or society as a whole.
[1]: https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/what-caused-the-college-...