The Onion last week published a satirical story that found that “every style of parenting inevitably causes children to grow into profoundly unhappy adults,” citing a “study” by Santa Rosa’s California Parenting Institute. And you can guess what happened. Says the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat:
The story brought a deluge of calls to the Standish Avenue offices of the 33-year-old non-profit advocacy group.
“We even had parent educators who work here say, ‘When did we do a study?'” said Wendy Hilberman, director of marketing and development for CPI.