The yuppie parents of Park Slope are facing a new crisis.
Now that the dust has settled from their epic debate on gender-neutral children’s clothing, there’s a new threat to their peace of mind — their favorite Web site wants to charge them $25 a year for the privilege of posting.
Volunteers who run the 6-year-old site, Park Slope Parents, said they had to take the drastic action.
To some of the 13,000 members, it went over about as well as recommending bottle-feeding over breast.
“I, for one, expected better of Park Slope Parents,” fumed one poster, who signed herself as “Anna, mama to Alice, 15 months.”
“I’m sick of being nickeled-and-dimed . . . This is a time when we should be pulling together, volunteering our time, helping our neighbors.”
Another likened it to economic discrimination.
“It seems sad to shut off voices of a different socio-economic background by imposing a fee,” an anonymous poster wrote.
But others remained true to the site, which has given them invaluable tips on designer baby carriages and organic cotton diapers.
“When I think of the money I’ve saved buying used baby items via PSP and made selling these things, not to mention all of the free advice and referrals I’ve gotten, I couldn’t afford not to pay the $25,” wrote one.
The normally mild yuppie site got so heated one poster channeled yoga: “RELAX PEOPLE! Take some deep breaths. Find your center,” she wrote. “Be calm. Ahhhhhhh . . .”
The site’s founder said she couldn’t keeping it going without extra cash.
“I can’t continue to run it in this economy. Ads are down,” Susan Fox said. “I understand people feel betrayed, people feel I’m trying to cash in. It saddens me.”
The last time the message boards broke out in such a brouhaha was two years ago, when a member posted a lost-and-found item that she’d come across boy’s hat on Eighth Avenue.
That innocent-seeming post launched hundreds of responses, with some blasting the finder for assuming that a blue hat belonged to a boy.
“Did you see the boy himself lose it? Or does the hat in question possess an unmistakable scent of testosterone?” one member sneered.