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Controversial Author James Frey Designs Stroller for Charity<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

by<\/em>\u00a0Brett Singer<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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James Frey and the stroller he designed for Bugaboo. Credit: Bugaboo<\/p>\n


In honor of World AIDS Day, author\u00a0<\/strong>James Frey<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0created a custom\u00a0<\/strong>Bugaboo Cameleon Stroller<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that’s being auctioned on eBay.<\/strong>\u00a0

The auction is “to generate money for the Global Fund which finances AIDS grants in Africa, the region hardest hit with this pandemic,” according to a press release.\u00a0

When he’s not writing, Frey and his wife keep busy with their 5-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. We spoke to Frey about the auction and his family life.

ParentDish: How did you get involved with this charity?<\/strong>
James Frey<\/strong>: A friend of mine, who works in PR for Bugaboo and was doing work with Bugaboo and (RED), contacted me.

<\/strong>PD: T<\/strong>ell me about your design.<\/strong>
JF<\/strong>: You know, they sent me a stroller. (Laughs.) And they were like, do something cool with it. I’m a father to two young children and we’re constantly reading books and learning our letters and saying the ABCs. And I’m a writer who literally makes his living using letters. I wanted to do something that I thought would be cool looking and appropriate to what I do. So I came up with the idea of just plastering letters of different colors and sizes and fonts all over the stroller.

PD: There was an\u00a0article in Vanity Fair<\/a>\u00a0about you being a “PTA dad” at your kids’ school. Do parents ever want to talk to you about your career?<\/strong>
JF:\u00a0<\/strong>Occasionally. Most of the time I’m just a dad. There are other well-known parents at our children’s school [and] we’re there as the parents of our children, not as whoever we are in our professional lives. I love doing stuff at my kids’ school. They go to a great school and I’m happy to be a part of it. I’m the school tour guide, I was Class Dad twice. I think it’s important to be involved with your kids’ lives and I’m lucky that I have the opportunity to.

PD: Were you one of the only dads to be a class parent?<\/strong>
JF:\u00a0<\/strong>Yeah. The Class Moms all liked to tease me and make fun of me.<\/p>\n

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