Who does not hanker for the bygone joys of extreme youth. After all it’s probably the only time in our lives where we can be truly selfish and do what we want, when we want knowing that everyone around us can either put up with us or we’ll just wait till 3am and then shout the house down. Yes, that’ll teach them.
But wait. What’s this strange gadget that looks like a 70’s themed pocket calculator with not enough buttons?
The answer is that’s an electronic nanny that offers push button timetabling for your young child. Yes, at the push of a button you can program in when its toilet time, feeding time, sleeping time, and so on - and woe betide the child that dribbles before the allotted hour.
Okay, if we drop the flippancy for a moment or two we can see that perhaps the device has its uses, especially if you’re the forgetful sort who not only forgets to feed your child, give him/her their potty-time and so on but is wholly immune to their wailing (or are just too stupid to realise that baby’s crying because its half starving / smelling because its….). But really, any parent who needs to rely on such an electronic nanny to prompt their attention to this degree really ought to spend some time bonding with their child, or reading a book about basic common sense.
But wait. What’s this strange gadget that looks like a 70’s themed pocket calculator with not enough buttons?
The answer is that’s an electronic nanny that offers push button timetabling for your young child. Yes, at the push of a button you can program in when its toilet time, feeding time, sleeping time, and so on - and woe betide the child that dribbles before the allotted hour.
Okay, if we drop the flippancy for a moment or two we can see that perhaps the device has its uses, especially if you’re the forgetful sort who not only forgets to feed your child, give him/her their potty-time and so on but is wholly immune to their wailing (or are just too stupid to realise that baby’s crying because its half starving / smelling because its….). But really, any parent who needs to rely on such an electronic nanny to prompt their attention to this degree really ought to spend some time bonding with their child, or reading a book about basic common sense.
1203hrs - Due to a programming mishap baby climbs stairs for no apparent reason whatsoever.Technology and gadgets that assist with parenting are all well and good – night lights, baby monitors, and so on – but this particular parenting gadget strikes us as verging on complete absurdity.
At least they could have thought of a better name – something along the lines of “The Electronic Anti Neglect Absent Parent Prompter” perhaps?
We would link to the product, but according to our TFTS Post Nanny we’re not scheduled to insert the link at this time.
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