Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Automated Baby Care Is So Wrong

This automated rocking crib creeps me out. Babies need human contact to learn how to be human beings. They can die from lack of touch. I can understand parents' need for relief, but that's what relatives and friends are for. Or do you want children to imprint more on machines than on humans?

O_o Now there is a disturbing idea for a science fiction story: a sentient computer takes over the Earth, and only the old people are bothered by it. The younger generation, raised by machines, feel comforted. Yee eee eee ...
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haikujaguar

haikujaguar

February 3 2009, 13:51:00 UTC 12 years ago

While I appreciate that kids need human contact, your friends and relatives are likely not there for you at 3 AM for several consecutive weeks in a row when you're up on your own crying from exhaustion trying to get a screaming baby back to sleep. :P


I have discovered a lot of things that seemed like obvious bad parenting to me when I was not a parent can be explained quite handily when you have to go through it yourself. My opinion now of people who seem to be doing something weird or bad where I can see it is, "I'm going to wait until I'm in her/his shoes. I might be doing the same thing."
browngirl

browngirl

February 3 2009, 17:42:49 UTC 12 years ago

And another comment in agreement: I wish I could buy this thing for my roommates, except that neither child really likes *rocking*. But if they did I'd want to empty my savings account to get it, not so they can ignore the kids but so they can get some rest.

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