WTF? My 14 year old daughter just came home with a baby!

[CPA]

No, it's not what you think. She's a good girl.

Apparently, as part of a Home Econ project (yep, they still have Home Econ in some schools), she has to care for a baby over the weekend. So? lots of kids have had to do that over the years, right.

Well, technology has caught up to this Home Ec pasttime. The baby is monitored remotely and my daughter has to wear a wrist band that must be waved in front of the baby to signal her acknowledgement that the baby is asking for attention. The baby accepts signals (it can be turned off an on remotely) from the teacher that makes it cry, coo and other sounds. Based on the sound, my daughter has several options she can use to get the baby to stop crying. I've been told that the baby will wake up in the middle of the night crying - oh yeah!

Also, the baby apparently has a very delicate neck, such that if it's head snaps back three times during her project, she will fail. There goes having any fun with the baby.

Essentially the baby monitors how she cares for it and can remit metrics back to the teacher for a grade. It's freaky, cool and a little bothersome at the same time.

Of course, this whole project was perfectly timed to coincide with a choir concert she had this evening, so I had to spend an hour in the truck with this fake, yet live baby. yeah, for me.

Oh, and the baby is black. lol.

 

[olds]

My bad

 

[shortylickens]

Pics?
I wanna see a white 14 year old girl with a black baby, and the nearest trailer park is too far.

 

[CPA]

Pics?
I wanna see a white 14 year old girl with a black baby, and the nearest trailer park is too far.

I see what you're trying to do there. You should be ashamed.

:awe:

 

[highland145]

Pics?
I wanna see a white 14 year old girl with a black baby, and the nearest trailer park is too far.

2nd.

Love the idea except the boys need to tote a 30 lb for 6 months. Reversed races. Potential 18 years of child supports should weigh on them or their nuts. And GrandMa should cut them off.

 

[ElFenix]

yay burbs reinforcing gender stereotypes

 

[PottedMeat]

Also, the baby apparently has a very delicate neck, such that if it's head snaps back three times during her project, she will fail. There goes having any fun with the baby.

lame. can you tie it to a wheel and drive around or something?

look for a usb port. see if you can find any software for it.

 

[highland145]

I see what you're trying to do there. You should be ashamed.

:awe:

Pfsssst. it what it is...


Detroit news, city social worker (iirc) 6 kids...WTF.

 

[JulesMaximus]

No, it's not what you think. She's a good girl.

Apparently, as part of a Home Econ project (yep, they still have Home Econ in some schools), she has to care for a baby over the weekend. So? lots of kids have had to do that over the years, right.

Well, technology has caught up to this Home Ec pasttime. The baby is monitored remotely and my daughter has to wear a wrist band that must be waved in front of the baby to signal her acknowledgement that the baby is asking for attention. The baby accepts signals (it can be turned off an on remotely) from the teacher that makes it cry, coo and other sounds. Based on the sound, my daughter has several options she can use to get the baby to stop crying. I've been told that the baby will wake up in the middle of the night crying - oh yeah!

Also, the baby apparently has a very delicate neck, such that if it's head snaps back three times during her project, she will fail. There goes having any fun with the baby.

Essentially the baby monitors how she cares for it and can remit metrics back to the teacher for a grade. It's freaky, cool and a little bothersome at the same time.

Of course, this whole project was perfectly timed to coincide with a choir concert she had this evening, so I had to spend an hour in the truck with this fake, yet live baby. yeah, for me.

Oh, and the baby is black. lol.

That's what she wants you to think. :whiste:

 

[CPA]

2nd.

Love the idea except the boys need to tote a 30 lb for 6 months. Reversed races. Potential 18 years of child supports should weigh on them. And GrandMa should cut them off.

Apparently there are 4 boys in her class and they've all had to do this project - not sure with a boy baby or girl.

Apparently there is an Asian baby and it's the only one with eyebrows.

 

[waggy]

lol kill it and make her fail!

 

[highland145]

lame. can you tie it to a wheel and drive around or something?

look for a usb port. see if you can find any software for it.

Ain't that hub support?

 

[CPA]

yay burbs reinforcing gender stereotypes

nah, the boys in her class have had to do the same.

 

[waggy]

i remember doing something like this. but we had a bag of flour.

 

[highland145]

That's what she wants you to think. :whiste:

This. "Oh, my girls go to church, they know right from wrong. Yes, they can can to the beach with their 15 year old boyfriends." True story. $135/wk addition to my daycare.
hormones>upbringing.

Apparently there are 4 boys in her class and they've all had to do this project - not sure with a boy baby or girl.

Apparently there is an Asian baby and it's the only one with eyebrows.

Jersey Shore?

 

[highland145]

i remember doing something like this. but we had a bag of flour.

That's obese-ist.

 

[CPA]

No USB or other port. Just a AC Adapter connection. A panel in the b....

Oh, damn, it start crying. lol. My daughter is calling me for help.

 

[CPA]

Okay, so apparently the baby need changing and stop after my daughter changed it's diaper.

this is going to be a long weekend....

 

[highland145]

Okay, so apparently the baby need changing and stop after my daughter changed it's diaper.

this is going to be a long weekend....

No shit, Gramps. Why are you aiding and abetting?

 

[sandorski]

Obama trackin yo daughta.....

 

[highland145]

Obama trackin yo daughta.....

Heh, every 13/14 year old is tracking his daughter.

 

[Kyle]

Yeah...when I had to do that w/ a sugar sack taped to a baby, I left it in the car overnight.

Car was broken in to, sugar sack cut open and dumped all over the car. The cop thought it was funny and offered to draw a chock outline for me...funny now, but not at the time- I failed the project.

 

[Fritzo]

The father:

 

[Red Squirrel]

The only solution here is a DIY mini EMP or a tesla coil. "I don't know madam, it just suddenly stopped doing anything, and it started to smell funny, so I had to put it in the bath tub because I thought it needed a bath!"

 

[nanette1985]

3 out of 4 (not the one in special school)of my kids had to do this project. It was a lot less electronic. The doll still managed to cry.

My oldest one actually had a real live baby brother at home at the same time. They wouldn't let her have credit for that. If that darned doll had woken the baby, I would have done something extreme.