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Babysitters come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. They can be old or young. Male or female. Friends, family or a hired hand. But generally babysitters are of the human variety. But for one family in India the babysitter is …a monkey.
There was once a monkey in Dhenkanal (and no, that’s not a start to a naughty limerick) who helped a mother care for her infant baby. Each morning the monkey would Continue reading »
The recession is affecting how we do things in lots of ways – and one of them appears to be date night. According to this New York Times piece, people are actually using the free childcare at nearby IKEA stores to pull off some time alone.
I thnk this is a little cheesy – I mean, date night at IKEA? And the idea that some parents use it solely to take a break from their kids and buy nothing is really irritating. If I made the 45-minute drive to IKEA in order to shop but the Smaland was full with kids whose parents were just kicking back and enjoying the free Wi-Fi in the café, I’d be pretty irked at having to wait.
But I was surprised by the negativity from the commenters in the piece. Continue reading »
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