BabyPlus Prenatal Education System (Verdict:WTF?)

March 21st, 2009

I have to laugh at this product, even though I wrote a post about my in utero child listening to the Grateful Dead.  I mean, I was having some fun.  $150 for a “prenatal educational system”…not so much fun.  I don’t mean to deflate the hopes of parents who presume that the equivalent of flash cards in the womb will lead their child to a career in particle physics, but I do feel the need to point out how much stupid crap parents-to-be are pressured into purchasing.  I’m all for science applied to parenting, and I know that sooner or later, I’ll fall into this trap and buy a Baby Einstein video or two for Tiny E.  But for those of you who have kids, or have one on the way, you’ve felt the pressure from a multi billion dollar industry to beat the Joneses when it comes to taking care of your baby.  I know we’ve come a long way in prenatal care and medical science to guide us to having happier, healthier babies, but the fact is we’ve been doing this as a species for quite some time now.  We’re capable of raising our kids without much help from an industry that was born only a few decades ago.  For god’s sake, we spent a solid portion of yesterday after noon in a store called BUY BUY BABY.  After all is said and done, I hope I don’t look back at my parenting career with a twinge of regret for not buying a BabyPlus Prenatal Education System.  But I bet Tiny E could really give a damn!

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