As we all know, Japan is always on the cutting edge of everything. And with a perennially ailing economy and a declining birthrate, the Japanese have an awesome new tool to get their citizens procreating: a robot baby with vaguely human facial expressions! The video: On the one hand, you’ve got to admire the Japanese …
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Trouble in Sugarland
Okay, so we don’t condone what the teacher did here. Obviously. Even though Christopher did kick his own kid in the face. And although I’ve made some poor discipline decisions, I don’t think I’ve ever thought up something this stupid. In the Houston suburb of Sugarland, 5-year-old Devarius punches a girl in the face on …
The Tantrum: Should Parents Bring Their Kids to Nice Restaurants?
(This is the Tantrum, in which Dadwagon’s writers debate one question over the course of a week. For previous Tantrums, click here.) Bloomberg News recently ran an article on what sort of accommodations New York’s fanciest restaurants make for children. What was discovered was outrageous and a threat to Western Civilization as we know it. …
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The Strangest Children’s Book of All Time
At the urging of a new friend in Italy, I recently sought out and bought the out-of-print children’s classic The Lucky Yak. And when I say “children’s classic,” I really mean “a children’s book for adults who don’t want children.” Let me delve into DaddyTypes territory and explain: The Lucky Yak, written by Annetta Lawson …
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