Feb 6, 2010: Chinese Daycare

Not all Chinese daycare, but one parent's solution...

Ohhh, I might try that!!

Save me $150 a week in day care.

No kidding. I wonder what the age limit is on that. Lil Lookout might complain a bit, but it is definitely cheaper than tuition.

That's almost as good as the duct tape and Peanut butter we used to use ! ( Kidding )

That "tree" looks rather metallic. ;-)

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Originally Posted by Medic63 That "tree" looks rather metallic. ;-)

A product of global warming.

ooh that little face that just says,
"When I'm a teenager you gunna pay for this."

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Originally Posted by Medic63 That "tree" looks rather metallic. ;-)

What if a bad guy comes along with a bair of bolt cutters? Poor little guy. I suppose it might solve the problem of little kids being abducted as sex slaves in Haiti.

If the Chinese stolen-baby market is as lucrative as the Chinese stolen-bicycle market, this won't work. I had 5 bicycles stolen when I lived there. All of them were chained and locked up.

On another note, I assume this little guy has a bowl of water and a bowl of snacks nearby.

I saw the photo and thought "They must have Baptists in that area." Then I read the caption. That is so sad. I wonder if he got his daughter back?

Probably not.

Not quite as bad as going to the casino here and seeing a sign in the parking lot warning you of leaving your child in the car will result in the police being called.

When will casinos start offering daycare? It would probably be a short slide into indenturing the kids to cover your gambling debts...

Duh.

"My wife is ill and I can't stop work. So I chain him to a pole when I have a fare."

He said pole. The other author said tree. Not that it really matters..pole, tree...........it still SUCKS for the toddler. Looks damn cold too.

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Originally Posted by jinx Duh.

"The rickshaw ride is 10 cents, but you get a 2 cent discount if you hold the kid on your lap..."

They don't ususally use nappies in China, I've heard.... so I think I'd want a bigger discount....

I'm thinking of skipping the China trip altogether...

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Originally Posted by monster I wonder how many month's wages one of those costs....

Kids don't cost much in China But I agree, you'd think some sort of wrap would be do-able.

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Originally Posted by jinx Never lost a kid.

Chinese men tend to not have much body hair, so baby-sitter-on-a-roll (you probably call it duct tape) would be cheap *and* effective.

Chained to metal pole!

See kids today are spoiled, when I were a lad, we were lashed to a railway sleeper with rusty barbed wire..
.. and we were grateful.

luxury!

when we were young, our parents nailed our heads to a log!

Who could afford nails?

Our dad used to cut our legs off with axe, soon as we're born, so's we cou'nt run awa'.

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Originally Posted by jinx Less than a kid costs, I'd wager. Why can't mom whip something up while she's sitting on her ass at home? Doesn't have to be an organic cotton maya wrap or anything.... I used the living shit out of my maya wrap AND my evenflo backpack. Never lost a kid.

With axe? You 'ad it looky! We wished we would have axe! We had to gnaw through our own legs at age two, and use the remains as meat at tea.

Ah, you were one of those priviledged families with teeth! We all had to pass around the one set of old wooden dentures, waiting our turn before our legs could get gnawed off. And believe you me, you didn't want to have to go after granddad, no sir!

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Originally Posted by richlevy For some reason that picture looks odd. Man: Now sweetie, I want you to look over there because daddy has to pee.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble Ah, you were one of those priviledged families with teeth! We all had to pass around the one set of old wooden dentures, waiting our turn before our legs could get gnawed off. And believe you me, you didn't want to have to go after granddad, no sir!

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Originally Posted by Reg Chained to metal pole! See kids today are spoiled, when I were a lad, we were lashed to a railway sleeper with rusty barbed wire.. .. and we were grateful.

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Originally Posted by lumberjim luxury! when we were young, our parents nailed our heads to a log!

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Originally Posted by ZenGum Who could afford nails? Our dad used to cut our legs off with axe, soon as we're born, so's we cou'nt run awa'.

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Originally Posted by Undertoad With axe? You 'ad it looky! We wished we would have axe! We had to gnaw through our own legs at age two, and use the remains as meat at tea.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble Ah, you were one of those priviledged families with teeth! We all had to pass around the one set of old wooden dentures, waiting our turn before our legs could get gnawed off. And believe you me, you didn't want to have to go after granddad, no sir!

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr You don't know how good you had it. Family? Piffle. I was raised in a flower pot by a local herb woman until I was twelve. (I escaped when they took me out to toss me on the compost heap.)

Back in the '50's my parents lived in an apartment complex not far from the UN in New York. There was a big common green space for the apartment dwellers and there were several close lines set up for drying clothes. My older brother who was 4 at the time had a habit of wondering off (he was once returned by the mail man) so my mother hiched him to the clothes line much like you would tether a dog. He had the run of the lawn but couldn't get much farther away.

Oh, I should add that he turned out pretty much normal.

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston ... so my mother hiched him to the clothes line much like you would tether a dog. He had the run of the lawn but couldn't get much farther away. Oh, I should add that he turned out pretty much normal.