Reply #19: My daughter had one of those her sophomore year. [View All]

[Xithras]

When the project was over, the teacher plugged the doll into a computer and it generated a printout of her parenting skills during the week.

She'd broken the babies neck ELEVEN times.

It's interesting that yours required a wristband. My daughters simply had an RFID fob that had to be in proximity, because the assignment didn't actually require her to watch it. As long as SOMEONE had it, they were fine. This actually gave my daughter a great insight into parenthood: One day during the project she came in and asked my wife and I whether we'd watch "the baby" so she could go hang out with her friends. We both told her no, which set off a whiny and tearful, "But you're supposed to help me! You're ruining my life! I can't do ANYTHING with this babydoll!" To which my wife swiftly replied, "We aren't interested today. Pay a babysitter. Oh, and welcome to parenthood."

I don't know whether it was just the doll or not, but to this day she swears that she's going to live child-free. She has no interest in being a parent.