Feb 6, 2010: Chinese Daycare
Not all Chinese daycare, but one parent's solution...
Dad Chen Chuanliu has told how he chains his two-year-old son to a tree while he's working because he can't afford a nursery place for him. The rickshaw cyclist, from the Chinese capital Beijing, decided to put tot Lao Lu under lock and key after his four-year-old daughter Ling went missing last month.
Child snatching is rife in China where strict laws govern the size of families. "My wife is ill and I can't stop work. So I chain him to a pole when I have a fare. It seems harsh but it is better than losing him," said Chen.
I guess all the babysitters are busy making poison crap for walmart.
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viaOhhh, 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. ;-)
That "tree" looks rather metallic. ;-)
Smog proof tree..
A product of global warming.
ooh that little face that just says,
"When I'm a teenager you gunna pay for this."
That "tree" looks rather metallic. ;-)
Ironwood tree, ;)
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.
Duh.
I wonder how many month's wages one of those costs....
you'd think he's be able to knock up some sort of kid attachment for th rickshaw, though.
Although given the traffic in Beijing, maybe the chain is the safer option for the kid?
"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...
I wonder how many month's wages one of those costs....
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.
Kids don't cost much in China :( But I agree, you'd think some sort of wrap would be do-able.
Never lost a kid.
See, you shoulda used a chain. :haha:
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'.
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.
For some reason that picture looks odd.
Man: Now sweetie, I want you to look over there because daddy has to pee.
Jinx: Were you ever able to get LJ to wear that? If so, pictures PLEASE!!
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!
For some reason that picture looks odd.
Man: Now sweetie, I want you to look over there because daddy has to pee.
if the guy isn't peeing, he's at minimum touching himself in a inappropriate manner.
also,
your wife has pictures of me that you should see.
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!
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.)
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'.
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!
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.)
:lol2:
Gaww, a silver spoon it was you had, what with that woman to care and tend fer yer. From the age of two I lived alone in a drainpipe wi nought to eat but worms, unless the rats got to em first.
And I still di'nt have any legs, mind you.
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.
... 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.
Other than always smelling like warm spring breezes and paying hookers to fluff and fold him, that is.
:D