‘I found the worst Christmas thing’ (but some parents love it)
What fresh hell is this?
So I have found the worst thing. pic.twitter.com/aBEenJIgnp
— Lydia Nicholas (@LydNicholas) November 28, 2017
A dummy security camera to con your kids into behaving by making them believe Santa’s little elves are watching them 24/7.
Forget about Elf on a Shelf, it’s Elf in a CCTV control room.
Marketed as a straight-up no-joke zero-irony christmas miracle panopticon pic.twitter.com/7XAG9IRa52
— Lydia Nicholas (@LydNicholas) November 28, 2017
it’s like training wheels for the surveillance state.
— ⚠️🌎🔥 (@dead_lugosi) November 28, 2017
Baby’s First Surveillance State!
— hazy shade of winter (@Dangerfieldfive) November 28, 2017
it’s just horrible. hijacks the deepest kid instinct to want to be good, to make parents happy, against our core human need to experiment, to test boundaries and ideas, all while learning to manage our emotions.
— Lydia Nicholas (@LydNicholas) November 28, 2017
Over on Amazon, meanwhile, its 5 stars all round.
“Still long time to Christmas but sometimes is only way to get children behave. Just want to recommend this to everyone that wants to have well behaved children it works 100% if my boy does something that he is going to be told off I just say to him who is watching you and he is completely different child. It’s easy to use just put some batteries and press down and the camera starts to flash red and don’t need to do anything else.”
“This is a lovely idea for Christmas . My kids are behaving nicely thinking want as elves are watching them . Fits anywhere you would like to put it up . Make Christmas a little more magical again.”
Truly, the magic of Christmas.
