truth B told

READ THIS: AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch children can dial phone lines to listen to recordings of fairytales like Little Red Riding Hood, but busy parents must be willing to pay about $7 a call, enough to buy the printed version of the classic tales.

"Sprookiebel" -- "dial-a-fairytale" in English -- says it is the first fairytale phone service in The Netherlands and has already had some 600 calls from children since its launch at the start of the month. Callers can choose from a selection of four fairytales, which are changed regularly, and listen to them 24 hours a day for 0.55 euro ($0.70) per minute.

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It seems society has found another way to let parents skirt their responsibility and opportunity to invest in their children. Instead of sitting down and having story time, now parents in Europe can just hand their kids a phone.

It won't be long for this to carry over to the United States. And I'm sure their are willing parents who would pay $10 not to have to tell their kids a bedtime story. But I guess with the cartoon network and DVDs, we are already there....

Parenting is more than providing food, shelter, and the essentials. Remember the other core necessities like rubbing their head, telling them stories, playing with them on the floor, and investing in their relational makeup.

Children need real parents, not a phone that will tell them about Little Red Riding Hood.

let the truth be told....

-travis

// posted by travis spencer @ 9:17 AM