Want a ‘super child’ ?

Visit the Super Child University.

At a time when parents are leaving no stone unturned to give best education to their children to make them achievers, an institute has come up in Gandhinagar that promises to give couples “super child” by birth.

The ‘Super Child University’, established by ‘Vishwa Kalyan Sanstha’ claims to achieve this task on the basis of ancient Indian wisdom and modern science.

“In today’s world, education is given to children after they are born. But, in Super Child University, newly married couple are given training to get super child soon after their marriage,” Prahlad Patel, founder of the organisation said.

I’ve observed that many young couples who have the means to do so, find it incredibly tough to resist shaping their kids’ interests/futures/hobbies/careers. You could argue that it is their kid and they have a right to do whatever they want, but I’ll bat for the kid here.

Every kid deserves to get an unbiased and unforced perspective into everything, be it art, literature or even religion. I think a parents’ role should be limited to acting as a vehicle for the kid into the world, not as a chauffeur.

This is a kid’s right.

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While on the subject of questionable parenting, Disney recently offered a full refund to customers who bought Baby Einstein DVDs that claimed would help increase the IQ of their kids just by watching the DVDs.

Disney is offering a full refund of $15.99 to anyone who purchased a Baby Einstein DVD between June 5, 2004 and Sept. 4, 2009.

The Baby Einstein product line as an educational tool for children from ages 3 months to 3 years.

I read this at the Fake Steve Jobs blog :

Anyway, I’m on record opposing this refund to idiots who bought Baby Einstein and now are claiming that they thought plopping their kids in front of videos would make them smart. Frankly, if you’re stupid enough to believe that, then you’ve already done your kids irreparable harm by passing your DNA on to them. Whatever harm that video might do is nothing compared to the harm of inheriting your hillbilly genes, trust me.

You can’t beat that logic, can you ?

While at it, I think the guy (Dan Lyons) is hilarious and techies should thoroughly enjoy reading the blog.

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