If parents want to get really hard core, they always pull out the
word "abuse." As in, "I can't believe you'd do that to your child,
that's child abuse!"
Elizabeth Blackwell's recent Babble essay, Bad Parent: Out of Sight,
elicited some shock and awe for her refusal to use a baby monitor. But
can not using a baby monitor to track your child's every whimper and
wheeze really be considered child abuse? I mean, folks, we do have to
sleep, shower . . . poop.
If you have all five senses attuned to your child at every moment of every day, I commend you. I don't.
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