New Grown-Up Monitor Allows Children To Listen In On Parents Crying

EAST AURORA, NY—Fisher-Price announced the release of a new grown-up monitor Monday that will allow children to remotely keep tabs on their crying parents at a range of up to 400 feet. “Being a grown-up can be very stressful,” said spokeswoman Lynn Clancy. “Whether Mommy’s crying all day because she didn’t marry the man she really loved or Daddy’s sobbing in bed because he just knows some 23-year-old hotshot is going to get that promotion he desperately needs, children can feel secure knowing that they’ll be able to hear every last emotional breakdown in full, crystal-clear detail.” While the ParentCom is currently available only as an audio system, a new model with a video component allowing children to observe their parents sitting far apart in the living room and quietly seething is expected to be released next summer.