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Ask Slashdot: Skype Setup For Toddler's Room?

Posted by timothy on from the long-distance-day-care dept.

New submitter mmmmdave writes "My parents love to Skype with my kid. My kid loves to mash laptop buttons and drool on the screen. And because we don't want to spend forty minutes every night holding the laptop outside of baby arms' length, we're looking to build some sort of wall-mounted monitor + webcam thingy. I'm sure there's a much cheaper option than sticking an iPad on the wall; what's more, non-touchscreen is probably better, so my daughter can't hang up the calls. Any ideas?"

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  1. Parenting? by Richard_at_work · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seriously, is it too much to ask for parents to do their jobs? Spend that 40 minutes with your child, rather than just plonking them down infront of grandma and grandpa and walking away... You can interact with them during that Skype call - theres no need for them to get anywhere near the computer in question, especially if you are there!