Wow... I Measure Everything My Child Does Article

[Anonymous]

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/data_mine_1/2013/07/data_driven_parenting_tracking_baby_sleep_eating_and_pooping_on_spreadsheets.2.html

Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/data_mine_1/2013/07/data_driven_parenting_tracking_baby_sleep_eating_and_pooping_on_spreadsheets.2.html

Thoughts?

The more recording they do, the less they need to act like parents.

[Anonymous]

This reminds me of one of the families I babysit for. Older parents tend to have more of life's fundamentals figured out (finances, housing, relationship, career) and therefore seem to have a whole lot more time to obsess over their kids. Difficult to say whether it will have any effects in the long-term, or whether they'll be positive or negative.

[Anonymous]

Parents can be in tune to their children with or without spreadsheets.

[Anonymous]

Do you guys not keep a log for infants? I mean, clearly this goes beyond that, but I chart all diapers, feedings, naps, sicknesses, doctor appts, and sometimes activities/journal entry of charge's mood, how the day went, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you guys not keep a log for infants? I mean, clearly this goes beyond that, but I chart all diapers, feedings, naps, sicknesses, doctor appts, and sometimes activities/journal entry of charge's mood, how the day went, etc.

**Oh, and milestones as they're met.

[Anonymous]

Nope, no log for the infant.