Dvice offers news of a new Young Explorer workstation by Little Tikes, a $2,600-cubicle-with-built-in-computer to give your Baby Mozart a head start in becoming the next Peter Gibbons. Fax machine sold separately.
As a white-collar professional who sits in front of a computer for at least 8 hours a day, I heartily applaud this product. Police, firemen, and even bakers are routinely idolized through children's toys. Isn't it time that office drones also get some recognition for the work their glamorous work environments? All the better if you have more than one child: then they can even learn how to reserve shared office space like so many other companies (including my own firm) that have started a hotelling system to save on physical plant costs.
If there's one thing I would change, though, it would be the desktop concept. Kids need to start dealing with the fact that, in our digital economy, 9-to-5 jobs where you leave your computer at work will soon be a thing of the past. Next up for Little Tikes: a laptop with extended-life battery so kids can learn to check their email at 10 PM!
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