The Nanny Security Camera: Is it a Blessing or a Curse?

The latest craze is the nanny camera, a camera which actually allows you to monitor your child from a different room. The nanny security camera is basically one step up from the baby breathing monitor, another way to keep tabs on your children without actually having to be in the same room with them.

There are differences of opinion on the nanny security camera. Some see it as a good way for busy mothers to keep track of their children when they have to leave the room; John and Sally can continue to play while Mother goes on with her life.

Assuming that the mother would leave the room, anyway, these proponents would say that the nanny camera adds security and responsibiblity to a situation that would otherwise be lacking both these traits.  In that way, they argue, the camera is a blessing.

Opponents of the nanny camera, however, say that the camera may actually exasperbate the problem. Parents who might not have left the room otherwise may feel that it's okay with the nanny security camera there to 'babysit'. But having a nanny security camera is not the same thing as being in the same room as the child, they say, and the mother is more likely to become distracted with the comfort of technological distance between her and her child.

In the end, like the baby breathe monitor, the nanny camera will probably become a staple in most advanced baby households. But there will probably always be people who object to its use.  Perhaps only time will tell whether the nanny security camera is a blessing or a curse.