It is always difficult to part with one’s child, especially at the earlier stages of his or her life. One couple in Japan thought of a way to alleviate their kid’s separation anxiety from them by placing a cardboard image of the mom within the kid’s vision.
The one-year-old boy apparently starts crying uncontrollably whenever his mother goes away, Sora News 24 reported today, Dec. 12.
The parents’ solution was to set up a cardboard cutout which looked like the child’s mom whenever she had to leave their home, as seen on the father’s Twitter account, @sanato_nezi, on Dec. 8.
The lifesize cutout had two variations — one where she is standing up and the other where she is sitting down.
うちの1歳児、お母さんが視界から消えるとすぐ泣いちゃうので、大変。
その対策として「等身大パネルの母」を設置するとどうなるか実験してみた。
（つづく） pic.twitter.com/VOgy1619G0
— 佐藤ねじ / ブルーパドル (@sato_nezi) December 8, 2019
The couple experimented with the cutout on a follow-up video.
The mom left the apartment and placed the cutout near the kitchen, separated from the kid by a wooden baby fence. When the child glanced back and saw the cardboard mom, he continued watching a video without any fuss. The child also laughed and giggled while cardboard mom stood in the background.
結果、20分くらい気づかれず。これはたまには役立つかも…
このパネルは、ビッグダミー（スーパーとかにある巨大なパネル）など、販促物をつくってるリンクスさんにお願いして、「ビッグマミー」をつくってもらいました🙏https://t.co/zLfGDZpiPa pic.twitter.com/zp5qiyqoRq
— 佐藤ねじ / ブルーパドル (@sato_nezi) December 8, 2019
The father stated that they got the cutouts from a company that creates cardboard displays for shops and businesses, as per report.
The parents ordered a type of printout called the “Big Dummy,” the type of cardboard cutouts usually used in supermarkets, and dubbed their own life-size cutout “Big Mommy.” JB
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