Minor Issues: All I want for Christmas is the Teen Grunt Translator

Modern devices that help parents nowadays with their children are great, but what would be even better are some of these other fictional appliances that help those with teenagers, says the author. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Parenting is tough, which is why businesses target parents with a slew of high-end products touted to make the job easier.

Among this year's offerings: infant suits that monitor if your baby is still breathing and socks that track their heart rate (so useful for when I used to stare at my firstborn in the middle of the night to check that he were alive); and baby monitors that live-stream junior in full HD glory.

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