Safe Guards
Fearful parents pay for peace of mind.
When teddy bears were first equipped with hidden cameras, it
almost seemed funny, didn't it? Nowadays, though, no one's
laughing at the lengths to which parents are going to ensure their
children's safety. Face it: In a two-working-parent,
post-Nannygate era, parental fears over negligent (or worse)
child-caregivers are inevitable.
Hence the heightened demand for businesses such as David
Goodman's Philadelphia-based surveillance equipment company Eye
On You Inc. Parents are snapping up such gadgets as camera-equipped
clock radios and air fresheners. "There's just an
increased awareness," says Goodman, 32, who projects sales of
$500,000 this year.
Parents are also hiring companies in droves to check
caregivers' backgrounds. Then, too, in the event of abduction,
there are any number of child-identification products for purchase.
Says Goodman, "It's sad, but [these products and services
are] so worthwhile." So much for those teddy bear jokes.
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Eye On You Inc., www.carecams.com