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Baby's first cubicle: Most depressing toy ever?

If you make your kid think he can be president, he will grow up disappointed. Tell him he's headed for a life as an office drone and at least he'll be mentally prepared.

Young Explorer (Credit: Little Tikes)

It's all about expectation management, you see. If you make your kid think he can be president, he will grow up disappointed. Tell him he's headed for a life as an office drone and at least he'll be mentally prepared.

For a mere $2,500, daddy's little office drone gets all of this from Little Tikes' Young Explorer kiddie workstation:

Furniture features:

• Flat desk area
• Left and right built-in mouse pads
• Bench seat that fits two children and offers storage inside for supplies
• Two locking cabinet doors
• Computer wiring stores safely inside ventilated cabinet
• Locking castors keep unit from rolling during use

Computer equipment features:

• Think Centre PC
• Internal DVD-ROM
• 1GB RAM (minimum)
• 160GB hard drive (minimum)
• 10/100 Ethernet
• Microsoft Windows
• Sound card and two external speakers
• Surge protector
• 19-inch wide-screen flat-panel LCD monitor
• Custom Little Tikes learning keyboard and tiny mouse (colors are subject to change without notice)
• Computer warranty: one-year parts and labor

Preloaded educational software:

• Millie's Math House
• Sammy's Science House
• Bailey's Book House
• Trudy's Time and Place
• Thinkin' Things

Boy, I really missed out on these 21st century toys when I was a kid!

This story originally appeared on Gizmodo.

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