Working moms and dads no longer have to “have eyes in the back of their heads,” to see into their children’s lives. Now, even when they’re at the office or traveling, parents can keep an eye on their at-home children via real-time remote video monitoring through www.tendertidings.com. With the click of a mouse, Mom can watch her baby crawl across the floor or check to be sure her teenager is home safe and sound after school. Dad can see his Little Princess dress up in her pink tu-tu (or big brother’s football helmet), put her face close to the camera and say, “I wuv you, Daddy!” while she blows him a million kisses. Work home balance just became a little easier.

Our eyes are tools for gathering information. Before, when we were away from our children, the best tool we had was the telephone, perhaps, depending on the age of the child. The problem there is that babies can’t tell us what’s going on and older children often share information from their own unique perspective. With remote video monitoring, though, we get a more complete picture from which to evaluate situations.

The most amazing perk of child monitoring is the way it keeps us emotionally connected to our kiddos. The videostream doesn’t have to be funny, cute, or action-packed for us to be interested. (In fact, we probably hope it isn’t too action-packed!) We don’t require number one Nielsen-ratings video of our children to make us choose a quick peek of home over a two minute CNN break. And our after-work conversations don’t have to start, “What did you do today?” They’ll be more like, “I saw you draw that pretty picture for Grandma today. Will you show it to me?”

Working moms and dads spend lots of time away from home, but it only takes a few clicks to keep them connected to their children.  Is Internet videostreaming going to be an asset to parents? I think the "eyes" have it.

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