These Parents Have Definitely Hit Expert Level With Their Playpen Skills

by N/A, 8 years ago | 2 min read

Babies are weird. They're tiny humans who will probably find a way to kill themselves if they're not kept in cages. Hence the need for baby cages. Alternatively called playpens (the name sounds a little friendlier) in some circles, these infant corrals have more uses than you might think. On this reddit thread, people showed how they set up their baby cages to maximize their benefit.

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Reddit user argyllcampbell recently posted this photo in the website's /r/funny forum.

The photo had the caption, "I could never game because of my toddler son so I finally bought a play pen." What a brilliant dad. Instead of using a baby cage to keep the kid in, he uses it to keep the kid out. It's that kind of outside-the-box-thinking that makes this dad something special.

But argyllcampbell wasn't the first to think of this brilliant idea. User straightillin added this photo to the discussion.

It's kind of amazing this isn't more popular. Sure, your kid's safety is important, but what about the safety of your computer and various gaming apparatuses?

Well, you can't have your baby smashing your computer or falling into the fish tank. At least those were the concerns of this reddit user.

User thrownaway21 may be slightly more adult, as this baby cage (or is it a dog pen?) is being used to protect important work-related things. At least I think.

When it comes down to it, I can't believe this idea hasn't been popularized before. It's pretty smart, but it's kind of sad in a way that people are having to section themselves off from their own spawn.

Even straightillin is a big fan of the alternative use for a play pen.

Reddit user Eyezupguardian even had this to say, and it pretty much sums up how we all feel about this new use for baby cages.

But it works, and you don't necessarily have to set up a playpen to protect just your computer.

It works great for protecting just about anything from that destructive little force carrying half of your genes.