The Smart Target Kiddo KidKeeper Virtual fence - a nice change from kiddy leashes.

So we have virtual desktops, virtual pets, virtual fences for pets … and now virtual fences for kiddies! The Kiddo Kidkeeper is basically the same product as the pet virtual fence except that the manufacturers were kind enough to reconsider the “zapping” action of the pet ones.

(Thank goodness, else we might have to re-look at electro-shock therapy.)

The Kiddo Kidkeeper (created by Smart Target) is an easy-to-use alarm and locator specifically designed with parents and children in mind. The transmitter can be hooked up to 4 children (max) and the adult carries a receiver. The system allows you to program a boundary perimeter into the device and should a child cross this peripheral limit, then an alarm will warn the adult and an image, of where the little tyke is, will automatically be displayed on the receiver.

Seems almost too good to be true as we all know how kids can disappear in a split second! With this in mind, Smart Target also allowed for 2 specific monitoring distances; namely, 4 metres for the overly hyper child (or for crowded places) and 8 metres for an average child (and calm open settings such as a playground or garden).

Not having kids of my own, I can’t comment on how ingenious an idea this is, but based on my knowledge of my own childhood and my inquisitive nature, I still think my dear mum would continue to hook me up to those kiddy leashes to ENSURE I NEVER left her sight.

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