Pyjamas that read your child a story: the most ridiculous invention?

A hi-tech pair of pyjamas can now read your kids a bedtime story. Once upon a time, parents thought nothing of doing this themselves – and long may that tradition continue, argues mother Laura Perrins.
The world can be a frightening place. There are all manner of creatures out there wanting to gobble you up. There is the Gruffalo; the high-way rat; various foxes and wolves who prey on grandmothers and little girls in red; and, an assortment of witches, evil fairies and goblins.
The humans are not much better either; step-relations of every kind should be avoided and even the odd parent has been known to boil up a child or two. Yes, the bedtime story is by far and away the best moment in the Perrins’ house. But it seems this is another job I could delegate to technology.
Getting children to go to bed can be a battle in and of itself. But now there are ‘’. These are the “world’s first and only interactive bedtime clothing that will actually read your children a story”. At first I thought this was a spoof, but sadly not. It seems there is someone out there who believes parents will spend their hard earned cash on a machine to read a bedtime story to their child. Will said machine do the funny voices? No. Will it make the Gruffalo very scary? I doubt it. Will it add the splash sound when the wolf climbs up the pig’s house, and down the chimney into the boiling water? Unlikely. Bedtime stories are a way to connect with your child. So it is hoped that this invention takes it place in the academy of alongside the flatulence deodoriser.