I was in a baby shop (yeah, I go to those now) in Taiwan and saw this super-IKEA bed, only to learn upon returning to the States that the Japanese brand isn’t available here. And we complain about protectionism in foreign markets? The saddest part is that we’re stuck with the lower-tier Chinese-made goods that American companies can afford. Still, I wonder what effects there’d be on a child’s development to be stuck in a single bed for most her growing life. Same goes for this chair (for sale in England, too, though the Danish homepage was hard enough to Google) that was also on a poster there. Would she appreciate her father’s predilection for things that last—if not cost—or just mark them up to hell with crayons and force us to get replacements, anyway?
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