ChildSuites: Quality Child Boarding

On my drive home from work today, I was pondering the convenience of animal boarding.  Kate and I are house/dog sitting for our best friends this week.  They always take care of our dog when we're out of town, and we always reciprocate the favor.  Of course, if Kate and I didn't have friends with whom we could share pet parenting responsibilities, we could always board our dog with our vet, or we could get all fancy and send her to a pet "resort" such as PetSuites.

The thought of boarding our dog got me to thinking:  Why can't you board your children?

Let's face it.  Children are an inconvenience.  They're not like cats:  you can't just sit out a couple of extra litter boxes and food and water dispensers to leave them unattended while you take a long weekend at the gambling boat.  Sometimes, you just need to get away without the kids for a while, maybe for a night out drinking to forget that you no longer live your own live because of that pseudo-parasite of yours.

Sure, there are daycare facilities.  But how much fun can an adult actually have sans kids while the sun is still out.  No, you need around the clock care for real fun and to give you adequate time to recover from your hangover or to swing by your local Rite-Aid to pick up the morning after pill to keep your problems from multiplying after a night out.  Lots of folks with kids have friends that they can count on to babysit in such circumstances.  But what if you're one of those parents who are entirely on you own because your bad-ass delinquent child has alienated you from every rational, responsible, sane adult in your life?  There should be a reliable option for you, too!

That's why the folks who run PetSuites need to start a new venture:  ChildSuites.  You just make a reservation, then drop your kid off.  They'll make sure your kid is fed, watered, and walked, then you just go retrieve your kid days later, after that binge is out of your system or after you're overcome with the guilt of having boarded your child (whichever comes first).

Hey, it's a better alternative that crating your baby while you're away.