Those creepy robot babies increase teen pregnancies, study says
 

Those creepy robot babies increase teen pregnancies, study says
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You k**w how the old saying goes; give a teen a creepy robot baby and she’ll be more likely to fall pregnant. *

While **t a common phrase, it's the conclusion drawn by researchers in a study on "infant simulator programmes," released Thursday.*

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A West Australian study of one teen pregnancy prevention program, published in The Lancetmedical journal warns that giving crying, peeing virtual babies to young people could be an ineffective use of public funds. *

U.S. readers may be familiar with the Baby Think It Over program from RealityWorks. The Australian version is called the Virtual Infant Parenting (VIP) program and it's this that the study is based on. * Read more...

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