Mother leaves a cardboard cut-out of herself in her one-year-old son’s room to stop him from crying
- Japanese woman put the print in the house so her toddler felt like she was there
- But the boy caught on within 20 minutes, so his father got another cut-out made
- The first showed the mother standing, while the other had her kneeling on floor
- Footage shows the boy playing with toys in front of mother’s cardboard cut-out
A mother left a cardboard cut-out of herself in her one-year-old son’s room to stop him from crying.
The Japanese woman put the print up around the house so her toddler felt like she was there.
But the boy caught on within 20 minutes, so his father – who posted the video on his Twitter page @sato_nezi – bought another life-size cut-out.
The Japanese woman put the print up in the house so her toddler felt like she was around
The first showed the mother standing up, while the other had her kneeling on the floor smiling.
In the footage, which has been seen more than 2million times, the mother puts one of the cut-outs at the entrance to the kitchen as her son plays in front of the TV.
Her husband films from the sofa as she sneaks out the room and closes the door.
But the boy caught on within 20 minutes, so his father – who posted the video on his Twitter page @sato_nezi – bought another life-size cut-out
The father is heard chuckling as the toddler looks around for his mother and appears to be content that she is in the kitchen.
The boy is seen continuing to play with a box of toys in front of the cardboard image.
The first showed the mother standing up, while the other had her kneeling on the floor smiling (pictured)
His father captioned the clip: ‘It’s hard because my one-year-old child cries as soon as mom disappears.
‘As a countermeasure, I experimented with what would happen if I set up a ”life-sized panel mother”.’
He added: ‘As a result, it is not noticed for about 20 minutes. This panel may be useful occasionally…’