The Notable Nanny

I'm always on the look out for things that concern the nanny field so naturally almost any study, article, book, or news story about children peaks my interest. I was reading NEWSWEEK this week when I noticed a disturbing tidbit in the dignity meter section. According to the blurb I read there is an Iphone application a downloadable game called Baby Shaker. Knowing Apple you would assume you'd be downloading a rattle or baby dancing or some other wholesome application of an amusing benign nature. I was horrified to read that this ap was a "shake the baby" game. I was even more upset when on further investigation I uncovered the rules...The objective is to endure a baby crying as long as you can. When you can no longer take the realistic infant sound emitted by your phone you shake your phone hard to "kill" the baby. Apple pulled the ap from its Itunes store after receiving a huge outcry over its existence. Who would make this game? Furthermore who would play it?