A nursing home in Japan has decided to connect babies with
elderly people to make them happy and I love it.
I think it's great.
So they're hiring babies for an essential job and
that's to accompany elderly residents.
>> Seems non consensual.
The baby's signed up for it.
>> Would be nice to our elderly people, okay.
I have the biggest soft spot, a soft spot for elderly people.
They're the coolest to hang out with, they're super wise,
they give you great advice and I just hate the originals by where there's original,
and they don't get the respect they deserve.
>> That's definitely true.
I mean they undercut their position sometimes by being like wildly racist or
homophobic, that's.
>> No, I'm not talking about those folks.
I'm talking about, don't make me think about that, anyway.
>> It's just like some of them were in the Klan, but other than that.
>> Not all of them.
>> And like we talk in the generic about like war crimes being committed in like
Vietnam, yeah, people did that, some of them are still alive.
The old people, but there's great old people, I agree.
>> Let's go live in a neighborhood warming story and ignore everything.
>> I'm kidding, I live in a neighborhood that has a lot of older people and
I like that actually, it kind of feels like a big nursing home honestly,
in some of the best.
>> They're the best, anyway.
So, here are the strict job requirements for the baby's okay,
applicants must be between the ages of zero and three and shouldn't be able to.
>> Get out of here you negative one year old baby.
[LAUGH] You don't meet the standards.
>> Shouldn't be able to speak Japanese well,
I don't know why that's a requirement.
They can show up for work whenever they want, and
their guardians who must accompany the infants.
>> No, they can't, they can't walk, they literally can't show up for work.
And God help them if they use an adverb in Japanese.
>> [LAUGH] They can, okay, so their parents must accompany their
infants at all times, can help them take walks with nursing
home residents, they will be paid in diapers and formula.
>> Okay, directly from the senior citizens,
they turn over some of the diapers and formula.
>> I don't know, you should probably pay the babies.
>> Yeah, well the babies can't spend money, you should pay the adults I guess.
>> Yeah, John.
>> Yeah, that money would go into diapers I suppose,
you like this because older people that they get to hang out.
>> And everyone loves babies, babies make people happy.
>> Yeah, how old can the kid be before it's no longer cute and
now it's just good old fashioned child labor?
>> I mean everyone has different preferences for
me it's when they start talking.
>> In Japanese well.
>> Talking in general.
>> Yeah, I think the reason they don't allow them to work if they can speak well
is that then they can reveal the horrible working conditions and
the anti union sentiment on the job.
>> Look at these guys,
have you guys noticed this trend with John on the show today?
No, he's defending Mehmet Oz,
being needlessly and overly fair to him.
And then all of a sudden he's trashing elderly people who
are being made happy with babies.
>> Exactly, who are you working for?
Okay, is it Mehmet Oz?
>> People are saying so, babies brighten people's days.
Here is a comment.
Every resident, even residents who were in a bad mood or
looked glum, I never used that word.
It's a good word, glum, all the time now beam whenever the babies come and
they seem very happy, Kimi Gondo, the head of the nursing home said and.
>> Are the parents around the whole time?
>> Yeah, John are you not paying attention?
>> There's like literally sitting in the room.
>> Yeah, they have to be with their infant at all times,
which I think is a great idea.
>> Makes sense, well, are they interacting with the older people?
I feel like they're putting a lot of the burden on the kids when they could be
talking with those people.
>> The kids have to do nothing, just exist.
>> They don't have to Gugu or gaga.
>> I mean it's preferable that they do, but if they don't,
it's not gonna be held against them.
It's like they're gonna get a write up.
>> I don't know, it seems like there's a lot of requirements.
I feel like whoever set up this program likes firing babies.
I feel like that's what this is about.
They don't get to fire enough adults because then there's this big thing, but
baby, get out of here baby.
It's a power trip.
>> Here's what actually happens with this little baby program.
The baby's main job is to go on walks with the residents and even from opposite ends
of the garden, you can see the elders are smiling and John's against that.
Just when you're watching damage report,
understand that he's causing some of the damage.
>> Okay, I don't want to take away the hard earned job of a one year old laborer.
But I don't doubt that this is true and
that they do smile and that the baby is live in up their days.
But I guarantee you bring a puppy in there, get out of here baby,
you boring as baby, wanna play with that puppy.
I bet nine out of 10 old folks would choose puppy over baby.
>> I gotta go.
>> What would you choose?
>> I would choose the puppy.
>> You do like kids.
>> I do like my nieces and nephews.
>> But a puppy over your niece.
>> No, that's way too tough.
>> Okay, but if it's random baby, a random puppy, I'm gonna go with puppy every time.
>> Honestly, I'm too scared with little kids,
especially when they're between the ages of zero and three.
>> I'm terrified.
>> Scary, right, gradual, and they don't tell you what they want sometimes.
>> Exactly, I've always felt that babies should be puppies for
the first few years until they get a little bit bigger and stronger and
then they can be humans because they're the most fragile creature on earth.