What my week as a content creator for a Temu sloth taught me

August 18, 2026 — 7:30pm

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In my naivety, I was excited. Thrilled. Overjoyed, even, to be leaving the cesspit of germs, the $180-a-day fees, the baby-ness of long daycare behind.

In the sweet summer days of January, I was looking forward to a predictable, super local, $0 per day (except for school fees, of course) existence at the public school up the road.

It started strong – my delighted child came home from the first day, a crown proclaiming him king of kindergarten atop his head. The novelty of making a lunchbox stuck around for at least a week.

Then I became a full-time content creator for a stuffed toy from Temu.

My child’s class pet, Sammy the Sloth, came home one Thursday afternoon. The reason for Sammy gracing our house, my child told me, was for the sloth to become a beloved member of our family. He was to be photographed enjoying his week with us, then the pictures were to be printed and scrapbooked for the rest of the class’s enjoyment on his triumphant return.

Flummoxed by Sammy’s week at another family’s home that featured him catching a bass in a local dam, I asked the kid’s dad how he had managed such an........

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