Are Babies Born Good??

Are babies born good?

A thought provoking video to watch!! :)

Helping your child accept a new baby

A four-year-old was feeling dethroned by the arrival of her baby brother. One evening, when the baby was asleep, the mother sat down with her daughter and said, "I'd like to tell you a story about our family. These candles represent our family." She picked up one long candle and said, "This is the mommy candle. This one is for me." She lit the candle as she said, "This flame represents my love." She picked up another long candle and said, "This candle is the daddy candle." She used the flame from the mommy candle to light the daddy candle and said, "When I married your daddy, I gave him all my love, and I still have all my love left." She put the daddy candle in a candleholder, picked up a smaller candle and said, "This candle is for you." She lit the smaller candle with the flame from her candle and said, "When you were born, I gave you all my love. And look - Daddy still has all my love and I still have all my love left." The mother put that candle in a candleholder, then picked up the smallest candle and lit it while saying, "This candle is four your baby brother. When he was born, I gave him all my love. And look - you still have all my love. Daddy has all my love. And I still have all my love left because that is the way love is. You can give it all to everyone you love & still have all your love. Now look at all the light we have in our family with all this love.

Extracted from Positive Discipline in the Classroom by Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott & H. Stephen Glenn

Shichida

I've just finished Shichida's book on prenatal education. What do I think of it? Frankly, I don't know. The book is in Chinese, so there were some parts where I just browsed through (I'm not a huge fan of Chinese language). Also, the book does not seem to be based on research. He just says if you do this, babies will be like that etc. Where is the research? There are lots of testimonials, stories from parents who have tried his method. Their babies can remember things that happened when still in the womb, their babies give them easy labour, coming out using their (baby's) own strength and at the accurate weight on the date the parents tell them to......

Ok, I admit I still am a bit skeptical. I guess I'm the type where I have to see it to believe it. There are parts which I agree though, like talking to your baby, meditating, doing mental imaging, not giving the baby stress etc. I'd definitely try these methods IF I ever get pregnant. But that's still a long way to go, I'll let you know how it turns out. =)