Comments on: F is for Family Life

By: shrinkrapped

shrinkrapped — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 02:49:08 +0000

In reply to dyannedillon. Thanks--yes, being around actual babies seems a far more sensible lesson to me!

By: dyannedillon

dyannedillon — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 15:01:47 +0000

Ohhh, I love this post! My daughter would be the one trying to pawn the egg baby off on someone else (most likely ME). I’ll tell you what works better than an egg baby, and that is actual babysitting. She babysits in the church nursery and also for some families. She also helped teach dance to preschoolers for several years. BEST FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL EVER.

By: shrinkrapped

shrinkrapped — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:43:14 +0000

In reply to Julia. Good point, Julia. Who knows the effectiveness or lack thereof? It seemed pretty ridiculous to me at the time--though good fodder for writing!

By: shrinkrapped

shrinkrapped — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:40:01 +0000

In reply to raesquiggles. Thanks for writing. This sounds like a wise plan, better than egg babies--good luck with it!

By: raesquiggles

raesquiggles — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:59:44 +0000

My eldest is 10, so we’re not into pregnancy prevention yet, but she does have a younger cousin and I think she realises there is a lot of sleepness nights involved. I’m concentrating on keeping her levels of common sense high and hoping then I don’t have to worry.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 02:06:32 +0000

Maybe the egg babies to deter teenage pregnancies in some cases, but it did not seem to help when I was in school. A friend and I laughed a year after graduation that only a few of us did not rush to get married or have kids before or soon after high school graduation. I remember a couple of the girls actually seemed really into the egg baby as well. But maybe in most cases the egg baby project does deter teenage pregnancy. I just do not think this project should be mandatory because it seems a bit ridiculous. And yes, there were kids who thought it was when I was in high school, and would throw the egg up and down.

By: shrinkrapped

shrinkrapped — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 23:50:02 +0000

In reply to Karen.

Karen, that is so funny! I’m curious about how it affected you and your peers. My older daughter–not the one in the post–were just talking about this project. I didn’t remember, but this daughter apparently had twin egg babies–and her boyfriend quietly left his egg on a shelf for most of the week. But they do not have any children yet at ages 26 and 29, so perhaps Family Life was effective!

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 23:44:52 +0000

I did this project in 8th grade too! It definitely gave us something to think about, but it’s interesting to read a parent’s perspective. Thanks for sharing!

By: shrinkrapped

shrinkrapped — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:29:59 +0000

In reply to Wendy.

My mother-in-law, now 87, said all the 9th grade girls from her Manhattan school took care of real babies every Friday morning. They all loved it, and although I didn’t hear of any unwanted pregnancies, I don’t think it had the desired effect intended by the curriculum designers–but neither do egg babies! I think your family’s experience–with lots of real-life, 24/7 babies and open dialogue, is the best way. Thanks for writing!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 08:21:28 +0000

My kids have always had lots of younger cousins around to see what babies were like and now some of these cousins have babies of their own so lots of practical lessons to be shared. I’ve also been fortunate that my kids (all in their 20s right now) have been pretty sensible and we’ve been able to talk about things. None of them had to look after a Pepita from school though.