Advice on Child Raising for Parents

This is the the real thing. It is incomparable. We stop thinking caring for a dog is meaningful. We start participating in the biggest challenge for us; the life of another, reliant, human. Have fun. Share fun. What a funny word fun is. Now the work merges with the fun. We are the fortunate ones. And we can start a sentence with 'and'. And we can share this challenge and this joy. Lesson 3. PK. May 2019

Mothers know. That babies in their stomachs listen and learn and feel and share, even before the stork plucks them by the wrist and drops them under the cabbage patch (most people don't have cabbage patches, the Australian equivalent, is beside the garbage/recycling bins - but in that case, be sure to watch recurrently to avoid the baby being taken by the council contractors). The (presently) modern world - at least in the Western sphere, is a swirl of contradictions. But the parents are well advised to select their course and try to be as knowledgeable of alternatives as they can, but still stick to the chartered course. What does that mean in practise? Well, good you ask. In this chapter, it means Relax. The kid knows your anxiety level. It isn't good for anyone. Train yourself. Give up bad habits which encourage anxiety in yourself, and don't move anxiety from yourself to the baby piglet; Take it easy. Same thing, but it means adapt to the new burdens of child