Teens Take Fake Babies Home For A Parenting Project, Instructor Shares Their Desperate Texts
Students at Chippewa Secondary School are learning how difficult parenting is the hard way and people are loving every bit of their misery. As part of their annual class project, the teens got fake babies to take care of. They took the little bundles of joy for just one weekend. However, that was enough for the hands-on experimental learning to become quite the hassle. Looking for answers or simply a shoulder to cry on, the students turned to their instructor. The texts they sent perfectly sum up the desperation, agony, and resentment they spiraled into during those couple of days.
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“Our students are in a grade 11 class called Raising Healthy Children,” the teacher of the class, Andrea Lefebvre told Bored Panda. “The students bring home one of the Real Care babies for the weekend to apply their learning for the caring for a newborn unit.
Lefebvre said that the babies cry, need to be held, rocked, burped, diapers need to be changed and they need to be fed. The dolls also record rough handling, abuse and temperatures. So I guess the only thing they’re missing is a never-wiping snot and they’d be the real deal.
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“Our school board (Near North District School Board) owns the babies and each school accesses them through the year for their classes,” Lefebvre added. “Lots of use!”
“Students look forward to this unit when they register for the course. We really love this unit. Great discussions and real-life learning.”
Parenting Education attempts to prepare the students for the adventure of parenthood. The content of these efforts varies from one school to another, ranging from behavior-management approaches to relationship enhancement approaches. What the programs have in common, though, is the conviction that parents play a vital role in the development of children and that they can be more effective through training and education.
“Through the chaos that is child-rearing, we can reach out to find support, find humor in the crazy situations and with love and guidance, know that our kids will be ok!” Lefebvre concluded.
P.S. “Lucy survived and the data showed the students did very well.”
People were incredibly amused by the texts
I'm an adult and work in a youth project. We had these reality babies and I took one home for test purposes before giving them to teens. Deliberately set it on the toughest option. Lasted 3 hours before I disabled it by removing the battery/recording pack. I love children, but I'm not mummy material!
I agree, I can babysit my nieces and nephews and other people's children for a few hours at a stretch and I love buying presents for kids but I most certainly cannot do full time mothering, that's a fact that's been settled a long time ago and that's ALRIGHT. Honestly, I can barely remember to feed myself most days. Hats off to all the mothers out there!!!
Does it blend?
At no point in my life did I ever want to have children and I am glad I did not. Everyone should be given the opportunity to experience what it is like and whether they really want children.
I was the oldest girl (second oldest sibling) in a large family and I got pressed into service as a babysitter whenever my parents needed me. (Not my older brother, of course - heaven forbid he should do "women's work".) I definitely think that this is why I decided early on to not have children - I felt I'd already done a lot of that.
I've heard this a few times from women who took care of multiple younger siblings while still a child herself.
Here’s the thing though - you simply cannot simulate it. Not with a pretend baby or someone’s baby, it’s just the way our biology works. The moment my kid popped out, something feral kicks in for better or worse, and all you know is that you’ve got to protect this 10lb bag of flour that is your son.
True, you can't give a real simulation of the hormonal experience you describe. However, this exercise will definitely get rid of the "fantasy" of having kids. So for those teenagers who think having a baby will be "easy" and "cute".... will realise that it's work, that cannot be controlled. ie you can't just stick a kid in your bag, or "turn off" a child, so you can go have fun. There is no "off" button on kids - and too few teenagers realise this. P.S. you son is very lucky to have someone so willing to protect them. (not all parents have that "feral" hormone kick in). I wish you and yours, only good things. :)
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I wish babies came with a shut off switch, Hell I would even be happy for some volume control hahaha (jk).
Nah, Mine was the perfect baby. Asperger's and all he was and is an amazing kid. He turns 12 today. His father one the other hand, can I have an off switch for him?
Happy Birthday to your son and I regret to inform you that the switch off button on husbands is still undiscovered, however an obsessive hobby does help tremendously.
i had to read that twice to realize u didn't name ur baby asparagus LMAO XD
My son (9) was a surprisingly calm baby. Turns out he was saving all his volume for now XD
They do. Submerge in water. This works for girlfriends also
I'm an adult and work in a youth project. We had these reality babies and I took one home for test purposes before giving them to teens. Deliberately set it on the toughest option. Lasted 3 hours before I disabled it by removing the battery/recording pack. I love children, but I'm not mummy material!
I agree, I can babysit my nieces and nephews and other people's children for a few hours at a stretch and I love buying presents for kids but I most certainly cannot do full time mothering, that's a fact that's been settled a long time ago and that's ALRIGHT. Honestly, I can barely remember to feed myself most days. Hats off to all the mothers out there!!!
Does it blend?
At no point in my life did I ever want to have children and I am glad I did not. Everyone should be given the opportunity to experience what it is like and whether they really want children.
I was the oldest girl (second oldest sibling) in a large family and I got pressed into service as a babysitter whenever my parents needed me. (Not my older brother, of course - heaven forbid he should do "women's work".) I definitely think that this is why I decided early on to not have children - I felt I'd already done a lot of that.
I've heard this a few times from women who took care of multiple younger siblings while still a child herself.
Here’s the thing though - you simply cannot simulate it. Not with a pretend baby or someone’s baby, it’s just the way our biology works. The moment my kid popped out, something feral kicks in for better or worse, and all you know is that you’ve got to protect this 10lb bag of flour that is your son.
True, you can't give a real simulation of the hormonal experience you describe. However, this exercise will definitely get rid of the "fantasy" of having kids. So for those teenagers who think having a baby will be "easy" and "cute".... will realise that it's work, that cannot be controlled. ie you can't just stick a kid in your bag, or "turn off" a child, so you can go have fun. There is no "off" button on kids - and too few teenagers realise this. P.S. you son is very lucky to have someone so willing to protect them. (not all parents have that "feral" hormone kick in). I wish you and yours, only good things. :)
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I wish babies came with a shut off switch, Hell I would even be happy for some volume control hahaha (jk).
Nah, Mine was the perfect baby. Asperger's and all he was and is an amazing kid. He turns 12 today. His father one the other hand, can I have an off switch for him?
Happy Birthday to your son and I regret to inform you that the switch off button on husbands is still undiscovered, however an obsessive hobby does help tremendously.
i had to read that twice to realize u didn't name ur baby asparagus LMAO XD
My son (9) was a surprisingly calm baby. Turns out he was saving all his volume for now XD
They do. Submerge in water. This works for girlfriends also