I’ve been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second-grade classroom a few years back. Usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And … Read more
Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call of a mother in labor. The house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a three-year-old toddler, to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby. Very diligently, Kathleen did as she was … Read more
A young couple were having their first child together, and both of them were extremely excited. However, the husband absolutely refused to be in the room with his wife while the actual birth was taking place. “There’s no way you can get me in there,” he would always say. “I don’t know why husbands are … Read more