Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Baby Borrowers

I watched the show last night and had differing emotions about it.

First, I would never be able to leave my baby with a young couple who I don't know for 3 days! There is absolutely no way I would feel comfortable doing that. I honestly don't know how these parents did it.

Second, I feel bad for the babies. Many of those babies are at the age where they are experiencing separation anxiety. Even if they are not experiencing separation anxiety, I don't believe that it is good for them to be separated from their parents, placed in a home they've never been in, with people they've never seen, and nothing familiar at all. I'm not surprised that those babies were stressed out, crying, and not acting like themselves. Babies should feel safe and loved in their environment and this was far from that.

Third, I do think it's good for teenagers to see what it's like to be a parent, I'm just not sure that this is the way to do that. I just keep thinking about how that experience would be for the babies. They don't have a choice in the matter, they are just put in that situation and from what I saw last night, they were not happy about it. I don't blame them.

I wonder what the incentives were for the families who volunteered their children for this "experiment." I honestly had a hard time watching the show at times and am not sure I'll continue.

How did you feel about it?

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