Baby Borrowing

“Sarah and Jacob” by Michael and Sarah Braun Hamilton

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One of this last seasons more inventive shows was NBC’s The Baby Borrowers. Not only were they able to avoid major conflict as a result of the writer’s strike, but the show brought up an excellent point about raising children in present day America.

Most people don’t know how!

As children, we spend our time going through schooling and learning our core educational requirements, english, writing, math, science, and history. Sex education is even taught vigorously in most districts.

Though our education system seems to have forgotten the importance of knowing how to raise a child, or maintain a family. They teach us how to create but not how to deal with the results. That’s mainly why The Baby Borrowers is such a great show.

If you’re looking at starting a family, rather than signing up for the show (honestly, I’d have a heart attack too if I was caring for a young one and being filmed while doing it…), talk to your friends that have kids. Even go as far as offering to babysit them a couple times.

They can get free babysitting for a night out (yeah!) and you get a test baby to trial your ambitions with. I can’t think of many better options around!

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