So you want to be a single parent and Baby Borrowers - useful TV or total tosh?
Last night, there were two programme featuring people who don't have kids who volunteered for two reality TV shows to look after children for several days, on their own (with a nanny in the background as backup and of course, the TV crew!)
They were abit different - 'So you think you want to be a single parent?' took celebrities (including Rhona Cameron who I also spotted today on the down escalator at Warren Street) and had them look after children (in a single parent family) for a week. And the 'Baby Borrowers' took teenage couples and had them look after babies for a weekend.
The idea was to show us how hard parenting is and, in the case of the teenagers, put them off getting pregnant too young.
Are these programmes also useful for people trying to decide whether or not to have kids? Would they help someone with the decision? I'm really not sure.
Anyway, these random thoughts are probably distracting me from my main task for this month - mainly to revise my book proposal in line with advice I've had from a literary agent. I really must get some more discipline!!
They were abit different - 'So you think you want to be a single parent?' took celebrities (including Rhona Cameron who I also spotted today on the down escalator at Warren Street) and had them look after children (in a single parent family) for a week. And the 'Baby Borrowers' took teenage couples and had them look after babies for a weekend.
The idea was to show us how hard parenting is and, in the case of the teenagers, put them off getting pregnant too young.
Are these programmes also useful for people trying to decide whether or not to have kids? Would they help someone with the decision? I'm really not sure.
Anyway, these random thoughts are probably distracting me from my main task for this month - mainly to revise my book proposal in line with advice I've had from a literary agent. I really must get some more discipline!!
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And yeah, I hear you about the discipline-to-get-writing thing!
Jana
They point out the challenges of parenting so that an informed decision can be made.
But I think that the opportunity to actually try out parenting would be even more valuable.
People who are pondering the idea of having children could look after a friend's child for a week and see if they are any good at it, or if they like the experience.
You can't change your mind once a child is born, so a 'trial run' isn't really such a ridiculous idea!