[tips] [Fwd: Re: Waiting on baby]

[Marie Helweg-Larsen]

My daughter had the baby in 8th grade. It was voluntary and few boys participated. Because they are so expensive parents actually promised (signed) that they would replace them if damaged. The student has a wrist band (like the kind you get at amusement park) with a gismo on. When the baby cries (for example) you have to run the wristband over the baby, before it gets changed, needs to be fed, etc. That way, the baby can not be stuck with parents/coaches etc. The babies are programmed so that some are "easy", some are difficult, but generally they are average babies in terms of how often and how long they cry, how often they need to eat, etc. Sometimes nothing really works and they just cry. They also have a chip that can detect whether you have shaken the baby. At the end the data are downloaded from the baby and you get a grade based on how long the baby cried before you attended to it. My daughter liked it. I don't think it made any difference in her thoughts about having sex or how much work it is to care for an infant. Marie DeVolder Carol L wrote: One of my close friends is a high school girls' cross-country coach. One of his girls brought her baby to practice and asked him to watch it for her. It started to rain and he tossed the baby in his trunk. A neighbor saw him and called the police. Shortly after he got home, the police arrived on his doorstep to investigate the report. My friend thought it was funny, the police did not. I told him he would fail the class (and I wonder whether his student should be penalized for choosing someone so obviously negligent to watch her baby). Carol Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa 52803 phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Jim Matiya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 12:48 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Waiting on baby My wife uses these babies with her classes, she has different ethnic babies as well. The kids typically hate the responsibility of having a baby, urrrrghh it cries, right when i am on my cell phone. such tragedies. The stories and the clamaties are endless. I have always had the perspective that children bring out the worst in parents. Jim Jim Matiya North Central College and Moraine Valley Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> New webpage: http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ 2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological Association) High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net<http://www.teaching-point.net/> Need Inverted Goggles or Displacement Goggles? I got 'em! Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ ---------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:37:26 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tips] Re: Waiting on baby To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Stephen Black wrote: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4494364 Comment: sounds like a good idea, but who knows? What if the kids discover the baby is cute and adorable and they'd like to have one just like it, only real? Although in addition to wetting, crying, and vomiting, I don't suppose they also programme the baby to smile and coo. That kind of realism might be too risky for a doll intended to discourage pregnancy. Just show how nasty babies are, please. But it might not work. I think they need a randomized groups experiment. This could help avoid the possible surprise of unintended bad outcomes from good intentions Or they could just put the money into better sex and birth control education (I'm dreaming, right?). What does a high-tech toy like this cost, anyway? Stephen Our high school uses this system. Students are chosen (apparently) at random and must take care of the baby for about 5 days. Both males and females are possible parents. My son was chosen to participate. I don't know whether it changed the likelihood of him engaging in sexual intercourse but it was gratifying to be able to tell him that he needed to attend to his crying baby. And, Stephen, here is a price list for you- http://tinyurl.com/ycefsq My electronic desires lean more to a Playstation 3. Ken --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang= english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang= english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english -- ********************************************* Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Dickinson College, P.O. 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