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So, Who Wants To Know What Happened To The Baby?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 26045" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>This reminds me of a seventies sci-fi futuristic doomsday film called "The Edict". I think it had Charlotte Rampling in it. Never saw the film but read the book. In society of the future the world was so overpopulated that an edict was brought in with zero notice - no more babies to be born for thirty years, on pain of death to child and parents. Those currently pregnant when the edict came in had to register, but any future pregnancies had to be terminated. And to cope with the inevitable maternal instinct they made dolls available that would simulate a normal baby. Scary, fascinating book, especially since then a lot of stuff in the book has now come into existence (like the Internet, plus the degree of monitoring now available).</p><p></p><p>These dolls sound very similar to the ones in the book. Only worse.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't make sense to me that the bracelet couldn't be removed so other people could cuddle the doll. After all, what happens in real life? A new baby gets passed around, grandma moves in to help (sometimes) and we get experience of a healthier extended family all working together to support the new parents.</p><p></p><p>Janna, difficult child 2's attitude reminds me of easy child's boyfriend's friend - he fathered a baby girl and his girlfriend, before the baby was born, made it clear that she wasn't going to do anything for it. He already did the cooking, the shopping, the washing and everything while she sat around watching TV. He wanted to have kids and was happy to be an active dad. BUT - after the baby was born, she suddenly decided to get involved (with the baby, at least) and froze him out. She left him when the baby was a few months old and went to another city. He moved to that city as well so he could be near his daughter and was going through all kids of trouble with ex-girlfriend using the baby as blackmail to have power over him. He got another girlfriend, got her pregnant, same thing happened. In three years he had fathered three kids in a desperate attempt to be a father in a stable relationship.</p><p>In some ways this guy is the opposite of your difficult child 2, but in others he's similar - he's basing his actions on false expectations and false premises.</p><p></p><p>He needs a doll.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 26045, member: 1991"] This reminds me of a seventies sci-fi futuristic doomsday film called "The Edict". I think it had Charlotte Rampling in it. Never saw the film but read the book. In society of the future the world was so overpopulated that an edict was brought in with zero notice - no more babies to be born for thirty years, on pain of death to child and parents. Those currently pregnant when the edict came in had to register, but any future pregnancies had to be terminated. And to cope with the inevitable maternal instinct they made dolls available that would simulate a normal baby. Scary, fascinating book, especially since then a lot of stuff in the book has now come into existence (like the Internet, plus the degree of monitoring now available). These dolls sound very similar to the ones in the book. Only worse. It doesn't make sense to me that the bracelet couldn't be removed so other people could cuddle the doll. After all, what happens in real life? A new baby gets passed around, grandma moves in to help (sometimes) and we get experience of a healthier extended family all working together to support the new parents. Janna, difficult child 2's attitude reminds me of easy child's boyfriend's friend - he fathered a baby girl and his girlfriend, before the baby was born, made it clear that she wasn't going to do anything for it. He already did the cooking, the shopping, the washing and everything while she sat around watching TV. He wanted to have kids and was happy to be an active dad. BUT - after the baby was born, she suddenly decided to get involved (with the baby, at least) and froze him out. She left him when the baby was a few months old and went to another city. He moved to that city as well so he could be near his daughter and was going through all kids of trouble with ex-girlfriend using the baby as blackmail to have power over him. He got another girlfriend, got her pregnant, same thing happened. In three years he had fathered three kids in a desperate attempt to be a father in a stable relationship. In some ways this guy is the opposite of your difficult child 2, but in others he's similar - he's basing his actions on false expectations and false premises. He needs a doll. Marg [/QUOTE]
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