At a primary school in Greenock Scotland three teachers on maternity leave brought their babies to school every two weeks to interact with schoolchildren Playtime with babies teaches children empathy or care and feeling for others Most receptive often are the children who are ldquo a little challenging rdquo as one teacher put it ldquo It rsquo s often they who interact more on a one-to-one level rdquo They learn ldquo how much hard work it is to take care of a child rdquo and ldquo more about each other rsquo s feelings as well rdquo Learning from an infant [... more]

My mother has been committed to many things over the course of her life but one that has remained constant is her desire to see little children introduced to Jesus Of the few times I rsquo ve witnessed my mother display disagreement publicly all were when someone attempted to cut a children rsquo s ministry budget in favor of what they felt were more ldquo serious rdquo expenditures ldquo I took off one summer when I was pregnant with your brother but that rsquo s it rdquo she told me I did a little family math and I realized my [... more]