PofWonderland » Kids http://www.prisonerofwonderland.com Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:45:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Baby Picture http://www.prisonerofwonderland.com/kids/baby-picture.htm http://www.prisonerofwonderland.com/kids/baby-picture.htm#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:09:32 +0000 admin http://www.prisonerofwonderland.com/kids/baby-picture.htm I knew that my baby was cute – what parent does not feel that way? Still, when I got back the baby shower pictures, I was pretty surprised. That was one cute, photogenic kid in my opinion. The first few baby pictures that we had taken – the ones of Julie right after the delivery – looked like all newborn babies look. She had a pinched, scrunched up, red face, and was strange, pudgy, and wrinkly all over. After a few weeks, however, she had transformed pretty much completely. She looked very different from how she had at first. She even had a little bit of hair starting to grow in on her head!

When one of my friends first suggested that we enter her in a baby picture contest, I was not thrilled with the idea right at first. After all, I did not want her to be one of those over-pressured child actor kids who end up not being able to live a normal childhood. Still, I had to admit that the baby pictures did look very good and, with a visit to a professional baby photographer, they could look even better. It seemed like it was worth a try.

When we went to the photographer’s office for the first time, we got to really get a look at her work. There were baby pictures all over the wall, and in every nook and cranny. There were cute baby pictures, ones that looked more sedate and serious, and even a few abstract studies in form that involved babies in them. It was clear right away that this woman knew her business, and really had quite a passion for babies.

Unfortunately, getting your baby pictures done can be kind of a hit or miss proposition – especially with a newborn. If she is not in the mood for it that day, that is it. There is no reasoning with a kid that small. Anyway, that day was a waste. None of the baby pictures really came out all that well, and after only about 5 minutes of shooting, we had to go. She was hungry and needed to be fed, and seemed pretty sleepy and grumpy as well. The next time we went, however, was pure gold. We had some of the most gorgeous, well-put-together pictures of babies I had ever seen! I’m trying not to get my hopes up too high, but I bet we can win that contest.

]]> http://www.prisonerofwonderland.com/kids/baby-picture.htm/feed 0 Unwanted Pregnancies http://www.prisonerofwonderland.com/kids/unwanted-pregnancies.htm http://www.prisonerofwonderland.com/kids/unwanted-pregnancies.htm#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:02:17 +0000 admin http://www.prisonerofwonderland.com/kids/unwanted-pregnancies.htm Children are an amazing part of life. Whether or not you choose to have a few of your own is completely up to you. This statement can be interpreted in a couple different ways. Clearly you can make a choice regarding marriage and kids at some point in your life. But what if a pregnancy happens unplanned? Again, you have a choice to make. Are you going to give birth to the child and raise him/her like a parent, or do you turn to abortion? In America at least, this is totally up to you. However, statistics show that unwanted pregnancies tend to end poorly for the innocent children far too often.

Around 75 million unwanted pregnancies occur each year. This statistic applies to the entire global population. Imagine if every one of these pregnancies resulted in natural birth, but only a small fraction of the parents kept the children. Where do all the others go? Sadly, many people don’t consider this aspect of unwanted pregnancies. Who will take care of all these children? Possibly a foster parent that could care less about the child’s well-being, but wants to get his hands on a monthly government check. This happens all the time. While it may sound like a horrific scenario out of a movie, it’s as real as it gets. I recently watched the local news and saw that two foster parents locked a small boy in the closet and went off on vacation. The boy died. What kind of person could do something like that?

A popular solution to many unwanted pregnancies is abortion. Now, just to be clear, I’m not completely endorsing abortion. However, I think there is a time when abortion is the most realistic option. For example, if a woman is attacked, we can’t expect her to carry around the child of her rapist. That would be absurd. There are a number of unwanted pregnancies such as this each year. This is what makes pregnancy and abortion such touchy topics. It’s not cut and dry. There’s plenty of grey in there. The key is to educate your loved ones regarding unwanted pregnancies and teach them about safe practices. Remember, abstinence is the safest option around.

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