What Kind of Future Adults Do We Want to Create?

We all remember the day our child was born. We remember the painful labor and the joyful delivery. We remember the first cry and the cutting of the cord. We remember how the nurse placed this little blanketed bundle gently in our arms. We remember experiencing a flood of thoughts and feelings.

“Wow, so beautiful.”
“He kinda’ has a nose like Aunt Clara, I think.”
“I can’t wait to get her home.”

But in those first precious moments of contact, how many of us thought about the fact that our simple act of creation resulted in a real, live human being? How many of us – even today – Read the rest of this article »