While watching the first episode of “Baby Borrowers” – a reality tv show about teenagers trying on parenthood -- I had all sorts of things that I wanted to write about, most of them pretty negative: always blaming other people, not taking responsibility for one’s actions, and not being able to see beyond oneself that there are other people in the world. Ugh. But instead, I’ll attempt to take the positive route. Sean – he has this evil master plan to make his girlfriend realize that she is not ready to become a mom because he isn’t ready to be a dad. But instead, the baby falls for him and he for her. They turn out to be really quite sweet and natural together. His girlfriend, on the other hand, is jealous and angry that their baby only stops crying when she is with Sean, who is the inexperienced one. She has all the baby experience. Jordon and Sasha are the most successful so far. They are good with their baby and good with each other. Jordon relishes his role as father and “husband.” Telling Sasha to relax while he does the heavy lifting; Sasha happily relinquishing. They seem the most honest; they are scared before the baby comes; they are concerned that their baby is comfortable and ok, and they are concerned with each other. They take responsibility for the baby. Most importantly, they are able to put her needs first ahead of themselves and their needs. That’s what parenthood is all about.
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