Should children witness childbirth?
Due to a power outage at the time,
only one
paramedic was able to respond to a 911
call.
The house was very, very dark, so the
paramedic
asked Katelyn, a 3-year old girl, to hold a
flashlight high over her mommy so
he could see while he helped deliver
the baby.
Very diligently, Katelyn did as she
was asked.
Heidi pushed and pushed, and after a
little while
Connor was born. The paramedic lifted
him by his
little feet and spanked him on his
bottom.
Connor began to cry. The paramedic
then thanked
Katelyn for her help and asked the
wide-eyed 3-year
old what she thought about what she
had just
witnessed.
Katelyn quickly responded, "He
shouldn't
have crawled in there in the first
place.
Smack him again."