Reply #4: Seniors at my daughter's high school still do the old [View All]

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routine of carrying a doll around for a week as a "life skills class" assignment, as a way of supposedly learning what it's like to care for an infant. I was substitute teaching one day and observed kids leaving the dolls under desks, carrying them by the hair, etc. Actually being responsible for a baby would be a real eye-opener. I wish it was possible for every teenager to do it. The school has a "job shadowing" program where students must spend a couple of days following someone around a place of business. There should be a similar parenting program where the teen is required, with adult supervision, to look after a small child for a few days. No more important "life skill" than that.