Should New Births Be Advertised/Promoted?
Should New Births Be Advertised/Promoted?Occasional stories are surfacing on a disturbing trend in which newborns are snatched from their homes, sometimes from the very arms of the new mom. The caregiver is often physically attacked or hurt during the kidnapping. There have also been cases where a woman about to give birth is killed and the infant taken from the womb. What can be done to help protect yourself or loved ones from this rare, but heinous, crime of baby kidnapping, and should parents “advertise” a baby’s birth?Answer: Who hasn’t seen the signs proudly displayed on lawns or the front door spreading happy news of a new arrival to a family? Pink or blue storks, or similar characters, often proclaim the happy date of the child’s birth, name, and even names and sometimes ages of older siblings. Birth announcements in local newspapers have also been a typical practice so that parents could clip the item and place it in the beloved baby’s scrapbook. But is this a good idea? Baby k
