A Certificate for Parenting

Course Overview
Welcome to the online parenting course. We hope you find the course useful and entertaining.
Every person, whether they are a parent or not has pretty strong opinions about how a child should be raised. What is more, all of us think we are "right"! Each of us believes he or she has the correct answer, the best way, for bringing up a healthy happy baby.
Not only that, most of us are only too quick to tell other people how they should raise their children. One mother got so much advice from so many people, she said she learned that the best answer to all these advice givers was to just smile and say uh huh!
So, why take a course in parenting?
There's only one reason: to increase the number of options new parents might consider before having a baby. Why? Because it's very hard to decide about something you've never heard of!
So, this course is not about the best way to discipline your child or the best method of toilet training.
In fact, it's not about a lot of things you might expect a course on parenting would be about. We've tried hard to deal only with those things you've NEVER heard about! The hippocampus, cortisol, doulas, baby wearing, and ghosts!
By the time you've finished this course we hope you'll understand just three things:

What a human baby has evolved over millions of years to expect and need
How our culture often clashes with those expectations
Important new information about a baby's brain development after it is born.
And, of course, the importance of ghosts.

Please Note: The information for this course has been taken from a variety of consumer health resources. It is presented here with the understanding that it not be interpreted as medical or professional advice. All medical information needs to be carefully reviewed with your health care professional.