Parenting Taboos

In this video Rufus Griscom and Alica Volkman present their Ted Talk about parenting taboos of this decade. Rufus and Alica co-found Babble and Nerve.com. My take aways from this video are that parenting is not perfect for anyone even though there are certain beliefs that many pregnant couples believe to be true even though they are not. Another take away is that pregnant women should be told what is waiting for them when they get pregnant, how they might get depressed or feel disconnected from the society. The effective speaking techniques were to tell a story so the audience could make connections and understand the point of their Ted Talk. They also made the audience feel very empathetic for the couple when the story became sad. The presentation style was pecha kucha because they spent more time on each slide and were in charge of when the slides changed to a different point. They also gave a lot of information and statistics about happiness in the home with children and that helped illustrate the story more. What matters in this video is that parenting is not perfect and no one should go into it thinking that it will be absolutely perfect and how they dreamed it would be. What matters is that we should educate new parents and tell them everything they need to know about parenting and how it is hard so that they will not be as shocked as they would be without a class like this. This matters to me personally because one day I will hopefully be starting a family and I want to know the hard parts of parenting so I am prepared and know what to do when certain events happen. Why this matters to education is that education should offer classes that would teach this information so that parents can raise their children the best they could. I think that if a class like this was created then it should not be taught in high school because not many people will be having kids. I think that this class should be taught either in college for seniors or for only for adults who are expecting. This matters to the world because if we have parents that are better prepared to have kids then those kids can grow up and make a better future. The world would benefit because it would have a better future for everyone. However these parenting taboos seem to affect the preparedness of young parents and therefore these taboos should be stopped.