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We clearly disagree on a fairly basic level. I'm very much of the opinion that anything which causes peace of mind is good thing and teaches the parents that t
by elemeno 14y ago
We clearly disagree on a fairly basic level.
I'm very much of the opinion that anything which causes peace of mind is good thing and teaches the parents that their fears aren't grounded in reality. I'd say that most the fears that new parents have are rational in the overarching sense (in that it's entirely rational for a parent to worry about about their baby's health whenever the baby seems to deviating from the expected), but new parents lack the knowledge to determine if any one particular event is something that constitues an actual emergency, or is perfectly normal. Babies commonly have minor health problems (such as colic or jaundice) when they're very young which don't require medical attention, but sometimes they do require attention and it can be hard to tell which is which since babies only have very limited ways to express that they're suffering. A tool which provides more information to the parents (like, say, being able to see that the baby's heart rate or respiration has dramatically changed and so they might not be crying as a result of colic, but because there's something else wrong) and let's them make a more informed decision is clearly of benefit and is by no means 'validating an irrational fear'.
- JoeAltmaier 14y agoPeace of mind is most often effected by turning the mind from obsessive loops. Selling expensive gadgets to nervous parents is way too tempting a profit center to be responsibly marketed. How about by prescription only? That would be a reasonable compromise. Ideally someone objective could be put into picture, to prevent abuse.
- jeremyarussell 14y agoI wasn't aware we had good indicators for SID. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002533/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002533/ Lists some. Right after saying we don't know what causes it. The things listed are pretty generic, like smoking around a mother expecting, etc. But nothing a hundred percent. It's also the biggest cause of death in children under one year of age. Not sure where you are getting that it's something not to worry about. I do wonder how many children you've had though. Edit: Oh the point's made above were to beg the how would one get prescribed something that so far seems pretty random.
- JoeAltmaier 14y agoOh, yeah, good point, attack me instead of the argument when you run out of things to say. I have 3 kids. I trusted in fate to take care of things I had no control over, and was lucky they lived to be healthy confident adults. I know of super-careful parents that raised precious children frightened of the world. That loses something too - like the purpose of living. I know engineers want to solve everything with an engineering solution. That way leads madness. Next we'll be sticking monitors in the womb, because, you know, sometimes the foetus doesn't develop right and maybe we can do something about that too.