Why It Matters for Parents to Integrate the Findings Within Prenatal Sciences

PARENTS MATTER
Parents are the architects of the future, entrusted with the profound responsibility of nurturing new life. By integrating the key findings of prenatal sciences into their journey, they become guardians of love, care, health, peace and intention. Parents who embrace the knowledge of the prenatal realm empower themselves to create an environment that nourishes the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being of their children. They cultivate a deep connection with the unborn, recognizing their inherent dignity and unique journey. Through their dedication, parents nurture a generation that embodies compassion, resilience, and love, shaping a future where each child is cherished, supported, and celebrated.

THE BENEFITS
when parents embrace the key findings of prenatal sciences are:

• they foster a nurturing and supportive environment for their unborn children.
• Seek prenatal care, education, and support to ensure the well-being of themselves and their babies.
• Create a loving, secure, and nurturing home environment that fosters the physical, emotional, and spiritual development of their children.
• Advocate for the rights and well-being of expectant parents and children within their communities and society.
• Continuously educate themselves and seek knowledge to provide the best possible care and support for their children.
• They place greater focus on their personal (maternal/ paternal) health: Understanding the impact of the prenatal environment on fetal development may lead to greater attention being paid to parental health, both before and during pregnancy as well as after birth. This can include efforts to promote healthy lifestyles, such as regular exercise and good nutrition, as well as interventions to address maternal health conditions that could impact fetal development. And at the same time the parent enjoys better quality of life.

WHAT IF PARENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR PRENATE IS A SENTIENT BEING?

If parents understand that their children are sentient beings from conception, it can have a positive impact on the child’s development and well-being. The whole parenthood style will be impacted:

1. Improved prenatal care: Parents may be more motivated to take good care of themselves during pregnancy. Even before conception by consciously being prepared for parenthood. This can lead to better prenatal care, such as avoiding stress, healing what could be healed, stopping smoking and alcohol, eating a healthy diet, and getting regular exercise. These behaviors can have a positive impact on the developing child’s health.
2. Better parent-child bonding: Understanding that their child is a sentient being from conception can also help parents develop a stronger emotional connection with their child. This can lead to better bonding and attachment, which can have a positive impact on the child’s social and emotional development later on as this will become the template for all later relationships in the child’s life, personal, professional, social.
3. Improved parenting practices: Parents may be more likely to adopt positive parenting practices, such as responding to the child’s needs, providing emotional support, and engaging in respectful communication, healthy play and interaction. These behaviors can promote healthy child development and can have a positive impact on the child’s cognitive, social, and emotional development.
4. Reduced risk of child abuse: Parents may be less likely to engage in abusive behaviors towards their child. This can lead to a reduced risk of child abuse and neglect, which can have a significant impact on the child’s physical and mental health but also a reduction in the criminality rates or juvenile delinquency and reduced violence. Or in other words peace and civilization can have a good chance.
5. Improved mental health: Many mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety, and severe mental issues such as psychosis, schizophrenia, paranoia etc. as well as autism and dyslexia issues are linked to primal traumatic experiences, feelings of isolation and disconnection from the significant others and early life imprints that are associated with poor life experiences after birth in childhood and adulthood. By embracing our primal need for human or social connection and emotional expression, we may be able to reduce the prevalence of these conditions and improve overall mental health in society.
6. More fulfilling relationships: When parents can embrace the child’s innate desires or needs for physical touch and emotional expression, their children may be able to build deeper and more fulfilling relationships with others. This can lead to greater satisfaction and happiness in the personal lives of all involved (parents, children and those in their environments.
7. Greater empathy and understanding: By acknowledging and accepting their own primal experiences, as parents were also prenates, newborns and children themselves, not always having experienced optimum health on all levels, these parents may be more inclined to be empathetic and understanding towards their children who may be experiencing similar things or others in the environment who are in a less fortunate position. This can lead to greater personal, familial or social cohesion and a more supportive and inclusive society.
8. Increased awareness of environmental factors: Parents may become more aware of the impact of environmental factors on fetal development, such as exposure to toxins or pollution. This could lead to greater efforts to reduce environmental hazards and create healthier living conditions for pregnant parents, will-be parents, prenates, neonates and beyond. Besides, if parents understood that prenates are affected by all information present in the human environment, it could lead to greater attention and resources being devoted to promoting healthy fetal development and improving the prenatal environment. This could have significant long-term benefits for the health and well-being of individuals and communities.
9. Reduced stigma: There is often stigma attached to natural human experiences, such as sexuality, emotional expression, out of wedding pregnancies, adoption, various family types etc. By accepting and normalizing these experiences, parents may be able to reduce stigma and create a more accepting and compassionate for their children and future generations.

CHANGES IN ADOPTION

If adoption systems integrated the findings of prenatal psychology regarding rejection or separation trauma and its lifelong impact, it could lead to greater support for adopted children and families, as well as a greater emphasis on preserving biological connections and addressing the unique needs of adopted children who have experienced prenatal trauma. This could lead to improved outcomes for adopted children and families, as well as greater understanding and awareness of the impact of prenatal experiences on lifelong health and well-being. More specifically:

Increased awareness of prenatal trauma and its impact: Adoption systems may become more aware of the impact of prenatal trauma on adopted children, and take steps to address this trauma through trauma-informed care practices. This could include providing adoptive parents with training and support to help them understand and respond to the unique needs of adopted children who have experienced prenatal trauma.

Increased support for adoptive families: Adoption systems may provide greater support for adoptive families, including mental health services and other resources to help them navigate the challenges of adoption and address the unique needs of adopted children. This could include support groups, training programs, and other forms of support that take into account the impact of prenatal trauma on adopted children and families.

Greater emphasis on preserving biological connections: Adoption systems may place a greater emphasis on preserving biological connections between children and their birth families, whenever possible. This could include efforts to provide birth parents with the resources and support they need to care for their children, as well as greater openness to forms of adoption that allow for ongoing contact and connection with birth families, such as open adoption. 

Changes in the adoption legal system and adoption regulations, guidelines and protocols: Unfortunately the fact that the evidence-based knowledge that exists today has not been integrated in the adoption systems. As a result, parents who wish to adopt are harassed by lots of unnecessary bureaucracy while they are left unsupported or uninformed as concerns the essential issues resulting in more pain and stress despite the good intentions existing in those involved. Time for societies and legal organs to adapt and align their policies.

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