The New Civilization (The Ringing Cedars of Russia Series) by Megre Vladimir

Author:Megre, Vladimir [Megre, Vladimir]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Megre
Published: 2013-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

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At the end of the workday, Victor called Valentina Petrovna into his office. She was the firm’s lawyer and a woman with a wisdom born of rich life experience.

He asked her to take a seat and began in a roundabout way.

“I have a somewhat unusual question for you, Valentina Petrovna. It’s, well, a personal question, but it’s of the utmost importance to me. A certain relative of mind asked me to find out… Well, you see, she’s planning to get married and wants to have a child. She asked me to find out where in our country there’s a good school where she could learn the best way to carry a child during pregnancy, about childbirth, and about raising him once he’s born. And what does the father need to do?”

Valentina Petrovna heard him out attentively, and after a short silence, said:

“As you know, Victor Nikolaevich, I have two children, and I’ve always been interested in the literature about childbirth and raising children, but I’ve never even heard of there being any such school, whether here in our country or abroad.”

“That’s strange. They teach people everything, but no one touches on this question, this most important question, not in the schools or in post-secondary schools. Why not?”

“Yes, it’s strange…” agreed Valentina Petrovna. “Somehow I’ve never given that any thought, but now this state of things seems strange to me. It seems that the Duma does discuss the question of teaching about sexual relations in the schools, but they don’t consider the question of teaching people the right way to bear and raise children.”

“So that means every couple is forced to experiment on their own child?”

“So it seems. They have to experiment. Of course there are all sorts of classes, where expectant parents learn what to do during labor and how to interact with a newborn, but since there’s no scientific basis for what they teach, it’s practically impossible to determine which classes really do help and which do more harm than good,” Valentina Petrovna answered.

“What about you, Valentina Petrovna? Did you take any of those classes?”

“I decided to have my younger daughter at home, in the bathtub, with a midwife’s help. A lot of people do that these days. People think it’s more comfortable for the child to come into the world at home, in the presence of his relatives. They say a newborn can sense when people are acting lovingly toward him, and when they’re indifferent, as often happens in maternity wards. It’s like a conveyer belt there, you know.”

Victor didn’t feel encouraged by his conversation with Valentina Petrovna. In fact, it had the opposite effect: it depressed him. For two weeks, he spent all his free time outside of work considering the problem of giving birth to children. For two weeks, whenever he was walking through the city, whenever he went to fancy restaurants, bars and theaters, he kept looking at women’s faces, evaluating them. He even took a trip out to the village, but he didn’t find anyone suitable for himself there, either.

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