2009 marks the second time the Bio-Psych class at North Shore Country Day School has participated in a simulated parenting project using Realityworks Real Care babies.
The babies are life sized, ten pound infants, implanted with micro-chips that record the manner in which they are handled.
Babies are programmed to need feeding, burping, holding and rocking, diaper changing and general attention. Each student/parent has a prescribed amount of time to attend to each baby function and the student/parent is timed by the microcomputer in the baby as to how successful they are at meeting the baby’s needs.
Each student will have a baby (of their choice) for three school days and one weekend. During that time they are expected to keep a blog discussing the experience.
The experiment is designed to help students have a first-hand experience involving development, and to encourage them to think broadly about questions of nature and nature.
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