A "Baby hatch"is a place where mothers bring their unwanted baby just for they cannot raise their baby by themselves and instead of real mathers carer take care of their children with compassion. In Japan it is known as "stork's cradle"or "baby post".It is usually in a hospital or a social center and it is made by kind of small box with a door and a sensor.When the sensor alerts the carers,they can come soon and take care of the babies.
On May 17,2007 in Japan,in Kumamoto a three-year boy was abandoned by his father and Jikei hospital found the boy and started to take care of the boy.It is the time to put "Baby hatch" in Jikei hospital. The news expanded to all over Japan and is now discussed.
People will have two different ideas:"Baby hatch" is a good way or a bad way.
Here is one letter written by Krishna Haksar. She mentions "Baby hatch"is a bad way.First of all,she says about separating children regardless of age.The children feel severe sadness and actually the incident traumatize them even though the children are infant.She had worked with children and families for more than 20 years.Through this exprience,she emphasizes a relationship between children and their parents and mentions that for unwanted children and their parents,"Baby hatch"is not a good solution but government support like when such a problem is identified, to follow prenatal care strongly is needed. She also mentions that as such a system is adopted,abandonment of children will continue in Japan because Japanese people are far more sensitive and compassionate than people in othe coutry.
Here is the other letter written by Name Withheld.This letter argues against the former opinion. She persuades the readers in a way of using fuctual experience of pregnant of junior high school student.She and her
boyfriend finally ended up abandoning the baby in the temple. She says that if there is a facility like "Baby hatch",they will choose to leave their child there because it is the safe place on medical care.She wants to mention that this facility can help unwanted baby's life.
My opinion:
I agree with the former's opinion.
That is why if I were the child who was abandoned by my parents,I would be really shocked mentally.I would surely think that I am an unwanted child."Baby hatch" is a good way for unwanted children,but the sadness of loss of their parents will increase.As the children grow up,another problems will happen. When they knew that they are abandoned by their parents,their suffering will not end until they become adults and more they will come to blame their parents like "Why did you separat us?".
I also agree with the latter opinion about one point.Making a facility similar to "Baby hatch"is good for unwanted child and their future.However,I think there is a thing people should think-before having babies ,both mother and father have to recognize each other about having their baby and have to have a confidence of raising babies unitl they become adult and think that they really want babies.Recently,people especially young people get pregnant without thinking about it carefully and on certain news,some of them killed their babies because they did not have a confidence of rasing them or because of a problem of money.
If people think that, unwanted child will decrease and of course,a facility such as "Baby hatch" doen not need.I hope that unwanted children decrease.
