The Child Within has been trying for centuries to convince us they are, like the rest of us, sensing, feeling, thinking human beings.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCg4_icIWmGo2w7EYOlFkwLQvBYqIHg-bqZP6ToO6eDx_aj3biB9aPqmcUbfhF1cIk9EmbnYW3s75YFAdvs48LuVTAJ5cLVxkzHJ08Eeu3H9jT092KGwb_GVYxinhPanuXXwGzSpmWgIS/s1600/child+hands.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCg4_icIWmGo2w7EYOlFkwLQvBYqIHg-bqZP6ToO6eDx_aj3biB9aPqmcUbfhF1cIk9EmbnYW3s75YFAdvs48LuVTAJ5cLVxkzHJ08Eeu3H9jT092KGwb_GVYxinhPanuXXwGzSpmWgIS/s1600/child+hands.jpeg" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><br />The Child Within has been trying for centuries to convince us they are, like the rest of us, sensing, feeling, thinking human beings. Struggling against thousands of years of ignorant supposition that newborns are partly human, sub-human, or not-yet human, the vast majority of babies arrive in hospitals today, greeted by medical specialists who are still skeptical as to whether they can actually see, feel pain, learn, and remember what happens to them. Physicians, immersed in protocol, employ painful procedures, confident no permanent impression, certainly no lasting damage, will result from the manner in which babies are received into this world.</span>

The Child Within has been trying for centuries to convince us they are, like the rest of us, sensing, feeling, thinking human beings.

The Child Within has been trying for centuries to convince us they are, like the rest of us, sensing, feeling, thinking human beings. Stru...

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