Book guide: Why do I exist?
Where do babies come from?
Can they be bought at the grocery store or picked up from the doctor? And what is needed for a child to be born? A fun and important book that creates curiosity about babies and how we are made.
Questions about babies and family
Children can be created in different ways. The child in the book was born in something called a "stork clinic". It is like a hospital that can help those who want to have children. Were you born in a hospital?
What does it take for there to be a child? And where in the body do babies grow? Do you know how long a baby is in the womb before it comes out?
There are photographs on the wall in the book. Who do you think it is? Do you think the child has more people in his family than the mother? Who is in your family?
Explain simply
There is a room inside the body called the uterus. In that room, children can grow. For there to be a child, a sperm and an egg are needed. The eggs are in the fallopian tubes and the sperm are in the scrotum. The egg and sperm must mix for a child to be born. It is possible to mix inside the body (insemination or intercourse) or outside the body (test tube
fertilization). The egg is then allowed to grow in the uterus for nine months. Then the baby is ready and wants to come out. The baby comes out through the vagina, which is a very strong muscle found in the nipple. Sometimes a hole is made
into the uterus (caesarean section) where the baby comes out.
Not to sex children
By allowing the interpretation of the child's gender identity to be free and open, as in this book, we provide more opportunities for all children to identify with the main character. For the children, it can become a completely natural part of the reading experience, or it opens up the opportunity to think about gender, gender and norms together with the teacher.
