| Have you thought about writing a booklet on a | | | | She'll probably read and research everything she can |
| particular subject, but you didn't follow through because | | | | find about birthing, raising and feeding children. And it will |
| you thought your idea wasn't good enough? It's easy | | | | all be new information for her. |
| to take your own knowledge for granted. You've | | | | Even a mother who is pregnant with her second child |
| acquired it over time, or learned it through study, and | | | | will do some reading and research. She may want to |
| now it's second nature to you. It's easy to assume | | | | know how to show her first child that they are just as |
| nobody else would be interested, or that your | | | | important as the new baby. She may read information |
| information isn't special enough to be put into a booklet. | | | | about how to foster a close relationship between her |
| But, that's just not true. | | | | children, how to have a vaginal birth after a c-section, |
| No matter what your particular expertise is, whether it | | | | how to raise children in the absence of a father if she |
| is work related, hobby related, family related, or other | | | | is now divorced or widowed, how to make more |
| related, there is always someone else who doesn't | | | | money so she can help support her growing family, |
| know what you know and would be willing to pay in | | | | and other related information. It would be easy to |
| order to get that information. For example, look at the | | | | assume the second time mom would know it all and |
| subject of childbirth. Women have been having babies | | | | not be interested in information about birthing and |
| since creation. You'd think we would all know | | | | childcare, but again that just isn't true. |
| everything there is to know about that by now. But | | | | This example applies to just about any topic you can |
| find a woman pregnant with her first child and she's | | | | think of. There is always someone else who doesn't |
| going to childbirth classes, reading about different | | | | know what you do. Even something as simple as |
| methods of childbirth to learn her options, studying child | | | | grandparenting can be the subject of a booklet. |
| rearing methods, and maybe even reading articles | | | | Never under estimate the value of what you know. |
| about how to get her child into the best preschool. | | | | The riches are there. You just need to mine them! |