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Why do it?
- We want the best for our children.
- Pregnancy is a good time to think about what we want for their future.
- If we have ideas and dreams for baby, we can think about how we raise them to make those dreams become reality.
- Baby’s future depends on the way their brain ‘wires up’ in response to experiences of the world — especially experiences with familiar people.
- Parents influence the way a baby’s brain connects up because they provide the experiences — they’re the architects of their baby’s brain.
How to do it
- Read Tākai resource Thinking about parenting, page 2.
- Think and talk about what you’d like baby to be like when they’re 5, 15 and 25 years old.
- Talk with your partner, whānau or friends about your dreams for baby and what you’ll do to make them happen.
- You could also write these thoughts down and put them in baby’s treasure box.
Using more reo Māori
| Ngā Moemoea |
Dreams |
| Ngā wawata |
Dreams, wishes |
| Ā tōna wā |
A time in the future |
| Kōrero |
Talk |
| Hoa |
Friend |
| Whānau |
Family |
| Tuhituhi |
Write |
| Pepa |
Paper |
| Pene |
Pen |
| Whakaaro |
Thoughts |
| Waka huia |
Treasure box |
| Āta |
Carefully/purposefully |
| Kia āta whakaaro he aha ngā wawata mō to tamaiti |
Carefully consider what are your dreams/wishes for your child |
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