Is Your Baby a Generic Baby?

There's a strong impulse in people to note that there's something miraculous about the existence of a new human being. And with every birth, there's the potential for something remarkable to be introduced in the world. You know, one of the things you don't know is that babies are generic until you have one. Then your baby isn't a generic baby at all. It's like, instantly, it's a person with whom you have a relationship that's closer, perhaps, than any relationship that you've ever had and that you can keep perfect....