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4 Old Wives’ Tales on Predicting a Baby’s Gender

Advancements in science and technology have allowed expecting mothers to determine the gender of their babies long before their birth. However, before parents had access to ultrasounds, they relied on superstition to determine the sex of their coming child. Many of these stories have no basis in fact and are nothing more than works of fiction, but they are still fun to learn about. Here are four old wives’ tales on baby gender and what science says about them.

Your Cravings Will Determine the Sex of Your Baby

Many women begin to crave certain foods after becoming pregnant. This is a natural phenomenon that countless mothers experience, but some believe that type of food they desire is a sign of their baby’s gender. Sweet foods, fruits, and juices are said to be signs of a baby girl, whereas salty, sour, and protein-rich foods signify a baby boy is on the way. Pregnancy cravings can be traced to nutritional deficiencies and hormonal changes, meaning the infant’s gender has no bearing on it.

Predicting Your Baby’s Gender With Heartbeats

Has anyone told you that you can predict the sex of your baby based entirely on their heartbeat? The tale suggests that heartbeats under 140 beats per minute, or bpm, are boys, and those over that threshold are girls. Normal bpm rates for unborn children range from 110 to 160, and no notable heartbeat difference has ever been documented, meaning this myth can be put to rest.

Some wives’ tales point to the mother’s heart to predict the sex of the baby, or more specifically, her blood pressure. This superstition states that boys cause higher blood pressure while girls cause lower blood pressure. Incidentally, this is the opposite of the heartbeat myth, but the two have one thing in common; they’re both incorrect.

The Shape of the Bump is a Sign

Other pregnancy superstitions pertain to how the mother is carrying the child. Some claim that girls will stick out while wider shapes signify a boy, while others believe that low bumps represent a boy and high bumps represent girls. However, predicting your baby’s gender using their shape won’t harbor any meaningful results. The height and shape of the mother, among other genetic factors, largely determine the dimensions of the bump.

A Mother’s Skin Says All

According to some people, your physical appearance during pregnancy is useful for predicting your baby’s gender. For example, moist hands and skin mean a girl is on the way, while the opposite is a sign it will be a boy. Of course, how dry or wet your hands are has nothing to do with a child’s gender and is likely the result of other external factors such as the weather.

Other appearance-based wives’ tales suggest that a pregnant woman who takes on a radiant appearance will have a boy, while those with a dull visage will have a girl instead. The belief at the center of this superstition is that the unborn daughter is stealing beauty from her mother, and it is a recurring trend amongst many other pregnancy myths. For example, mothers with more beautiful hair will supposedly give birth to a boy. As before, there is no evidence to support these claims.

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Boy or girl? Old wives’ tales that may offer a clue

After a slip of the tongue prompted headlines declaring the sex of the former Kate Middleton’s unborn baby, here’s a look at some of age-old, but unproven techniques parents-to-be have used to predict what’s coming.

Morning sickness

Little girls may not always be sweet — nausea early in the pregnancy indicates a little girl, while a lack of first-trimester morning sickness points to a boy. This myth may offer another hint that Kate’s carrying a little girl, after she was hospitalized early on in her pregnancy for acute morning sickness.

Swing a ring

Suspend and swing a wedding or engagement ring over a pregnant belly and take note of how it moves. If it swings side to side, it’s a boy, while a circular motion indicates it’s a girl.

How do you look?

Is a change in hormones causing acne breakouts? Is your hair thin and dull and your face swollen? If so, urban legend indicates you’re have a girl who is apparently stealing some of her mother’s beauty.

If you’re projecting a ‘pregnancy glow’, get ready for a boy.

The Drano test

While a pregnant woman should not handle Drano, the myth goes: If you pour some Drano into a pregnant woman’s urine and it turns green, brown, black or blue, it’s a boy. If it turns red or yellow or there’s no color change, it’s a girl.

Weight gain

Probably one of the most prominent folklore tales of a baby’s gender comes down to where a pregnant woman carries her weight. If she’s carrying the baby in front, it’s a boy. If the baby weight spaced all around her middle it’s a girl.

If dad has put on a few pounds during a pregnancy, it’s another sign of a girl.

High or low?

This one can be done just by looking south: if an expectant mother is carrying high, break out the pink. If her bump is low, she’s carrying a boy.

The Mayan test

They may not have been right about the doomsday, but legend has it that the Mayans determined a baby’s sex by looking at the mother’s age at conception and the year of conception. If both are even or odd, it’s a girl. If one’s even and one’s odd, it’s a boy.

More traditional gender test

While the aforementioned tests generally have a 50 per cent success rate, doctors say an ultrasound is the most accurate way to determine a baby’s sex.

Typically ultrasounds at 18 to 20 weeks into the pregnancy can determined the baby’s sex and its accuracy depends on many factors including the age of the baby, the equipment used, the technician, and the cooperation of the baby.

Prince William and Kate had previously said they would not reveal the baby’s sex before its birth.

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Britain’s Kate the Duchess of Cambridge, who is pregnant and due to give birth in July, arrives at Hope House, in London, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP / Matt Dunham)

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Are fairy tales about princesses really dangerous for children? 15 November 2018 public figures are increasingly speaking out against traditional fairy tales and cartoons about princesses. BBC News Ukraine asked psychologists whether the images of Disney princesses can really negatively affect the child’s psyche.

Keira Knightley, a Hollywood actress and star of the film «Pirates of the Caribbean», recently criticized the well-known fairy tales about beautiful princesses.

In October, she revealed that she had banned her three-year-old daughter from watching certain Disney films.

The cartoons «Cinderella» and «The Little Mermaid» were especially criticized.

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In her opinion, the well-known «Snow White» gives children false promises. The fairy-tale princess, they say, should not have accepted an apple from an unknown woman.

It’s also surprising that the prince kissed Snow White without permission while she was sleeping, Bell noted.

After weighing up the backlash against these statements, BBC News Ukraine decided to ask psychologists and experts in gender education what risks traditional fairy tales and old-fashioned animated films might have for raising children.

«Parents think their children are less intelligent than they really are»

Svetlana Panina, psychologist, gestalt therapist

A fairy tale is a cultural product that must be used for its intended purpose. We are not talking about harm here.

I have a feeling that parents, outraged by fairy tales, consider their children to be much less intelligent than they really are. Allegedly, children do not see what is happening, do not know how to compare and do not ask questions.

In general, the younger the child, the less important is the meaning of what is being read to him.

That is, a child under two years of age can read absolutely primitive poems, and he will be happy. Or you can not read at all, but just play snowballs. Because the main need of a child under two years old is affection and emotional contact with parents.

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Keira Knightley banned her daughter from watching Disney cartoons about princesses . The right hemisphere works, figurative thinking.

Variety is important for children these days. The ability not to get hung up on the real world, but to go into the world of illusions. Since all these refined princesses do not exist in real life, as well as beautiful princes. These are non-existent characters. They give you the opportunity to dream.

If we start analyzing too soon, we limit our imagination. And when we listen, perceive, dive into this fantasy world together with children, we enrich ourselves and give the child this diversity.

At six or seven years old, the child will come to you and say: “Mom, what an idiotic fairy tale. Why couldn’t the princess and the pea complain that she was uncomfortable sleeping? language? They couldn’t write?» — ask today’s children.

Children ask. The main thing is that parents should be ready to respond, and not to run «ahead of the locomotive», ahead of children’s interest.

At the age of 10-12, your child already clearly understands the difference between a fairy tale and reality. And what is important — it is at this age that special attention should be paid to the formation of scientific thinking and a critical view of the world. This is where the discussion and analysis of fairy tales begins. No wonder children begin not only to read, but also to study literature as a subject only from the fourth or fifth grade.

The issue of gender equality is now being hotly debated in society. But if parents in real life respect each other, have established a gender balance, most likely the child will not have problems with this at all.

I advise parents to start with themselves.

«Work to make such cartoons appear less often»

Irina Minkovskaya, communications and partnership manager of the public organization «EdCamp Ukraine» (The organization conducts an anti-discrimination examination of school teaching materials)

There is a so-called hidden curriculum. For example, when in the drawing in the textbook the boy flies, travels, and the girl sculpts dumplings.

It does not directly say that a woman should sit at home and cook borscht, but the drawing forms such a system of division of labor in children.

The same applies, in our opinion, to various animated films and other entertainment content.

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Nowhere in fairy tales does it directly say that the princess must sit in the tower and wait for the prince to rescue her. But the course of events lays in children just such an understanding of life. What is so right.

Gender equality issues are getting a lot of attention these days. We see new cartoons that give a different picture. For example, «The Enchanted Prince» or «Rapunzel».

«Rapunzel» in the new version — a modern girl who does not sit at home, is interested in many things, does not really obey her parents and chooses her own path.

This does not mean that old Disney cartoons should be banned. They have artistic value, they were created when there was no such choice as now.

But these tapes could be a good tool for developing critical thinking in children.

For example, did Snow White do the right thing by letting a strange woman in and taking an apple from her? And what will happen next? What should the prince do? You can safely watch these cartoons, press «pause» and talk with children.

Prohibitions don’t work very well. In any case, children will learn about them and look at them. Therefore, it is better to show and immediately discuss everything than to wait and forbid.

But, of course, we all need to work together to ensure that such cartoons appear less frequently. After all, we believe that they do have a certain negative impact.

«If dad beat mom, fairy tales about princes won’t help»

Antonina Oksanich, child and family psychologist, gestalt therapist

The child is shaped by the environment.

If we are talking about the relationship between a man and a woman, then understanding this forms the example of parents.

No matter what fairy tales are read to a child, if parents are concerned about instilling the right values in their son or daughter, they should set an example in their own lives.

How do dad and mom negotiate with each other? How do they share household chores? It all matters.

If dad beat mom, fairy tales about princes won’t help. The child grows up and then has to deal with it, sometimes return to childhood and experience his trauma.

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Children need fairy tales. The more fairy tales a child has in his arsenal, the better.

The child will be able to see different images, get a certain emotional experience and identify himself more clearly with whoever he wants to be with. At some point with a mouse, then with a princess, and then he will read «Pippi Longstocking» and will identify himself with her. This is a completely different image.

It is important that there are not only princesses, that there is diversity.

When a person is looking for his own style, he tries on different images and as a result feels — oh, this is mine! So is the child.

It is not a fairy tale that shapes the child. She doesn’t have that kind of power. This child uses fairy tales to understand himself.

When reading fairy tales to a child, there is no need to comment on them. But after reading, you need to ask: what do you feel, what do you think?

Even when it comes to a small child, you have to ask. After all, a fairy tale can amaze a child. It is important that the child is not left alone with these feelings, especially if these feelings are somehow complex, incomprehensible. And it’s good when he can discuss it with his mother or father.

You can invent your own fairy tales. Offer your own story or change the end of a fairy tale you just read. Such creativity has a very good effect on the child.

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Why read old fairy tales

The fairy tale world is quite simple, but in a simple story one of the most important topics for a child will definitely be touched upon — joy and resentment, friendship and deceit , stinginess and generosity, good and evil. Olga Novichkova, a children’s analytical psychotherapist, tells why you should not neglect reading fairy tales.

In today’s age in the education of children, a lot goes through «usefulness». Parents carefully select the best for the child, so that there is both development and training: knowledge or skills are not so important. The main thing is the benefit! Fairy tales are less and less on the list of what a child really needs. But they really need children. Why are such important helpers deprived of parental attention?

Why do parents not want to read old fairy tales to their children?

There is cruelty and death in fairy tales, especially old ones without the modern varnished «cleansing». Parents also want to protect the child from such unsightly aspects of life. However, in reality there is also a place for death and cruelty. Allowing the child to face this on the pages of a fairy tale, parents give a chance to his psyche to digest all the emotions received from such a collision and learn to cope with his experiences, life’s hardships.

And this is also a great opportunity to help not turn away from your unfriendly feelings, but through the experience of a magical story to keep in touch with them. This is especially true for very obedient and overall good, correct children. It is these children who tend to give up their unkind feelings, which then affects their health and psyche. Through experiencing, for example, anger in a fairy tale, the child will painlessly feel and express what has accumulated, without harming either himself or others.

Fairy tales with evil stepmothers, scary cats and the like, according to parents, frighten / harm the child. Not really. It’s great if in a fairy tale there is someone adult and evil, who is opposed by the main character. Then the child can worry, like the hero of a fairy tale, get angry at his stepmother or be afraid of Koshchei. All these feelings are in the life of a child, and often they are directed at parents, on whom it is very difficult or even impossible to be angry. Therefore, if it is possible to redirect negative emotions to fairy-tale villains, it will only benefit both the child himself and his relationship with his parents.

Adults often think that fairy tales do not teach kindness or forgiveness. It really is. However, they should not teach this to children! Children’s worldview is based on a sense of justice. If the villain is punished, justice is restored, the child (little by little, even unconsciously) strengthens in his worldview, which is extremely important for the formation of his personality. But the adult worldview is based on a sense of mercy, he is sickened by the idea of revenge. Therefore, there is such a huge difference between how children and adults perceive the world and fairy tales.

Adults still disapprove of the main characters, rogues or dodgers who have succeeded by deceit: “What are they teaching!” Again, in the adult world, such “dexterity” is perceived very differently. Children are very happy if the heroes managed to outwit or deceive someone. So, you don’t have to be big and strong (like adults!) to be successful. Small but cunning (that is, children) also have a chance. Such hope is very supportive of the child, who often feels weak in front of the adult world.

What else is the irreplaceable benefit of fairy tales?

Through fairy tales, a child learns that difficulties must be overcome. Let us remember Ivan Tsarevich: when he learned that his wife, the Frog Princess, had disappeared, he grieved and went to look for her. Fairy tales teach us not to give in to life’s challenges and boldly move forward, resisting difficulties.

Fairy tales teach symbolic thinking. It is this that is a necessary element of the healthy development of the human psyche. With it, a person is able not only to live through the problem, but to think it over, find a solution and learn a lesson without “stepping on a rake” in the future.

Fairy tales give hope to children. They serve as a support, they teach to fantasize. The latter is very important: fairy tales help to cope with difficulties by fantasizing about the magical world, and not hiding from real life in fantasies. There is a fine line here. In the first case, the child learns through fantasies to hope and turn his dreams into plans. And in the second, he hides from life, showing an inability to cope with life’s challenges. This is the development of healthy fantasies that is taught precisely by the old, magical folk tales. Modern adaptations are completely devoid of those ancient plot elements that make it possible to understand: this is a magical story before us, you just need to believe it, realizing that this is a fairy tale. Otherwise, in a story with many facts and explanations, a child cannot learn the magical and healing power of his fantasies.

Old fairy tales have a story but not a useful one in an obvious way. Here, fairy tales are opposed to various cognitive literature that informs, educates, and offers options for behavior that a child can directly bring to life. But the behavior of heroes from fairy tales, the child (fortunately!) will not directly repeat. However, he will be able to repeat the behavior of the characters in the space of his inner world. For example: three little pigs confront a wolf, and the third succeeds. The informational message of the fairy tale, which adults understand, is about the importance of doing things on time and with high quality. But in the inner world of children, this tale teaches not to timidly fence themselves off from the world, but to gain courage for a persistent meeting with danger. Therefore, adults should not try to find logic in children’s fairy tales. These stories are in tune with the way a preteen child perceives the world, not an adult.

For the same reason, it is not necessary to discuss the morality or meaning of fairy tales with a child. For its development, it is more useful to talk about real stories. If an adult explains to a child his opinion about a fairy tale, at best, healing magic will leave it. Or the child will be confused by the opinion of an adult alien to his mind.

Another invaluable benefit of fairy stories is that children can act them out. But here, too, there is a subtext about the true meaning of such plays, in addition to developing creative skills, fantasy, trying on the images of heroes, etc. What a child can play can really come. Here is an example that Bruno Bettelheim described (his works on fairy tales can reveal a whole world of symbolic meaning to an adult) about playing the Cinderella fairy tale. She is loved by children who have sisters (rarely brothers). Through acting out, a child learns to get past sibling jealousy—that is, negative attitudes towards their sisters or brothers! And also to his mother.