Yasmin feels jealous of the new baby, especially when she notices everyone’s attention towards him. How can the feeling of jealousy that consumes her change to embrace her brother with love and care?
Yasmine has to welcome a new family member, but jealousy overwhelms her.
Yasmine behaves in a way where she shows her jealousy throughout several events that happen at home. Still, she soon realizes that she has a special kind of relationship between her and the newborn baby.
“The Newborn” story prepares children for the idea of a new member joining the family and helps them overcome the negative emotions that the arrival of a newborn baby can cause, and it also helps them turn those negative emotions into love and acceptance.
This story gives ideas that will help families that are expecting a newborn baby in how to deal with this kind of event, taking the older child’s feelings into consideration.
For Discussion:
1- Do you have younger siblings?
2- How many?
3- How do you feel towards them?
4- Do you consider them your friends?
5- Who is the first person you turn to in case you feel bad?
6- What do you think of Yasmine’s behavior toward her brother?
7- If you were Yasmine, how would you behave?
