The Virtue of Fear and the Myth of "Fearlessness"
I learned about the virtue of fear when preparing for my wife's childbirth, in "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth." Counterintuitively, mothers who have the least fear of childbirth tend to have the worst outcomes. Giving birth is complex and risky. Moms who either dismiss all concerns or defer all fears...
Jul 15, 20257