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Carrington-
I realize you feel you have a committment to your students and their parents, but you have a greater commitment to yourself. If you think you can handle it, go for it, if not...speak to the principal oe your lead teacher or someone and explain that you're not comfortable. I can see where you might not want to go into all the details, but if that's what is going to make the difference, you may have to. I know myself, I found it fairly catartic to listen and learn and care and observe as my friend adopted a boy 2 months younger than my son, and to be around a friend who had twins 6 months older than my son. Everyone is different. But if you think that this project/lesson could really put you over the edge ...you need to think about yourself first. You bursting into emotional tears is going to be worse for your students than a students mom coming in to walk the students through the unit. In fact, as I write this...maybe that would be a way to help you partially out of the bind. Ask other people who are parents to come in and explain, like you said, how parents bond, how babies grow etc.
Feel free to email me.
Ress
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