Abusive Head Trauma

         I grew up in a Hispanic culture where there is no belief in this syndrome. I remembered my family carry babies shaking them up and down like a game. They did this to make the newborn laugh I guess. Something I will never forget is when my newborn niece was shaken roughly by my brother-in-law because she won't stop crying, and my sister immediately hold her and the baby's face was turning from red to purple. Luckily, it was just that the baby got scared or something because they didn’t take her to a hospital. I was so scared something happened to her if my brother in law continued doing that to the baby. I couldn't understand why would they have a baby if they didn’t have patient for the baby. Now as a mother of a two-year-old children, I never reacted that way to shaking my baby. Even though I grew up with those beliefs in which nothing would happen to the baby, I never did it. Why? It is your baby, why would parents do this kind of actions? I am now planning my second child and I am making sure I won't do this to
my baby. Education classes can help parents better understand the dangers of violent shaking and may provide tips to soothe a crying baby and manage stress.