Post-tsunami parenting no task for the faint of heart

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Post-tsunami parenting no task for the faint of heart

By Miranda Leitsinger, Senior Writer and Editor, msnbc.com

“I want him to grow strong, become a strong person who can survive no matter what happens, even in this disaster.”

The hopes of Koya Takahashi for his son, Nagato, are understandable given all that the child has endured in his first few tumultuous months of life.

Koya’s wife, Megumi, was due to deliver the couple’s first child on March 11, the day a 9.0-magnitude quake triggered a tsunami that ripped through her hometown of Minamisanriku. Though the couple’s home was on a hill and was spared, because of her delicate condition they were in no way out of danger.

She prayed the baby would stay inside her belly a little longer since all of the roads to her home were blocked by tsunami debris.



Koya Takahashi, 28, and his wife, Megumi, 27, hold thier 3-month-old son, Nagato, outside Megumi's parents' home in Minamisanriku, Japan, on Monday.

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