Jedi child rearing cheat code?

[u/Nrvea]

Just realized that Jedi would have a relatively easy time taking care of a baby compared to a non-force sensitive.

Telepathy would allow them to understand what the baby needs at any given time, whether they're hungry, tired or sick. And would probably allow them to communicate with the baby on a limited level, potentially accelerating the child's language acquisition and cognitive development in general. Jedi raised children might learn to have essentially full conversations telepathically before they learn to speak verbally.

Wonder if any books or comics mention this

[u/Pariahdog119]

I dunno if any Disney stuff does, but look for the Legends novels about Leia raising the twins and Anakin.

[u/DaSuspicsiciousFish → u/Pariahdog119]

You mean winter raising he twins and Anakin?

[u/Pariahdog119 → u/DaSuspicsiciousFish]

Close enough for New Republic work

[u/darthsheldoninkwizy2 → u/Pariahdog119]

In the canon, I believe it was in *Aftermath 3* book that there was a mention of how Leia could sense Ben’s needs while she was pregnant with him.

[u/Pariahdog119 → u/darthsheldoninkwizy2]

"Ben wants chocolate cake right now. Yep. Totally what Ben wants..."

[u/wbruce098 → u/darthsheldoninkwizy2]

Yeah well she seemed to have lost that as soon as he went off with Luke.

[u/Phrossack]

Jedi can't really read minds quite like that. They can sense general intentions and surface level thoughts but have a hard time getting more than that.

Luminara Unduli was briefly captured by a hired thug because she couldn't read his intent. He didn't seem to have hostile intent towards her even as he moved to attack her because he was mentally handicapped and didn't understand what he was being told to do.

[u/Nrvea → u/Phrossack]

yeah true telepathy isn't really possible without battle meditation but just reading and conveying surface thoughts / feelings would be useful and probably help build neural pathways that make language acquisition and learning in general faster

[u/Ecypslednerg]

Until the infant were old enough to be trained the telepathy would be one way.

[u/Nrvea → u/Ecypslednerg]

I'd imagine force sensitive babies will accidentally broadcast their thoughts or at least their emotions so you'd be able to pick up on broad concepts like "Hungry" or "Uncomfortable" or "Tired"

But also just being able to communicate to your baby one way would be highly useful, you could communicate to them the feeling of safety or comfort directly and overtime you could probably teach them to do it back to you faster than you would be able to teach them language.

[u/ExpressNumber → u/Nrvea]

Something of this sort is the case in Lone Wolf, a short story by Abel G. Peña at the end of his novella Skyewalkers. In-between the final scenes of Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan quickly bonds with Luke and the two sense each others’ feelings.

This comes with the caveat that Peña was pretty out there, even for Legends, and I’m not sure either story was considered truly canonical at the time.

[u/gentleman_bronco]

I don't think there's been anything like that explored in any continuity, but it's a really awesome thought.

[u/Awesomejedi182]

The only mention or indication of this I've seen was in Mandalorian S2 Ep6 where Ahsoka and grogu talk

Ahsoka mentions that She can feel Grogus thoughts through the force, and since he can't speak that's how they are communicating.

So I imagine while babies won't have the ability to talk back the jedi will probably still be able to sense the feelings

[u/qualiascope]

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[u/Allronix1]

Certainly would have an advantage for processing a bunch of kids through institutional care. Cradle A needs a diaper change. Cradle B wants a bottle, and Cradle C needs to be taught that his mother is never coming back...

On a lighter note, it would probably be a lot happier for cases like the Sunriders. Little Vima knows where Mom and Dad are. She knows she's safe. And if she wants to amuse herself, she can make her teddy bear dance.