Jack Hourigan

Jack Hourigan: Jack Hourigan, a writer and parenting expert whose daughter Tess was born unexpectedly at 27 weeks, says there are still a lot of myths about what it means to raise a child who was born premature, according to CTV. Most babies born prematurely develop well. However, some can develop problems later in life, including delayed language development, visual or hearing impairments or learning disabilities and In Canada, one in every 10 babies is born prematurely, and yet many parents who've watched their children enter the world too early say it is an isolating experience that fellow parents really don't understand. "People think once you leave the NICU neonatal intensive care unit , then everything's fine, that you head home and the story's over. But the repercussions of prematurity continue," she told 's Canada AM Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.