Coping with

Challenges
 Analyzing Emotions
Directions: Listen to the song “Slipped
Away” and tell the emotions being expressed
on the text listened.
What’s in a title?
The Baby in the
Bottle
 Play the Tape
Directions: Analyze the video clip to be
presented entitled “The Baby in the Bottle”
What is the message
conveyed in the material
viewed?
Baby in the Bottle tells the
life of a couple who can
never have a child. It tells
us that we cannot start the
next chapter of life if we
keep re-reading the last
one.
What is your biggest
challenge in life? How do
you manage the
situation?
Ways to cope with challenges

• Avoid behaviors that will

worsen the problem
• Try to see the other
perspective
• Talk it out
• Think of a solution
• Face the reality
How do you deal with
challenges?

1)dealing with a loss

2) financial issue
3) family problem
Evaluation: In a graphic organizer, write
your tips on coping with challenges.
Think
positively

Coping with
challenges
The short story is about a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Libre, and
their baby in the bottle. Their baby was just four months in
the womb when Mrs. Libre had a miscarriage and the baby
died. Mrs. Libre asked the doctor if she could take the baby
home. The doctor allowed her since she could conceive
anymore after the miscarriage and so the baby was put in a
bottle submerged in alcohol. Five years have passed and Mrs.
Libre was still keeping it. The baby became black, the flesh
began to peel off, and its body became shrunk. And Mrs.
Libre could not move on with her baby’s death. That day,
while Mr. Libre was at work, he remembered that the baby
was already five years and seven months old. He arrived
home that day to his wife looking at the baby with sad and
empty eyes. He diverted his gaze to the baby and then he
realized that baby was decaying slowly and no one could do
anything about it. He forced a smile and tried to make sure
that his tears would not fall.
The short story was really sad. The couple was pitiful,
especially Mrs. Libre. She could not cope up with her
baby’s death, but it could be understood because she
couldn’t have baby anymore. The baby’s death also
affected their relationship and their life after the death.
Their relationship became cold and their life everyday
became a routine they have to follow to live. They let
their baby’s death control their lives. I think Mr. Libre
did not really put much effort in consoling his wife. He
could have helped her in moving on but he just let her
mourn and ignored her, and later they did not talk
anymore. He had the advantage because he had a job
that where he could divert his attention while his wife
was left at home mourning.
According to Mr. Libre, the baby’s flesh was
starting to peel off and no one could do
anything about it. This means that the baby
was slowly decaying, although it was soaked
in alcohol so that it can be preserved but it
cannot be stopped. If the baby will
completely be decayed, it might...
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