Expectant Father Daniel Also Dreamed of His Baby Daughter's Arrival: "There Are No Baby Dreams in Germany, So I Worried It Might Cause an Identity Crisis"

[Sportschosun Lee Woo-joo] German-born broadcaster Daniel Lindemann shared stories about his wife's pregnancy with their daughter.

On the 24th, a video titled "An Angel Baby Has Come to Us" was uploaded to the YouTube channel "Daniel Lindemann."

Daniel recently announced that his wife is pregnant. He said, "Since learning the news, I've been having really dynamic days." He added, "As of the recording, she is 18 weeks pregnant. We found out the baby's sex two weeks ago. I'm going to be a girl dad. I'm already worried. All the men in the neighborhood already seem like a threat, and I'm thinking about how to train her well from now on."

Daniel also said, "Another funny thing is that I had a dream about my baby. When I first heard people talk about baby dreams, I thought, 'Isn't that a bit too much?' There aren't many stories like that in Germany. When Korean friends told me about it before, I didn't really believe it." He continued, "My wife told me on Friday night. The dream I had the night between Thursday and Friday was that I was holding a hamster very carefully in my arms inside a small envelope. Many people passing by tried to touch it, but I protected it and brought it home safely. After that dream, my wife told me she was pregnant. So we gave the baby the temporary name Tori, taken from 'Bamga Bamga Hamtori.'"

Daniel said he will give birth in Korea, not Germany. He explained, "Postpartum care centers in Korea seem really well developed. The system for caring for mothers after childbirth seems very well established."

As he prepares for his daughter's birth, Daniel said, "I do have a lot of worries. People keep saying things like, 'She'll be beautiful,' but beauty is not what matters most. The most important thing is health." He added, "My biggest concern is whether I can raise her well as a happy person in this harsh society. And my biggest worry is protecting her from men. I'm studying a lot of self-defense techniques for women, and I'll start teaching her when she's two months old."

He went on, "I'm already worried she might feel an identity crisis someday. The best advice I got from Alberto was that it's probably good to have a lot of interaction with similar children around her." He said, "She'll be a mixed-race baby, after all. She'll spend a lot of time with Korean children too, but there will also be children of similar ages who are mixed-race, like Rahee, Lucky's second child, and Andreas's daughter. I want her to have many experiences through close contact with children like that, so she can feel, 'I'm not alone,' and grow up with a broad range of experiences."

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