Child's play

Kelsey Waldon, a Chief Sealth High School junior, is participating in a week-long motherhood project in her child development class.

"It's to teach us about the responsibilities of a parent, to think before you act," said Waldon.

"I don't even know if I want to have kids," she continued. "If I did it would be very, very far away."

Waldon said all her classmates, about 15, are toting "babies."

"His head is made out of newspaper, his body is a bag of flour," she said. "His name is Vladimir John Wayne. It just seemed like a really cool name."