My best friend is pregnant. I’m happy for her but not good with babies. How can I be supportive?

An advice columnist responds to a reader whose best friend is expecting a first child. The reader is happy for her friend but worries about being asked to babysit, after feeling pressured to care for children as a teenager. Eleanor Gordon-Smith suggests the reader need not assume the old pattern will recur or decide in advance that they are bad with babies; the child will be an individual they can get to know over time.