Sleep
Safe Sleep Principles for Infants
Safer sleep guidance is one of the few areas of infant care where the evidence is clear, the agreement between expert bodies is broad, and the impact...
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Safety
Safety When Interacting with Strangers
The concept of "stranger danger" dominates childhood safety discussions, yet young children are far more likely to be harmed by someone they know than...
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Parenting
Why It's Important for Parents to Trust Themselves
Almost every new parent has this experience: a small thing happens — a feeding that didn't go well, a nap that got missed, a moment of impatience — an...
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Parenting
How to Trust Your Instincts as a Parent
"Trust your instincts" is one of those phrases that sounds reassuring and unhelpful in equal measure, especially at 2 a.m. when you can't tell if your...
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Parenting
Why Trusting Yourself Matters More Than the Perfect Plan
There's a genre of parenting book that promises if you follow the steps in order, the result is a settled, sleeping, well-adjusted child. The genre is...
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Parenting
Parenthood and Letting Go of Control
A profound shift in parenthood is realizing you're not in control. You can't control whether your child sleeps, eats, or cooperates. You can't control...
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Parenting
How to Create Emotional Safety at Home
Emotional safety is the foundation of everything else. When children feel emotionally safe, they're more likely to be open with you, to handle challen...
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Family Life
Family as a Source of Emotional Safety
"Emotional safety" can sound abstract, but it's one of the most measurable variables in child development. John Bowlby's attachment theory, Mary Ainsw...
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Family Life
Family as a Source of Emotional Safety
Emotional safety isn't about a home where everything is calm and conflict-free. It's about a home where a child knows: my feelings are allowed here. I...
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Daycare
Why Rushing the Adaptation Process Can Be Harmful
The pressure to throw a child straight into full-time daycare is real. Parental leave runs out, work calls, and the daycare schedule has fixed hours....
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Daycare
How to Find and Vet a Babysitter
A regular babysitter — someone you trust to be in your home while you are not — is one of the most useful relationships parents of young children can...
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Safety
Safe Sleep for Babies: Reducing the Risk of SIDS
SIDS is every new parent's greatest fear — the sudden, silent death of a baby who appears healthy. The good news is that following safe sleep guidance...
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Safety
Safe Sleep for Babies: Reducing the Risk of SIDS
SIDS is rare -- around 200 cases per year in the UK in a population of approximately 650,000 births annually -- but it remains the most common cause o...
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