Rituals
6 articles
Parent Rituals as a Source of Stability
A toddler who watches their mother make tea the same way every morning before anyone else is awake is absorbing more than the smell of bergamot. They...
Rituals That Belong to You: Why Parents Need Them Too
Children's rituals get a lot of airtime — bedtime routines, morning routines, transition rituals — because pediatricians have decades of evidence that...
Creating Family Traditions With Young Children
The traditions a child remembers from childhood are almost never the expensive ones. Ask any adult what they remember from their first five or six yea...
Holidays as Part of Family Culture
Childhood holiday memories are extraordinary for their specificity. Adults rarely remember "Christmas was nice" in the abstract—they remember the part...
The Role of Repetitive Rituals in Reducing Child Anxiety
Your three-year-old wants the bedtime story read in the same sing-song voice, with the same blanket tucked the same way. The morning goodbye at presch...
The Role of Home Rituals After Daycare
Rituals have power. A repeated sequence of actions that marks a transition—from daycare to home—helps a child's developing brain and nervous system un...