The Respectful Approach to Parenting
Helicopter parents take note: Sitting back and watching your child explore their world is good for your mental health and good for your child’s development.
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Too Many Tantrums
Tantrums are a normal part of a toddler's development. But you can help your child learn skills now that will help them cope well with all the disappointment and frustration that will come their way.
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Sometime it Hurts to Be a Baby
For an infant, going to the doctor can be a pain but it doesn't have to hurt.
A Labor of Love
When will we invest in the most important labor there is -- parenting?
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Time to Care -- (Time to Care)
Music Soothes the Infant Soul
Where does our love of music begin? Experts believe it is in the first five years.
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Frère Jacques, are you sleeping? (Harvard Music Lab)
The Sands of Time
Imagine parenting with wooly mammoths and saber tooth tigers hot on your tail! Listen to the story of one mom who did just that, now on the First 5 Years.
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Fossil Footprints Tell Story of Parent's Journey (Cornell Chronicle)
Fossilized Footprints Found in New Mexico Track Traveller with Toddler in Tow (Smithsonian Magazine)
A COVID Halloween
Halloween will look pretty different this year. But Halloween during COVID can still be fun while also being safe. Listen now.
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Halloween & COVID-19: Have Fun While Staying Safe (HealthyKids.org)
Building Better Beginnings
Building Better Beginnings harnesses the knowledge, talent, and ideas of state and local early childhood agencies and organizations to ensure that every child has an equal path to success. Join us.
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The Building Better Beginnings website is under construction and will be live soon at b3maryland.org.
Alcohol and Pregnancy
We know heavy alcohol use while pregnant can cause harm to babies. But women can get mixed messages about whether there's a safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Find out more.
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Banking Time
Taking time to be fully present with your child, even for a little while, helps you both reconnect and gives you a well of strength to draw from when life gets hard.
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HOW A 10-MINUTE ‘RESET’ MAY MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR KIDS AT HOME (University of Virginia)