Do you remember what you talked about with your child at breakfast? Or, if your child is very young, 6 months or less, do you think it matters at all if you talk to him or her? By way of clarification, here I’m referring to “infant-directed speech” or “baby talk” as it is more commonly known, and not to orders such as “eat!” or “behave!" … [Read more...] about Talk to me
Healthy Policies
By Helia Molina Milman What role does child development play in your country’s policies? We have a great deal of knowledge and evidence about early childhood development, as well as lessons learned and systematized; nonetheless, the required levels of investment in children in Latin America and the Caribbean have still not been reached. … [Read more...] about Healthy Policies
Breastfeeding Week and First Steps
In recognition of World Breastfeeding Week, we kicked things off on Tuesday with a beautiful post about exclusive breastfeeding by Caridad. Today, we wish to share with you five posts on this topic that we’ve published since the birth of our blog. We’d like to bring attention to the fact that breastfeeding, along with the quality of child development services, are the two … [Read more...] about Breastfeeding Week and First Steps
Conditions for Successful Exclusive Breastfeeding
I have two daughters, ages four and six. Friends who know me well know that I’ve been an advocate of breastfeeding throughout my children’s upbringing. With great effort and enthusiasm, I closely followed the World Health Organization’s recommendation to feed them solely with my breast milk until six months of age. After that age, I gradually introduced complementary foods but … [Read more...] about Conditions for Successful Exclusive Breastfeeding
Cuddling is Not Spoiling
By Berna Iskandar At some point along this path that I chose, as an educator about respectful parenting issues, I realized that to take good care of our children, rather than learn, we need to unlearn, to return to what instinct dictates, to resume practices that respond to the design of the sophisticated primates that we are, and to rescue intelligent customs because … [Read more...] about Cuddling is Not Spoiling