My book, The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It), is coming in September from Teachers College Press.

I can’t wait to share it with you and for the chance to begin delivering its message in person. Need a speaker for an upcoming

Is your home full of love? Your baby knows.

Take a look at Jaxon (shown here at 15 months) as he watches Mom and Dad dance in the kitchen. He claps and grins and knows that his parents are sharing a tender moment.

Babies are adept at gauging the facial expressions, tones of

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? 🛝

This video of sisters Emmy and Lyla, is more than a lovely moment on the playground. It’s also a perfect analogy for the type of environment we want to create for young children: supportive, loving, and conducive to (healthy)

The internet is chock full of videos of babies trying new foods… but this one might be my new favorite.

Check out the sensory overload this little guy experiences when trying his first taste of kiwi. 🥝

Like so many other first time experiences, new foods can both delight

You might have noticed that sharing is not a particular strength for toddlers.

It’s not that they’re actively selfish in the same way we might describe an egocentric adult. It’s just that, developmentally, young children have real difficulty seeing the world from a perspective

How will your toddler or preschooler react to the arrival of a new sibling?

The answer can be as varied as children themselves - and all perfectly normal.

For some children (and firstborns in particular) the arrival of a new baby can be unsettling - even as it is exciting.

In the movie Taken, Liam Neeson famously explains that he has “a very particular set of skills.”

So do newborn babies.

We know these inborn skills as reflexes - and in this video we’re seeing one of three interrelated reflexes designed to help newborns find nourishment.

“Read it again? Ok. Read it again.”

Want a mirror on your parenting style? Just watch your child.

I love watching this little one role playing as her parents.

Nestled onto her little couch, her babydoll under her arm, she reads/sings to her baby.

But watch carefully and

What is the most beautiful sight in the world?

To your baby, the answer is YOU.

This video is such a lovely illustration. Out for a stroll with her father, this little one is laser focused on one - and only one - thing: Dad’s face.

Your baby learns so much from your face -

Got such a kick out of the replies to this post. If you haven’t yet, take a scroll for some amazing toddler humor.

Is your baby crying?

Don’t underestimate the comforting power of skin-to-skin contact.

New parents are often introduced to skin-to-skin at the hospital in the minutes and hours immediately after their baby’s birth.

But the benefits extend well beyond the newborn phase.

Want to see a baby make 60 million neural connections? 🧠

Look no further than this fantastic video.

As they bide a little time in the car, our hero and his dad engage in this lovely “serve and return” interaction.

And it’s hard to tell which of them is loving it more.

If

Let’s go to the alligator! 🐊

I just love this little one, who hasn’t quite mastered the nuanced distinction between an “alligator” and an “elevator.”

These kinds of linguistic substitutions are very common among toddlers - sometimes because they’re still working to master

Sweet dreams. 💤

Did you know that your baby’s brain remains hard at work, even as they sleep?

It’s during this time that your baby consolidates new learning and memories, reprocessing and categorizing all they have learned while awake and converting these recent experiences

Let me answer that for you…

I just love this video of little Barney and his older brother Alfie - which illustrates both the tender relationship and developmental age gap the two share.

Asked to identify his “best friend,” Barney responds without hesitation that it is his