"We also know that kids are more prone to addictive escape if they feel alone, alienated, purposeless and bored. Thus the solution is often to help kids to connect to meaningful real-life experiences and flesh-and-blood relationships.
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“And learning to trust myself instead of what the world is saying is the right way to parent,” she said. “And that can require having a community you trust to test things out with. |
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API Leader and mother of 3, Kelly Shealer shares 3 tips to strengthen connection with our children over the summer on API's blog. |
"However, rooming-in is about improving the health of both moms and their babies. Evidence shows that mothers and newborns benefit from staying together, and understanding this would ease some of the concerns around rooming-in." |
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"Overstressed parents lack the time and patience to help children develop the skills they need to succeed. “Today’s children are tomorrow’s work force,” Ms. Boushey writes. |
Reading has always been a central part of my life. Mother of 3 and API Leader, Kelly Shealer explains on API's blog how she meets both her children's needs for connection and her need for balance through reading. |
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Motherhood changes you so deeply. Every aspect of your life is transformed to reflect your new role -- no part of your old life or old self is left untouched. This is simultaneously wildly exciting and unimaginably overwhelming. |
"According to the subsequent panel discussion, moderated by Brigid Schulte, director of New America’s Better Life Lab, there are three ways in which... read more |
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