7 Small Actions That Can Greatly Impact the Life of a Child by Rachel Macy Stafford ... Say "I love you" out of the blue.... Give a kiss on the forehead... read on for more of these powerful suggestions.

Sometimes our children ask a lot of questions about what's going on, and sometimes they listen and wonder, and worry. Here are some tips about talking with your children about Coronavirus / COVID-19 and keeping lines of communication open. API Principles of Parenting: https://www.attachmentparenting.org/principles/respond How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus | Parenting Tips & Advice

"But it’s important to remember that attachment parenting places specific emphasis on responding to your baby’s and children’s needs sensitively and recognizing their behaviors for what they are: manifestations of needs. Because that’s the core concept of attachment parenting, that will look different in different children, and if you’re not doing it like your attachment parenting mama-friend? It’s most likely because you have different children who have different needs. Your intentional and sensitive responses to them will look different because we as humans are different, and that’s okay.

“Offstage, really build up the deposits in your emotional bank of sweet moments with your son. This will help you develop a sense of the big picture, and a sense that he’s going to be fine.” "For parents... the negativity bias is intensified by our determination to avoid mistakes, which often means “overlearning from the few things that go wrong, and not learning from the many things that go right. The good news, says Hanson, is that parents can train their brains to resist this bias." ~ Valuable read by Nicole Graev Lipson for the Washington Post.

"To explain the persistence of lower rates of breastfeeding among black mothers, we should look to systemic and historic factors rather than individual choice. That's the argument of Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice (Stanford University Press) by law professor Andrea Freeman, which provides in-depth historical, socioeconomic and legal context that sheds new light on black motherhood." Book author Andrea Freeman discusses the history of breastfeeding among black women, and why media portrayals of black moms matter.

Recently, the Academy for Breastfeeding Medicine made important recommendations to health care professionals about infant sleep, breastfeeding, and cosleeping: (

API has always been a remote workplace predominantly staffed by parents with young children at home. Though every family will have different needs and resources, we can share some of the tips we’ve used over the years. What are some of your best tips? What have you learned? Read ours and share your tips and stories.