written by Holly Goldberg, PhD Parenting, albeit the most rewarding role most of us have encountered, is inherently challenging. No one will argue that the borage of new experiences mixed with the lack of sleep and major lifestyle/relationship changes push most of us past our comfort zones. Questioning whether or not we are taking care of our children in...
written by Jenn Paul, MFT and Carol Castanon, Child Development Specialist and Parent Consultant Postpartum Emotional Adjustment is complicated. To begin with, there is an undeniable shift taking place in each birth mother’s body from inception. This shift includes the adjustments for a healthy physical pregnancy, but also the mental resiliency to accommodate caring for another. So we might say...
Written by Andrea Haffner, M.A., Associate Marriage and Family Therapist “Trust is the foundation for a secure attachment. It is also how home (and all that means) is carried with us wherever we go.” -Ruth Newton, The Attachment Connection Attachment between children and their caregivers can be understood as a mutually secure connection, established over time from birth...
written by Carol Castanon, Child Development Specialist and Parent Consultant NTNC is not a political organization. We are a family business, a non-profit, dedicated to the wellbeing of children. The term child is sometimes used, but in the case of NTNC it is never said or implied without the explicit connection to family. NTNC is in the...
written by Marsha McKeon, Ph.D. Clinical Director We sit with babies. We protect them. We nourish and nurture and rock them in our arms. We sacrifice for them. This is not political or sentimental. It is our genetic wisdom, our human goodness and our thoughtful intelligence that knows what is needed. Infants or young children who have...