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"When I give talks to parents about children's need for independent activity—and I really mean need, this is like food and water, not a luxury—the…

I want to invite you to bring tenderness and tending to yourself as you explore this way of relating to children. Whether you are new to these ideas or have…

Editor's Note: The follow exclusive excerpt from Nurturing Our Humanity is shared with permission from the author and publisher. This content is excluded from…

The work of normalizing nurturing isn't just about changing individual families, though that would be enough. It's about shifting our entire cultural…

Birth Roots’ Facilitation to Flocks redemptive arc restores what clinical models leave out: relational scaffolding, peer attunement, and cohort co-regulation…

And if we can teach our children this—that relationships are messy and worth it, that we can bridge two perspectives to build one path, that love is a daily…

"Why do some children grow up to become a Gandhi and others a Hitler? What happens from birth to adulthood that determines that difference?" - Pam Leo …

The percent likelihood of a society becoming physically violent if it is physically affectionate towards its infants and tolerant of premarital sexual…

On a whim, we went to watch the new Superman movie. I had heard that Superman’s message was about empathy and kindness, a refreshing shift from the increasingly…

Martha Vivian Sears (McMenamy) January 24, 1945 - June 28, 2025 Martha Sears, RN, a compassionate and tireless advocate for nurturing family bonds and…