A family's responses to crisis or to a new situation mirror those of a child. That is to say, the way a small child deals with a new challenge (for instance, learning to walk) has certain predictable stages: regression, anxiety,… — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
All adults who care about a baby will naturally be in competition for that baby… Each adult wishes that he or she could do each job a bit more skillfully for the infant or small child than the other. — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
A pregnant woman and her spouse dream of three babies--the perfect four-month-old who rewards them with smiles and musical cooing,the impaired baby, who changes… — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
Every time you give a parent a sense of success or of empowerment, you're offering it to the baby indirectly. Because every time a… — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply. — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested. — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
“Our grandchildren will live together in a society with the offspring of neglected families. So will yours.” — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
A newborn already has nine months of experience when she is born, — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
Attachment to a baby is a long-term process, not a single, magical moment. The opportunity for bonding at birth may be compared to falling… — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
Families need families. Parents need to be parented. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles are back in fashion because they are necessary. Stresses on many families… — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
Reading to children at night, responding to their smiles with a smile, returning their vocalizations with one of your own, touching them, holding them… — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one. — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
You learn more from your mistakes than you do from your successes. — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
A family's responses to crisis or to a new situation mirror those of a child. That is to say, the way a small child… — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
