Attachment and bonding is fully established in a child by age 3. We want people to understand how a baby is feeling so the adult then knows how to make the baby feel more secure.

The little girl's dependency on her father made [his] abuse more insidious.

If kids have an early start, they have the skills necessary to fight off a bully or someone trying to sell them drugs. Kids are resilient. If someone tries to get them into drugs, they have the skills to say no because someone talked to them about the importance of standing up for themselves at an early age.

A parent can do many different activities to help improve an infant's attention span. Attention is learned, it is not ingrained in us.

What cannot be communicated to the [m]other cannot be communicated to the self.

Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit.