Most couples welcome the birth of a child with great excitement. However, they rarely give adequate thought before conception to what children really need to thrive, and therefore don’t make personal choices that will support their families...

A baby who is cuddled and responsively cared for by a loved one 24 hours a day experiences the release of oxytocin and opioids, which not only feel good, but trigger anti-anxiety chemicals in his brain and quiet his amygdala. Neural pathways begin to form between the frontal cortex and the lower brain, giving him gradual control of his feelings. Babies in less optimal circumstances not only don't experience the opioids, they're swamped with stress hormones like cortisol.  These babies adapt by developing hypervigilance and heightened aggression or fear impulses in the reptilian part of the brain...

The U.S. is one of only five countries of 168 studied that doesn't mandate some form of paid maternal leave...

Committing yourself to spending the necessary time connecting with your baby so you can build a very close relationship is what matters most.

The three most important things pregnant women can do to increase their chances of having a normal vaginal birth instead of a C-Section.

Babies are evolutionarily selected to be attached. The humans who weren’t born predisposed to attachment didn’t make it; they were eaten by predators.