Family Nurturing Center Blog

Talking Is Teaching

Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing   When my children were little, I often felt overwhelmed by the desire to do everything “right.” I wanted to make sure that I…

Housing—Building Healthy Foundations for Young Children

Associate professor of pediatrics at the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health Dr. Megan T. Sandel directs the Grow Clinic for Children where kids with “failure to thrive”…

Unwinding Toxic Stress

Imagine you’re a teacher in an elementary school classroom. You went into teaching to help kids learn, grow, and thrive, but lately you’ve been thinking about leaving the profession because…

It’s Nature AND Nurture: Epigenetics

Turns out, we’ve been asking the wrong question to find out what influences who we become. It’s not nature or nurture; it’s nature and nurture. According to Harvard University’s Center…

Transforming Trauma – ACES

Trauma is not an event, but rather the emotional stress that goes with it. Even though everyone copes with trauma differently, it’s pretty common for traumatized people to feel anxious,…