All Adults Who Care About A Baby

Families Need Families. Parents Need To Be Parented. Grandparents, Aunts, And Uncles Are Back In Fashion Because They Are Necessary. Stresses On Many Families Are Out Of Proportion To Anything Two Parents Can Handle.

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 In Love - Staying In Love Takes Longer And Demands More Work.

Grandparents Who Want To Be Truly Helpful Will Do Well To Keep Their Mouths Shut And Their Opinions To Themselves Until These Are Requested.

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 Parent Looks At That Baby And Says 'oh, You're So Wonderful,' That Baby Just Bursts With Feeling Good About Themselves.

You Learn More From Your Mistakes Than You Do From Your Successes.