Over the past few decades, preschool enrollment has grown significantly worldwide: from 29% in 1990 to 49% in 2015. While it is crucial for…
Childcare is one of the main determinants of women’s participation in the labor market, especially during early childhood. In contexts where access…
Breastfeeding has been one of the most transformative and challenging experiences of my life. From the moment my son, Lucas, was born, I found in…
What happens when a family receives concrete tools to support their child’s development from the earliest months of life? And what if that support…
“You’ll spoil the baby,” “You’re letting them manipulate you,” “If you carry them so much, they’ll never learn to self-soothe.” These are just some…
The arrival of a first child sparks a whirlwind of hope and dreams in soon-to-be parents: the vision of a full, stable, and enriching family life…
“It’s always better as a team.” This phrase, shared by a participant in the Committed Parenting for Early Childhood (PPC, for its Spanish initials:…
Early childhood is a crucial period for human development. It is during these initial years—even before birth—that the foundations for lifelong…
Parenting, like life, is dynamic and demands constant adaptation. Let’s just think about our parents’ childhoods: they were very different from ours…
The first 1,000 days of a child’s life—from pregnancy through age two—are critical for development. A vast body of scientific evidence shows that…
The 2021 World Report on Hearing from the World Health Organization estimates that by 2050, nearly 2.5 billion people will have some degree of…
Care is a universal need. All of us have received and will receive care at some point in life: in early childhood and later in life due to aging,…