National Collaborative for Infants & Toddlers

Unless Congress takes immediate action this month, WIC will experience a funding shortfall that will result in hundreds of thousands of pregnant and postpartum people and their children being turned away from the program. So far, both the House and Senate have failed to provide enough funding for WIC to protect eligible participants. Don’t let Congress forget expectant parents, infants, and toddlers. Take action today! Send an email to your officials with one click here: https://p2a.co/mn3m32i

The Stanford Center on Early Childhood fosters deep, omnidirectional collaboration across sectors, aiming to change the way research in early childhood is conducted, communicated, and utilized, with the overarching goal of ensuring that each and every child thrives from the start. Stanford Center on Early Childhood

By implementing more ways to make our children feel: 🤗 safe to share their feelings 🤗 supported enough to tell us if something is wrong 🤗 loved enough to know that we are here for them no matter what they are going through We can ensure that our children have the resources and family support they need to thrive. This #worldmentalhealthday Let’s make sure to instill care, love, and trust when it comes to the mental health of our children.

All Our Kin is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to training, supporting, and sustaining home-based family child care providers. All Our Kin collaborates with local leaders, policymakers, news media, and digital partners to raise awareness of the critical role of home-based care.

Our most extraordinary mission is to build a world where every child can grow up safe, happy, and healthy #happychildrensday

¡Feliz Hispanic Heritage Month! Let's celebrate and uplift Hispanic culture together! We've created a bucket list inspired by Lotteria, a Latin American version of bingo, to help you connect with Hispanic culture with your children! 🎊 What is Lotteria? 🃏 Lotteria is the Latin American version of bingo but instead of calling out numbers (and letters), the names of items/objects that are displayed on the cards are called out! Let us know in the comments which activities you will be trying from the bucket list!

Parents 'Tricked' by Unhealthy Baby Food in US Grocery Stores, Study Warns https://lnkd.in/gwjTBDqZ

This AI chatbot can help you get paid family leave in 9 states. Here's how. A generative artificial intelligence tool that guides parents through the process of applying for paid family leave is expanding its digital footprint to all states that offer the benefit. https://lnkd.in/eHjTfJr8

📚🌍 Celebrating the heroes who light up our world, one lesson at a time. Thank you for your dedication, inspiration, and the countless lessons both inside and outside the classroom. 🍎✏️ ㅤ Let’s support our incredible facilitators, school teachers, tutors, and coaches! Tag an incredible teacher below! ㅤ #WorldTeachersDay #InspiringMinds #ThankATeacher

Positive relationships with pets can help children develop self-esteem, self-confidence, empathy, compassion, and non-verbal communication. They can also help children develop trusting relationships with others. Children can form personal connections with animals; even simple connections can give them a sense of importance and agency! Some FUN FACTS about animals to share with your little ones in celebration of #worldanimalday 🐬 Dolphins have strong tails: Dolphins use their strong tails to jump out of the water to avoid enemies. 🐘 Elephants can recognize human voices: Elephants can differentiate between genders, ethnicities, and adults and children based on the sound of a human voice. 🐝 Bees can recognize human faces: Bees can recognize human faces and remember them, even when they aren't associated with a reward. 🌊 Male seahorses give birth: Male seahorses are one of the few species in the animal kingdom where the male gives birth.