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Family Development

A Father’s Perspective on the Politics of IVF

At its core, IVF is about building families. More kinds of families. Assisted reproductive technologies, or ARTs, and in particular IVF, have opened up new avenues for families that are now very much part of the patchwork quilt of communities everywhere. Families like mine.

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Learning to Advocate for Children and Families Social Media Toolkit

Thank you for your interest in promoting the More Than Just My Vote free webinar. Feel free to download our graphic and use our suggested […]

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Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige-babies

This series was conceptualized as a fun way to engage parents and families in thinking forward about how we collectively raise Indigenous children and babies […]

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Parenting While Black 2024

The Parenting While Black series returned in Spring 2024 with Believe, Liberate, and Behold: Beautifully Brilliant Black Babies and Children. This free, engaging webinar series offered real conversations for and […]

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Meet Mayra E. Alvarez: Advocate for Child Health Equity

Mayra E. Alvarez, President of The Children’s Partnership, a nonprofit advocacy organization in California, spends every working hour, and many non-working ones, fighting for policies that will improve the health and well-being of children across her home state.

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Understanding Family Engagement Outcomes: Research to Practice Series

As part of their work leading the National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement, BTC researchers and staff developed a Research to Practice Series on Understanding Family Engagement Outcomes.

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Dr. Lise Johnson, the Brazelton Institute’s New Director, on the Power of the Earliest Interactions

Listening is a powerful tool. For Lise Johnson, MD, just as it was for Berry Brazelton, listening is at the center of her work with children and their families, and a key pathway for building critically important relationships right from the start.

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LGBTQ2IA+ Families Then and Now 2024

View Previous Episodes We are excited to open registration for our 2024 LGBTQ2IA+ Families Then and Now series. Through conversations with a diverse range of […]

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Parenting While Black 2023

We are excited for our 2023 Parenting While Black series, Radically Resistant: Fostering the Brilliance and Awe in Raising Bold Black Children. This free virtual conversation […]

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Caring for Each Other Webinar Series

In the spring of 2020, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Brazelton Touchpoints Center and Sesame Workshop came together to produce a webinar series that shared helpful online resources for families and providers to stay informed, engaged, and responsive to the needs of children and families during health emergencies and traumatic experiences.

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