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Why We Think Babies

It’s time to make the potential of every baby a national priority. See what families across the country say they need to thrive and share your story. What would you want our elected leaders to know about raising babies and toddlers today or the challenges of providing families with young children the support they need?

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Stefani Nazario (AZ)
  • Family Support

“Home visiting programs help first-time parents with the challenges families face.”

– Stefani Nazario (AZ)

After growing up in the foster care system and living far from her husband’s family, Stefani struggled as a new parent. When her youngest son, Casper, experienced developmental delays she was grateful for a local program that came to her home and explained what to look for – and how she could help him make progress toward crucial milestones. The support of her home visiting program empowered Stefani to actively promote her son’s healthy development, and ensured her family was connected to other support services and resources in the community.

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Sam Cox (WI)
  • Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

“Our daughter struggles from early childhood trauma, which has a huge impact on our family and the social-emotional development of her baby sister.”

– Samuel Cox (WI)

Unfortunately, the adults in Maya’s early life struggled to keep her safe and meet her needs. As a young single dad coming out of that time, Samuel found very few resources available to help him and his daughter cope with the impact of that early trauma. Samuel’s family would have benefited from access to infant and early childhood mental health services, including trauma-informed child care, which could have supported Maya’s development during those critical early years. Samuel wishes more resources were available to families like his, to prevent lifelong developmental delays and mental health disorders from taking root.

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