A newborn already has nine months of experience when she is born.

- T. Berry Brazelton

All adults who care about a baby will naturally be in competition for that baby.... Each adult wishes that he or she could do each job a bit more ski…

- T. Berry Brazelton

A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one.

- T. Berry Brazelton

A family's responses to crisis or to a new situation mirror those of a child. That is to say, the way a small child deals with a new challenge (for i…

- T. Berry Brazelton

A pregnant woman and her spouse dream of three babies--the perfect four-month-old who rewards them with smiles and musical cooing,the impaired baby, …

- T. Berry Brazelton

Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply.

- T. Berry Brazelton

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 th…

- T. Berry Brazelton

Families need families. Parents need to be parented. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles are back in fashion because they are necessary. Stresses on many…

- T. Berry Brazelton

Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.

- T. Berry Brazelton