Holding Infants--or Not--Can Leave Traces on Their Genes

So true Karen! I think, too, about the Internet. Though there is much misinformation floating around, it does give us access to a rich variety of viewpoints regarding what children need. Although I read a few of the books in vogue during the early nineties (most of which focused on feeding schedules and the like), I was so flying blind in my early years of parenting.

Although we followed Dr. Sear's attachment parenting style, when the time came to return to work - the separation was often traumatic - for both of us!  Understanding ACEs and epigenetics leads me to wonder how we might have parented if we understood ACEs science some 20+ years ago.  

I think about that often, Laura. My oldest son went to daycare (that was 24 years ago!) and it causes me great distress to contemplate how that might have affected him

A scientific validation for James W Prescott's work in the 1970s, which found that carrying babies was they key factor in later happiness in adulthood.

 Given the importance of touch and comfort, isn't Daycare basically an ACE?