Feed with Love and Respect

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024 at 06:30 pm UTC-05:00

Bristol Public Library | Bristol

Parenting Sweet
Publisher/HostParenting Sweet
Feed with Love and Respect
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Explore feeding love at our event! Learn about breastfeeding, bottle nursing, solid foods, and family meal connections. Don't miss out!
Feeding a child involves more than providing nutrients; it is an act of love. Whether providing for a newborn's very intense hunger needs or serving meals at the family dinner table, parents can use these times to connect and set positive habits around food and eating together.
• Breastfeeding and attachment
• Bottle nursing to enhance attachment
• Health benefits to mother and baby
• Oxytocin, the bonding hormone
• Maternal depression
• Introducing healthy solid foods
• Family meals promote connection
We hope you’ll join us!
Registration:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/vfzbm8x/lp/da7e2a25-08a2-4123-8dd6-6584370d944f

Need flexbility? You can come in-person, to the Bristol Public Library, or join us online, depending on what works best for you each month. We’ll send out a Zoom link before each session, and we’re easy to reach with questions.

Program Overview:
The Attached at the Heart Parenting Education Program curriculum training provides parents, child advocates and professionals much needed insight into childrearing with specific tools to help parents learn more about child development, neuroscience, and positive discipline, to trust the intuitive knowledge of their child, ultimately building a foundation that will strengthen healthy child attachment.
Register now for the Attached at the Heart Parenting Program. The sessions are free of charge, and document of completion is provided. We will meet the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM. The Attached at the Heart Parenting Program helps you connect with your child, provides tools to turn parenting challenges into opportunities, and helps your child flourish. Connect with other parents and find balance, support, and encouragement!
Looking for a faster pace, or need help with parenting older children?
If you prefer a faster pace through the Attached at the Heart Parenting Program, we offer a weekly series of sessions. For parenting students in 4th through 9th grades, we offer Guiding Good Choices parenting workshops. Please contact us at [email protected] or visit https://appalachianpromisealliance.org/parenting/ for information about these or other parenting series.
Meet the Instructor! Samantha Gray is the coordinator for Appalachian Promise Alliance Education Network and Parenting Sweet, and she has been a parenting educator for more than 24 years. She is passionate about helping parents and children flourish with community support and evidenced-informed understanding and practices.
Samantha is certified in many different programs and has created parenting programs. She has led parenting support groups and classes for more than 20 years, covering topics on pregnancy, birth, attachment, feeding, sleep, discipline, balance, childcare, babywearing, teens, life skills, and education. She writes a weekly column on Parenting for the Bristol Herald Courier.
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Bristol Public Library, 701 Goode St,Bristol,VA,United States

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