The Arc of Becoming: Support for Parents in the First Phase of Life with Adam Blanning, M.D. and Debbie Laurin, Ph.D. October 22

FAMILY & CAREGIVER EVENT How do we welcome our children into the world? How do we care for them during the tender journey of their first three years? Becoming a parent transforms everything. With open hearts, we are called onto this profound journey of becoming—holding hopes and dreams that every child may be received with love and truly feel seen from the very beginning. How do we touch our children with our words and with our hands? How do we shape our gestures and rhythms to meet the child? In these earliest years, such attunement creates an inner foundation of trust and security. This past summer, birth-to-three educators, doctors, and therapists gathered to reflect on how they might best accompany parents and young children as they enter earthly life—offering guidance, love, and understanding rooted in trust and care. Debbie Laurin, Ph.D., and Adam Blanning, M.D., will share insights and reflections from this work with those entering parenthood and caregiving, or already navig