1. Guiding Principles: Safety, Orientation, Comfort, Bonding and Curiosity
This is the first of four in a series of companion articles and recorded zoom sessions. It is part of our Preparing for Caring project to build awareness and educate about the importance of handling skills in caring for a baby.
We have built our work at Babies Project around the progressive states of safety, orientation, comfort, bonding and curiosity. In this post, we unpack these ideas.
NOBL Change at Work Conference
We're honored to have been included in a virtual conference in March 2020 called Change at Work: Leadership, Resilience, and Remote Work in a Post-COVID World. It was hosted by NOBL, an organizational design firm.
We talked about our philosophy and values, and our focus on teaching touch and handling skills to parents and other caregivers. See the amazing visual summary created by Craighton Berman.
Big Picture, Little Picture
This post is the last in a series of 4 that unpacked our “be with, be a witness, be in relationship” tagline as part of our 2019 fall fundraising campaign.
Why did we choose our tagline and why are we focusing on it now?
Unpacking "Be in Relationship"
This post is the third in a series of 4 that unpacked our “be with, be a witness, be in relationship” tagline as part of our 2019 fall fundraising campaign.
We’re going to continue to unpack our tagline, this time taking on the last sentence, “Be in relationship.” What are some of the ideas and principles packed into this simple statement that are relevant to relating to a baby?
Unpacking "Be With"
This post is the first in a series of 4 that unpacked our “be with, be a witness, be in relationship” tagline as part of our 2019 fall fundraising campaign.
What do we mean by “be with” in our tagline?
Agency, Relationship, & "You're OK"
Our topic here is agency and relationship. A baby's development is a relational process. A baby and their primary caregiver(s) are affected by and in turn affect each other. They respond to each other, they co-create their relationship, and they exist within layers and networks of other relationships.
Agency & Emergence
We believe that emergence and agency go together. As we define it, agency is the ability to make choices, to have an impact, and learn from experience. And emergence implies self-creation, arising from within a complex non-linear relationship with the environment.
Our Principles
Read about our principles and beliefs, which start with:
Babies come in as whole people, not as blank slates.