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BREAKIMG: Kamala Harris just announced that if she’s elected, she will restore the Child Tax Credit. This is huge.

How are insecure attachments repaired?  This week I’ve been exploring the concept of attachment (a deep emotional bond created between parents and their children during the earliest months and years of life).  In doing so I’ve focused primarily on the goal of secure attachment.  But not all attachments begin securely.  Which begs a pair of questions: What causes insecure attachments and how can they be strengthened? While anxious and disorganized attachment types can certainly result from erratic parenting, the toxic stress created by unsafe environments, and/or abuse and neglect, it’s important to keep in mind that early relational challenges occur on a broad spectrum of severity and sometimes aren’t the result of any parental shortcoming at all. In fact, some root causes may not even be within parental control. Children born extremely prematurely, for example, may spend weeks or months in a neonatal intensive care unit. While essential to their survival, the situation can limit early interaction with even the most attentive and well equipped parents.  What else might impact attachment quality? The list is likely a long one.  Severe postpartum depression, a prolonged military deployment… anything that might present a barrier to strong relational health between a parent and child.  In complex (traumatic) cases of disorganized attachment, families may require a combination of specialized infant mental health services, therapy, and other professional supports.  But in many cases the solution is as simple as a heaping dose of what was missing in the first place: predictably warm and responsive interactions.   Children are remarkably resilient - and while it may take time to create updated patterns of interaction and establish them as the “new normal,” insecure attachments can often become secure with focused effort.  So take heart. And watch as secure attachment begins to take hold. —— This happy (and securely attached!) duo was shared to IG by tiny.charmzz.

Potts Family Foundation is looking at various partnerships to implement the Mobility Mentoring model. We, too, think it’s a great investment in helping break the cycle of generational poverty. #RaisingResilientOklahomans #investinkids

A large number of our first cohort of Community Resilience Trainers were able to meet Dr. Rob Anda in person after being trained 3 years ago by him virtually to train in NEAR Science - Beyond. Such an amazing group of humans! #RaisingResilientOklahomans #investinkids

Great cross-sector panel discussion with Dr Anda at the #cbhc2024 #RaisingResilientOklahomans

If you are interested in joining us in this work, please contact us. #investinkids #RaisingResilientOklahomans

Learning so much about #mobilitymentoring at the @DisruptPoverty Conference in Boston. Great keynote conversation today with @ibramxk and @RepPressley!

Winding down the day with A Call to Action featuring our own Advocacy Team Ruthie Liberman and A.J. Lucky. As Lucky says," Advocacy is a crucial component to economic mobility." #DisruptPoverty

"First of all, this is a nationwide issue (...) The shortage of childcare has been growing as an issue over the last couple of decades, and the pandemic definitely exacerbated the problem." — @PottsFamilyFdn Executive Director AJ Griffin | #oklaed #okleg nondoc.com/2024/03/12/nat…

Check out this post from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/bipartisa…

We're all committed to supporting communities across our great state to shape a future where every child and family thrives, creating a more resilient Oklahoma. 🌐✨👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 ⏰ The time for action is now! @KnowandGrowOK #RaisingResilientOklahomans #Investinkids #ERH

Our ARPA funded project - Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families and Communities - focused on children who were born during the pandemic is branded and up and running. Check us out on social media platforms @knowandgrowok #earlyrelationalhealth #ERH

@JuliaKirt @hicks4ok Yes, please! Housing is a concrete sport and basic need. Should be a basic right. Sadly 1 in every 15 Oklahoma children under the age of 6 was unhoused in 2019.

🚨 1️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ 188! That’s how many families are facing eviction this Thursday in Oklahoma County. Are we ready to find better solutions? #okleg #okcounty #evictionscostus

Early relational health is everyone’s business, and anyone can be that one caring adult to a child! #investinkids #investearly #ERH #bethatperson

@DanWuori Excited for you.

@PottsFamilyFdn I’m not disappearing… just moving into a more flexible role. Always here to help you.

Something most unusual happened this morning: I woke up a small business owner. After nearly five years as Senior Director of Early Learning at The Hunt Institute, today I’m following a dream and launching my own shop: Early Childhood Policy Solutions LLC - which I have every intention of growing into the nation’s premiere public policy consultancy in this space. And the best news of all is that my deep connection to The Hunt Institute continues uninterrupted. Effective today - with deep gratitude to the Institute’s leadership - I will assume a new role at Hunt: Senior Early Childhood Advisor. With The Institute as my firm’s first and primary client, I will continue supporting both bipartisan elected leaders across the nation and the amazing team at Hunt, while spending less time away from my family. A real win-win. It will also allow the flexibility for me to support a limited number of additional clients, to expand my presence as a public speaker, to write and publish more extensively… and to support important conversations around the needs of young children, their families, and the professionals who serve them in new ways. Stay tuned, because 2024 is going to be very cool. Thanks for all your support.

qualitative and quantitative research conducted by United WE, we will produce a report with recommendations to the public and private sectors. Follow our work here: united-we.org/childcare. @ClytieBunyan @ThriceSavage

Potts Family Foundation is honored to have CEO AJ Griffin join the @UnitedWE’s National Women’s Entrepreneur Childcare Commission. This is the first time a group with diverse expertise has convened to tackle licensing issues fueling the childcare crisis. Backed by national