Read these brief informative pieces from For Our Babies, early child care groups, and guest bloggers. Topics cover a wide range of ideas from reading, to follow-up care for children with disabilities or other special needs, to taking action for our babies and our future.
“Drawing on findings from the 2020 California Early Care and Education Workforce Study, this report provides statewide and regional wage and benefits data for home- and center- based early educators. Data are examined by education, program setting, and program funding. The report provides the most comprehensive data on California early educator compensation in 15 years. […] Read more
We are pleased to announce our refreshed For Our Babies website. Designed to support families, caregivers, communities, and policymakers, the For Our Babies website offers a wealth of resources to promote healthy development and improved outcomes for infants and toddlers. Visit the new, mobile-friendly ForOurBabies.org to access: Evidence-based information about the four pillars that support […] Read more
ZERO TO THREE released their 2021 edition of the State of the Babies Yearbook, a national and state resource that tells the story of America’s babies through three key domains: Good Health, Strong Families, and Positive Early Learning Experiences. The Yearbook takes a look at substantial disparities and inequities in babies’ experiences when examined by […] Read more
With a heavy heart we share some very sad news. Ron Lally, Co-Director of WestEd’s Center for Child and Family Studies and creator of the For Our Babies campaign, passed away January 22, 2020. His passing was unexpected and peaceful. The enormity of this devastating loss is overwhelming. We have lost an extraordinary person, a […] Read more
We’re thrilled to announce that our Getting it Right for Our Babies video is now available in Spanish! Haciéndolo bien por nuestros bebés Con el costo promedio de cuidado infantil en los Estados Unidos equivalente a una matrícula universitaria y con millones de educadores de la infancia temprana que reciben salarios tan bajos, que a […] Read more
New Video “Getting it Right For Our Babies” Describes and Offers Solutions to Repair America’s Broken Child Care System With the average cost of child care in the U.S. equaling college tuition and millions of early childhood educators facing wages so low they often struggle to support their own families, For Our Babies and […] Read more
Early Caregiver-Child Relationships Build a Foundation for Lifelong Learning, a featured article in this week’s WestEd R & D Alert, highlights a recent federal policy brief, Including Relationship-Based Care Practices in Infant-Toddler Care. The brief provides research-based guidance on how to raise the level of quality for out-of-home early child care. The central message is […] Read more
Nos complace anunciarles que “El vientre social: Cómo fortalecer el cerebro de los bebés”, originalmente escrito y narrado por J. Ronald Lally, está ahora disponible en español. Este video de 6 minutos muestra la necesidad que tienen los bebés, una vez que nacen, de que los cuiden dentro un “vientre social” que proporcione la nutrición, […] Read more
We are thrilled to announce that “The Social Womb: Building Babies’ Brains”, originally written and narrated by J. Ronald Lally, is now available to the public in Spanish. This 6-minute video depicts the need for babies, once born, to be cared for in a “social womb” that provides the nurturance, protection, and enrichment essential to […] Read more
In this episode, For Our Babies founder Dr. Ron Lally, from the Center For Child and Family Studies at WestEd, talks with Marcy Whitebook, from the Center for the Study of Childcare Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, about the current state of infant/toddler workforce conditions. [podcast]https://forourbabies.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fob_ep14_marcy_whitebook.mp3[/podcast] Length: 34 min 18 sec Download Read more
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