I am a biologist with a PhD from MIT. I strongly believe in science and medicine, but I also think society could do a better job of educating parents. ThinkParent is not meant to be an all encompassing parental education site. Instead, it is meant to focus on some of the least discussed or most interesting parenting topics. A hard look at the data show us parents do not need to feel nearly as guilty as the medical community would lead us to believe!

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3 Easy Ways to Wean your Baby from Night Feedings
I recommend only getting rid of one night feeding at a time. I only tried these methods on healthy, non-premature babies. We combined methods 1 and 3. Initially…
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Why You Should Sleep Train Your Baby
We do not talk enough about the benefits of sleep training! Parents are left alone to figure out sleep training. The parental training classes provided by the hospital…
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