On Tuesday, Jennifer Mulford, 36, told the Sun that she's taking a little time off work to focus on love and maintaining the nurturing bond she shares with her boyfriend Brad Leeson, 36 a bond fueled by breast milk.
If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.
Then, if another child is born into the family, the resources of Mom and Dad's time and attention in relation to nurturing, bonding, and meeting children's needs are cut no longer in half but, if they're lucky, in thirds.
In this era of outcomes and measurement, assessments and accountability, it is important to be sure our children are growing and developing on a trajectory that will prepare them for school, but the heart of Head Start will always be this unquantifiable truth: the nurturing bond between a child and a good teacher is what makes the classroom a place of safety, curiosity, and love.
Education — both of immigrants and the American-born — will be critical to nurture bonds of identity.
But Cameron is initiating a series of policies, under the rubric "Big Society," that seek to nurture community bonds, civic activism and social capital.
Thanksgiving inevitably invites appreciation for the warm fuzzies that nurture family bonds.
Our country is already in overdrive, making it challenging for people to spend any meaningful time together to nurture their bonds.
They take the time to constantly renew and keep their existing relationship fresh by spending quality time with the other person and nurturing that bond.
Yet cities also, and fundamentally, need the structure of hardscape urbanism – streets, buildings, and infrastructure – in sufficient density to achieve environmental and economic efficiency and nurture social bonds.
Surviving a difficult course or challenging assignment, accidentally setting off the residence hall's fire alarm by burning popcorn, and adapting to a new life away from home, parents and family can nurture lasting bonds of friendship.
