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kronenbrg.bsky.social
Looks nice, that!

#EliteDangerous #ECM2025
August 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
phoenixdfire.bsky.social
Ready for #ECM2025....
August 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
kronenbrg.bsky.social
"Hi, I'd like an Apex to 'Coventry' please"
"Erm, I think it's in the Sol system."

#EliteDangerous #ECM2025
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
kronenbrg.bsky.social
Genuinly loved this performance!

#EliteDangerous #ECM2025 @frontierdev.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
alisongopnik.bsky.social
Early Childhood Matters 2025 #ECM2025 is a great resource and full of insightful articles about the global challenges to caregivers from a range of disciplines. I talked about our CASBS, Sloan, TWCF project to understand care in cognitive and social science.
Read it now: bit.ly/ECM2025-online
Early Childhood Matters 2025 - Early Childhood Matters
We need to talk about care and what parents need for a good start. The needs of parents and caregivers of young children often go unseen and unheard in public life and policy. They face growing pressu...
bit.ly
January 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
niceygy.net
Just catching up on the #ECM2025 livestreams, and singing along to @tocoso.bsky.social / @psykit.tv 's performances!

Thank you to the ECM crew for livestreaming it! :D

#EliteDangerous

(Work? What work? No, I'm... ahem... busy!)
August 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
Urban design that supports caregivers means healthier, happier cities.

@worldresources.bsky.social India team spotlight 5 interventions that are making a difference for young families.

See 2 below and discover the rest here: earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/five-ur...

#ECM2025 #ListenToParents
March 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
candacejblack.bsky.social
Proud of our new article in #EarlyChildhoodMatters, "Becoming a parent with the legacy of civil war", drawing on a 23-year study of war-affected families in #SierraLeone

Read online earlychildhoodmatters.online

With thanks to @ecm-vanleer.bsky.social

#ECM2025 #ListeningToParents #WhatParentsNeed
February 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
stoenews.bsky.social
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🧪 Hosted by European Young Crystallographers
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#ScienceSlam #ECMfun
June 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
nathanarcher.bsky.social
Early Childhood Matters 2025
#ECM2025 is out now. This edition explores what parents and other caregivers need for a #GoodStart. From the science of human connection to rebuilding villages of support, it includes ideas and current solutions. earlychildhoodmatters.online/issues/early...
Early Childhood Matters 2025 - Early Childhood Matters
We need to talk about care and what parents need for a good start. The needs of parents and caregivers of young children often go unseen and unheard in public life and policy. They face growing pressu...
earlychildhoodmatters.online
February 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
“There is an urgent need for a conversation about parenthood. Writing can help make it happen.” – Alejandro Zambra #ECM2025

Author of Childish Literature, Zambra reflects on how writing helps parents navigate the profound changes of parenthood. earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/it-woul...
“It would have been very strange not to write about such a revealing, transformative experience” - Early Childhood Matters
For Zambra, becoming a dad opened up big questions about what it means to be close to others, and the strange nature of time. “The birth of a child heralds a far-reaching future in which we will not f...
earlychildhoodmatters.online
April 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
Caregiving is central to humanity but invisible in research & policy. Why? And how can we better support caregivers?

Psychologist Alison Gopnik knows that it’s about more than childcare/leave — it’s about rethinking care itself.

Full interview #ECM2025 earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/were-al...
“We’re all trying to think about how care works” - Early Childhood Matters
One thing we want to try and figure out is how care plays out across different cultural traditions in different parts of the world at different times.
earlychildhoodmatters.online
July 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
🧠 Thanks to research from @darbysaxbe.bsky.social we know fatherhood transforms men’s brains in profound ways, and many dads face postpartum depression, sleep challenges and stigma.

🔗 Read more about how we can support new fathers in #ECM2025: earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/dad-bra...
“Dad brain” is real - Early Childhood Matters
Parenting changes men’s bodies and brains in profound ways, impacting everything from their brain structure to hormones to their mental health and sense of identity. We call this period of rapid adjus...
earlychildhoodmatters.online
August 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
💖 Love is more than emotion. It’s biology.

Prof. Ruth Feldman’s research on the science of synchrony reveals just how much love reshapes both parent and baby — from brain development to immune health.

Discover how caregiving transforms us in #ECM2025: earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/love-re...
“Love really protects you, the parent and the baby” - Early Childhood Matters
Ruth Feldman combines neuroscience, research on hormones, and a child and family community clinic in order to further our understanding of person-to-person synchrony. Through this work, Ruth and her c...
earlychildhoodmatters.online
March 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
Mothers and peace activists Lama Abuarqoub & Hamutal Gouri recently spoke with Van Leer Foundation CEO Michael Feigelson about how motherhood has shaped their activism to work for a better future for all children.

Read their powerful interview: earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/when-i-...

#ECM2025
“When I hold their baby, I say a blessing for life” - Early Childhood Matters
In this interview Lama and Hamutal share how their own experience of how motherhood has shaped their activism, how they go about supporting new mothers in their communities, and how, as mothers and pe...
earlychildhoodmatters.online
March 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
iucr2029.bsky.social
Sending warm regards from Poznań!
We are thrilled to be part of #ECM2025 as an exhibitor.
Drop by our booth, say hello, and discover what’s in store for the 8th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography in 2029.
🔗 iucr2029.org
🔗 ecm35.org
#IUCr2029 #crystallography
August 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
In #ECM2025, Dr. Catherine Monk shares science-backed solutions to improve maternal mental health in pregnancy:

✅ Integrating mental health care into prenatal visits
✅ Postpartum support groups
✅ Stress management education

earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/parenti...
Parenting begins in pregnancy - Early Childhood Matters
When a pregnant woman feels supported, safe and has adequate resources, she will feel more comfortable and at ease during the transition to parenthood.
earlychildhoodmatters.online
March 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
🌱 Parents who practise self-compassion show their children that being imperfect is okay.

📖 Psychologist Kristin Neff shares 3 practical ways for caregivers to cultivate self-compassion in #ECM2025: earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/the-mor...
“The more we give ourselves, the more we have to give others” - Early Childhood Matters
Kristin Neff shares how parents already have the skills they need to intentionally and effectively be kinder to themselves.
earlychildhoodmatters.online
September 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
Ethiopia’s maternal mortality rate dropped from 960 to 267 per 100,000 births by 2020.

Former Health Minister Kesete Admasu oversaw the transformation. In #ECM2025, he shares how coffee ceremonies and cultural connection transformed care for mothers: earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/how-con...
How conversations over coffee reduced maternal mortality rates - Early Childhood Matters
For Ethiopian mothers, they also wanted to be looked after emotionally and spiritually, in line with their traditions and rituals.
earlychildhoodmatters.online
March 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
In São Paulo, Casa de Marias is reclaiming care and creating space for black mothers to breathe, heal and grow.

In #ECM2025, explore how culturally sensitive mental health care can empower marginalised communities. earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/how-bla...
How black women reclaimed care in São Paulo - Early Childhood Matters
We are inspired by the practice of what Brazilians call aquilombamento: creating a space that is intentionally and recognisably by and for black Brazilians and centres this community’s knowledge and c...
earlychildhoodmatters.online
June 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
A stranger held her baby so she could eat. That small kindness sparked a bigger question for #EarlyChildhoodMatters guest editor @elissastrauss.bsky.social: why don’t we take better care of caregivers?

📖 #ECM2025 explores the answer. Out now! earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/when-sh...
When she carried my baby, she carried me too - Early Childhood Matters
Care is far too challenging and rich to be a two-person game. No, we shouldn’t be caring in pairs, but in concentric circles.
earlychildhoodmatters.online
February 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
Trauma doesn’t just affect individuals. It shapes families.

Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) helps parents heal from their past and transform fear and anger into compassion for their children.

Discover how CPP nurtures families in #ECM2025: earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/protect...
Protecting children begins with healing parents - Early Childhood Matters
As the parent of a newborn baby or young child, you are not alone in the nursery: there are ghosts and angels with you. These are memories from growing up that may at times fill you with dread and at ...
earlychildhoodmatters.online
October 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
How can workplaces better support families?

Brigid Schulte has 7 practical strategies:
1️⃣ Ask and listen before acting
2️⃣ Take a care inventory
3️⃣ Redefine the ‘ideal worker’
4️⃣ Streamline the workweek’

Discover the rest in #ECM2025 👉 earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/when-wo...
When work works for parents and families, everybody wins - Early Childhood Matters
It’s time for the way we think about work to catch up with the way we live our lives. So that we can be the kind of parents we want to be.
earlychildhoodmatters.online
September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
What happens when cities prioritise families?

In Abu Dhabi:
✅ Play materials inspire creativity
✅ Picnic tables spark connections
✅ Hammocks & cycling tracks bring fun

The result? Less screen time, more face time, more joy. earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/how-to-...

#ECM2025
How to transform public spaces to encourage intergenerational play - Early Childhood Matters
Social connection lies at the heart of Majlisna. When families come together and interact in public spaces, it fosters positive behaviour change and strengthens the resilience of diverse communities.
earlychildhoodmatters.online
May 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
ecm-vanleer.bsky.social
Can you believe this park in Irbid, Jordan, was once an empty, little-used space?

Thanks to local leadership and support from #Urban95, it’s now a thriving space for kids & caregivers.

Discover how and the impact of community-centred design in #ECM2025: earlychildhoodmatters.online/2025/family-...
Family hubs change how children and caregivers experience parks in Jordan - Early Childhood Matters
We came up with a new vision of urban planning that reimagines public parks to foster healthy development and a sense of community for the whole family.
earlychildhoodmatters.online
May 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM