As parents, we take on a multitude of roles:
The guide
The protector
The role model
The carer
The servant
But for many of us, the hardest role to step into is the observer 🤫
When we learn to observe, our children begin to guide us… through their curiosity, their wonder, and their world 💭
One motivation that changed my teaching career forever:
🌿 Every child is a sacred assignment. 🌿
A life and a family placed gently in our hands. Outside of our control, but within our guidance… on our teaching path for a reason✨
I hope every family who receives our PAHU box feels this same motivation flowing into their home.
🤓 7 childhood psychology terms worth knowing as a parent.
They might come up in conversations with your child's teachers too! Understanding the concepts behind childhood experiences can change the way you see your child's behaviour and your own responses to it.
Save for when you need them next 🫶
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Before you sign the forms 🙏 take a slow look at the room.
The curriculum matters. So does the space your child will spend thousands of hours in during some of the most formative years of their life.
These aren't extras. They're the room quietly teaching your baby something, every single day.
🔗 Full guide in our journal. Link in bio.
Not a sleep schedule in sight. 👀
These are the five parenting books I actually recommend. The ones that make you think rather than just follow instructions.
From the neuroscience of your baby's brain to the cultural forces turning parenthood into a performance. A proper read for an intellectual parent.
Full list on the journal — link in bio. 🤓
Your two-month-old may already be categorising the world around them 🧠
New research suggests that babies as young as 8 weeks old may not just be seeing what is around them. They may already be beginning to sort it into meaning.
🐶 Animal or object.
👱🏼♂️ Face or background.
🖼️ Familiar or unfamiliar.
Long before language. Long before they can show us what they know.
As Jeff Hawkins explores in A Thousand Brains: the brain doesn't build one model of the world. It builds thousands, through repetition, touch, and return.
This is one of the reasons we believe so deeply in simple, thoughtful play. Babies often need less noise and more room to notice, compare, and recognise.
Every piece in a PAHU box is chosen with that in mind. 🤍
Read the full journal entry on the PAHU website — research-backed insights on how your baby learns.
