The Need for
Upstream Care
“If, in the first two months of life, a child experienced high adversity with minimal relational buffering but was then put into a healthier environment for the next twelve years, their outcomes were worse than the outcomes of children who had low adversity and healthy relational connection in the first two months but then spent the next twelve years with high adversity.
Think of that: The child who has only two months of really bad experiences does worse than the child with almost twelve years of bad experiences, all because of the timing of the experiences.”
– Dr. Bruce Perry
Changing Generational Patterns
The heart behind our Upstream Care is support for moms and babies. The babies in our program get to stay with their moms while receiving intentional care and support. The Nest exists to provide care to the whole family as we strive to be a safe place for caregivers and babies to heal and grow together.
What a caregiver has experienced during infancy and childhood will aid in determining their own child’s infancy and childhood experiences. Generational trauma and adverse experiences are highly likely to be passed to the next generation in repeated parenting styles unless intervening support takes place to break the generational cycle. Without such support and care, the roots of the tree will affect the leaves of the tree in generations to come.