A plan for a randomized, controlled trial of an educational program for all new parents to be conducted at their homes: Understanding Your Baby

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Overview

Opportunities to foster parenting skills are at their best at the time of transition into motherhood. In infancy, when all communication between caregiver and newborn is dependent on the infant's behavior, parental mentalization, or the caregiver's capacity to observe and understand the child's conduct in terms of mental states, becomes particularly crucial. This study aims to provide a set of guidelines for supporting new parents.