What if we showed up more like toddlers when we clocked into our care units? We arrive on this planet naturally hardwired to participate, to help, and to feel agency. So let's talk about how we can incorporate that into our felt-safety frameworks.
What if we showed up more like toddlers when we clocked into our care units? When two developmental researchers set up an experiment in 2006, they discovered something extraordinary: toddlers as young as fourteen months will spontaneously jump in to help a struggling adult—without being asked, and without needing a reward.
It's just proof that we arrive on this planet naturally hardwired to participate, to help, and to feel agency. Yet the moment a child steps into a hospital, the environment is structurally designed to strip every ounce of that agency away, positioning their body as an object to be managed.
That's why, in this Micro Moments episode, we are connecting a simple grocery store moment with Mary's two-year-old to the deeper science of intrinsic empathy.
Press play to discover what it actually takes to make humane, trauma-informed care the path of least resistance on every unit.
P.S. Ready to stop relying on luck and start building these felt-safety frameworks directly into your unit's workflow? BOOK A CALL so we can chat about scaling what your frontline champions are already doing into system-wide defaults.