Give Your Child the Best Start in Life—with Make the Connection
The first three years of a child’s life are a critical window for brain development and social-emotional growth. During this formative period, a strong, secure attachment with at least one parent or caregiver lays the groundwork for lifelong mental well-being, confidence, and resilience – shaping how we see ourselves, connect with others, and learn throughout our lives.
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Make the Connection Online Program
The Make the Connection (MTC) program, empowers parents and caregivers of infants (birth to age 3) with practical tools to nurture secure attachment and build strong, healthy parent-child relationships from the very start. Grounded in the latest psychological research, this evidence-based program provides practical strategies and activities to help parents and caregivers support secure attachment, brain development, and emotional well-being.
Because we know parents and caregivers are busy, Make the Connection Online is a flexible, self-paced program you can complete on your own schedule. Over 8 weeks, you’ll gain practical tools to support healthy parent-child relationships, brain development, and secure attachment—all from the comfort of your home. Once enrolled, you’ll have ongoing access to the program with no expiry, so you can revisit it whenever it works for you.
By helping parents and caregivers understand their baby’s needs in a whole new way, the Make the Connection (MTC) program enables them to feel more confident, connected, and equipped in their parenting role—one meaningful connection at a time.
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Why does secure attachment matter?
Secure attachment lays the foundation for a child’s lifelong well-being.
Research shows that strong, secure bonds in early childhood are key predictors of healthy self-esteem, cognitive growth, language and social development, impulse control, and success in school. It’s within these early relationships that children begin to understand themselves and others—shaping how they connect, trust, and thrive in all future relationships.
What’s inside MTC Online?
Through engaging videos, practical strategies, and easy-to-implement activities, parents and caregivers will discover what it means to be “good enough”—embracing their role in nurturing their child’s emotional and developmental needs from the comfort of home.
Each pillar module features expert insights from child psychologist Dr. Nicole Racine, along with interactive tools, simple yet effective strategies, easy-to-apply activities, key developmental insights, songs, and more!
Parents and caregivers will be guided through modules on the Seven Pillars of Attachment, learning how to:
- Create a loving connection with their child
- Become their child’s secure base
- Accept their child’s feelings
- Set limits with love
- Promote language development
- Engage in meaningful baby conversations
- Be an active and attentive play partner
What will parents and caregivers learn?
In the MTC program, parents and caregivers will learn how to support their infant to:
- Nurture a secure attachment by providing a strong emotional foundation.
- Establish effective two-way communication, laying the groundwork for language development.
- Foster curiosity and confidence by encouraging exploration and learning.
- Support a healthy balance between attachment and independence, helping children feel both secure and capable.
- Encourage early language skills by engaging babies in simple, meaningful conversations.
- Develop problem-solving and persistence skills while nurturing creativity through play and imagination.
Thanks to the generous support of Greenshield Cares, parents and caregivers can access
Make the Connection Online for free (value of $50).
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Thank you for this AMAZING content. This is really changing the way I think about and actually interact with my baby and I think she is loving it!!! I told everyone at my mom and baby’s play centre about it. This is AMAZING information.
Rachel, MTC parent participant.
