Question
What is The Period of PURPLE Crying?
Answer
The Period of PURPLE Crying is a free resource for parents. It is an evidence-based or research-based prevention program that's backed by years of solid research. The two aims of the program are to support parents and caregivers in understanding early increased infant crying and to decrease the incidence of Shaken Baby Syndrome and acute head trauma. Please check out purplecrying.info. This is a website for parents, and there's also The Period of PURPLE Crying app that I hope you will share with your parents as well and suggest that they download onto their smartphones.
This Ask the Expert is an edited excerpt from the course, Child Abuse and Neglect: An Overview, by Marilyn Massey-Stokes, EdD.
