Home Address Book wwWeb Links Search Contact from Three Hearts, LLC 7329 N. LaCholla Blvd. Infant Massage for Teenage Parents teaches teens skills that will deepen their contact and relationship with their babies. Healthy touch communicates love, respect, safety and acceptance, and is expressed with infant massage. Infant massage is an important addition to any program serving teen parents. Focusing on touch, the simple massage strokes are easy for teen parents to learn and incorporate into their daily contact times with their babies.
Infant massage enhances the bonding process through touch, eye contact, and verbal contact.
It promotes physical growth and development, as well as emotional well-being. And, it provides quality time for teen mothers and fathers, while increasing confidence in parenting skills. This video begins with a classroom introduction to healthy touch, bonding and infant massage, and is followed by a short hands-on infant massage class. This interactive video is a cost-effective way to bring infant massage into any teen parent program, in school, clinic, residential or community health settings. This video is an excellent tool for use in your classroom with pregnant and parenting teens.