Honoring A Legend

The opportunity for bonding at birth may be compared to falling in love - staying in love takes longer and demands more work.

The ZERO TO THREE Lifetime Achievement Award for Dedication to Improving the Lives of Young Children recognizes substantive contributions to improving the lives of infants, toddlers and their families. Award recipients are individuals whose research, practice, teaching, or advocacy has had a demonstrable impact on very young children and those who care for them.

Dr. T Berry Brazelton was awarded the ZERO TO THREE Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.

Among his many accomplishments, T. Berry Brazelton, MD, was a Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus of Harvard Medical School; a Visiting Scholar at the Child Study Center at Brown University; and Founder and President of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center at Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA.

The author of more than 200 scientific papers and chapters, and 40 books, Dr. Brazelton was considered to be one of the foremost authorities on pediatrics and child development. Dr. Brazelton was also a Founding Member of ZERO TO THREE, and later served as President of the Board of Directors.

Learn more about ZERO TO THREE’s Lifetime Achievement Award.