Parents regularly spend nourishing, meaningful time connecting with their children. When you get your child up at the kitchen bench to make play doh, or you play a game of hide and seek, or you chatter away together in the car, this important connection is consolidating your child's feeling of being seen and heard, and literally builds her brain. The thing about these everyday experiences though, is that they are interruptible. At any moment you may need to answer the phone or attend to another child. Your sweet little one can really benefit from a short regular burst of your attention where she can feel confident that your attention will remain with her for a given time. Conversely, you can really benefit from a short period of time where you are free not to be thinking about the dishes, or work, or how to fit in a quick trip to the shops. Knowing that Special Time is timed actually gives this tool a great sense of freedom - you know that you only have to be enthusiastic a