Editorial standards
Regulated Parents Guide publishes guides and tools that parents use in high-stakes moments: a night with no sleep, a toddler meltdown in a supermarket, a hard conversation with a teen. Parents deserve to know exactly how this content is produced, who reviews it, how often it is updated, and how mistakes are corrected. This page is that record.
Research and sourcing
Every guide starts from primary sources: peer-reviewed developmental psychology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Zero to Three foundation, and clinical books on attachment theory, polyvagal theory, and interpersonal neurobiology. When guidance evolves, the affected pages are updated and the reviewed date is bumped.
Every factual claim on a content page is written to stand alone. Sentences do not depend on the sentence before them. Ages, durations, and numbers appear in the visible copy rather than only inside interactive tools.
Medical review
Every page that covers infants 0 to 12 months old carries a visible medical reviewer credit and displays current American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep guidance in the body of the page, not in a footnote. When the reviewer has not yet been confirmed, a clearly marked "review pending" byline appears in place of a name. A placeholder credential is never presented as a real one.
Current reviewer of record for infant sleep content: Lauren Rouben, MD, Board-certified pediatrician.
Update cadence
- Every content page has a visible "Last reviewed" date. That date is bumped only when the page is materially reviewed, not on every code deploy.
- Infant sleep pages are reviewed at least every six months, or immediately after any AAP guidance change.
- Cluster and pillar pages are reviewed at least every twelve months.
- Tools are re-checked whenever their underlying guidance changes.
Corrections
If something on this site is wrong, unclear, or out of date, tell us. Corrections are made in the page itself and the reviewed date is bumped. Substantive corrections are logged in the page's edit history where relevant.
Read more about the team on the about page or view individual contributor profiles.
Not medical advice
Content on Regulated Parents Guide is educational. It does not replace a pediatrician, therapist, or licensed mental health professional. If your child is unwell, in danger, or you are worried about their safety, contact a licensed clinician or emergency services.