“There is strong biological evidence, strong neuroscientific evidence that suggest that early family conditions are powerful in shaping cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and that those determine – to a degree that we didn’t realize before – the later success of a person.”
It is for this reason that Nobel Prize winning economist James Heckman lobbies for investment not just in early childhood programs – but in families with young children.
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What is the key to reduce inequality in America? Nobel Prize winning economist James Heckman argues for investments in early childhood so that children will be well-prepared to play a responsible, constructive role in society.
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The Harvard Center on the Developing Child has produced a simple video that shows why parent interaction is so critical to early brain development.
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“Ensuring that children have adult care givers who consistently engage in serve and return interaction, beginning in infancy, builds a foundation in the brain for all the learning, behavior and health that follow.”
Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child has produced an short video that highlights how early experiences shape the physical structure of the brain.
Early experiences really do shape the structure of the brain.
Art Rolnick of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank gives his TED talk on the economic case for early childhood development.