“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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