Sharing My Thoughts

Optimizing Brain Development

     Did you know that a baby's brain begins to work after conception and anything that traumatize them earlier in life can affect them in the long run?  "The fact that children are affected by their surrounding is too obvious to bear repeating.  Child development specialists have produced decades of research showing that the environment of child earliest years can have effects that last a lifetime" (The Urban Child Institute, 2015, p. 1).

     This is the reason why it is so important for parents to pay attention.  "It will help them to learn exactly how experiences affect children" (The Urban Child Institute, 2015, p. 1).  Knowing this information can aid our efforts to help children who are at risk and to undo, where possible, the effects of early adversity.

     I believe that this topic is important because these are studies come from a neuroscientist.  They are giving out this information and parents and educators need to be informed about how a child's brain is affected when bad things occur early in their lives.  

     My question to my classmates are would you sit and want to learn about how your child's brain develop so you can have a better understanding of their development skills?

References

The Urban Child Institute. (2015). Baby's brain begins now: Conception to age 3.  Retrieved from

     http://www.urbanchildinstitute.org/why-0-03/baby-and-brain