“Our health system is failing women” are the unequivocal opening words of a report issued this past spring by Early... Read More
What would happen if we prioritized children’s potential? That’s the question implicitly asked and explicitly answered in the recent paper... Read More
“The earlier we create an early childhood infrastructure for children and families, the better the guarantee we’ll have for a world-class city. I want that for Milwaukee, and for every child born and raised here.” Read More
In 2015, only about one in seven children in families who were eligible under federal income rules received a subsidy.... Read More
The children attending Tiny Trees Preschool classrooms in Seattle and King County parks may look like they’re “just playing,” but those little boots are actually marching, climbing, stomping and squishing their way to a well-rounded preschool education. Read More
Throughout most of human history and in most of the world, that paradigm of children playing outdoors as a part of childhood has been so integral as to be transparent. Not so in the U.S., where, according to the Child Mind Institute, the average American child spends four to seven minutes a day in unstructured play outdoors and more than seven hours a day in front of a screen. Washington State is changing that. Read More
A lead crisis plaguing Newark, N.J., is the latest large-scale threat posed by lead in water, a health hazard that’s... Read More
Schools increasingly recognize the importance of addressing the needs of the whole child, including a focus on social and emotional learning (SEL). And... Read More
The Consequences of Forced Separation
When Traumatized Children Return to Traumatized Parents
Science tells us that an outpouring of stress hormones shapes the way the brain develops. Trauma affects behavior, brain development, even the immune system. It’s devastating for all, but for newborns and youngest children, the impact can be profound. Read More
The 24/7 news cycle tends to push certain crises at us for a day or two before other breaking stories come along to replace them. Of course, the human beings caught up in these tragedies don’t have the luxury of moving on. In the case of the forced separation of immigrant children from their families, young victims continue to face severe adversity. Read More
