by Rafael Pérez-Escamilla. I was once asked by a top decision maker from a Latin American country, “Do you think giving a monetary incentive would persuade more mothers to breastfeed?” My first impulse was to say yes, go for it! I thought about the “breastfeeding gear model,” but then I asked myself, would providing monetary incentives work without first changing the adverse … [Read more...] about Breastfeeding or Work: A Woman Shouldn’t Have to Choose
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How to tackle developmental delays
by Lucía Murillo and Chiara Servili. No one tells you being a mother or a father is going to be that hard: more responsibilities, time seems to be going faster, and tasks increase. Everything seems to be even more complicated when you are a mom or dad of a child with special needs. … [Read more...] about How to tackle developmental delays
How a Turkish program became known to the world
by Yasemin Sirali. Encouraging fathers to take an active role in their children’s education and development. This was a revolutionary idea 22 years ago in Turkey, when the The Mother Child Education Foundation (ACEV) was founded. ACEV started with only a few employees and since then has reached nearly 1 million children and parents in 3 continents through face to face … [Read more...] about How a Turkish program became known to the world
Scaling Programs with Success
by Marta Rubio Codina. The pioneering work of Sally Grantham-McGregor and colleagues in Jamaica and the impressive results of the so-called Jamaican study involved 129 chronically malnourished or stunted young children and 32 non-stunted children living in poor households in Kingston. Recent research has showed that the short-term improvements found in IQ after 2 … [Read more...] about Scaling Programs with Success
3 Key Indicators to Measure Early Childhood Development
by Claudia Cappa. The Convention on the Rights of the Child signed 25 years ago states that a child has the right to develop to “the maximum extent possible” (Article 6) and that “States Parties recognize the right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development” (Article 27). … [Read more...] about 3 Key Indicators to Measure Early Childhood Development