Dear readers, As you may have noticed, our posts in the First Steps Blog are less frequent. It is because we’ve moved to a different website. From now on, we’ll be publishing our content in English and Spanish on the same site, right here https://blogs.iadb.org/desarrollo-infantil/ … [Read more...] about We have Moved
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Wild Child
By Florencia López-Boo. I don’t think there’s any better way to ensure that children are bored and disconnected from learning than by shutting them up in a classroom and bombarding them with rules and countless tests. My field observations at child care centers and preschools have led me to think that many times children are treated like lambs in a pen instead of being … [Read more...] about Wild Child
Early Childhood Development: Three Things Experts Agree on about Outcomes, Quality, and Costs
By María Caridad Araujo. The science of child development tells us that, for early childhood interventions, what matters is “process quality.” Process quality is not concerned with the quality of the facilities where children are given care, or the types of university degrees that their caregivers have. Rather, process quality focuses on how interactions occur in the … [Read more...] about Early Childhood Development: Three Things Experts Agree on about Outcomes, Quality, and Costs
Strict and Controlling with Your Children? You Probably Live in an Unequal Country
By Florencia López-Boo. Inequality is one of the biggest challenges facing Latin America. We’ve discussed this topic several times from different perspectives here on the blog. Inequality perpetuates poverty and, as the British economist Tony Atkinson says, inequality of income, wealth, or education in one generation leads to inequality of opportunity in the next. … [Read more...] about Strict and Controlling with Your Children? You Probably Live in an Unequal Country
Time to Focus on the World’s Youngest Children
by Joan Lombardi From Kampala to Kingston; Delhi to Denver; and São Paulo to Santiago, giving children a strong start in life is critical to not only the growth and development of individuals, but also the growth and development of nations. … [Read more...] about Time to Focus on the World’s Youngest Children