By Julia Johannsen. In a recent post in this blog, Caridad Araujo offered some reflections on the need to “keep our focus on children first.” When I first read it, I thought, "isn’t that obvious?" When the topic is childhood development and education, how could we possibly focus on anyone other than children? … [Read more...] about An integrated childhood development program in Chuquisaca and Potosi
It takes a village to raise a child
By Cynthia Hobbs. Hillary Clinton used this African proverb in her book, It Takes a Village And Other Lessons Children Teach Us, to illustrate the need for a network of families, community members, values and relationships to support the development of our children. This is true in so many ways. We live in an interdependent world, and we have a multiplicity of needs as we … [Read more...] about It takes a village to raise a child
The challenges of putting early childhood development policies into practice
By Sergio Urzúa. There is no doubt that events that occur (or do not occur) during early childhood have long-term effects. Science has shown that early childhood is a critical period of human development; and that the family and especially the mother play a fundamental role in early childhood development. Cost-benefit analyses of well-designed early childhood development … [Read more...] about The challenges of putting early childhood development policies into practice
Are we honestly focusing on children?
A few weeks ago, I read an interesting article in Time magazine that criticized “overparenting”—or extreme parenting--which has been a growing trend in the United States. … [Read more...] about Are we honestly focusing on children?
Good things in Brookings
On March 26, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) and the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) co-hosted a half-day event about “Research on Early Childhood Development in Low Income Countries.” Jacques van der Gaag (CUE) stated that the meeting’s motivation was to take stock of the current body of research available and Dr. Martha Zaslow, Director of SRCD’s … [Read more...] about Good things in Brookings