To Help Kids Thrive, Coach Their Parents
In the Sunday Review for the New York Times, Paul Tough writes: This is why interventions such as home visits with parents can be so effective. When parents get the support they need to create a warm, stable, nurturing environment at home, their children’s stress levels often go down, while their emotional stability and psychological resilience…
The power of parenting: Why listening to young children matters
Kathleen Lucadamo writes about Power of Two for the Hechinger Report: At age 2, Maya turns to her mother, Taneice Dawkins, to show off her every move. She pounds a spoon on a table, prompting her mother to exclaim, “Oh, it’s a loud banging spoon.” The little girl hands her mother a cup, a piece of…
Cradle and All
Kendra Hurley mentions Power of Two in this article for The New School Center for New York City Affairs: Fortunately, a growing body of research suggests that a caregiver who is generally warm, nurturing and responsive to a baby’s cues can help to strengthen parent and child bonds and buffer young children from the potentially brutal impact of conditions common…
A Proven Parenting Program for NYC
The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs writes about Power of Two, saying: Studies have found that the model has a strong completion rate with caregivers, and that young children who received ABC experienced less stress and were more frequently securely attached to their caregivers than children who received a different intervention. Read the…
The Two Year Window
The new science of babies and brains – and how it could revolutionize the fight against poverty. by Jonathan CohnNew Republic
The Poverty Clinic
Can a stressful childhood make you a sick adult? by Paul ToughThe New Yorker
Family Instability Hits Boys Harder than Girls and Has Double Poverty’s Influence on Childhood Aggression
Family Instability Hits Boys Harder than Girls and Has Double Poverty’s Influence on Childhood Aggression Schools should focus on sensitive treatment for the dominant legacies of family instability – disruptive behaviour and anxiety. by Sara McLanahanChild and Family Blog
Three Core Concepts in Early Development
This three-part video series depicts how advances in neuroscience, molecular biology, and genomics now give us a much better understanding of how early experiences are built into our bodies and brains, for better or for worse. by Center on the Developing Child – Harvard University
Early Brain and Child Development
The Early Brain and Child Development (EBCD) initiative aims to change how pediatricians and their communities view the early childhood development period, and how they care for and invest in young children. American Academy of Pediatrics
What Poverty Does to the Young Brain
For a growing child, deprivation and stress can become a kind of neurotoxin. by Madeline OstranderThe New Yorker