Infant mental health refers to the healthy mental, social, and emotional development of very young children. The development of this core area of wellness from birth through age three reaches far into adulthood.
In last month’s research section, we described the ways that what happens in a baby’s brain in the first few years of life put them on a pathway that leads we
As we learned in the research section, many events occur in a baby's brain during their first three years.
The lesson of "baby small" is that the earliest years of life set children on a pathway to learning and adulthood. Babies are born learners, and the world is their classroom.
Parents are a child’s first teachers, and there is much that parents and caregivers can do to help nurture young children’s developing thinking skills and – at the same time – helping to build their self-confidence. How do these two sets of skills and attributes go together?
Language and literacy and self-control are two foundational areas of early brain development that contribute directly to a child's
