Parsing State Pre-K Funding Cuts
May 1, 2011
In this week's Early Ed Watch blog, Lisa Guernsey reports on the latest round of state budget cuts and their effect on pre-kindergarten programs.
Nutrition Affects Early School Success
April 1, 2011
The first few years of children’s lives are marked by rapid development that is not matched by any other period of life.1 What children eat and its nutritional value contributes to both physical health and cognitive development, influencing their school readiness and academic success.
Nutrition has been called the single greatest environmental influence on babies in the womb and during infancy 1, and it remains essential throughout the first years of life.
Becoming new parents and caring for infants is a stressful time for adults. Memphis parents are often burdened by other stresses such as poverty, domestic violence, or single parenthood, which have lasting effects on children’s early brain development.
It's Not Just About the Poor Kids
February 22, 2011
A new report issued by The Foundation for Child Development measures the relationship between family income and child well-being, looking not just at poverty, but also at the declining fortunes of middle middle class families.
Stress Is a Fact of Life for Young Children as Well as Adults
January 27, 2011
If asked to think of an example of someone affected by stress, most of us would probably imagine a college student studying all night for an exam or an employee scrambling to meet a deadline. Few of us are likely to think of a child listening to his parents argue in the next room, and even fewer would picture an infant being ignored by a mother suffering from depression.
