Resources for Early Childhood Development
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The Raising of America
EPISODE 1: THE SIGNATURE HOUR. The science is clear: when parents are stressed, babies pay the price. That is why improving conditions for families with young children is one of the best investments any nation can make.
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Why is Escaping Poverty an Individual Problem?
Ashley, a single mom in Maine dependent on meager public assistance, worries about the health and well-being of her two young girls.
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Is This a Safe World?
Dr. Renee Boynton-Jarrett describes what a child feels: Is this a safe world? What will happen when I feel afraid? What will happen when I feel hungry?
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Do You Have Paid Maternity Leave?
Every major economy on the planet assures paid maternity or family leave – except the U.S.
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Security? I Don't Really Know What That Feels Like
It’s hard to try to make everything work. You feel pulled in all different directions.
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700 New Synapses Every Single Second
More than 80 billion brain cells. That’s how many a baby is born with. But it’s the connections between cells that matter.
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High-Quality Childcare is a Top Military Priority
The nation’s single largest employer provides government funded childcare. It’s high-quality and it’s affordable.
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International Data Sounds a Warning
To imagine how the US will do tomorrow, we need only ask how its children are doing today. International data sounds a warning.
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Would Early Life Stress Stay in Their Bodies?
How might child developmental paths be affected by the stressors parents face when their kids are babies? In Wisconsin, researchers followed 500 children for two decades to find out.
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The Neighborhood Matters
Nobody does this alone. Nobody does this in isolation. The environment that the family lives in matters.
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In Today's Day, We All Gotta Work
Is this what we’ve decided as society, that this degree of tension, these complex trade-offs are the norm, to be expected, just a part of raising a child?
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America Would Explode in Creativity
The capacity of the brain and the human spirit to continue and thrive and develop is beyond what any of us could predict.
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The Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex Connection is Crucial
Scientists detected changes in the brain architecture of 18 year-olds whose parents had reported being under chronic stress when those same adolescents were babies.
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The Squeeze on Parents
Parents and caregivers are left to fend for themselves in a society that’s unresponsive to family needs.
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Reducing Child Poverty - Before and After
Many nations use government assistance and tax programs to raise children and families out of poverty. To see how much these transfers and taxes matter, compare the child poverty rates BEFORE and AFTER government benefits. Which countries end up with the lowest percentage of their children living in poverty? And which the highest?
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Trailer - The Raising of America (11 min)
The Raising of America reframes the way we look at early child health and development. This ambitious documentary series and multimedia initiative by the producers of UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? explores how a strong start for all our kids leads not only to better individual life course outcomes (learning, earning and physical and mental health) but also to a healthier, safer, better educated and more prosperous and equitable America.
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Discussion Guide - The Raising of America Signature Hour
Discussion Guide for The Raising of America Signature Hour (Episode 1)
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Trailer - The Raising of America (30 sec)
This is the 30-second trailer that you can embed on your website for The Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation, the 5-part documentary series that seeks to reframe the way Americans look at early childhood health and development.
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