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Great article from NPR last year ( August 1, 2017 ) about Rochester, NY, food bank Foodlink's partnership with their local school district to provide locally grown slice apples for school lunches. by ANYA SACHAROW Wayne County, New York, is the biggest producer of apples in the Empire State. Yet, in 2013 public school children in the county were being served apples from Washington on their lunch trays. At the end of the lunch period, the lovely, whole Washington apples ended up mostly...

The brain doesn’t fully develop until about the age of 25. This fact is sometimes quite surprising and eye opening to most adults. It can also be somewhat overwhelming for new parents and professionals who are interacting with babies and young children every day, to contemplate. It is essential to realize however, that the greatest time of development occurs in the years prior to kindergarten. And even more critical to understand is that by age three 85 percent of the core structures of the...

Yes! I have been saying this (to myself mostly) for years. One cannot address ACES if understanding of child development is not part of it.

To facilitate optimal brain development in children, caregivers must provide a secure, stimulating environment characterized by warm interactions and ample opportunities for independent exploration. My dissertation delved into the question of why early formal education can be detrimental to child development, with the resource https://essays.edubirdie.com/d...tion-writing-service proving particularly insightful. The findings underscored that premature exposure to formal education can hinder...