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- *317 - Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love. This American Life. Episode 317, September 15, 2006
Can love be taught? A family uses a controversial therapy to train their son to love them. And other stories about the hard and sometimes painful work of loving other people.
- Prologue by Ira Glass
Hard as it is to believe, during the early twentieth century, a whole school of mental health professionals decided that unconditional love was a terrible thing to give a child. The government printed pamphlets warning mothers against the dangers of holding their kids. The head of the American Psychological Association and even a mothers' organization endorsed the position that mothers were dangerous - until psychologist Harry Harlow set out to prove them wrong, with a series of experiments with monkeys. Ira talks with Deborah Blum, author of "Love at Goon Park," a biography of Harlow. (10 minutes)
- Act One. Love Is A Battlefield.
Alix Spiegel tells the story of a couple, Heidi and Rick Solomon, who adopt a son who was raised in terrible circumstances in a Romanian orphanage, unable to feel attachments to anyone. Alix is the co-host of NPR’s Invisiblilia, which is back with its fifth season. (27 minutes)
Act Two - Hit Me With Your Best Shot.
Dave Royko talks about the decision he and his wife faced about his autistic son's future, and whether he should continue to live with the family. (19 minutes)
- *Charles Nelson - Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project
Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project Charles A. Nelson III, Charles H. Zeanah, Nathan A. Fox, Peter J. Marshall4, Anna T. Smyke, Donald Guthrie Science 21 December 2007; 318 (5858):1937-1940
- *Childhood forecasting of a small segment of the population with large economic burden
Avshalom Caspi, Renate M. Houts, Daniel W. Belsky, Honalee Harrington, Sean Hogan, Sandhya Ramrakha, Richie Poulton & Terrie E. Moffitt. Nature Human Behaviour 2016;1, Article number: 0005 (2016) doi:10.1038/s41562-016-0005 Received 25 April 2016; Accepted: 22 September 2016; Published online: 12 December 2016 Abstract excerpts: We integrated multiple nationwide administrative databases and electronic medical records with the four-decade-long Dunedin birth cohort study to test child-to-adult prediction in a different way, using a population-segmentation approach. A segment comprising 22% of the cohort accounted for 36% of the cohort’s injury insurance claims; 40% of excess obese kilograms; 54% of cigarettes smoked; 57% of hospital nights; 66% of welfare benefits; 77% of fatherless child-rearing; 78% of prescription fills; and 81% of criminal convictions. Childhood risks, including poor brain health at three years of age, predicted this segment with large effect sizes.
- *Science 2014-08-15 Special issue on Parenting
- Addressing Early Childhood Health and Education in North Carolina
NC DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen discusses the department's priorities for addressing early childhood health and education in North Carolina during this Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture April 16, 2018. Dr. Cohen was introduced by Linda Burton.Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy.
- A top researcher says it's time to rethink our entire approach to preschool
Anya Kamanetz, NPR, February 10, 2022
Dale Farran has been studying early childhood education for half a century. Yet her most recent scientific publication has made her question everything she thought she knew.
- California Newsreel - The Raising of America
California Newsreel documentary on Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation
- Childhood Blood Lead Levels in Children Aged <5 Years — United States, 2009–2014
Jaime Raymond, Mary Jean Brown. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Surveillance Summaries, January 20, 201766(3) Lead exposure in children can cause permanent neurological damage. Behavioral disorders are associated with lead exposure even at detectable blood levels at or below 5 μg/dL. The most common highly concentrated source of lead for children in the United States is lead paint. When paint containing lead deteriorates into flakes, chips, or fine dust, it is easily inhaled or ingested by small children.
- Facing South - 2014 - The South's child well-being crisis
By Sue Sturgis on July 22, 2014 12:59 PM
- Nature - Humans have tripled mercury levels in upper ocean
Humans have tripled mercury levels in upper ocean Anne Casselman, 06 August 2014, Nature Pollution may soon overwhelm deep seas' ability to sequester mercury.
- NPR Morning Edition - 10 Years In, Tulsa's Pre-K Investment Is Paying Off
10 Years In, Tulsa's Pre-K Investment Is Paying Off Claudio Sanchez, NPR Morning Edition, September 8, 2015
- One in three Chinese children faces an education apocalypse. An ambitious experiment hopes to save them.
Dennis Normile, Science, Sep. 21, 2017 Surveys by Rozelle's team have found that more than half of eighth graders in poor rural areas in China have IQs below 90, leaving them struggling to keep up with the fast-paced official curriculum. A third or more of rural kids, he says, don't complete junior high. Factoring in the 15% or so of urban kids who fall at the low end of IQ scores, Rozelle makes a stunning forecast: About 400 million future working-age Chinese, he says, "are in danger of becoming cognitively handicapped."
- Promoting Health Equity Through Education Programs and Policies: Center-Based Early Childhood Education
"The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends center-based early childhood education programs (ECE) based on strong evidence of effectiveness in improving educational outcomes that are associated with long-term health and sufficient evidence of effectiveness in improving social- and health-related outcomes. When provided to low-income or racial and ethnic minority communities, ECE programs are likely to reduce educational achievement gaps, improve the health of these student populations, and promote health equity. "Read the full Task Force Finding and Rationale Statement* for more detailed information on the finding, including considerations for implementation, potential benefits and harms, and evidence gaps." *http://www.thecommunityguide.org/healthequity/education/RRcenterbasedprograms.html