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Bill and Melinda Gates gave their kids a strict ‘middle-class' upbringing, refused to just 'buy them things' with their billions — here's how to set your kids up for success Melinda Gates endorsed a middle-class upbringing, complete with an allowance, to help kids grow up financially grounded even when their parents have billions.

What greater joy is in this world than to see children grow, develop skills, discover the world around them, and become independent one step at a time.

We love this example of a serve and return interaction 🤣 This kind of responsive, back-and-forth interaction between a child and caregiver helps shape the architecture of a child’s brain and supports healthy development. Serve and return interactions like this are easy to do at home or pretty much anywhere! Learn more about serve and return here: https://bit.ly/3yIEExN

The qualities of the conditions in which people live are not evenly or randomly distributed. They are shaped by and deeply rooted in public policies and social history. This has implications for early development and lifelong health. By working across policy sectors, we can work to redesign communities to support all children and their caregivers. Watch the full video here: https://bit.ly/3w9TXC0

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InBrief: The Science of Resilience One way to understand the development of resilience is to picture a balance scale or seesaw. Protective experiences and adaptive skills on one side counterba...

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3. Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development Learning how to cope with adversity is an important part of healthy development. While moderate, short-lived stress responses in the body can promote growth,...

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Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory | Simply Psychology American psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner was critical of previous theories of child development. He argued that studies of children in unfamiliar laboratory environments with one other person, usually a stranger, were ecologically invalid (See Mary Ainsworth’s 1970 experiment of the ‘Strange Si...

Serve & Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry

2. Serve & Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry One of the most essential experiences in shaping the architecture of the developing brain is "serve and return" interaction between children and significant ...

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When rules are better than love Setting rules can be healthier than controlling through 'love'.