A life cycle approach to food security will imply attention to the nutritional needs of a human being from conception to cremation.… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
“Every time I lectured to a group of parents-to-be about baby brain development,” — John Medina Copy Share Image
“Even without world wars, revolutions and emigration, siblings growing up in the same home almost never share the same environment. More accurately,… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Adolescence is a period of life when the brain is malleable, and it represents a good opportunity for learning and social development.… — John Brockman Copy Share Image
Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education… — Bob Ehrlich Copy Share Image
“The three conditions without which healthy growth does not take place can be taken for granted in the matrix of the womb:… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
We're not cognitively equipped to deal with it. And it's becoming a problem, frankly. It's part of the reason why I quit… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
“With the increased recognition that an important part of brain development occurs within the first three years of a child’s life, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Computers, iPads, and DVDs have their place, but for small children through to teens, these electronic devices can warp the senses and… — Steve Biddulph Copy Share Image
Truly, learning appears to be a reverse geometric progression with experiences at one hour, one day, one month or one year dramatically… — George Kaiser Copy Share Image
In the Nineties, there was all this new research into brain development, with evidence saying poor kids fall behind in school because… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“Nothing had happened to me. I was born with a defective mind. As my father’s sole contribution to my life knifed its… — Karen Fortunati Copy Share Image
“Recent research is showing that chronic powerlessness—poverty—stunts brain development in perhaps permanent ways that undermine not only school performance but also the… — Dacher Keltner Copy Share Image
Evolutionary psychologists suggest that humans experienced evolutionary benefits from brain developments that included aversion to loss and risk and from instincts for… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
In terms of brain development, musical performance is every bit as important educationally as reading or writing. — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
There's a science to brain development. The brains of teenage boys are crowded with impulse and adrenaline. By the time they hit… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Most people understand that the more words children are exposed to, the stronger their vocabularies will be. But fewer people are aware… — Dorothy Bush Koch Copy Share Image
Reading to children at night, responding to their smiles with a smile, returning their vocalizations with one of your own, touching them,… — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
Tim Kaine is your friend's dad who catches you smoking weed at a sleepover and doesn't rat you out but talks to… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
“Too often we forget that “discipline” really means “to teach”—not “to punish.” A disciple is a student, not a recipient of behavioral… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
“If kids stay up late, it's very bad for their brain development...they said that on TV....You want to become a stupid girl,… — Matsuri Hino Copy Share Image
Children under five are the poorest age group in America, and one in four infants, toddlers and preschoolers are poor during the… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
“Just how important a close moment-to-moment connection between mother and infant can be was illustrated by a cleverly designed study, known as… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Omega-3 fatty acids are essential nutrients that we must get from our diets because our bodies cannot make them; they are crucial… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
