Resources

  • Three Key Years Book Review

    The book Three Key Years is a book for parents, for grandparents, for teachers and childcare workers, for physicians, for policy makers and government officials—really for anyone whose life touches that of a young child. Buy the book.

  • Examples of Early Childhood’s Lifelong Effects

    Dr. Megan R. Gunnar explains the importance of early childhood experiences.

  • What’s on Baby’s Mind: The Developmental Origins of Adult Mental Health and Disease

    Dr. Michael K. Georgieff’s presentation at Minnesota Academy of Medicine Meeting, March 2022.

  • Brookings Institution

    Many young children grow up without supportive home learning environments. One often cited study found that by the age of four, poor children hear about 30 million fewer words than wealthy children.

  • Megan Gunnar, Ph.D, Regents Professor University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development

    Early Childhood Experiences, Brain Architecture and Public Safety.