Center on the Developing Child, Harvard says:
Our brains run on connections.
The stronger and more diverse they are early on,
the more capable and adaptable we become as adults.
These early connections support how our children handle stress,
how they focus, recover, and think as they grow up.
In the first five years,
they are not just learning skills.
They are building the capacity to build skills.
You can build a fancy house
on a weak foundation.
It may stand.
But it won’t adapt easily.
It won’t carry weight well.
The brain works the same way.
In the first five years,
fundamental architecture is set.
Later, we add knowledge.
But everything that comes later
rests on what was built here.
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