If we are looking for healthy adults who are contributing to society and who are happy and doing well then the time to invest in those \u2013 in getting those healthy adults is very early in life. By ensuring that children have the health, nutrition and learning opportunities and responsive care and protection, then children are better able to take advantage of the educational systems, and then as they continue they\u2019re more likely to stay in school, less likely to run into trouble and the trajectory goes well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What we\u2019ve learned is that there are inflection points. There are \u2013 there are times of potential vulnerability, and those are times when one would think about checking in or investing. The \u2013 early in life we have the time when children transition from breastfeeding to solid feeding. So we need to make sure that children have healthy food and a healthy feeding environment, a regular schedule that occurs. So that\u2019s thinking about their health and nutrition and routines and responsive care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then another time has \u2013 is as children grow a bit older and are beyond the sort of immunization period, they have less contact with the health system. Now I\u2019m talking about a child who\u2019s about two. So they have less contact with the health system but generally they haven\u2019t reached the education system yet. That\u2019s a very, very vulnerable time. It\u2019s a potential gap in children\u2019s development. Particularly as we have the increase in maternal employment, so that in the past when traditionally moms were at home, they may not be at home anymore. So that\u2019s a time when we certainly need to pay attention to children\u2019s development and ensure that we have opportunities for them to receive the five aspects of nurturing care, whether it be at home or it be in childcare. That\u2019s \u2013 so that\u2019s developmentally a very important time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then we have as children get into school, we think of school age often as latency age, but we need to make sure that our schools are ready for our children. That means that we have high quality schools where children are given the opportunity to learn by responding not just being passive. So if children then are \u2013 proceed through elementary school and then we get into early adolescence. Oh my, there are other vulnerabilities that happen as we have the growth and hormonal changes of adolescence, and at that point we also need to make sure that children are able to stay on track. And that if they get off track, that there are opportunities to get back on track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So investing early in life gives you a good start, but it doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re done, that there are these check in points, inflection points through development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then when we get up to at the end of the typical schooling, whether it\u2019s called high school or secondary school, then that\u2019s a time that children move into adulthood. It\u2019s another \u2013 can be another inflection point. So to look at lifespan development means that there are check in times all along, there may be some boosters along, but there should be less need for intervention if we have a strong beginning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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