As early learning professionals know, a lack of financial and emotional support for parents of young children can be a barrier to healthy development during early childhood.
In this recent episode of School’s In, an education-focused podcast from Stanford University, Phil Fisher, a professor of early childhood education at Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) and director of the Stanford Center on Early Childhood (SCEC), describes recent research findings from the national RAPID Survey Project that link children’s well-being to family economic conditions. He discusses the impact this research can have on public policy, and points to parental practices that nurture development in young children.
Listen to the episode here.