The Two-Year Window

Nov 28 2011 9:28 am

The cover story in the Dec. 1 issue of The New Republic, “The Two-Year Window” is a fascinating story on infant brain development in the first two years of life. Among other things, the story reports the first findings of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, which studied Romanian orphans who have experienced severe neglect and abuse.

Neglect of very young children does not merely stunt their emotional development. It changes the architecture of their brains. After age 2, it is much harder to repair.

http://www.minnpost.com/learningcurve/2011/11/28/33405/to_close_achievement_gap_better_start_early