Giving Compass' Take:

• Katharine B. Stevens at AEI interviews Jack Shonkoff about new science and research on early childhood development and how that can help create better child policies.  

• Which states and territories are seeing the most success with their child care policies? What can others learn from these examples?

• Here's an article on supporting early childhood mental health. 

A scientific revolution is changing the way scientists and researchers think about how early life experiences affect genetic predispositions. As Jack Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, explains, the latest research shows that factors including stress, adversity, and parental behavior physically affect the body’s biological systems, shaping the trajectory of human development. These recent findings mark the start of a new era for early childhood research, with significant implications for public policy.

Read the full article about child policy by Katharine B. Stevens at AEI.