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Thank you to all who joined last week's seminar, "What Surrounds Us Shapes Us," with Dr. Lindsey Burghardt from the Harvard Center on the Developing Child. Missed it? No worries! Catch the recording on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=07goyP… 📺 #LifelongWellbeing

Children’s bodies—and brains—depend on clean water to grow and thrive💧 Learn how water affects children’s health and development: bit.ly/4jXeQUw

A child’s experiences—and when they happen—interact with genes to shape brain and biological development. Timing matters. Understanding critical periods is key to supporting early childhood health and lifelong well-being. Learn more: bit.ly/3VQ0agl

Earlier this week, we brought together an incredible group to discuss the importance of safe, stable housing for early childhood development and lifelong health. Learn more about infant & toddler homelessness in @schoolhouseconn's new report: bit.ly/4cYv6C5

Join BUILD for a webinar on May 8, featuring the Center's Chief Science Officer, Dr. Lindsey Burghardt. The webinar will discuss creating equitable developmental environments and systems that respond to climate realities and support children + caregivers: bit.ly/4iL8Mxe

Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! Sound mental health provides an essential foundation of stability that supports many aspects of human development—from forming friendships to coping with adversity—and it can be established in the earliest years: bit.ly/42I8tOZ

Join our friends at the BUILD Initiative tomorrow for a webinar, When It’s Too Hot to Play, Sleep, or Learn: Supporting Children and Caregivers in a Warming World, featuring our Chief Science Officer, Dr. Lindsey Burghardt. For more information, go to: bit.ly/4iL8Mxe

Policies that support the creation of healthy developmental environments—and reduce sources of stress for children, caregivers, and communities—can help support the lifelong mental health of our children. Learn more: bit.ly/42I8tOZ #earlychildhooddevelopment

Children’s mental health outcomes are shaped by their early experiences and exposures, with the earliest years being of critical importance. Explore our Guide to Mental Health to learn more: bit.ly/3CgdPqp #earlychildhooddevelopment #mentalhealthawareness

The conditions in the places where children live, grow, play, and learn shape their development and lifelong well-being. Learn more in our InBrief, Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development: bit.ly/4m9tmds

Play is an essential part of early childhood development. Check out these resources from our friends at the National Collaborative for Infants & Toddlers as they celebrate “May All Babies Thrive Month,” with today’s theme on the importance of play: ncit.org/may-all-babies…

Our Chief Science Officer, Dr. Lindsey Burghardt, recently joined The BUILD Initiative for a discussion on how extreme heat affects early childhood development and health, and how we can prevent or minimize these effects. Watch the recording: bit.ly/4jVgpT3

📣 The Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment has published a new working paper, exploring the many ways air quality impacts the health & well-being of children + offering solutions for improving indoor air quality. Read it here: bit.ly/4dAeK3a

Clean air is essential for healthy early childhood development. Read our new InBrief for key takeaways on how air quality affects children's health and well-being, and find strategies to improve indoor air quality: bit.ly/3FlPdhj #earlychildhooddevelopment

By encouraging play, caregivers can help build foundational skills that support early childhood development & lifelong learning. Discover other ways to support foundational skills in this Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Usable Knowledge article: bit.ly/43IU85a #earlychildhooddevelopment

Babies and young children are exposed to more indoor air pollutants and are also more affected by this pollution than most adults. Check out the new working paper for strategies and solutions for improving indoor air quality: bit.ly/3SVRiUd

😂 😂 Where children live, grow, play, and learn influence their lifelong health and well-being. Check out how air quality affects early childhood and health: bit.ly/4dAeK3a Credit: @theodore_creates on IG

Join us for a live conversation next Thursday, June 5 at 2 pm ET. Our panelists will share actionable solutions to improve air quality and offer strategies and resources for ensuring children and caregivers have clean air to breathe. Register here: bit.ly/4kHMUnZ

Our Chief Science Officer, Dr. Lindsey Burghardt, recently joined the Frontiers in Health and Happiness podcast, exploring how environmental factors uniquely impact the physical, mental, and social development of young children. 🎧 Check out the episode: open.spotify.com/episode/6tVJww…

🎧 Check out the latest episode of "Thrive Dispatches" featuring the Center’s Founding Director, Dr. Jack Shonkoff. He discusses how developmental science points beyond parent-child relationships to include broader community & environmental factors. spoti.fi/43jMka2