The difference between the two outlooks – children who are confident and optimistic versus those who expect to fail – starts to take shape in the first few years of life. Parents need to understand how their actions can help generate the confidence, the curiousity, the pleasure in learning and the understanding of limits” that help children succeed in life.

T. Berry Brazelton, Harvard pediatrician

-David Dodge

Over the current decade, the growth rate in the 0-12 year age group will be negative. The implications of these demographic trends for human capital development [are significant]… it’s more important than ever that the human capital of children be developed as fully as possible if we are to raise the productivity of a future smaller labour force.

Source:

David Dodge

Position:

Human Capital, Early Childhood Development and Economic Growth: An Economist’s Perspective

Keywords:

Sarah Scott

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