And what can we learn from previous scientific breakthrough? Tune into this interesting conversation about the National Children’s Study! In recent decades, studies of moms and children have led to critical discoveries of links between lead exposure and serious learning problems, rubella during pregnancy and child hearing impairment, and fetal alcohol exposure and later…
And what steps could your family take to be even stronger? Tune into this important Mom Enough discussion of the Search Institute’s “family assets” study! For decades, the Search Institute has worked with communities around the world to build assets for promoting healthy youth development. Now Search has turned their attention to “family assets,”…
Marti recently traveled to Nepal, and here are a few pictures from her adventure! The Sankhu-Palabari Community School mentioned in two of the pictures below was started in 1999 by Advocates for Human Rights, which is based in Minneapolis. It provides free education to more than 400 students who otherwise would not receive an education….
Meet Dr. Marti Erickson now” retired” after a long career at the University of Minnesota during which she served as founding director of the Children, Youth & Family Consortium, director of the Irving B. Harris training programs,and co-chair of the President’s Initiative on Children, Youth & Families. Marti specializes in linking research, practice and policy…
How can you tap into that curiosity in a way that is educational and fun? Find out in this week’s Mom Enough show! One of the most important areas of learning in today’s world — and a key to later success in work and life — is science. Children are born curious and eager…
