Posted by Frances Carlson on October 12, 1999 at 13:36:47:
Here's an excerpt from an article I found at www.time.com:
" In The Myth of the First Three Years, John Bruer, president of the McDonnell Foundation, based in St.
Louis, Mo., argues that much of the
advice parents are getting about how to
make their very young kids smarter and
more talented is based on gross
exaggerations of brain science. So, he
says, is the notion, suggested by some
advocacy groups, that brain development
all but shuts down after age three. Too
much focus on this so-called critical
period, he claims, in the form of
programs like Head Start, may thus be
misguided."
Any thoughts?
Frances