Blog Assignment 3 More money for early childhood development

After watching the videos on Attention and Emotions, I am even more convinced the importance of early childhood development.  The more effort we as parents, educators, and taxpayers put into this critical stage, the more benefit we will see in social behavior and learning capabilities of children. And it seems that "early childhood" should start with prenatal training and extend beyond age three, since the environments in utero and after three still impact the brain. Rather than money put into "No Child Left Behind" I wish the government had funded "Head Start" more and provided money for parent training.....