Childhood Systems

By viewing the podcast I learned that positive support from families and friends is important in order for children to develop positive cognitive and social skills. It also allows children to develop good health. The Global Children's Initiative website caught my attention in many ways. The two innovation clusters that caught my attention the most was the Aceleradora de Innovacion para la Primera Infancia in Mexico and the iLab Primeira Infancia in Brazil. The Aceleradora de Innovacion para la Primera Infancia in Mexico consists of researchers, professionals and scientists who focus on the health, living environment, and learning outcomes of young children during their first years of life. Once they find problems that exist in children lives they develop intervention strategies. Some of the problems that exist in children lives consists of academics, environmental stress, and chronic diseases. The iLab in Brazil is a laboratory that focuses on how parents and children interactions increase brain development and help reduce childhood stress. The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative in Canada focuses on what causes human brains to thrive in stressful situations. The only way toxic stress can be deleted in young children is if they have a strong support system such as family, care givers, and counselors.