Nature or nurture or how much early experiences affect children

The fact that children are affected by their surroundings and experiences is proven by decades of scientific research. According to Urban Child Institute, genes provide a blueprint for the brain, but a child’s environment and experiences carry out the construction.

The environment of a child’s earliest years can have effects that last a lifetime.

The key message from it is that although we don’t choose genes, we can and should foster a positive environment and early development activities for the best future of our children.