What can parents do to promote their child’s brain development? Provide two examples at each age period. Finally, name the three key brain processes.
What will be an ideal response?
A complete answer would describe actions parents can take, divided into three periods. These are the prenatal period (e.g., take prenatal vitamins, minimize stress), infancy (e.g., breastfeed, expose child to second language, avoid overstimulation), and toddlerhood and the preschool years (e.g., provide good nutrition, engage in a variety of daily experiences, begin musical training). More examples can be found in Table 7.1. The key brain processes are neurogenesis, synaptogenesis, and myelination.
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