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“You can’t have it all.” That’s something I’ve heard over and over again. I can hear one of my best friends saying it to me, almost scoldingly, when we were in high school and I wanted to study yet another language, and swim, and travel,

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Bouncing around

10/15/2019 No Comments

As I walked around the outskirts of Stockholm this week, I noticed tonnes of trampolines: it seemed like every other house had one in its backyard, or in front of the garage. Swedes take children’s play seriously, at least that is what emerged from the

Why can’t we remember our earliest years?

10/08/2019 No Comments

When it comes to remembering our childhood, scientific research still leaves us with more questions than answers.

Laughter in the children’s hospital

10/08/2019 No Comments

Hello from Sweden, where autumn is already turning the leaves red and the rose hips are getting ripe! One of the hardest things about writing about the first 1,000 days is that childhood looks so different around the world, and there are few commonalities across

Callout: Share your earliest memories with me

10/01/2019 No Comments

In the first series on my beat, the First 1,000 Days, I will be digging into memory-making. You can help me by telling me what you remember and why. Memory of the first 1,000 days depends on other people. In our own lives, we rely

Eat, play, love: Just how much are you shaped by your first 1,000 days of life?

09/30/2019 No Comments

Neuroscience has identified this period – from conception, through nine months of pregnancy, plus two years – as critical for brain development, but it also matters in so many other ways.

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