Resilience and The PLAN

Research shows that just as adverse experiences can cause a vast array of problems later on in life, positive experiences create resilience to those problems. (Resilience in Children: Developmental Perspectives Ann S Masten 1,*, Andrew J Barnes 2 )

The PLAN sets the stage for all children to have the opportunity to create that resilience.

Our goal, at early childhood rocks, is to unite parents and teachers in the common goal of high quality care and education for all children. This is not currently happening in the United States.

Here are some facts to think about.

• 22.5 million children between 2-5 in 2022 reside in the US.

• 60% of children under the age of 5 (13.5 mil) use some form of childcare.

• 10% of that childcare is considered high quality.

•  1.3 mil children are in high quality care.

• That leaves 12.2 million children between the ages of 0-5 in mediocre-poor quality care. That's well over 1/2 of the children under the age of 5 that reside in the US. The sad fact is that families are paying a lot for that low quality of care.

  
  

The PLAN early care and education can only happen in high quality environments. Here's an article to help people identify quality in early childhood education. What else can you do?

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Nanci J Bradley is an early childhood and family educator, author, teacher, family aerobics instructor, and an all-around fun-loving person. She believes in the power of sleep, healthy eating, lifelong learning, and most of all, PLAY!  She studied early childhood education at Triton College and received her BS in education in 1986 from NIU. She received her MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College in

2010. She's presented at national and state early childhood conferences. She lives and teaches in Madison WI.