What is Child Development?
From the Society of Research in Child Development:
"...in order to create reliable, valid, and useful knowledge, developmental science must explore a diverse array of biological, cognitive, psychological, social, and cultural dimensions of development through rigorous scientific inquiry that uses multiple perspectives, methods, and levels of analysis... This task also requires diversity in all its forms—among the children, families, and communities who are studied; among the scientists who conduct this work; and among the students who are preparing to be future teachers, practitioners, and researchers."
From First 5 Califonia:
The first thousand days of a baby’s life are likely to set the foundation... for the rest of (their) life.