Author: Andy Corbley / Source: Good News Network
The Lesson: Attention span flexibility is incredibly important for young students in school. It can help to predict a child’s success with science, math, and even college graduation – which is why experts are calling for parents to read to their children more often than ever.
When parents read to their children, the chemicals in their young brains begin to change, reflecting an increased desire to bond and nurture with others, reductions in stress hormones, and most importantly of all in this age of digital distraction, it facilitates the growth and development of attention span.
In this podcast, these parenting scholars go on to explain why we should also be reading not just to our children, but to elderly people and newborns as well – for their sake, as well as our own.
Notable Excerpt: “Somehow, mankind has stumbled upon this magical object which is the picture book. And when a child gets to look at the picture book, sit with an adult, have the words read aloud, they’re getting this multi-dimensional experience. But it’s…
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