Future of Children

Important Future of Children Update

We thank you for your support of the Future of Children over the 17 years since our team at Princeton and Brookings took over the journal...
Three Trimesters to Three Years: Promoting Early Development

The period from pregnancy through age three is the one in which the most rapid growth of the brain and behavior occurs. Yet most researchers and policy makers have treated the nine months of development during pregnancy separately from the first three years of life.
How Cultural Factors Shape Economic Outcomes

Children's economic and social outcomes, both during their childhood and in their adult years, largely depend on the circumstances into which they are born and raised.
Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development

How can society best support parents, beginning early in their children's lives? The primary assumption is that unless we can develop programs and strategies with universal reach to help parents at all levels of need, we will fight a never-ending battle to deal with families and children exhibiting individual problems that affect child developm

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Elisabeth Donahue, Former Executive Director of the Future of Children

Elisabeth Donahue, Former Executive Director of the Future of Children

February 8, 2021
Future of Children Final Roll-out Event at Brookings

Future of Children Final Roll-out Event at Brookings

January 14, 2021
Three Trimesters to Three Years: promoting Early Development

Three Trimesters to Three Years: promoting Early Development

January 14, 2021, Video of the event now available

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Shauna Tominey

Social and Emotional Learning, Vol. 27, No. 1 "SEL Interventions in Early Childhood" Click on the photo to learn more.
Anne Gregory

Social and Emotional Learning, Vol. 27, No. 1 "Social and Emotional Learning and Equity in School Discipline" Click on the photo to learn more.
Megan McClelland

Social and Emotional Learning, Vol. 27, No. 1 "SEL Interventions in Early Childhood" Click on the photo to learn more.
Clark A. McKown

Social and Emotional Learning, Vol. 27, No. 1 "Social-Emotional Assessment, Performance,and Standards" Click on the photo to learn more.
Roger Weissberg

Social and Emotional Learning, Vol. 27, No. 1 "Social and Emotional Learning as a Public Health Approach to Education" Click on the photo to learn more.